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September 14, 2007

Colorado town booms with energy prices

  • As oil- and gas-drilling permits have skyrocketed in Rifle, so have building permits for homes.
    • By JUDITH KOHLER
    Associated Press Writer

    RIFLE, Colo. — Keith Lambert is the perfect guide to this western Colorado city: he's lived in the same house for 26 years, taught school here and, as mayor, has to keep up with the changes wrought by one of the biggest energy booms in state history.

    But even he's stumped by a newly excavated swath down a hillside. Stopping his SUV, he looked down at the front-end loaders and said: “I don't know what this is. It's possible it's some home development site approved in this area.”


     
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