Chamber hosts Facebook workshop

RANGELY I The Rangely Area Chamber of Commerce will host a workshop titled “How to Use Facebook for Your Business” Monday, Feb. 25 from 6 to 7:30 p.m. in the Town of Rangely meeting room.

Rec. Center repairs…

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Flooring has been ordered to replace the two racquetball court floors ruined by a fire suppression system valve break at the Western Rio Blanco Metropolitan Recreation and Park (WRBM) recreation center last month.

Plans move ahead: Wild horses threaten agriculture, ranchers

Wild horses eat hay meant for Cripple Cowboy Cow Outfit cattle. Ranchers say the horses complicate their efforts to care for the land and earn a livelihood, especially in a drought year. White River field office manager Kent Walter said that the agency has conducted horse gathers in recent years and that landowners need to submit written notification of trespassing horses to the BLM.

RBC I Ranchers are drawing up allotment management plans with range management specialists after the Bureau of Land Management’s withdrawal last month of a proposed decision to reduce herd grazing on its land by at least 50 percent starting in June.

Subdivision moves forward

RANGELY I Development is moving forward on 16 lots in a new subdivision approximately one-half mile west of Parkview Elementary School. An annexation last spring allowed Rio Mesa Resources, owned by Mike Hayes, to develop the 95-acre site.

A new view: Student art published

RANGELY I Jess Tolley didn’t realize art was her passion until it helped her see the world in a new way.

Waving Hands seeks submissions

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RBC I An injured bull elk, shoulder blade shattered, careens off into the dusk. A Northwest Colorado hillside, its skin “scoured, flayed, and carried off,” lies exposed to the shameless scrutiny of passersby. Butch Cassidy and the Wild Bunch hunker down in Brown’s Hole, safe from the intrusion of pesky posses after robbing yet another [...]

Rangely New Eden center plans for March opening

Starting next month, Rangely's New Eden Pregnancy Care Services will start seeing clients to provide pro-life guidance, offer pregnancy and childcare classes and give material assistance to new and expectant moms. The three-room suite in the Early Education Center has been furnished by donations from community organizations and businesses.

RANGELY I Cushioned black chairs flank the walls of a waiting room at the Early Education Center. A dark wood desk stands in the corner, phone and computer placed neatly on its surface in anticipation of future calls and emails.

Oil shale proponent networks in Rangely

RBC I Brad McCloud’s message at last week’s community networking meeting was uncompromising: do not dismiss oil shale’s potential as a viable energy source in a world of increasing demand.

Water treatment plant renovations under way

RANGELY I After a year of work on engineering and design aspects to modify its water treatment plant, the Town of Rangely began demolition and construction for the first phase of that renovation Monday, Jan. 14.

Network…

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Brad McCloud of Environmentally Conscious Consumers for Oil Shale (ECCOS) spoke at January’s Community Networking meeting in Rangely. McCloud discussed the world economy’s dependence on oil and the viability of oil shale as a resource in coming decades.

Spelling bee…

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Parkview Elementary School held its first spelling bee in three years Monday night and will send fourth-grader Raiden Ganser (right) to the Colorado State Spelling Bee in Denver on March 16. Ganser was the top speller of ten fourth- and fifth-grade finalists while second-grader Anthony Dorris (left) won the first through third grade competition.

Chevron gives STEM money

(From left) During Rangely School District’s Board of Education meeting last week, Chevron plant operations supervisor Kelly Brown and operations supervisor Luke Allred presented a $20,000 check to Rangely Junior-Senior High School principal Berry Swenson to help fund an upper-level math and science position. The company is partnering with the board’s STEM (Science, Math, Engineering and Technology) Consortium, whose goal is to help the top one-third of students in the district excel.

RANGELY I The Rocky Mountain Area of Chevron’s Mid-Continent Business Unit gave $20,000 to the RE-4 school district at its board meeting Jan. 15. Chevron operations supervisor Luke Allred and plant operations supervisor Kelly Brown presented the check, which will help fund an upper-level math and science faculty position, to Rangely Junior-Senior High School principal [...]

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