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Opinion
Log Hill no place for commercial pot
By News Staff 
April 7, 2022
Dear Editor: In response to the March 3-9 article "County to Consider Pot Farm Applications,” let me enlighten the less experienced about marijuana growth and its odor. Years ago marijuana plants did ...
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Opinion
OURAY COUNTY LOOKING BACK
By News Staff 
April 7, 2022
50 YEARS AGO April 6, 1972 — Cries of “Burn, baby, burn!” aren’t going to solve Ouray’s garbage problem, according to a report delivered by District Ranger Walt Rule at last Monday’s Council meeting. ...
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Spring around here means preparing for anything
Opinion
Spring around here means preparing for anything
By Karen Risch 
March 28, 2022
Spring in the Mountain West means preparing for anything Springtime in the Rockies? It’s a little late this year, thanks to repeat snowstorms the first 22 days of March, interwoven with a few warm 40-...
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Our news is local. Letters should be, too
Opinion
Our news is local. Letters should be, too
By Erin McIntyre 
March 28, 2022
The Plaindealer prioritizes occupying a very narrow niche in the world of journalism. Some people call it “hyperlocal,” meaning we target a specific geographic area, and particularly in news coverage ...
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LOOKING BACK
Opinion
LOOKING BACK
By News Staff 
March 28, 2022
50 YEARS AGO March 30, 1972 — The real old-fashioned community pride and spirit has shown itself the past two weekends in Ridgway. The problem: cut away and level land for the new Ridgway School. Befo...
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Opinion
Inadequate staffing puts safety at risk
By News Staff 
March 28, 2022
Dear Editor: The Ouray County Sheriff's Office's annual report is impressive but demonstrates a serious need for additional staffing. The history of the Sheriff’s Office has two unforgettable blemishe...
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Bills aimed at helping our tribal neighbors
Opinion
Bills aimed at helping our tribal neighbors
By Barbara Mclachlan 
March 23, 2022
The Southern Utes and Ute Mountain Utes are the only two federally recognized tribes in Colorado. Tribal members have been working with us in the General Assembly this year to craft meaningful legisla...
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Opinion
LOOKING BACK
By News Staff 
March 17, 2022
50 YEARS AGO March 16, 1972 — A drastic change took place on Ouray’s Main Street this week, and now people will have to search for other reminders of all the yesterdays embodied in the historic Vanoli...
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Opinion
LOOKING BACK
By News Staff 
March 3, 2022
50 YEARS AGO March 2, 1972 — Rumors romped all over Ouray this week, on the heels of news that Roland Hinkson has filed on 17 unpatented mining claims, all around within the city. Courthouse records a...
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Opinion
CORRECTION
By News Staff 
March 3, 2022
A story on Page 1 in the Feb. 17-23 edition incorrectly indicated San Juan Huts is a guide service. The business simply provides backcountry huts for the public through special-use permits administere...
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Opinion
LOOKING BACK
By News Staff 
February 24, 2022
50 YEARS AGO February 24, 1972 - Having the foresight to jump at the right time has saved more than one life in these mountains when a vehicle goes out of control. Monday afternoon, Dick Zanett of Our...
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Thanks, Sandy, for giving it one more shot
Opinion
Thanks, Sandy, for giving it one more shot
By Willie Richardson 
February 16, 2022
When people ask how my wife, Sandy, and I met, I tell them the following story: I was afoot in Ridgway one night, and while taking a shortcut through an alley in the dark, I stumbled over something. I...
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Murder, justice and revenge in 1921 Ouray
Opinion
Murder, justice and revenge in 1921 Ouray
By Carolyn Snowbarger 
February 10, 2022
What were Ouray town folk chatting about in the winter of 1922? The Spanish Flu finally had finally waned. The new hot springs pool was filling up. World War I veterans had returned home and were rece...
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Opinion
CORRECTION
By News Staff 
February 10, 2022
A Chalkbeat Colorado story that published in the Feb. 3-9 print edition of the Plaindealer incorrectly said the Ouray School District was one of 26 districts in the state flagged by the Colorado Depar...
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Opinion
LOOKING BACK
By News Staff 
February 3, 2022
50 YEARS AGO February 3, 1972 - Dear Editor: One letter to the editor deserves another. I found myself becoming impatient as I read the letters of two local citizens in your paper last week, and I’d l...
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Opinion
LOOKING BACK
By News Staff 
January 27, 2022
50 YEARS AGO January 27, 1972 - There is encouraging increase in use of the Ouray Public Library, according to figures released by Librarian Jonny Jindra. Circulation figures have been steadily increa...
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Opinion
Honor fire losses by being prepared
By News Staff 
January 27, 2022
Dear Editor: As the New Year dawns, residents in Louisville and Superior are still shocked at the loss of over 1,000 structures, one confirmed death and damage to more than 100 more homes. Few people ...
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Opinion
LOOKING BACK
By News Staff 
January 19, 2022
50 YEARS AGO January 20, 1972 - The only way the Ouray School can keep its present 18 teachers and current programs is by taking emergency measures. Following defeat in the December election of the re...
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The only resolution I can keep: make no resolutions
Opinion
The only resolution I can keep: make no resolutions
By Willie Richardson 
January 19, 2022
I’m trying to decide which New Year's resolutions I’ll be breaking this year. 1. Quit chewing tobacco. Yeah right! Like that’s gonna happen! I’ll quit chewing when it snows 3 feet in Phoenix on the 4t...
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Opinion
LOOKING BACK
By News Staff 
January 13, 2022
50 YEARS AGO January 13, 1972 - Ouray can have smog, too. A temperature inversion headed Ouray into a very smoggy Sunday this week. Smoke collected over town so heavy that buildings and mountains were...
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Ridgway to grow capacity to fight wildland fires
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Ridgway to grow capacity to fight wildland fires
Additional staff, engine can enhance skills, create more revenue
By Lia Salvatierra lia@ouraynews.com 
December 3, 2025
Ridgway’s wildland firefighters have mopped up hotspots in Nevada, fought wildfire on the front lines in California and protected structures at home in Colorado. Since the Ridgway Fire Protection Dist...
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County chops event center operations to aid budget
By Lia Salvatierra lia@ouraynews.com 
December 3, 2025
Ouray County is performing triage on its 2026 budget as 2025 revenues are coming in lower than expected, placing even more pressure on the county’s general fund savings. County leaders have been worki...
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New council’s first task: Fill vacancies
News
New council’s first task: Fill vacancies
After soliciting applications, councilors to interview, pick appointments Jan. 5
December 3, 2025
Ouray city leaders swore in a new mayor and city councilor Monday night, then turned their attention to the council’s most pressing issue: Finding and appointing two more councilors to fill out the ra...
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News
Slow start to snow season
Wave of storms helps, but snowpack in San Juans well below normal
By Mike Wiggins mike@ouraynews.com 
December 3, 2025
A series of post-Thanksgiving storms delivered desperately needed snow to the moisture-starved San Juans, but snowpack at the start of December remains well below average in Ouray County and the surro...
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SEASON OF SHARING
Ridgway Ouray Community Council
December 3, 2025
Editor's note: The Ouray County Plaindealer is continuing its tradition of featuring nonprofit organizations based in Ouray County, serving Ouray County in a series of profiles called Season of Sharin...
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