Ouray County Commissioner John Peters has announced he is running for re-election this year with a goal of helping the county’s economy recover from the blow of recent closures.

Peters said he thought about it over the Christmas holiday and decided to run again because he felt it was important that as much consistency and experience as possible remain on the board.Chairman Don Batchelder is term-limited and ineligible to run again this year.

At this point I feel seasoned. I feel that I understan...