Rangely

MARCH STUDENTS OF THE MONTH …

Ms. Kaylee Mecham and Mr. Jonathan Pennell are the March students of the month at RJSHS. Kaylee Mecham will be missed next year at RJSHS. She has been active in most everything offered. She has played volleyball, basketball, run track, is in the National Honor Society, is currently the FFA[Read More…]

It’s Science!

Rangely Junior High School hosted its annual science fair, where students presented their model-based science projects for their parents, teachers, fellow students and other guests. Through their science projects, students explored their creative ideas and knowledge through practical research. Students created display boards to support their project ideas and students[Read More…]

Sweet music …

Thirty-six very talented musicians representing the Colorado Children’s Chorale performed at the Rangely High School Auditorium this past Friday and then went on to record their music at the world famous ‘Tank’ on Saturday. A mix of music and dance, the performers danced with the crowd and even taught Rangely’s[Read More…]

Urish elected to state board

RANGELY | Rangely District Hospital (RDH) physician Abbie Urish has been elected to the state board for the Colorado Academy of Family Practice. Urish was inaugurated at Cheyenne Mountain Resort in Colorado Springs in April. The board is the largest lobbying agency in the state for family practitioners. “Getting elected[Read More…]

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…]

GREENHOUSE UPGRADE …

A five-year-old “skin” on the Rangely Community Garden greenhouse was replaced recently. It was provided by the Town of Rangely, and Danielle Cooper, Ray Miller and Janet Miller worked together to put the cover on. The greenhouse will be used to nurture flowers that will soon beautify Main Street. René[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…]

RHS FBLA …

The Rangely High School FBLA chapter had a very successful state conference this past week. They took seven members who had a great showing. Brady Bertoch competed in cyber security placing fourth and qualifying for nationals. Kaylee Mecham competed in ag business and finished second, also qualifying for nationals. Linsley[Read More…]