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"Are you the newspaper? Are we gonna be in the paper?" These are questions I hear when people see me taking photos at parades. I usually shrug my shoulders and smile, because the truth is I don't know...

Dear Editor: We were out camping last weekend and received a call from a tenant in our Main Street commercial building. She was upset about the new sign that went up in front of our building. It block...

Dear Editor: I write in support of Karen Risch's column last week about staffing at the National Weather Service office in Grand Junction. Federal budget cuts have inhibited efforts to restaff the off...

Dear Editor: Congratulations to the residents for your success at preserving Swiss Village Mobile Home Park! Your perseverance paid off. Thank you to Jay and Jackie, civic-minded people all along, who...

Dear Editor: Congressman Hurd has thankfully come on board to oppose the sale of public lands, which are vitally important to the citizens of Colorado. Hunters, fishermen, hikers, mountain bikers, dir...

Dear Editor: After returning from out of town and seeing the new, hideous signs on Main Street, my initial thought was that our town has lost its integrity. The signs are out of scale—too large, too l...

Dear Editor: I am disappointed in the new directional signs in the center of Ouray. Initially, I was surprised by the high cost of these signs, but assumed that the expense would result in aesthetical...

Dear Editor: I was disappointed to see a large inflammatory headline relating to my very carefully and thoughtfully designed home in your editorial opinions section. In response to the comments of Mr....

Dear Editor: The city of Ouray should cancel the planned July 4 fireworks display. I believe it is time for the city of Ouray to put its money where its mouth is. The city espouses programs like “Leav...

Dear Editor: We own a home in unincorporated Ouray County on County Road 17. I understand that this road is an alternate escape route for the city of Ouray. I recently addressed my concerns in an emai...

When filmmaker Heather Courtney set out to make a film about rural America, she decided to do it through the lens of a local newspaper. She visited a small-town weekly in the Texas panhandle, the Cana...

For six lovely days, June 2-7, our San Juan earth was cool and wet. Local peaks regained their winter white. Ouray days averaged 65 degrees, 11 degrees below the new normal June average, 76. Nights av...

Dear Editor: I would like to appeal to our county and towns to consider having only visual fireworks without sound, assuming that fire restrictions allow fireworks for July 4. I know many war veterans...

Dear Editor: Are you with us? This real apocalypse is at hand. Our national parks could be given away to the highest bidder, promoted by short-sighted politicians. If that matters to you, join us whil...

Dear Editor: My mother and father bought a trailer at the 4J+1+1 RV Park in 2005 and loved living there. My mom even lived there alone for 10 years after my dad passed. She is getting older so we buil...

Dear Editor: I salute Hansa Devi and the Ridgway Town Council for their part in making Ridgway, Colorado, the first in the world to fly the Earth Flag! In 2023 the Pew Research Center study found that...

Dear Editor: During the past few months myself, valley floor ranch folks, Ridgway residents and others have been asking about the building that has been under construction for a period of time located...

The Plaindealer just celebrated its 148th birthday. Personally, I don't think it looks a day over 99. Still, from time to time, we need to show the paper some love and spruce it up. That's why we've b...

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