A photograph of a rainbow over the new Meeker Elementary School, was submitted to the paper with a letter to the editor
Month: August 2011
Rangely school gets equipment
RANGELY I Recently, the Rangely Junior/Senior High School has acquired some great new weightlifting equipment.
Letter to the Editor: A privilege to call this area “home”
Dear Editor: Thanks so very much to those involved this past week who helped, perhaps even putting your own lives, schedules and careers in jeopardy, to eliminate a very serious potential hazard that had to be dealt with.
Rio Blanco County Days Gone By
The Meeker Herald — 125 years ago Owing to a landslide near Shosone, in the vicinity of Glenwood Springs, Monday, Meeker was without mail for three days. On Wednesday night, after the mails finally got through, they had accumulated to such an extent that the stage could not bring it[Read More…]
Natural Soda tour …
Natural Soda Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Natural Resources USA Corporation has operated in Rio Blanco County for more than 20 years.
New cross country team for RHS
RANGELY I After a few years without a cross country team, the Rangely Panthers are entering their second year coming off a successful first.
State Fair Results
Unit 3 Junior Leather CarvingKenzie Turner – Grand ChampionUnit 3 Intermediate Leather CarvingSophia Belland – 9th placeUnit 8 Intermediate Advanced Creative StampingCasey Turner – 5th place
Letter to the Editor: Giving away our great outdoors
Dear Editor: U.S. Representative Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) has proposed legislation that opens tens of millions of acres of pristine lands to corporate polluters.
Range Call Royalty …
Range Call Royalty tryouts were held Saturday, Aug. 20, 2011, in Meeker. Maclaine Shults and Kaitlyn Dinwiddie from Meeker as well as Katye Allred from Rangely participated in tryouts.
Vision help for people 55 and older
RANGELY | Thanks to a generous American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, the Independent Living Center is pleased to make available, at no charge, low vision assessments and assistive technology assessments in our Rio Blanco County service area for people aged 55 or older who have significant vision loss.
2011 High School Golf Season
The 2011 high school golf season has started and both Rio Blanco County high schools have teams and both already have tournament experience.
Loose Ends: Words, like clothes, go in and out of fashion
“Dude” is one old-fashioned word that has become modern.