RANGELY | Show off your skills and help CNCC’s NIFA flight team get to nationals. We are calling all cooks to enter their best rib and/or chili recipe in a winner-take-all contest April 21 at Cedar Ridges Golf Course from 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. No entry fee is required,[Read More…]
Month: April 2018
Cowboys win 2 of 3
MEEKER | In an exciting come from behind victory, the Meeker Cowboys beat the 3A Coal Ridge Titans last week at home, then lost to the defending 1A state champion Nucla Mustangs before getting another win against 1A Dove Creek in Norwood. The Cowboys, currently 6-3, hosted Rangely on Tuesday after[Read More…]
Cedar Ridges golf tournament April 21
RANGELY | The annual Cedar Ridges golf tournament will support the CNCC NIFA team’s trip to national competition. Entry fees are $200 a team or $50 for individuals. For details contact Kris Kauber: [email protected]. Photo by Freddie Collins on Unsplash
Meeker tracksters compete in Glenwood
MEEKER | Short-handed for a second week in a row, the Meeker High School track and field team competed in the annual meet in Glenwood Springs last weekend but they plan to be back to a full team this week, when they run, jump, throw and vault in Coal Ridge and[Read More…]
Memorial Notice: Mabel “Mickey” Reagle
There will be a memorial service for Mabel “Mickey” Reagle on April 21, 2018, at 11 a.m. at Meeker United Methodist Church with a fellowship reception to follow in Elbert Hall.
Editor’s Column: What’s missing?
Two of my favorite newspaper features are missing this week: the puzzles and Days Gone By. They’ll be back next week, but I thought I would explain their absence. (The school lunch menu is also missing.) We simply ran out of room in the pages we had allotted this week.[Read More…]
Egg recall
RBC | More than 200 million eggs have been recalled after 22 reports of illnesses linked to salmonella poisoning. The eggs were distributed to stores and restaurants in Colorado, Florida, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Virginia, and West Virginia. The FDA is advising consumers not to[Read More…]
RHS Prom Royalty…
Rangely High School celebrated Prom 2018 with a Diamond Gala theme. Prom royalty this year are Jonathan Pennell and Grace Kenney, Queen Klaire Denny and King Kobe Broome, Tasha Teal and Christopher Ramirez, and attendants Madison Hunter and Slade Fielder. Matt Scoggins Photo
Consumers urged to throw away store-bought chopped romaine lettuce to avoid risk of E. coli
According to the Centers for Disease Control, an outbreak of E. coli infections in multiple states is linked to chopped romaine lettuce. As of April 19, 53 people in 16 states have fallen in. Nine hospitalizations have been reported. No Colorado cases have been reported. Advice to Consumers: Consumers anywhere[Read More…]
‘Win a Tree’ essay contest
MEEKER | Eastern Rio Blanco Metropolitan (ERBM) Recreation and Park District will be celebrating Arbor Day with the chance to win one of three trees. To be eligible to win a tree, the public is invited to write a one page essay titled “Why I Want a Tree” and submit[Read More…]
Lady Panthers ‘giving their all’
RANGELY | Spring sports are very unpredictable and that is even with the weather. The lady Panthers in the last two weeks have played five games in the sunshine, pouring rain, horrible wind and even some snow. The girls have been working hard on learning the different positions. “The reason in[Read More…]
Moffat County High School student detained for allegedly planning a school shooting
Moffat County School District Superintendent Dave Ulrich notified parents Thursday morning of an alleged school shooting threat at Moffat County High School. According to a letter posted on the district’s website, high school principal Kyle York notified Ulrich late Wednesday his office had learned “two students had devised specific plans[Read More…]