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I’m here, and I’m ready to tell your stories
Opinion
I’m here, and I’m ready to tell your stories
By News Staff 
July 15, 2020
I spent most of my first week in Ouray County walking around wide-eyed, overwhelmed by how stunning it is, unable to believe I could somehow, actually, get to live here. I had an idea of where I was h...
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Opinion
We’re the messenger, not the message
By News Staff 
July 8, 2020
The coronavirus pandemic ensured there were no officially sanctioned city events in Ouray last weekend, but it turns out there were fireworks of a different sort. Plaindealer reporter Liz Teitz took p...
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I’m here, and I’m ready to tell your stories
Opinion
I’m here, and I’m ready to tell your stories
By Liz Teitz 
July 8, 2020
I spent most of my first week in Ouray County walking around wide-eyed, overwhelmed by how stunning it is, unable to believe I could somehow, actually, get to live here. I had an idea of where I was h...
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Opinion
We must have zero tolerance for sexual violence
By News Staff 
July 2, 2020
Dear Editor: On Aug. 6, john Warren, the owner of Red Mountain Brewing in Ouray, will be arraigned on three counts of sexual assault. He is alleged to have raped a woman who feared violence if she did...
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The last draw on bath night is a bad place to be
Opinion
The last draw on bath night is a bad place to be
By News Staff 
June 25, 2020
When I was a child, my dad worked on a ranch near Ridgway. He made $150 a month. We were furnished with a house and utilities. The utilities boiled down to coal, and enough electricity to run a radio ...
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Opinion
A failure of leadership
By News Staff 
June 25, 2020
Dear Editor: I lost my sister, Peg Laughlin, to COVTD-19. She was 91 years old and living in a very nice assisted living facility. She was in great health her whole life and still took long daily walk...
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Think june was weird here? Check out Russia
Opinion
Think june was weird here? Check out Russia
By News Staff 
June 25, 2020
Ouray doesn't often see snow followed by heavy smoke in June, but in this crazy year of coronavirus and more climate weirdness, that is exactly what we got - 2.2 inches of very wet, heavy snow on the ...
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Opinion
Black Lives Matter built on deceit
By News Staff 
June 25, 2020
Dear Editor: I used to think that The Emperor's New Clothes was a silly story. Based on a bald-faced lie concocted by con men that is so preposterous it's impossible to believe, the emperor, his minis...
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Opinion
Yes, all lives matter, but Black lives are in danger
By News Staff 
June 25, 2020
Dear Editor, I am so proud of the youth of Ridgway and Ouray. Over the last couple of weeks, young people from our municipalities have organized protests that were well-attended and peaceful. Given th...
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Opinion
LOOKING BACK
By News Staff 
June 4, 2020
50 YEARS AGO June 4, 1970 - At Monday night’s meeting Ouray councilmen passed Ordinance No. 4, Series 1970 on first reading. The or dinance allowing tree planting on streets and avenues of the city of...
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Opinion
It’s possible to open economy, stay healthy
By News Staff 
May 28, 2020
Dear Editor, How do we find the truth in times like these? (COVID-19) Certainly not the “Main Stream Media” or our government. Logic is about clear and effective thinking. It’s about testing the authe...
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Opinion
LOOKING BACK
By News Staff 
May 28, 2020
50 YEARS AGO May 28,1970 - The ability to squeeze significantly more snow and rain out of mountain winter storm clouds in now an accepted fact. Work on seeding cumulus clouds is progressing well. Hail...
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Opinion
Wolfe flaunted county sign code
By News Staff 
May 28, 2020
Dear Editor: One of the candidates for sheriff seems to have a wink and a nod, good-ole-boy attitude towards law abidance. Candidate Ted Wolfe has flaunted the county sign ordinance which plainly stat...
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Opinion
Thanks, council, for forgoing pay
By News Staff 
May 28, 2020
Dear Editor: I would like to thank three members of the Ouray City Council for stepping up and forgoing their salaries for the rest of their terms in office. The three are Mayor Greg Nelson, Mayor Pro...
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Opinion
Wolfe’s good deeds speak loudly
By News Staff 
April 30, 2020
Dear Editor: COVID-19 makes it hard for sheriff's candidates to have physical exposure to the community. Without that exposure, we have to depend on what we read or hear. Ted Wolfe has 36 yea rs of la...
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Opinion
Tipton’s blaming is disgraceful
By News Staff 
April 16, 2020
Dear Editor: The resolution recently co-sponsored by Congressman Tipton to condemn China over the COVlD-19 outbreak (HR 907) is disgraceful and overtly xenophobic. The resolution states that China " ....
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Opinion
Letters: We’re separated, but not alone
By News Staff 
April 9, 2020
Dear Editor: I’ve been thinking about what a challenging time this is for all of us, how stress and close quarters can make us vulnerable to depression, anxiety and anger. Anyone can go bonkers with w...
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Opinion
Internet company deserves kudos, not criticism
By News Staff 
April 2, 2020
Dear Editor: An article in the March 12 edition of the Plaindealer stated the county believes that Doug Seacat of Deeply Digital overstepped the limitations of the project it was hired to do, which is...
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Opinion
Toilet paper, bottled water not necessities now
By News Staff 
April 2, 2020
Dear Editor: As an So-year-old man I am always amazed at what younger folks consider necessities! Because of the COVID-19 virus people have been filling their shopping carts with toilet paper and bott...
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No one immune to virus’s effects, including your Plaindealer
Opinion
No one immune to virus’s effects, including your Plaindealer
By Erin McIntyre 
April 2, 2020
This was supposed to be a column celebrating our oneyear anniversa ry owning the Plaindealer. A year ago, Mike and I sold the house we remodeled in Grand junction, I gave away my backyard flock of chi...
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Ridgway schools dial up phone ban
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Ridgway schools dial up phone ban
By Lia Salvatierra lia@ouraynews.com 
June 25, 2025
Ouray also aims to update tech policy for kids, staff Hallways and classrooms at Ridgway Secondary School will more closely resemble decades past this fall — without a cellphone in sight. During a Jun...
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Town clamps down on water usage
As supplies dry up, Ridgway stops watering parks, urges residents to conserve
By Erin McIntyre erin@ouraynews.com 
June 25, 2025
Ridgway town leaders are cracking down on water use, fearing limited supplies won't last the summer if they don't convince residents to curb their watering habits now. The town announced Wednesday mor...
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Sheriff sees more calls, shorter responses in 2024
By Lia Salvatierra lia@ouraynews.com 
June 25, 2025
The Ouray County Sheriff’s Office reported a 25% boost in most calls for service and shorter response times in 2024 compared to 2023. During an annual report to county commissioners Tuesday, the depar...
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Red Mountain Pass fire likely human-caused
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Red Mountain Pass fire likely human-caused
By By Erin McIntyre and Lia Salvatierra erin@ouraynews.com lia@ouraynews.com 
June 25, 2025
A wildfire that burned five acres on Red Mountain Pass and closed U.S. Highway 550 for nearly 24 hours earlier this week is suspected to be human-caused. The fire burning above the highway near the av...
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‘Overwhelming demand’ at Hurd town hall
June 25, 2025
Callers to U.S. Rep. Jeff Hurd's telephone town hall on Tuesday night encountered a message that they couldn't access the virtual meeting, due to "overwhelming demand." The Plaindealer and others atte...
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