New Meeker hospital still years away

MEEKER I Officials at Pioneers Medical Center watched the results of May’s special election to build a new hospital on the west end of the county with a vested interest.
Rangely voters approved the request for a $38 million bond. Construction on the new hospital — scheduled to open in the first quarter of 2012 — will get under way this summer.
“It is exciting to see for the people in that area of the…