Author: Heather Zadra

Community gardens…

Brecken McElhaney, left, smiles with his mom, Christy, and brother Brody during the Rangely Community Gardens’ third annual fundraiser barbecue in front of Rangely True Value on Saturday, netting roughly $400 that will be used to extend the gardens’ water line.

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 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 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…

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

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.