Dear Editor: We would like to take this opportunity to thank Don Batchelder and John Peters for their faithful service to Ouray County. Both were good listeners and considered all sides before making ...

Dear Editor: Regarding his paid advertisement in the Jan. 21-27 Plaindealer, Mr. Olivier has suggested that all Republicans are white supremacy racist. He bases this on a conversation he had with one ...

You might notice something a little different about this week’s edition of the Plaindealer. We’ve incorporated our monthly business and real estate section back into the regular-sized tabloid newspape...

2020 is officially tied with 2016 for the hottest year ever recorded on Earth, according to NASA and the European Copernicus Climate Change Service. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration...

Dear Editor: I join our school communities and communities-at-large in Ouray and Ridgway in a chorus of thanks to our district administrators, county health authorities, the Colorado High School Activ...

Dear Editor: Last week’s column by Mr. Richardson was more than distasteful. It was horrific. To describe another human being as the author described this unfortunate young woman—unfortunate because s...

Dear Editor: Willie Richardson wrote a column in last week’s Plaindealer about the time he “snuggled up with the Bear.” We had a hard time understanding its intent. Was it funny? It dehumanized the wo...

Dear Editor: This summer as I read my weekly Plaindealer online, my heart went out to the town, the county, and its people. Rude tourists flocked into Ouray refusing to wear masks, knocking items off ...

Newspapers are a funny business. One of the intriguing things about newspapers is the sheer number of variables that have to come together each week to bring you a finished edition. We take jumbles of...

Shortly after I graduated from Montrose High, Tom Berto, myself, Joe Crane, and Allen Frigetto went to Detroit to work at Hazel Park racetrack. We arrived at Hazel Park nearly broke. Upstairs on one e...

Dear Editor: These are three things I love about living in Ouray County: 1. The Mountain Rescue Team members who put their lives in peril to save others. 2. The local ranch cowboys who participate in ...

Dear Editor: As she baselessly attacked November’s election at our nation’s Capitol last Wednesday, Rep. Lauren Boebert was no doubt unsurprised and unfazed by the ensuing invasion. After all, shortly...

Let’s fast forward to summertime in the San Juan Mountains. If you’ve driven up Yankee Boy (County Road 361) you’ve seen above-ground buildings of the Camp Bird Mine. I wonder about the who, what and ...

The drumbeat began long before the first ballot was cast in the presidential election. Election fraud. Election fraud. Election fraud. There was no evidence to support the notion then, there’s been no...

Dear Editor: Let me start by saying that I am a 59-year-old lifelong Republican raised by Republicans. I have voted in every election since 1982 and always for the Republican candidate. That was until...

Dear Editor: We sent Lauren Boebert to Congress. Are we pleased with her actions there? On the morning of the insurrection at the Capitol she tweeted “Today is 1776.” During the assault on the Capitol...

I hope everyone has been enjoying the holidays this year. It’s been a hard and difficult year fora lot of people. With that being said, people don’t need anything else sad happening to them. The last ...

To have a wild bird Come to your hand Is the power of trust and love. — Anonymous We all know 2020 changed and challenged our lifestyles. Getting outdoors to spot birds and walk was different wearing ...

Dear Editor: I think the residents of Ouray County would agree that it was a fortunate day when Mike Wiggins and Erin McIntyre became part of our community, assumed ownership of the Ouray County Plain...

Dear Editor: Over the last 15 years, and I believe the 15 years before that, many in Ouray County have called for action to address the affordable housing crisis here. I would like draw attention to a...