Rifle Metro Pool received a hefty bill after a lightning strike in late July caused significant damages to its electrical and pump system. To fix it in time for next season’s opening day, Rifle City.
Intensifying heat from Western Slope’s typically harsh summers is pretty soon going to make things a bit melty. Might as well stay cool with a sweet dip in the local pool. Rifle’s public pool is.
One day in June 2020, city staff were filling water in sections at the Rifle Metro Pool when Tom Whitmore warned everyone to mind where they were dragging the hoses. Someone could trip and fall.
Carbondale voters will likely be asked in the April 2022 election whether the town should take on debt to fund an estimated $7 million rebuild of the municipal pool facility.