Ryan Huitt—Owner, Wildlife Expressions RANGELY | Ryan Huitt is truly a Rangely native, spending his entire childhood locally and graduating from Rangely High School in 2007. As a lover of the outdoors he found Rangely an ideal place to live and chose to build his family and business, Wildlife Expressions[Read More…]
Author: Jennifer Hill
Rangely schools talk discipline
RANGELY | Following a last minute change in meeting time the Rangely School Board met last Tuesday to discuss a new discipline plan and vote on principal contracts. Relocation of 1st Grade The board discussed potentially moving first grade to the early education building. Staff members in attendance were split on[Read More…]
County Beat: May 24, 2018
BLUEPRINT 2.0 The board agreed to send letters of support to the Colorado Office of Economic Development and International Trade for Rangely, Meeker and the county’s applications to the Blueprint 2.0 program. In its third year, Blueprint 2.0 is designed to leverage state partnerships and specialized resources to address the[Read More…]
Wild Bunch: New Rangely business offers outdoor recreation fun
Rangely’s new and aptly named Wild Bunch Consortium is preparing for a grand opening celebration Friday, May 25. The rental and retail shop owned by Dan and Bobbie Fiscus aims to serve those interested in a variety of outdoor recreation activities available locally, a sector of the economy that they[Read More…]
Town honors Becky Dubbert
By JEN HILL [email protected] RANGELY | This week Colorado Northwestern Community College honored the life and contributions of long time employee Becky Dubbert by dedicating a bench on the Rangely campus in her honor. Dubbert, who passed away earlier this year at the age of 52, worked for the college[Read More…]
Rangely council splits vote on judge
RANGELY | Tuesday the Rangely Town Council reappointed a variety of town positions and addressed conflict of interest concerns surrounding the reappointment of Municipal Judge Karen Wilczek, wife of Police Chief Vince Wilczek. Mayor Andy Shaffer also responded to a recent controversy regarding CNCC President Ron Granger’s performance. Appointment of[Read More…]
‘There is no Plan B! We have to build a reservoir to meet projected future demands.’
RBC | Plan development and vetting for the potential Wolf Creek Reservoir continues as the Rio Blanco Water Conservation District prepares to file for permits in the coming year. – WHY IT’S NEEDED The initial discussion of need for the project began in 2013 as the Water District realized that[Read More…]
FFA Banquet …
Les Mergelman performed auctioneer duties at Saturday’s Rangely FFA banquet. The FFA auctioned off a variety of metal and wood creations made by students. JEN HILL PHOTO
Bowflex donated to fire hall
RANGELY | Rangely local Kelvin White was the lucky winner of a new Bowflex PR3000 home gym exercise machine from the Rangely District Hospital’s Annual Health Fair. Despite his excitement at finally winning something White said he quickly realized that the machine would not get any use and decided to donate[Read More…]
Nuclear Abolition …
Katsuhiro Sasagaki, or Sasa, (left) and Alan Henke (right) pose next to a display board at Saturday’s Nuclear Abolition event at CNCC in Rangely. Sasa, a Japanese foreign exchange student and Henke, secretary of the campus Buddhist club, helped coordinate the event. The presentation is sponsored by Soka Gakkai, a[Read More…]
Will algae study benefit Rangely?
RANGELY | Tuesday the Rangely Town Council swore in three new trustees and Mayor Andy Shaffer, and unanimously appointed Andy Key as Mayor Pro Tem. Following extensive discussion, the new board agreed to table a contribution to the development of a new drone program at CNCC in order to assist with[Read More…]
RDA talks call center, grocery co-op
RANGELY | Last Thursday County Commissioner Jeff Rector told the Rangely Development Authority the county will gift a car to CNCC for courtesy use at the airport. The town offered to help with any maintenance. Chairman Brad Casto and Town Manager Peter Brixius discussed cooperative style grocery stores. Both talked about[Read More…]
