Budget cuts to Ridgway School District from the state resulting from the COVID-19 induced economic downturn will not be as deep as the school board first feared. However, the district will still have to tap into reserves to maintain current staff salaries in honor of the board’s resolution on staff retention passed earlier this year

Superintendent Susan Lacy told the board last month to prepare for cuts of about 15 percent in state funding, but reported to the board last Thursday that she’s e...