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🌱 How Rifle families are getting help after the Willow Creek fire

Rifle, Colorado Patch AM: a 4 min read

Good morning Rifle! Your connection to what's happening around town is here. Take a sip of coffee and read on. ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

  • How Rifle families are getting help after the Willow Creek fire

Also on today's calendar: Flexibility and Stability and 1 more event.

Today's riddle: What do sweet potatoes wear to bed? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Friday: Warmer; breezy in the p.m., with a high of 94 and low of 50 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
  • Saturday: Warm; breezy in the afternoon, temps: high: 93, low: 53.
  • Sunday: A stray afternoon t-shower, with a high of 86 and low of 55 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• 8-unit structure majorly damaged from Willow Creek Fire in Rifle (westernslopenow.com) — Families in Rifle are reeling after the Willow Creek fire destroyed an eight-unit apartment building, though the blaze is now fully contained and no injuries were reported. Displaced residents are receiving shelter and Red Cross assistance at the Garfield County Fairgrounds, while Colorado River Fire Rescue’s Community Cares Fund is offering monetary relief. Officials are urging residents to prepare evacuation routes and reliable alert systems.
   

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💬 Chatter

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  • My yellow chicken CotterPin is out in The Village.
    She escaped from 330 Village Dr. if ya see her pls let me know- apparently she’s off her meds and rebelling. (Nextdoor Rifle Village South)
  • City Market Food & Pharmacy posted a job opening for Grocery Clerk in Rifle. Apply here.
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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Yammies! (Thank you Lynda S. for sending it in!)
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