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Racquetball tourney hosts max number of competitors

RANGELY | The 26th annual Rangely Racquetball Tournament hosted a maximum number of competitors on the Western Rio Blanco Recreation Center courts March 8-10. Athletes arrived to compete from all over the Western Slope, including [...]

ERBM keeps ‘pushing forward’

March 26, 2019 0

MEEKER | There was an ERBM Recreation and Park District board meeting Tuesday, March 12, which focused on updates on current and future projects. Circle Park Phase I: Pond Construction: “We are very much in [...]

Meeker trustees shift course on plans for Third Street facilities

March 25, 2019 0

MEEKER | In a work session following the regular board meeting, Meeker trustees reviewed a study about the town’s facilities at the end of Third Street, which include the water load-out, town shop, dog pound [...]

BUY-FLY FISHING TOURNEY (PHOTOS) …

March 24, 2019 0

The Sable Mountain Outfitters team of (left to right) Eva Scritchfield, Averee Woodward, Ryan Sullivan and Kaleb Nielsen participated in the annual Buy-Fly Fishing Tournament March 9 and all received awards for the highest number [...]

OPED: Music appreciation matters

March 26, 2019 0

MEEKER | I am extremely fortunate that a piano has been a companion to me most of my life. As a child, in the tradition of women in my family, girls were expected to take [...]

Editor’s Column: Are you still cutting the end off of the ham?

March 24, 2019 0

There’s an old story that applies to any number of human activities. A little girl watching her mother prepare Sunday dinner asks why the mother cuts the end off of the ham before putting it [...]

Winter weather delays baseball season, first game set for Mar. 29

Meeker Sports

March 24, 2019 0

MEEKER | A wintry start to the 2019 baseball season found the first games of the year moved and finally canceled. In his first year as head coach for the Meeker Cowboys baseball program, Donald [...]

Rangely track runs in Rifle

Rangely Sports

March 22, 2019 0

RANGELY | The Rangely High School track and field team took to their first meet on Friday, March 15 in Rifle. With all the snow and cold weather lately this was the first time many of [...]

Rangely Jr. High Wrestling

Rangely middle school wrestlers finish season

March 21, 2019 0

RANGELY | The Rangely middle school wrestling team finished their season this past weekend. The Panthers hosted the Hayden Tigers in a dual meet on Friday. Winning matches for the Panthers were Landon Carlson, Anthony [...]

Racquetball tourney hosts max number of competitors

March 25, 2019 0

DA decides not to file charges in officer-involved shooting death

March 21, 2019 0

RANGELY | No charges will be filed against Rangely Police Lt. Roy Kinney or any of the officers involved in the shooting death of Daniel Pierce, 58, last December. Ninth Judicial District Attorney Jeff Cheney outlined [...]

McAlister honored for dispatch work

March 18, 2019 0

RANGELY | At the Town of Rangely board meeting March 12, Dispatch Supervisor Mercy McAlister was recognized by the NG911 Institute as a “public safety professional from the public sector for their leadership, professionalism, initiative, [...]

IRS provides payment options if you owe but can’t pay in full

County

March 25, 2019 0

RBC | As the 2019 tax filing season gets into full swing, the Internal Revenue Service reminds taxpayers who owe of the many easy payment options. The IRS anticipates that most taxpayers will be affected [...]

Dinosaur Natl. Monument welcomes Scolari

County

March 24, 2019 0

DINOSAUR | Acting Intermountain Regional Director Kate Hammond announced the selection of Paul Scolari as Superintendent of Dinosaur National Monument in Colorado and Utah. Scolari will also supervise the Superintendent of Fossil Butte National Monument [...]

County

RBC broadband project update

March 23, 2019 0

RBC | An afternoon work session regarding Rio Blanco County’s Broadband Project was held in Rangely at 1 p.m. on Monday, March 18 after the regular commissioners’ meeting. The work session began with commissioners Rector [...]

County

Corrections for March 14, 2019

March 23, 2019 0

In the photo of the fire and rescue department on Page 2A of the March 14 edition of the HT, J’Leah Richardson (front row, far left) was inadvertently left out of the photo caption. We [...]

Racquetball tourney hosts max number of competitors