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Rangely School Board looks at full-time kindergarten, district changes next year

RANGELY I The Rangely School Board met Nov. 18 to discuss a number of possible changes that could impact the 2015/2016 school year, including full-day kindergarten, an alternative high school program and calendar changes.

November 30, 2014 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

MACC meets on Monday

MEEKER I The Meeker Arts and Cultural Council will meet on Monday at 6:30 p.m. at the Meeker United Methodist Church Elbert Hall.

November 29, 2014 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

AGNC disappointed by sage grouse listing

RBC I The Associated Governments of Northwest Colorado (AGNC) issued a statement late last week on behalf of its member governments concerning the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s (USFWS) recent decision to list the Gunnison Sage Grouse as “threatened” under the Endangered Species Act.

November 29, 2014 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

RBC water district meets Dec. 4

RBC | The Rio Blanco Water Conservancy District will meet Tuesday in the Weiss Center Conference Room on the Colorado Northwestern Community College campus in Rangely.

November 29, 2014 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

Uintah Basin faces a tricky problem with oil, gas industry

RBC I On a crisp fall day lined with cottonwoods as yellow-bright as balls of flame, I take a gravel shortcut from Utah’s Nine Mile Canyon toward Vernal, an energy boomtown of some 10,000 souls.

November 28, 2014 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

Shop Saturday…

While mom, dad and the older brothers and sisters are busy supporting Meeker businesses during the Small Business Saturday holiday shopping event, the Meeker Chamber of Commerce reports that free babysitting will take place on the ground floor of the Hugus Building, at 6th and Main streets, where Wendll’s Wondrous[Read More…]

November 28, 2014 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

CPW seeks information on elk bulls killed near Dinosaur

RBC I Colorado Parks and Wildlife investigators are asking the public for help in finding the person or persons responsible for killing and abandoning three mature, high-quality bull elk near the town of Dinosaur recently.

November 27, 2014 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

Low-cost seedlings, shrubs for sale

RBC I The Colorado State Forest Service is now accepting applications on a first-come, first-serve basis for more than 40 varieties of low-cost seedling trees and shrubs grown at its Fort Collins nursery. Seedlings ordered now will be distributed statewide next spring.

November 26, 2014 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

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Meeker and Rangely 4-H achievement nights…

Above is the Meeker 4-H group and below is the Rangely 4-H group. Both had their own separate achievement nights recently, when many awards and recognitions were announced. Both 4-H groups are highly active year around in events having to do with livestock, but as can be seen from the[Read More…]

November 26, 2014 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

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Elks Charity Ball…

Despite bitterly cold winds, attendance was good at the annual Rangely Elks Lodge No. 1907 Charity Ball Nov. 15.

November 26, 2014 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

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Beauty Bar…

Former Beauty Bar owner Shirley Sinclair stands with Gail Palmer and Donna Kinnis outside Sinclair’s former business of 28 years, now the home of Beth Wiley’s pottery studio. The trio visited during the studio’s 10-year anniversary and open house Nov. 9, when approximately 100 people stopped in to check out[Read More…]

November 25, 2014 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled