Ouray Tourism Office Executive Director Kat Papenbrock has resigned to take an economic development job with the state of Colorado, leaving behind a role in which she led the growth of the tourism industry in Ouray but struggled with agency financial trouble last year and delays in launching the popular Jeep raffle two years in a row.

Papenbrock is one of three location-neutral employees hired by the Colorado Office of Economic Development and International Trade last week. She will represent w...