MEEKER | The Cowboy golf season has wrapped up for 2020 at the close of the regional tournament. This year’s team was Peter Hanks, John Hampton Hightower, Ryan Phelan and Ryan Sullivan. The tournament itself is only one day long but the team gets an opportunity for a practice round[Read More…]
Month: September 2020
Rangely Chamber hires Webber for executive director position
RANGELY | McKenzie Webber is the new face of the Rangely Area Chamber of Commerce after the executive director position was vacated by Richard Smith. Webber spent the summer as an intern at the Town of Rangely helping promote the town and town events with marketing coordinator Jeannie Caldwell. She[Read More…]
OLD GLORY FLIES HIGH AT COAL CREEK …
With the assistance of White River Electric Association, the Rural Schools Committees of the Rio Blanco County Historical Society installed a flag pole at Coal Creek school. You can visit the school and check out the new flag, as well as all the other renovations the committee has completed, at [Read More…]
Obituary: Joe Papez
Oct. 12, 1934 ~ Sept. 15, 2020 Longtime Meeker resident, Joe Papez passed away on Sept. 15, 2020, at Pioneers Medical Center. He was 85. Upon Joe’s request, private family services are being held. He retired from the Division of Wildlife with many years of service. He is survived by[Read More…]
Tuesday, Sept. 29 marks 141st anniversary of “Meeker Incident”
MEEKER | Tuesday, Sept. 29 will mark the 141st anniversary of the “Meeker Incident” (https://coloradoencyclopedia.org/article/meeker-incident). That sad day in early autumn was the culmination of more than a decade of rising tensions between the Utes and the federal government after six Ute tribes signed a treaty in 1868 ceding their[Read More…]
Interview with Karl Hanlon
RBC | Long time northwest Colorado resident and Glenwood Springs-based attorney Karl Hanlon is running for Colorado’s 8th Senate District this election. The district encompasses six counties in northwest Colorado, including Rio Blanco County. Karl Hanlon described SD8 as large and diverse, noting that resort communities like those in Garfield[Read More…]
Benefits, mask usage and more at BOCC meeting
RBC | Commissioners and budget and finance director Janae Stanworth discussed the possibility of making changes to the county’s employee benefit plans in a work session Tuesday. Currently, the county pays 100% of the monthly health insurance premiums for staff, with a $1,000 deductible. The monthly premium for an individual[Read More…]
Rangely hosts home meets
RANGELY | The Rangely Panther cross country teams were busy this past weekend, playing host to a six team varsity meet Friday and then hosting another four teams Saturday for a JV meet. The course was deceptively challenging, running over rolling hills in the grass of the beautiful Cedar Ridges[Read More…]
OHVs, AGNC and more in Rangely
RANGELY | At the Rangely Town Board of Trustees meeting Tuesday, trustee Alisa Granger reported on the public safety committee meeting held Sept. 21 with Police Chief Ti Hamblin. The main agenda item was the town’s OHV ordinance. Golf carts have been added to the list of vehicles approved to[Read More…]
New Briefs: Sept. 24, 2020
Drive thru flu clinics in Meeker, Rangely RBC | RBC Department of Public Health and Environment is holding drive through flu vaccination clinics this year. Meeker’s clinic will be held Thursday, Oct. 1 from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m at the RBC Fairgrounds and Rangely’s clinic will be held Tuesday, Oct.[Read More…]
Obituary: Vernon Chris Murray
Vernon Chris Murray July 23, 1946 ~ Sept. 12, 2020 Vernon Chris Murray, 74, of Rifle, Colorado passed away unexpectedly Sept. 12, 2020, while doing what he loved, hunting on the Flattops. Vern was born was born the second of eight children in Roosevelt, Utah, on July 23, 1946, to[Read More…]
True Value …
Rangely True Value received $400 from the True Value Foundation’s Educational Heroes Safety Campaign and provided Rangely schools with cleaning supplies and safety masks. COURTESY PHOTO