RIDGWAY SCHOOLS

Two of the candidates in Ridgway’s contested race for school board have raised campaign contributions outside their own personal spending and share top donors. This is the first school board race in a decade where contributions have been raised for a school board race, according to campaign finance records.

The last time there was a contested race, with eight candidates in 2009, some of the candidates spent their own money but did not report contributions. The total amount spent ...