50 YEARS AGO October 14, 1971 - OPEN LETTER — It has been brought to our attention that rumors about the Ridgway school accreditation are being circulated by certain individuals in the community. We f...

Dear Editor: There are several proposals on the upcoming election ballot that will raise taxes if they are approved. I will be voting no on all of them and I hope I am not alone. I have owned a home i...

Dear Editor: Let’s be honest. Ouray is a tourist based town. It’s not a mining town, it is a tourist town. People come here to enjoy the scenery, swim, hike, Jeep, rock climb, ice climb (which has bee...

Dear Editor: I am a senior in our community and my child went through the Ridgway school system a number of years ago. She received an excellent education due to the committed school administration, t...

Dear Editor: I would like to bring the three state ballot issues to everyone's attention, because they all affect school funding. Amendment 78 would require that all state money be appropriated throug...

Dear Editor: As a student of the Ridgway School District, I believe voting in favor of issues 4A and 4B in this upcoming election would benefit students, teachers, and administrators alike. Throughout...

Dear Editor: Local elections are of paramount importance and the Ridgway School District has two very important issues on the upcoming ballot, questions 4A and 4B. As a teacher and a new Ouray County ...

Dear Editor: Vote yes on 6A and say yes to Ouray Library services. The Ouray Library is asking us to allow it to adjust its mill levy to retain the level of funding it receives. If Proposition 120 pas...

A “cold spell” is definitely upon us. I find that most things in my world seem to slow down a bit when the weather turns chilly. Activities at my office seem to shift down to first gear. The overwhelm...

Bird banding has long been an important technique for identifying individual birds, to keep track of them and learn how birds travel and live. The technique dates back to the early 1800s, when John Ja...

Dear Editor: On behalf of Ouray, Ridgway and Silverton school districts, we say thank you to the numerous individuals and entities that helped make the 2021 edition of the Ramble at the Reservoir midd...

Dear Editor: I am writing in support of Alicia Skoko for Ridgway School Board. Alicia and her family have been a part of the Ridgway community for 5-plus years and her two children attend Ridgway Elem...

Dear Editor: There’s nothing I feel as passionate about as the life changing role the teachers in this community play in our lives — specifically the teachers I have the great opportunity of learning ...

Dear Editor: I have been reading negative comments about the coming election. It is my choice to be positive about it. Some individuals have made derogatory remarks about the performance of Mayor Greg...

Dear Editor: The county's agenda policy change looks bad, and is bad, for the thin-skinned BOCC. For more than a decade, I’ve stayed out of local politics, much because the unspoken desire of my immed...

Dear Editor: In his recent speech before the UN General Assembly, President Biden listed the pandemic and the climate crisis as the top two issues confronting the world. I would go so far as to say th...

Dear Editor: Two years ago a group of three candidates were elected as mayor and councilors with a common agenda — to take over the City of Ouray. Since three represents a controlling majority on the ...

You might notice something missing from this week's edition of the Plaindealer. Readers of this newspaper have, since at least 2007, seen the county commissioners' full meeting agendas published here...