Meeker High School football players J.C. Henderson, Jake Phelan, Scott Smith, Fernando Olivas, J.R. Crawford and Joe Newman were all recently honored by the Western Slope League.
Author: Bobby Gutierrez
RHS split games
RANGELY I The lady Panthers basketball team played two games in the Basin Challenge last weekend in Duchesne, Utah, where they beat the host team but lost to Altamont.
It shouldn’t be easy
I just want to put a face on local small businesses in Rio Blanco County,” Matt Scoggins, a local Certified Public Accountant, told Rio Blanco County commissioners during public comment at Monday’s regularly scheduled meeting, which I attended Monday.
Tower hearing continued: “Issues with the site.”
MEEKER I “The reason we are asking for continuation is because we have had some issues with the exact location which we applied for,” Aaron Gunn, a representative of Mercury Towers said.
Panthers hope to rebound for home game today
RANGELY I Although there were only six teams in the White River Electric Cowboy Shootout the competition was tough. The Rangely Panther boys’ basketball team were in the mix but couldn’t pull off a win during the three-day tournament. The Panthers will host their first home game tonight, hosting North[Read More…]
Lady Panthers finish second
RANGELY I “The Cowboy Shootout was a good way for us to start the year,” Rangely girls’ basketball first-year head coach Quinton Kent said. “Each game presented a different set of challenges for us and it was nice to not beat up on each other like we do in practice.”
Public hearing…
Al Hibbard (right) mine manager of Deserado Mine in Rangely, smiles and shakes hands with business owner and Rangely Town trustee Brad Casto, pictured with fellow trustee Clayton Gohr and Rangely Town Manager Peter Brixius after a public hearing hosted by the Bureau of Land Management seeking public comment on[Read More…]
Cowboys win four duals
MEEKER I The Meeker wrestling team opened the season last week with 12 varsity wrestlers competing in the Colorado Mesa University duals in Grand Junction and nine Cowboys wrestling in a JV tournament in Montrose. Meeker beat Cedaredge (51-16), Coal Ridge (63-12), Grand Valley (30-27) and Rangely (57-10) but lost[Read More…]
RHS wrestlers win 2 of 5
RANGELY I With only seven of 14 weights filled, the Rangely Panther wrestling team still won two dual meets last Saturday in Grand Junction at the Colorado Mesa University duals.
Rory Wilson rows, uses kites to cross Pacific Ocean
MEEKER I Former Barone Middle School teacher Rory Wilson became the fastest solo sailor to row and kite across the Pacific Ocean from San Diego, Calif., to Honolulu, Hawaii.
Meeker’s U.S.Capitol Christmas Tree arrives in Washington
The 2012 Christmas Tree crew, which included Natasha Goedert, Patty Wyatt, Ken Coffin, Lynn Lockwood, Toni Toelle, Kristin Silva, Gerald and Twila Morris, of Meeker, were the last to sign the banner before the tree was unwrapped after arriving at Andrews Air Force Base. Santa and Mrs. Claus take a[Read More…]
World War II veteran has luck of the draw
MEEKER I World War II veteran Dale States, 89, has been hunting all his life but this was the first time he drew tags for antelope, deer and elk all in the same year. States had already filled his antelope and deer tags but needed a place to hunt to[Read More…]
