RANGELY I Five Rangely High School track and field athletes competed at the Colorado State Track Meet on Thursday, Friday and Saturday at Jeffco Stadium in Lakewood and a number of Panther thinclads scored points for RHS.
Month: May 2016
Several Meeker tracksters place at what coach calls ‘good state meet’
MEEKER I “We had a great state meet this year, both the boys’ and girls’ teams had numerous personal bests and every girls’ relay made the finals,” Meeker track coach John Strate said.
Rangely High School Class of 2016 graduates 19 students
Classifieds: May 26, 2016
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Old Timers: Season of reflection for locals
MEEKER I Sitting down with the remarkable Mary Ann Wilbur, the former president of “Old Timers Day,” on Friday morning afforded and incredible time to hear life experiences that have taken her far from Meeker and afforded her the opportunity to see several different types of communities and populations in[Read More…]
Sage grouse…
It is not common to wander across individual sage grouse in the hills with their shyness and camouflage colors. Above are two grouse seen strutting around the hills south of Maybell, and at left is an entire lek of grouse in the wild.
Looking at the West: What about Utah’s Wasatch ski resorts?
RBC I On a ski tour of the backcountry in Utah’s Wasatch Range in the early 1970s, a small group of skiers were at Gad Valley, near the top of Little Cottonwood Canyon, contemplating the drop onto an untouched slope, when a man at the bottom of the run waved[Read More…]
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Ducey and Elam win golf tourney
MEEKER I The field was not but the competition was in the annual two-man scramble golf tournament held at the Meeker Golf Course last week.
County jobless rate rises sharply
RBC I After a good drop in the Rio Blanco unemployment rate between December and January, February’s numbers represent a large hike in the county’s jobless numbers from 4.7 percent in January to 5.4 percent in February.