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Opinion
Referendum 1A provides necessary dollars for essential road network
By News Staff 
October 30, 2019
Dear Editor: The nearly 300 miles of roads located within both the unincorporated and incorporated territory of Ouray County are a small but essential transportation network that serves not only the l...
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Opinion
CORRECTIONS
By News Staff 
September 5, 2019
A story on Page 2 of the Aug. 29 edition, “Commissioners consider sunset in tax question,” incorrectly stated the amount by which residential property taxes would increase if a 3.7 mill levy increase ...
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Opinion
LOOKING BACK
By News Staff 
August 15, 2019
From the Ouray County Herald and Ouray County Plaindealer: 50 Years Ago August 14, 1969 - (advertisement) $100 reward for information leading to positive identification of person or persons who: 1. Br...
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Opinion
CORRECTION
By News Staff 
August 7, 2019
A story on Page 1 in the Aug. 1-8 edition incorrectly stated new Wright Opera House Executive Director Alyssa Preston is managing the capital campaign for the building. The campaign is being managed b...
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Whether rider or driver, safety is paramount
Opinion
Whether rider or driver, safety is paramount
By News Staff 
July 31, 2019
TROOPER TIPS According to the meteorologists it is now officially summer. So that means there will be a lot more motorcycles on our roadways. So that is this month’s topic. I was a motor officer for t...
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Time to change the station with some of this ranch music
Opinion
Time to change the station with some of this ranch music
By News Staff 
July 31, 2019
“The hills are alive with the sound of music With songs they have sung for a thousand years The hills fill my heart with the sound of music My heart wants to sing every song it hears”. These are the w...
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A new law worth reading up on
Opinion
A new law worth reading up on
By News Staff 
July 17, 2019
Shh ... Have you visited your local library lately? If you haven’t, you may want to check out some of the many things you can do there. Besides great books, movies, music, internet, and computer acces...
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Our only agenda: the truth
Opinion
Our only agenda: the truth
By News Staff 
July 10, 2019
FROM THE PUBLISHER As new publishers, we find folks want to know where we stand on things. What’s your plan for the newspaper? Are you going to print stories or letters about this or that? Will you wr...
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Opinion
Plenty of hardy plants flourishing in this chilly, wet spring
By News Staff 
June 24, 2019
By Karen Risch It’s amazing to observe what grows in Ouray, a city of just a thousand people, living and working at an elevation of 7,500 - 8,400 feet. This hardy town lies in a sloping mountain bowl ...
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Opinion
Here’s to our 142nd birthday — and to taking risks
By Mike Wiggins 
June 24, 2019
by Mike Wiggins Lamar Wiggins hated risk. His aversion to it — coupled with his fear of an array of things — defined his life and, by extension, that of his family. A fear of heights meant when we tra...
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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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