This broadcast is scheduled for Saturday, May 28 at 10 a.m.
Author: Caitlin Walker
DANDELION FIELDS FOREVER …
A man who took great pride in his lawn found himself with a large crop of dandelions. He tried every method he knew to get rid of them. Still they plagued him. Finally he wrote the department of agriculture. He enumerated all the things he had tried and closed his[Read More…]
2022 Rangely Graduation Special Section
Congratulations to the Rangely Class of 2022!
Grad Greetings 2022
Email [email protected] to place your grad greeting!
BAA-PARAZZI …
The baaaaaa-dest sheep ’round these here parts took over the streets last week, as Theos Swallow Fork Ranch trailed a herd through on the way to summer pastures upriver. The event is a spring favorite for all, with more than 4,000 views of our “Sheepwatch 2022” livestream (https://www.facebook.com/ht.1885/live). CAITLIN WALKER[Read More…]
CELEBRATING MIGRATORY BIRDS …
This Saturday, May 14, is World Migratory Bird Day, an annual campaign that celebrates migrating bird species across countries and continents (it’s also celebrated in October, this year on October 8.) The 2022 campaign highlights the impact of light pollution on migratory birds, like these nesting ospreys near Kenney Reservoir[Read More…]
HOLD YER HORSES …
The third annual Meeker Mustang Makeover kicked off this weekend. Participating trainers picked up their mustangs and learned from experienced trainer Steve Mantle (above) in two separate clinics. The 2022 event was set to feature Sand Wash basin horses, but due to an equine flu outbreak resulting in more than[Read More…]
Special district election results (Unofficial)
RBC | Residents on both ends of Rio Blanco County cast votes in special district elections Tuesday. Three seats on ERBM Recreation & Park District’s board or directors, three seats on Eastern Rio Blanco Health Service (Pioneers Medical Center) District’s board of directors, and a mill levy increase for WRBM[Read More…]
PARTING SHOT …
Whether or not the weather has made up its mind about what season it is, curious little robins are pretty certain spring has very much sprung. | CAITLIN WALKER PHOTO
PLAYGROUND PREP …
The new playground at the Admin Building in Meeker is taking shape. | CAITLIN WALKER PHOTO
PMC Notice of Election
NOTICE OF ELECTION POLLING PLACE TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN , and, particularly, to the electors of the Eastern Rio Blanco County Health Service District of Rio Blanco County, Colorado: NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an election will be held on the 3rd day of May, 2022, between the hours[Read More…]
RATHER BLUSTERY …
It was a bad day for area tree and the various things they fell on, like this classic truck. Wind gusts took out several pines, rolled a trampoline down Main Street and generally wreaked havoc on anything that wasn’t strapped down. | CAITLIN WALKER PHOTO