Pool operators are asking Ouray County to pursue a variance to allow more swimmers than a statewide limitation, to make opening more financially viable now that the state is allowing them to reopen.

The state’s most recent version of “Safer at Home and in the Great Outdoors” order, issued Monday, also included provisions for churches to allow in-person services and for other restrictions related to COVID-19 to loosen. The order, which is 45 pages long, also includes detailed guidelines for ...