Month: February 2018
Remembering Humphrey …
From the Herald Times 25 years ago: “Humphrey the Camel and 2-year-old Ty Gates share a ride around an upriver pasture. Ty, now 13, was 2-years-old. Humphrey, now 20, was 9-years-old. Humphrey no longer spits at strangers and is quite pleasant to visitors to his current home at the Watt’s[Read More…]
What a typical CASA case looks like
RBC | Mia, Jake, Kyle and Alisha were living in a trailer with their Mom. Mom was dealing methamphetamine from their home, robbed at gunpoint and beaten in the presence of the children. Routinely, Mia would gather her younger siblings and lock them in the bathroom to keep them safe from[Read More…]
2018 State Wrestling Photos
Cowboys finish in top 10 at state as a team; three return home with medals
MEEKER | Cowboy head wrestling coach J.C. Watt is all about improving the Meeker wrestling program and he believes his team did just that during the season which ended last weekend with the 2018 Colorado State Wrestling Championships, held in the Pepsi Center, where the Cowboys finished eighth as a[Read More…]
Rangely’s Coombs competes at ‘Big Show’ for the first time
RANGELY | First-year head wrestling coach J.C. Chumacero was proud of his first, first-time state qualifier Tytus Coombs, even though he did not win a match in the 2018 Colorado State Wrestling Championships, also known as the “Big Show” as all five state classifications wrestle in the Pepsi Center in[Read More…]
Editor’s Column: A new blow to public information
Hot on the heels of last week’s kudos to the Town of Meeker for stepping up and restoring publication of an (albeit abbreviated version) of its monthly financial expenditures, this week government transparency has taken another jab in the political ring, followed by a friendly-fire uppercut from our own commissioners.[Read More…]
Winners again…
Bobby Gutierrez Photo Courtesy Photo
Cowboys beat Soroco 74-42, enter district tourney as No. 2 seed
By BOBBY GUTIERREZ [email protected] MEEKER | The Cowboys finished the regular season with an overall 15-4 record and were 11-1 in the Western Slope League (WSL), after a 74-42 thumping of the Soroco Rams Friday last in front of their hometown fans in the final game of the regular season.[Read More…]
Lady Panthers tie with Meeker, Soroco for first in the league
By Colt Allred Special to the Herald Times RANGELY I The lady Panthers picked up a big win against the Paonia Eagles on Friday. It’s always tough to play in Paonia, but the lady Panthers came out on top for the first time in a decade. The Eagles actually got[Read More…]
Lady Cowboys win league tie-breaker, get No. 1 seed
By Bobby Gutierrez [email protected] MEEKER | Meeker, Rangely and Soroco girls’ basketball teams finished the regular season with a 10-1 Western Slope League records and since Rangely beat Meeker and Soroco beat Rangely, then Meeker beat Soroco last Friday in the final game of the regular season, Meeker will be[Read More…]
Panther boys secure 2A league championship
By Colt Allred Special to the Herald Times RANGELY I The Rangely Panthers were able to get the win against Paonia on Friday and secure the Western Slope 2A League championship. As soon as the ball was tipped the game started fast and furious. The teams were neck and neck,[Read More…]