Heather Zadra | The Herald Times

BLM plans for big cleanup Saturday

RANGELY I Most years, National Public Lands Day comes and goes in Rangely. The coordinated volunteer effort to clean up public lands, which happens in hundreds of communities nationwide on the last Saturday of September and has for the last 20 years, goes mostly unnoticed here.

September 25, 2014 by Heather Zadra Comments are Disabled

Long-time CNCC dental hygiene teachers retiring

RANGELY I Colorado Northwestern Community College dental hygiene faculty Barbara and Mark Patterson are used to adventures. They’ve shepherded generations of students into an ever-evolving profession. They have been a part of that evolution themselves. They wouldn’t have had it any other way.

September 25, 2014 by Heather Zadra Comments are Disabled

EPA delays ruling on power plant and mine until October

RANGELY I Citizens and groups keeping a close eye on an Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) decision that could affect local coal mine and power plant operations could have six more weeks to wait.

September 11, 2014 by Heather Zadra Comments are Disabled

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A brief history of 35 years of Septemberfest fun

RANGELY I Over the course of its 35-year-plus history, Septemberfest has evolved in unforeseen and often colorful ways.

August 29, 2014 by Heather Zadra Comments are Disabled

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Celebrate Labor Day weekend with an event for everyone

RANGELY I Septemberfest, which is Rangely’s Labor Day celebration, returns several tried-and-true events to the schedule this year,with country music artist Charley Jenkins wrapping up the long weekend’s Monday night.

August 28, 2014 by Heather Zadra Comments are Disabled

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Viper drivers from five states tour both sides of Rio Blanco County

RANGELY I Members of the Colorado/Utah/Wyoming Viper Club of America toured both ends of Rio Blanco County last weekend.

August 27, 2014 by Heather Zadra Comments are Disabled

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Carnival encourages reading…

Approximately 380 children gathered in Rangely’s town square to play games, ride horses, win prizes and consume sugar on Aug. 5 for the Rangely Library’s annual summer reading carnival.

August 23, 2014 by Heather Zadra Comments are Disabled

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Rangely area author to hold local book signing Saturday

RANGELY I Blue Mountain author Lou Dean knows how to write about hardship.

August 22, 2014 by Heather Zadra Comments are Disabled

Rangely Library summer reading carnival…

Approximately 300 children arrived at Rangely’s town square to play games, ride horses, win prizes and consume their fair share of sugar on Aug. 5 at the Rangely Library’s annual summer reading carnival.

August 19, 2014 by Heather Zadra Comments are Disabled

Rangely trail project advances while new veterans’ memorial park nears completion

RANGELY I A non-motorized trails project in the works for more than two years approached completion this week while Town of Rangely subcontractors began work on a veterans’ memorial park in the existing Hefley Park last week. The first link of a 16-mile, five-loop trail system outlined in a 2011[Read More…]

August 16, 2014 by Heather Zadra Comments are Disabled

BLM and county join efforts to clean dump areas outside Rangely

RBC I It has taken time, but the efforts to clean up illegal dump sites around Rangely will no longer be necessary in some distant future.

August 12, 2014 by Heather Zadra Comments are Disabled

Rangely Council OKs OHVs on roads in town, not highway

RANGELY I The Rangely Town Council voted last week to replace sections of the town’s municipal code to allow off-highway vehicles (OHVs) on public roads.

August 3, 2014 by Heather Zadra Comments are Disabled