Ouray County officials are struggling to promote COVID-19 precautions and compliance with tighter restrictions as pandemic fatigue increases.

During a Joint Policy Group meeting last week, county commissioners and members of the Ouray City Council and Ridgway Town Council debated ways to encourage social distancing, mask-wearing and other practices to reduce the spread of COVID-19, but acknowledged that some of their constituents aren’t willing to listen to those messages, and instead want the ...