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Kudos to past, current staff
By News Staff 
June 9, 2022
Dear Editor: I’d like to offer my congratulations to the Ouray School Class of 2022. From what I read in the Trojan Tribune members of this class are going to very challenging universities and looking...
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It’s time to remember immigrants’ stories
By News Staff 
June 9, 2022
Dear Editor: Immigrants. People from somewhere else, arriving here to stay, not visit; to settle down, not return. People who chose to live among us, work with us, in our schools, shops and towns, lea...
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Transparency, accountability a must in wake of Simms Fire
Transparency, accountability a must in wake of Simms Fire
By News Staff 
June 2, 2022
You can see it in their faces — pursed lips, creased foreheads, steely eyes. You can hear it in their voices — the impatience, the protest, the anguish. The people who call the area around Wildcat Ca...
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CORE Act would benefit San Juan hunters, anglers, wildlife
By News Staff 
June 2, 2022
Dear Editor: Last month, Colorado U.S. Senators Michael Bennet and John Hickenlooper welcomed the Senate’s first-ever committee vote on the Colorado Outdoor Recreation and Economy (CORE) Act. This is ...
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Athletics, activities support appreciated
By News Staff 
June 2, 2022
Dear Editor: Now that the 2021-2022 school year is all but concluded, I speak on behalf of the Ouray School District to say thanks to the supportive community members who have contributed in a variety...
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Forest Service blew it with Simms Fire
By News Staff 
June 2, 2022
Dear Editor: According to Ouray Ranger District Manager Dana Gardunio, proceeding with the Simms Mesa prescribed burn on May 16 was “(her) decision ... based on the best information (she) had at the m...
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What is Ouray’s plan in case of an emergency?
By News Staff 
June 2, 2022
Dear Editor: In 1944 when I was in Normandy, the sirens would glare and tell us that a bombing raid had begun, it was time to go. And we knew where the closest bomb shelter was. This is unlikely to ha...
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Commissioners need to be honest about possible tax hike
By News Staff 
June 2, 2022
Dear Editor: The Board of County Commissioners is scheming to raise your taxes again. This time it’s a citizen-proposed property tax increase for another four deputies and maybe another tax increase f...
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Ridgway Community Garden a growing asset
Ridgway Community Garden a growing asset
By Karen Risch 
May 26, 2022
Ridgway’s Community Garden is often windy, cold or hot depending on the season and time of day or night. But most importantly, it’s a very popular and productive place on spring and summer weekends. T...
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Kudos to young journalists
By News Staff 
May 26, 2022
Dear Editor: Just a quick note of congratulations to all the students who work so hard on the Trojan Tribune. I enjoy reading it and learn something new every time! Congrats to the graduating seniors ...
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Feds must change prescribed burn policies
By News Staff 
May 26, 2022
Dear Editor: My husband and I have lived on Government Springs Road since 1997. I want to thank the U.S. Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management for their recent efforts to extinguish the Simms F...
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A safer way to purge weeds
By News Staff 
May 26, 2022
Dear Editor: As a father of three young children who spend a lot of time playing outdoors, it concerns me to see chemical herbicides being sprayed throughout the town. I understand the goal of elimina...
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Give sheriff the financial wherewithal to serve and protect
By News Staff 
May 19, 2022
Dear Editor: I believe that the far majority of citizens in Ouray County would agree we elected an outstanding sheriff in Justin Perry! Through his leadership he has raised the level of professionalis...
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All students’ voices deserve to be heard
By News Staff 
May 19, 2022
Dear Editor, We, the members of Ouray High School's For Your Queer Information Group, would like to affirm our support for the teaching of LGBTQIA+ topics in school curricula. Let it be known that we ...
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In 1884 Ouray, vigilante justice for gruesome murder
In 1884 Ouray, vigilante justice for gruesome murder
By Carolyn Snowbarger 
May 12, 2022
Area ranchers Michael and Maggie Cuddigan wanted a daughter. They found 9-year-old Mary Rose Mathews at St. Vincent’s Asylum in Denver in 1883. Her mother had died, and her father, a Denver police off...
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A STRONG SHOWING IN IGNACIO
A STRONG SHOWING IN IGNACIO
By News Staff 
May 12, 2022
Photos by David Emory — Special to the Plaindealer
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Let’s share Miller Mesa year-round
By News Staff 
May 5, 2022
Dear Editor: “This place was better when the Utes owned it,” you can often hear me lament. But they don’t anymore. We do. And ranches and towns and houses fill our landscape. Even our backcountry has ...
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Keep heavy traffic to highways
By News Staff 
May 5, 2022
Dear Editor: I had a conversation with a logging truck driver on April 22 concerning his bypassing Ridgway via county roads 24A and 24. I told him it was illegal for his oversized, heavy and dust-prod...
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The osprey, an impressive fish hawk
The osprey, an impressive fish hawk
By Sue Hirshman 
May 5, 2022
Not only through an amazing experience of watching a bird or animal does one develop a “reverence for all life.” One of my birding friends and I were recently at Dutch Charlie, inside Ridgway State Pa...
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LOOKING BACK
By News Staff 
April 27, 2022
50 YEARS AGO April 27, 1972 — The Board of Education of Ouray School District R-1 in a regular meeting April 24 unanimously opposed the inclusion of Ouray County in the proposed Montrose Junior Colleg...
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New county manager seeks to lead with heart
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New county manager seeks to lead with heart
After careers in big cities and large governments, Antonio Mendez is shifting his perspective
By Lia Salvatierra lia@ouraynews.com 
February 4, 2026
Ouray County is unlike most places Antonio Mendez has lived or worked before, and Mendez brings experience unlike the county has seen in two decades, or possibly ever. Ouray County’s new manager grew ...
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City leader pulls police from patrol duty
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City leader pulls police from patrol duty
Administrator cites concerns about training, liability; sheriff's office assumes full control of services in Ouray
By Mike Wiggins mike@ouraynews.com 
February 4, 2026
Ouray City Administrator Michelle Metteer has pulled the police department’s two remaining officers off of patrol duty and reassigned them to administrative tasks, citing concerns about liability and ...
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County considers asking voters for tax hike in November
Staff to research potential funding measures for EMS, road and bridge; sheriff won't seek question this fall
By Lia Salvatierra lia@ouraynews.com 
February 4, 2026
Ouray County leaders want to research and poll the public’s appetite for asking voters for more tax revenue, to raise additional money for the county’s Emergency Medical Services and the Road and Brid...
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Ridgway gets initial OK for $1.34M grant
By Lia Salvatierra lia@ouraynews.com 
February 4, 2026
Ridgway has received initial approval for a $1.34 million grant to help it explore an all-electric building code for new construction and help electrify municipal operations, to lower its carbon footp...
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Good for you! Uncompahgre STEAM Fair
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Good for you! Uncompahgre STEAM Fair
February 4, 2026
The “Good For You!” page is a place for reader-submitted photos illustrating community, celebrations and more. Want to submit a photo for publication? Here are some guidelines for submissions: - This ...
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