Ouray’s popular, highly anticipated Jeep raffle will extend into December, a setback the Ouray Tourism Office hopes to offset with a flurry of online ticket sales this fall.

With the OTO still waiting on permission from the state to begin selling tickets for the 55th annual event, the organization’s board of directors informally agreed during an Aug. 28 meeting to postpone wrapping up the raffle until the end of the year, OTO Executive Director Kat Papenbrock told the Plaindealer on Tue...