Rangely News

Paoniaa s hopes of reaching the 2A state volleyball playoffs was shattered last Saturday in Meeker.

Ellen Jordan, 86, Rogers Mesa, died Oct. 13, 2009, at Paonia Care Center. Services are pending with Taylor Funeral Service.

Western Slope politicians and organizations are hoping that battles over the state budget don't boil down to a rural-urban divide.

The people of Aspen were never convinced that they wanted to market themselves as a western town like Steamboat Springs, but whenever they leaned in that direction they acknowledged that an authentic western tourist town required a Native American connection.

Every week in Denver, officials with the Colorado Bureau of Investigation wish they could get more staff members into the Grand Junction field office.

The Marines won't reinstate charges against the highest-ranking officer accused of a crime in Iraq.

The Marines won't reinstate charges against a Colorado officer who was the highest ranking person accused of a crime in Iraq.

A federal judge in Washington has blocked the Bureau of Land Management's plan to use helicopters and baits to trap and remove 100 wild horses from 128,000 acres of federal and private land near Rangely in northwestern Colorado.

A federal judge in Washington has blocked the Bureau of Land Management's plan to use helicopters and baits to trap and remove 100 wild horses from 128,000 acres of federal and private land near Rangely in northwestern Colorado.

A federal judge in Washington has blocked the Bureau of Land Management's plan to use helicopters and baits to trap and remove 100 wild horses from 128,000 acres of federal and private land near Rangely in northwestern Colorado.

Two large fires were burning this past weekend, and smaller blazes were sparking throughout the state as the seasonal wildfire threat grows.

A judge has ruled that the Bureau of Land Management cannot remove all wild horses from an area of Colorado.

A federal judge in Washington has blocked the Bureau of Land Management's plan to use helicopters and baits to trap and remove 100 wild horses from 128,000 acres of federal and private land near Rangely in northwestern Colorado.

Higher humidity and cloud cover have helped crews contain about 40% of a 1,340-acre wildfire 18 miles south of Rangely in northwest Colorado.

What treasures lie at our doorstep in northwestern Colorado. One of those least viewed and appreciated is Canyon Pintado, so named by the Escalante/Dominguez expedition on their travels through the Douglas Creek valley in 1776.

Firefighters battling the human-caused Spring Creek fire 8 miles southwest of Rangely in northwest Colorado are bracing for possible flare-ups of the 1,340-acre fire this afternoon as a strong cold front passes through the area.

Aspen's daily deluges aside, fire danger in the greater Roaring Fork Valley is high in some places, and storms of late have kept firefighters busy with lightning strikes around the region.

Higher humidity and cloud cover have helped crews contain about 40 percent of a 1,340-acre wildfire 18 miles south of Rangely in Northwest Colorado.

A wildfire burning in Rio Blanco County grew from 250 acres to 1,330 acres Wednesday because of winds measured at 30 mph, according to the Northwest Colorado Fire Management Unit.

A 1,300 acre wildfire burning eight miles southeast of Rangely is now moving toward oil and gas pipelines, and a research station.