The Board of County Commissioners approved a $100,000 grant for the Home Trust of Ouray County on Tuesday. The funding came from the county’s remaining American Rescue Plan Act and Local Assistance and Tribal Consistency Fund money.

According to both laws, officials could use the pandemic-era relief for a myriad of needs, including employee benefits, hiring new government workers or public works improvement projects. Ouray County officials instead opted to use the funding to help close the ...