Rangely to hold graduation Sunday

RANGELY I This weekend marks the end of one journey and the beginning of another for 33 seniors who will be graduated from Rangely Senior High School on Sunday afternoon.

Economy taking toll on Rangely District Hospital

Rangely District Hospital is cutting employee hours, leaving positions vacant and increasing marketing efforts for long-term care and assisted living facilities after a four-year recession and an energy industry bust cycle continue to drive admissions, out-patient procedures and clinic visits down, CEO Nick Goshe said. Hospital statistics, which have been steadily declining for more than three years, were projected by feasibility studies to have emerged from recession numbers by the time the hospital’s new building opened. Goshe said the impending move and implementation of an Electronic Medical Records (EMR) system made cutting back impossible before now.

RANGELY I Cutting staff hours, leaving vacant positions unfilled and marketing long-term care and assisted living options are among the steps Rangely District Hospital is taking to fight a recession that feasibility studies predicted would be over by now, Chief Executive Officer Nick Goshe said last week.

RMS science fair…

The Rangely Middle School Science Fair, held in the Rangely Junior-Senior High School commons area on May 2, featured dozens of entries from sixth through eighth graders.

Rangely Youth Wrestling program a labor of love

RANGELY I When it comes to the perks of heading up the Rangely Youth Wrestling Program, don’t go by the numbers. And certainly don’t go by the dollars.

Rangely Guardsmen return home

RANGELY I In July, Utah National Guardsman and Rangely High School graduate Greg Skelton left with brother Brian and childhood friend Zachary Green for a nine-month deployment to Afghanistan with the 624th Engineer Co., 1457th Engineer Battalion.

Arbor Day…

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Several Rangely children helped paint planter boxes, pick out flowers and plant them for Arbor Day on the last Friday in April.

RE-4 school initiative raises offerings

RANGELY I In response to August’s school board initiative to better support the top third of Rangely’s students, the RE-4 district is moving forward with an advanced component to its summer school and providing upper-level science and math courses at Rangely Junior-Senior High School(RJSHS)this fall.

RDH Demolition…

A John Deere 350D excavator tears down the old Rangely District Hospital and Rangely Family Medicine building at South White Avenue and Eagle Crest Drive.

Ward: Mixed memories of marathon

Sarah Ward of Rangely (pink shirt with sunglasses) crosses the finish line with an unofficial time of 4:03.16 and an official time of 3:57.46. She finished the race several minutes before two bombs detonated near the finish. She was five blocks away at the time and described “booms” that sounded like thunder.

RANGELY I At 2:23 p.m. on April 15, Colorado Northwestern Community College anatomy and nutrition instructor Sarah Ward was on top of the world. Months of training had just culminated in her finishing the Boston Marathon with a time of 3:57.46.

Rangely health fair…

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More than 100 people attended the Rangely Community Health Fair at Rangely District Hospital Saturday.

Spring is in the air …

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Some of the earliest spring flowers to bloom in Rangely this year are the pink hyacinths in Gordon and Dena Byers’ yard on Birch Street.

CNCC Foundation Dinner raises more than $39,000

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Roughly 170 persons attended the annual Colorado Northwestern Community College Foundation fundraising dinner Saturday at the Weiss Activities Center on campus.

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