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If you would like to contact a member of the staff directly, the following is their e-mail information. You can also reach them at 970.878.4017 or 970.675.5033.

Sean McMahon, editor
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Janae Stansworth, subscriptions, classifieds, legal notices, display ads and billing
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Debbie Watson, classifieds, display ads and billing
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Tonya Morris, ad and page design, Colorado Hunting Club GM
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Niki Turner, Meeker town beat, proofreader, ad design
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Mitch Bettis, publisher
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Local metal artist Kyle Stewart partnered with his wife, Ashley, to bring the Rangely Library’s new sign to life on Main Street. The Stewarts used approximately 30 square feet of metal, with 55 separate pieces cut and welded together to create the 150-pound sculpture.

Metal artists bring library sign to life

RANGELY I It was only a matter of time before metal artist Kyle Stewart’s creations became a family affair. The 24-year-old, who works for family business Stewart Welding and whose metal sculptures can be seen in public spaces and private residences around Rangely, has taken on a full-fledged partner in his latest endeavor: his wife, […]

This is an aerial view of Coulter Field in Meeker with the hangars visible to the far left and the widened runway and taxiways visible on the right. The runway was widened from 60 feet wide to 100 feet wide, and it can now handle aircraft weighing up to 60,000 pounds, where the previous limit was 27,000 feet.

Coulter Field dedicated to Gary Coulter

RBC I The newly reconstructed runway, taxiways and a new large-aircraft apron at Meeker Airport were dedicated Saturday morning to Gary Coulter, the man who has managed the airport since 1959 — a total of 54 years. The new airport opened on Nov. 27. Coulter piloted the first aircraft onto the new runway accompanied by […]

Pastor Jon at United Methodist Church in Meeker sits with some of the children who helped fill 169 local Samaritan’s Purse gift-filled shoeboxes that will be distributed around the world as part of a project to bring Christmas presents to children who have never received a gift.

169 Meeker gift baskets set for world children

MEEKER I This year, Samaritan’s Purse is celebrating 20 years of distributing gift-filled shoeboxes to more than 100 million children around the world. Children and adults from the United Methodist Church in Meeker have participated in Operation Christmas Child for many years. The last couple of years, other Meeker churches have joined in sending the […]

Rifle hunting season good for deer, bear

RBC I Hunting for deer and bears was pretty successful, however, hunters seeking elk found the elusive game a little tougher than normal to harvest this year, according to a local Colorado Parks and Wildlife official. Bob deVergie, the area game manager out of the CPW’s office in Meeker, said the elk hunting this year […]

Dr. Katy Rieves, left, Rangely District Hospital’s newest physician, has begun seeing patients and getting to know hospital and clinic staff last week. Rieves is the friend and former coworker of Dr. Mercedes Cameron, center, who took a leave from RDH last December after being diagnosed with breast cancer. RDH registered nurse Shelby Lindsay, right, will begin seeing patients early next year after completing board and licensing requirements to become a nurse practitioner. Rieves and Lindsay are two of three health care providers filling slots left by Cameron and Dr. Chris Adams in the last year. A third physician, Dr. Casey Aguirre, has signed a contract to begin at RDH in March.

Rangely hospital getting back to a full healthy staff

RANGELY I In the coming weeks and months, Rangely District Hospital hopes to offer what it’s been short on for the better part of a year: continuity. In December, Dr. Mercedes Cameron took leave to be treated for breast cancer. Then, after extended absences beginning in February, Dr. Chris Adams resigned from the hospital in […]

Ficken, Hogan, Slagle lead Lady Panthers on basketball court

RANGELY I Winter sports are under way, and the Rangely girls’ basketball team is ready to begin a season of hard work and constant improvement. Second-year head coach Quinton Kent said of the upcoming season, “We expect our team to improve every practice and every game. Whatever happens beyond that is out of our control.” […]

Dinosaur woman gives back by working at food bank, thrift store

DINOSAUR I Sometimes getting help can be the stimulus to pay it forward down the line. That’s what happened to Dinosaur resident Valerie Page, who left Rapid City, S.D, in February with 17-year-old daughter Makayla to come to Colorado. The circumstances of their move forced them to arrive in Dinosaur with almost nothing. That first […]

Water tank…

Alan Ducey of Ducey’s Electric, Friends of the Tank executives Bruce Odland, Lois LaFond and Mark McCoin and Moon Lake Electric Association (MLEA) District Manager Bob Kissling discuss the logistics of connecting power to the water tank west of Rangely. The Friends executives spent four days in Rangely in October meeting with MLEA, local contractors […]