March, 2018 | The Herald Times | Serving Meeker, Rangely, Dinosaur & Northwest Colorado

News Notes

Democratic County Assembly March 11

RBC | The two Democratic candidates, Diane Mitsch Bush and Karl Hanlon, vying to oppose Third District Congressman Scott Tipton, R-Cortez, will be in Meeker this Sunday, March 11. They will attend the Rio Blanco County Democratic Assembly to be held at 1 p.m. at the Meeker Public Library, 490[Read More…]

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Season ends for RHS boys with a 15-8 record

By COLT ALLRED Special to the Herald Times RANGELY | Rangely Panthers boys’ basketball season came to an end Friday against Simla during the regional tournament in Meeker. The game started very fast both ways, but the Simla Cubs got a four point lead early in the game. The Panthers[Read More…]

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Rangely Racquetball returns March 9-11

Rangely | The 25th annual Rangely Racquetball Tournament will be held March 9-11 at the Rangely Recreation Center. Call tournament director Shirley Parsons, 970-675-5360, or call the rec center at 970-675-8211 for details.

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Lady Cowboys end season at regionals

MEEKER | “The game was fast and exciting to the last second,” Meeker girls’ head coach Jamie Rogers said of the Region 7 championship game, where the lady Cowboys, for a second week in a row, lost the team title by one-point, this time to the Clear Creek Golddiggers. “I’m[Read More…]

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Pearce undefeated for RJHS wrestling team

RANGELY | The Rangely Junior High School wrestling team had a busy week of wrestling this past week. They traveled to Meeker and had a triangular meet with both Moffat County and Meeker. “In our first dual with Moffat County I thought we wrestled aggressively,” said coach Jeff LeBleu. Winning matches[Read More…]

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How to kill your newspaper {Editor’s Column}

Most everyone I talk to agrees with me (at least to my face) about the importance of having a local newspaper, yet we’re often guilty of systematically destroying the very thing we say has value to our towns. I’m not talking about the mainstream media entities recently threatened by a[Read More…]

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Lady Panthers headed to state

By COLT ALLRED Special to the Herald Times RANGELY | The lady Panthers basketball team pulled off a couple big wins last weekend as they hosted the regional tournament. The Lady Panthers were matched up with Norwood to start and the Panthers came out swinging. In the first half, the Panthers[Read More…]

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Cowboys win region, advance to ‘Elite Eight’

MEEKER | March Madness for the Meeker Cowboys boys’ basketball team tips off tonight at 8:30 p.m., when the Region 5 champion Meeker Cowboys will play the Region 3 champion Highland Huskies (20-3) in the Budweiser Event Center in Loveland. For a fifth time in his 20-year coaching career in Meeker,[Read More…]

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Barone wrestlers win dual meet tourney

MEEKER | Sixteen varsity Barone Middle School wrestlers won four dual meets Saturday to win the team title for the Gypsum Creek Dual tournament. Five JV BMS wrestlers got matches by wrestling on other teams and all BMS varsity and JV wrestlers won at least one match. The young Cowboys will[Read More…]

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News Notes

Meet the Rangely candidates tonight

RANGELY | Meet the candidates for Rangely Town Council at 7 p.m. at Town Hall today. Click here to read each candidate interviews: https://www.theheraldtimes.com/get-to-know-the-candidates-running-for-rangely-town-council/rangely/

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Calendar

Community Calendar: March 8, 2018

– Tootsie Care Day at 290 Fourth St., March 10 from 12-3 p.m. Open to anyone 74 and under who has trouble with toenail trimming. Donations go the VFW and Auxiliary Scholarship fund. – The Rangely Moms Group meets the first Thursday of each month from 9-11 a.m. at First Baptist Church[Read More…]

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Classifieds

Public Notices: March 8, 2018

TOWN OF MEEKER, COLORADO NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARINGS FOR THE ANNEXATION AND INITIAL ZONING OF BELLAND/FITZGIBBONS ANNEXATION PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN of a public hearing before the Meeker Planning Commission (April 2nd) and Meeker Board of Trustees (April 3rd) at the following time and place: Planning Commission meeting 2nd[Read More…]

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