Every Thursday morning Ray Castle Sr. drives to the south end of Rifle to pick up more than 2,000 copies of the Herald Times.
Author: Bobby Gutierrez
Commissioners attend meeting
Rio Blanco County commissioners Kai Turner and Ken Parsons attended the final meeting of the joint select committee on redistricting in Grand Junction last Saturday.
Kennedy competes in skills championship
MEEKER I Meeker elementary student Tannen Kennedy competed in the Western Region of Colorado at the state Denver Nugget’s Skills Challenge last week.
Buy-Fly Winners
The annual Buy-Fly fishing tournament was won this year by the K Bar T Ranch
Commissioners return from Washington D.C.
RBC I Rio Blanco County Commissioners Kai Turner and Ken Parsons spent six days last week in the nation’s capital. Turner said the trip was very productive.
MGM reports break in, theft
MEEKER I The Meeker Police Department is investigating a robbery at the Meeker General Mercantile (MGM) store located at the corner of 10th and Market streets.
Suspicious death of Montrose couple under investigation
MEEKER I Meeker postmaster Caryl Meitler received news her son Scott Michael Clarke and his wife Kama were found dead in their home in Montrose, Colo., Monday morning.
Judge orders change of venue in Snider trial
RBC I Ninth Judicial Judge Gail Nichols has ordered a change of venue in the murder trial of Jerry Snider Jr.
Bound for NCAA finals …
Former Meeker High School graduate Joe LeBlanc, wrestling for the University of Wyoming, finished second in the NCAA West Regional tournament held at the United State Air Force Academy last Sunday.
RHS Lady Panthers fall to Front Range Christian
RANGELY I “Had we come out hard and ready to play it might have been different,” Jimmie Mergelman, head coach for the Rangely girls’ basketball team said of the regional game against the Front Range Christian Falcons. “On that day though, they were better than us.”
Denver Lutheran ends Panthers’ season at regional tournament
RANGELY I “Sometimes you run into a freight train,” Rangely boys’ basketball coach Eric Hejl said. The freight train Hejl was referring to was the Denver Lutheran boys’ basketball team that ended Rangely’s season last Friday with a 90-35 win in the Region 4 basketball tournament.
Up and down el Rio Blanco: Staying positive when losing
My wife asked me the other day if I thought the world was upside down. Even after spending a weekend watching several losses, I quickly replied “no.”
