For over two years, Sandy's been busy as a bee Taking care of her horse Digger, the cat Hobo, and me. Diggers' not much trouble, and Hobo's so easy it's silly, But it's a full time job wrangling Willi...

Dear Editor, In 2000, voters secured the future of medical services for Ouray County residents when approving the establishment of the Regional Service Authority. The 1%, 10-year mill levy a llowed pu...

Dear Editor: As outlandish as it may sound to some I am writing to garner support to plead with the county commissioners to close all county roads leading to the forest: County Road 5, County Road 7, ...

Dear Editor, The Ouray County Integrity Project, in ads, mailers, and on Facebook, continues to fearmonger and spread lies about me, trying to paint me as the inventor of Section 9 of the Land Use Cod...

Dear Editor, Remember when Ridgway was a small town with a brand new stoplight? Most everybody knew everybody else. Sure, we had differences of opinion; the best ones played out in the Plaindealer's L...

Dear Editor, I write for two issues: one has me gratified with the county and its people where I live and the other issue is disheartening. First, the good one: I attended my first board meeting of th...

Dear Editor: I am amazed that "progressive liberals" are so willing to publicly display their biased ignorance in letters to the editor in this newspaper! Gary Matney Ridgway

Dear Editor, I have followed with interest the dirty tricks of the so-called Ouray County Integrity Project smearing the good character of Lynn Padgett, candidate for county commissioner. By all obser...

Dear Editor: Ouray County has a great option this fall to vote for Marilyn Harris as the representative to Colorado House District 59. Marilyn is a voice for small business. I've listened to her speak...

Dear Editor, Please support ballot initiative 7A - it is important to the future of Ouray County. The Colorado River District was formed in 1937 to protect our Western Slope water and Colorado's share...

Dear Editor, A letter was recently published stating that by having three Ds (Democrats) on the county commission we, the people, would be best served. In my years of following governments, it is my p...

Editor’s note: These answers have been edited forlength and clarity, and in some instances have been paraphrased. Age: 61 Party affiliation: Unaffiliated Years lived in Ouray County: Since 1995 Profes...

Editor’s note: These answers have been edited for length and clarity, and in some instances have been paraphrased. Age: 34 Party affiliation: Democrat Years lived in Ouray County: Since 2017 Professio...

Editor’s note: These answers have been edited for length and clarity, and in some instances have been paraphrased. Age: 49 Party affiliation: Democrat Years lived in Ouray County: Since 1999 Professio...

THURSDAY, OCT. 8 PUBLIC FORUM: Forum with the four 2020 candidates for Ouray County Commissioners: Ned Bosworth, Jake Niece, Lynn Padgett and John Peters. 6:30-8 p.m. via Zoom. Link at: d3colorado.org...

50 YEARS AGO October 8, 1970 - Judge George Kempf found in favor of the petitioners, the Ouray County commissioners, in the continuing dispute over the extension of County Road 5 from “Kelly’s Gate” t...

Most of us who live here know that the city and county were named for Chief Ouray. We’ve seen his photos along with his wife Chipeta. Maybe we’ve even visited the Ute Museum in Montrose or attended pr...

Dear Editor, In the Sept. 17-23 issue of your paper you published a letter from Glynn Williams that contained a completely false statement. The letter said, “Make no mistake, the Republican Party had ...

Dear Editor, No doubt, the focus for this year’s election will mostly be the national one, but the one I’m following more closely is the county commissioner race in our very own county. I’m reminded e...

Hunting accidents have declined rapidly since the passage of two laws in 1970. One law requires hunter education training for all hunters born on or after Jan. 1, 1949. The other requires hunters to w...