Covid
Schools to ditch mask mandates
Ridgway and Ouray school districts will make masks optional in classrooms and on buses starting Monday.
The change is in line with new guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which says masking in schools isn’t necessary if COVID cases in a community are low to moderate.
Ouray County’s cases are currently low, according to the CDC’s community level tracker. The levels are based on numbers of new cases, new COVID-19 hospital admissions and the percent of beds...