Rifle

So I, I think, you know, don't get scared of topography, but it depends on the topography.

Like Dan, what you're talking about was a, a deal that I did, and I mean, I, I think we shared it on like a Halloween episode of horror stories of that deal in Rifle, where it was h- you know, no ingress and egress from the main road.

The other road that you could get in from, you had to build a bridge because it, you know, crossed over wetlands, so you have to get, just like your, your deal with getting the Army Corps of Engineers involved to figure out how to do a crossing, uh, to not disrupt things, where it's like, okay, you know, what would my return on investment be too of beyond that? So, you know, say this deal is like you, you know, I'm making up numbers for you, but you buy it at 100 grand, you need to put 150,000 into improvements, and you can sell it for 600.

It's a no-brainer.

A proposed land exchange in Colorado's Roaring Fork Valley is raising questions about public access, wildlife habitat, and who gets heard when public land is at stake.

Out of Bounds Ranch wants to trade about 2,103 acres of private land near Rifle for roughly 2,158 acres of BLM land near Carbondale.

Ranch owners say the exchange would improve ranch management and add connected public land near Rifle.

Opponents say the public parcel near Carbondale is more accessible and valuable for hunting, and that transferring it could make nearby Forest Service land harder to reach.

Representative Jeff Herd's office drafted a bill to authorize the exchange called the GAME Act.

Colorado Parks and Wildlife have not endorsed the proposal.

In a letter to Herd, the agency warned that the exchange could severely limit access to adjoining Forest Service land and remove public hunting ground where opportunities are already very limited.

The parcel near Rifle may offer hunting opportunities too, but CPW described it as steep and difficult to access from existing roads.

That's what she dreamed of.

Ana later moved to Rifle, Colorado, to be with a new boyfriend.

She originally had moved out there to be with her daughter's father.

She kinda stayed out there after they split, and ended up finding a job working at a hotel doing housekeeping, but she was more focused on raising her kids and being a mom for her kids.

The initial kinda size-up was two people had broken into a house for an unknown reason, and one ended up dead.

We weren't sure how or why they were in the area.

Over in Rifle, investigators were given the names of people Anna had been known to associate with.

One of them was known to the police.

For Aspen Public Radio, I'm Hannah Weaver.

The Parachute Area Transit System could expand on-demand service hours in Rifle next year.

That's if the City Council approves a proposed funding increase in December.

The system helps people travel through Rifle, Parachute, and Battlement Mesa, And since launching its on-demand service over the summer, there's been a substantial increase in the number of riders.

According to the Post-Independent, the City Council has discussed increasing its $75,000 contribution to about $110,000.

That would support expanded service hours and rising operational costs.

Drew Shaw, Aspen Public Radio News.

Rifle residents operating Airbnbs and other short-term rentals could see an increased lodging tax soon.

Voters will decide in November whether to increase Rifle's lodging tax by 3% for places rented for fewer than 30 days.

The town estimates this would bring in about $350,000 that would go toward things like visitor improvements, historic preservation, and special events.

In other local election news, this November, the city of Glenwood Springs is asking residents to increase its property tax rate by about 8 mils.

May 17th, '73.

Three 33-kiloton devices fired together near Rifle, Colorado.

The design assumes the three cavities will connect, and you get one big fractured chimney to draw from.

They didn't connect.

Hurd is also facing a big scandal at the wrong time for him.

A wealthy ranch owner in Western Colorado spent more than $200,000 on lobbyists and campaign contributions in order to get Hurd to draft a bill that would allow him to swap 2,000 acres of prime forest land in the Roaring Fork Valley for his steep brush country near Rifle.

Seems like a good deal.

Yeah, if you're that guy.