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Batchelder, Peters served county well
By News Staff 
February 4, 2021
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 ...
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Try finding common ground with the GOP
By News Staff 
February 4, 2021
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 ...
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Same coverage, different format
Same coverage, different format
By Erin McIntyre 
January 28, 2021
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...
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The rest of winter has a lot of making up to do
The rest of winter has a lot of making up to do
By Karen Risch 
January 28, 2021
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...
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Thanks to many for adapting prep sports
By News Staff 
January 28, 2021
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...
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Apology due for misogynistic column
By News Staff 
January 28, 2021
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...
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Column was dehumanizing, not humorous
By News Staff 
January 28, 2021
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...
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Kudos to the good in Ouray County
By News Staff 
January 28, 2021
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 ...
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The challenge of delivery delays
The challenge of delivery delays
By Erin McIntyre 
January 21, 2021
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...
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That time I snuggled up with The Bear
That time I snuggled up with The Bear
By Willie Richardson 
January 21, 2021
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...
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Why I love life in Ouray County
By News Staff 
January 21, 2021
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 ...
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Boebert’s unfit start
By News Staff 
January 21, 2021
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...
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How Thomas Walsh got caught up in Ouray’s gold rush
How Thomas Walsh got caught up in Ouray’s gold rush
By Carolyn Snowbarger 
January 14, 2021
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 ...
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The consequences of disinformation
The consequences of disinformation
By Mike Wiggins 
January 14, 2021
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...
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Capitol storming appalling, shameful
By News Staff 
January 14, 2021
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...
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It’s time to admit Boebert mistake
By News Staff 
January 14, 2021
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...
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The importance of not knowing what’s around the bend
The importance of not knowing what’s around the bend
By Master Trooper Gary Cutler 
January 7, 2021
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 ...
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Feeding birds offers a welcome distraction
Feeding birds offers a welcome distraction
By Sue Hirshman 
January 7, 2021
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 ...
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Plaindealer worthy of support
By News Staff 
January 7, 2021
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...
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Arizona could serve as affordable housing model
By News Staff 
January 7, 2021
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...
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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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