Rangely

Town of Rangely preps for spring

RANGELY | The Rangely Town Council met on Tuesday in a short meeting where they approved a donation to Rowdy Worm and heard updates on upcoming projects from Town Manager Peter Brixius. According to Brixius the town has received four resignations in the last six weeks, mostly in the gas[Read More…]

Goshe speaks to state legislature

RANGELY | The Colorado Hospital Association’s Rural Health and Hospitals Conference was held in Denver last week. Rangely District Hospital CEO Nick Goshe, Pioneers Medical Center CEO Ken Harman and board members from both local hospitals attended. Goshe was asked to give a presentation to the legislatures at the capitol[Read More…]

RDA grocery discussion continues

RANGELY | The Rangely Development Agency met last week where they heard updates on various economic activities around town including a potential end to the county oil and gas impact fee moratorium as well as entered into an occasionally heated discussion about the Rangely grocery situation. RDA member Tim Webber[Read More…]

Chevron crews respond to oil spill

RANGELY | This week Chevron Pipe Line Company is continuing their response to a crude oil spill which occurred at a collection station outside of Rangely on March 5. Following the spill of the 115 barrels (4,830 gallons) of crude oil, Chevron immediately shut down the line and sent a[Read More…]

Rangely Networking Group features AGNC director

RANGELY | Nearly 30 folks turned out Tuesday, Feb. 28 for the Rangely Community Networking Group meeting at CNCC which featured Associated Governments of Northwestern Colorado (AGNC) Executive Director Bonnie Petersen. Prior to her current role at AGNC, Petersen was executive director of Club 20 in Grand Junction from 2011[Read More…]

The Salon celebrating 10 years

RANGELY | In Rangely’s boom and bust cycle, longevity is something not all businesses are able to boast about, but thankfully for Lyndsey Wiley, owner of Rangely’s The Salon, no matter the price of oil and gas, hair continues to grow. Wiley moved to Rangely with her family in high[Read More…]

Affordable Care Act has high cost for local hospital

RANGELY | Since the passage of the Affordable Care Act in 2010 budget struggles have been nothing new for Rangely District Hospital. Dwindling Medicaid payments coupled with booming Medicaid participants exacerbated those financial challenges. The hospital budget operates under a variety of revenues. There are two mill levies associated with[Read More…]