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Opinion
Isolation not realistic
By News Staff 
September 10, 2020
Dear Editor: In a recent opinion piece, John Mitchell, the chairman of the Ouray County Republican Party, stated that, as his premise, "[t]hus, if people follow the first guideline about isolating whe...
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Opinion
Leadership valued
By News Staff 
September 10, 2020
Dear Editor: On behalf of our family, we want to express our sincerest appreciation for the steady and capable leadership Ridgway School District board, superintendent, administration, and faculty hav...
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Opinion
Thanks to skillful, swift rescuers
By News Staff 
September 10, 2020
Dear Editor: On Thursday, Sept. 3, a group of four "gal" friends and I embarked on a backcountry hike on an unmaintained, come-and-go pack trail. While returning, one of the gals (Jen) took a fall on ...
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Opinion
LOOKING BACK
By News Staff 
September 10, 2020
5O YEARS AGO September 10, 1970 - The Uncompahgre River was as swift and at as high a flood stage as anyone can remember seeing it, as it tore down the valley Saturday night, ripping out a levee at Po...
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Opinion
Facts and their importance
By News Staff 
September 10, 2020
Dear Editor: According to the Oxford Dictionary, a fact is known or proved to be true. The truth about events as opposed to interpretation. Connie Wurst's letter to the editor, "Citizens have paid the...
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Opinion
Thankful for nourished minds, bodies
By News Staff 
September 10, 2020
Dear Editor, Now that the kids are all back in school here in Ouray, I have had a moment to sit back and reflect on the happenings since everything shut down nearly six months ago in March. Yes, thing...
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Opinion
LOOKING BACK
By News Staff 
September 3, 2020
SO YEARS AGO September 3, 1970 - The Plaindealer was informed this week of an accident that occurred August 15 in Ouray which was reported to be hit and run. No report was made of the accident in the ...
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Opinion
LOOKING BACK
By News Staff 
August 27, 2020
50 YEARS AGO August 27, 1970 - Ouray will have one-hour parking limits for the same four-block distance on the west side of Main Street as presently exist on the east side. Traffic and parking problem...
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Everything’s great – except for that old coot in the mirror
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Everything’s great – except for that old coot in the mirror
By Willie Richardson 
August 20, 2020
I'm a retired horse trainer living in my beloved childhood home town of Ridgway. The national forests are my playground and every day is a holiday. I have a wonderful wife, Sandy, and I've got countle...
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When an unhappy camper retaliates
Opinion
When an unhappy camper retaliates
By Erin McIntyre 
August 12, 2020
This summer, you’ll find the Ouray County Plaindealer is no longer available at one of its previous locations. And that’s because a local business didn’t appreciate being highlighted in a story and to...
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The summer of “what now?”
Opinion
The summer of “what now?”
By Erin Stadelman 
August 5, 2020
The summer of 2020 has placed all of us in a state of “what now.” I go to work every day and at 4 p.m., as I drive back to the ranch, I question, “What now?” In past summers, we were full of “now what...
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A welcome — if brief — respite from the searing heat
Opinion
A welcome — if brief — respite from the searing heat
By Karen Risch 
July 29, 2020
Dry. Hot. Windy. Summer 2020 crisped this patch of earth - until last week’s monsoon surge. Forests were tinderboxes, trails obscured by fallen trees, wildlife scarce — except in town. Ouray saw only ...
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How liquid gold got delivered to the Uncompahgre Valley
Opinion
How liquid gold got delivered to the Uncompahgre Valley
By Carolyn Snowbarger 
July 22, 2020
What’s most remarkable about the Gunnison Tunnel? To me, the non-engineer, it is that construction started simultaneously from the east and the west and the tunnels met! But do you remember the old ca...
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My worst nightmare: The arrival of the Easter Bunny
Opinion
My worst nightmare: The arrival of the Easter Bunny
By Willie Richardson 
July 15, 2020
I can’t remember how old I was, but I must have been really young because it’s the first time I can remember hearing of the Easter bunny. Dad was working for Marie Scott. We lived in a two-story house...
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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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Dispute over extended background check leads to Ouray police chief’s last day
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Dispute over extended background check leads to Ouray police chief’s last day
City administrator declines to make interim chief permanent
By Mike Wiggins 
December 17, 2025
Ouray Interim Police Chief Daric Harvey is leaving his job over his objections to City Administrator Michelle Metteer’s insistence that he undergo a second, more extensive background check to determin...
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Commissioners fight over board leadership position
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Commissioners fight over board leadership position
Niece to serve as chairperson after he, Nauer reject requests from Padgett's backers to appoint her
By By Lia Salvatierra and Erin McIntyre lia@ouraynews.com erin@ouraynews.com 
December 17, 2025
For the second year in a row, Ouray County commissioners fought over who should serve as board chairperson, rejecting requests from supporters of Commissioner Lynn Padgett to appoint her to the positi...
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Space to Create owner, management address complaints, pledge fixes
By Lia Salvatierra lia@ouraynews.com 
December 17, 2025
Space to Create’s owner and property management company are pledging to remedy issues with Ouray County’s first affordable housing project and re-establish strong communication with residents after re...
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Council qualifies homebuyer for deed-restricted unit
December 17, 2025
The Ridgway Town Council approved qualifying a homebuyer for a deed-restricted unit in the Vista Park Commons neighborhood after discussing whether the unit was advertised fairly. The council, acting ...
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Following concerns, town delays adopting anti-idling ordinance
By Lia Salvatierra lia@ouraynews.com 
December 17, 2025
Ridgway town councilors decided to delay final approval of a new anti-idling ordinance after hearing public concerns and discussing other issues related to the new rules during a Dec. 10 regular meeti...
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