Elaine Wood, the victim advocate based in the Ridgway Marshal’s Office who serves the town, City of Ouray and Ouray County, is retiring at the end of this year, and her successor will occupy a new workspace at the Ouray County Sheriff’s Office.

While the program has served all three agencies since it began, it was originally housed with the Ridgway Marshal’s Office largely because it had the administrative capacity and physical space to accommodate the position, Sheriff Justin Perry sai...