Dear Editor: As the former Ouray County treasurer, and current Ridgway property owner, I was shocked to see your recent headline, 'Fire district to ask voters to double property tax.' That is not true...

Dear Editor: Here in Ridgway and throughout the U.S. and the world we are in a human- caused climate crisis that is frightening! We are witnessing an accelerated heating of the world’s atmosphere. The...

Dear Editor: I am writing to point out the inaccuracies of the headline “Fire district to ask voters to double property tax.' A more precise headline would have been written as “Fire district to ask v...

Dear Editor: I would like to address the written comments submitted by Jane Errion in relation to the cannabis grow ordinance as reported in our incredible local newspaper last week. While I don’t pro...

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Editor’s note: The Plaindealer has continued the tradition we’ve had the last few years of inviting new teachers at both Ridgway and Ouray school districts to introduce themselves in the paper. We ho...

50 YEARS AGO August 24, 1972 - At the Ouray County commissioner public meeting Monday the zoning ordinance requiring a “green belt” in each subdivision was changed. It now reads that subdivisions in l...

Dear Editor: Aug. 26, 2022, marks the 102nd anniversary of the passage of the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution by which American women won the right to vote and solidified their right to run fo...

Dear Editor: The proposed new Ridgway housing development adjacent to the Vista Terrace neighborhood named Four Winds at Ridgway Subdivision, LLC is an example of a development that just doesn’t make ...

Dear Editor: We are writing to support and thank the Ouray library co-directors for hosting the drag queen story hour. As parents of two, we are protective of our children. We know that one of the mos...

Editor’s note: The Plaindealer has continued the tradition we’ve had the last few years of inviting new teachers at both Ridgway and Ouray school districts to introduce themselves in the paper. We ho...

As customers browsed inside Humble Mountain, the new store at 824 Main St. in Ouray, co-owners Kim Kelly and Amy Winterrowd offered up insights into the products: those skincare products are made in D...

A reader once told us he loved buying a Plaindealer out of the newspaper rack because it felt to him like he was winning something, like dropping coins in a slot machine and watching three cherries li...

Dear Editor, We would like to give a sincere thank you to Ouray County sheriff's deputy Luis Perez for assisting us when our vehicle broke down Sunday, Aug. 7, on a curve on extremely busy Highway 550...

Dear Editor: I hope some of the road crews are reading the Plaindealer so I can thank them for the awesome new paving and striping, and such smooth, quiet roads! They are working long, very hot days w...

After the silver panic of 1893, most mines in the northern San Juans shut down. Many prospectors and miners gave up and left the high country, but not John Walsh. He believed there was gold in the Imo...

Dear Editor: Thanks, TABOR, I appreciate the refund I just got from the State of Colorado. So, what is TABOR, and why the refund? In 1992, Colorado voters approved the TABOR amendment, or the Taxpayer...

Dear Editor: Once again, the Ouray County commissioners have demonstrated their hostility to county citizens and citizen input. A county citizen, Richard Wojciechowski, presented the commissioners wit...