Boom and bust cycle in Rangely, Colorado

RANGELY, CO - DECEMBER 5 - The sun sets above the brightly lit True Value hardware store on December 5, 2017 in Rangely, Colorado. This small northwestern town is struggling to keep residents and jobs in the community. The town does not have a full-service grocery store and no big-box offerings which means residents go to Vernal, Utah to stock up on fresh produce or buy major home appliances. Rio Blanco County is now trying to find ways of diversifying their county's economic drivers so that they aren't as dependent on the boom-bust cycle of natural resource extraction industries which Rangely has been a part of in the past. (Photo by Helen H. Richardson/The Denver Post via Getty Images)