MEEKER — Winners in the Meeker Classic Sheepdog Trials art contest have been listed.
Month: September 2008
Donations will end Oct. 5 for coat drive
RANGELY — Coats will be collected until Oct. 5 for the annual Rangely Coat Drive.
Sheep Wagon Days are coming Oct. 2-5
CRAIG — Celebrate the area’s sheep ranching heritage with sheep-shearing and working dog demonstrations, hands-on educational booths, tours of sheep wagons, free Yampa Valley Boys Concert, food and craft vendors, “Fall Flavors” pie contest, John Wayne Band, reenactments, flap jack feed and lamb festival lunch both days and more.
Deadline for Fairfield grant applications
MEEKER — The semi-annual Fairfield Trust Grant application deadline is approaching.
Rangely restaurant fire under CBI investigation
Owners planned to re-open Oct. 1 RANGELY — Vicky Reeves, owner of Cowboy Corral, the Rangely restaurant that burned down late last week, has plenty of questions. Including what started the early morning fire Sept. 19 that destroyed the long-time local restaurant.
‘Not in a million years’
Rangely deaths shock family, friends RANGELY — Danette Graham loved her in-laws. She drove from Vernal, Utah, three times a week to check in on them. And she never would have imagined Carlos Graham Sr. would shoot and kill his wife of 40-some years and then turn the gun on[Read More…]
Oil from shale: Vawter to discuss region’s future with oil shale Sept. 23 in Rangely
RANGELY — Glenn Vawter has kept the faith. And, in his line of work, that hasn’t been easy. Vawter is executive director of the National Oil Shale Association in Glenwood Springs. The history of oil shale as a viable and economical energy source has been shaky, to say the least.
County officials worry that millions in oil revenue will disappear with Anvil cleanup
RBC — Anvil Points — site of an oil shale research project that started in the 1950s and lasted for 40 years — is back in the news.
Officials rule deaths as murder-suicide
RANGELY — Authorities ruled Tuesday’s shooting deaths of a rural Rangely couple a murder-suicide.
Graham’s son arrested Sept. 15 for child abuse
VERNAL — Danette Graham’s husband, Carlos Graham Jr. was arrested here Sept. 15 on charges of sexually abusing a child.
Rodebaugh helping Rifle ride high
MEEKER — Alisha Rodebaugh, a sophomore from Meeker High School, is one of the top arms for the Rifle High School softball team.
Cowgirls battle for league win
MEEKER — It has been a very wavy road to start the volleyball season. The team scheduled six matches with schools bigger than Meeker, with the exception of Nucla, for its pre-season jump.