Ouray County reached a settlement agreement Wednesday with upper County Road 5 property owners who filed suit against the county in January 2019. Commissioners voted unanimously to approve a settlement agreement after a meeting on the subject was continued four times.

“We are going to be looking at this document and deciding basically whether this document is a better path for the county to follow than going to court and letting the court decide,” Chairman Don Batchelder said at the end of Tu...