RANGELY I No dirt has been moved yet. There are no workers on the job site. But there’s plenty going on behind the scenes with the new Rangely District Hospital. Voters in May approved a bond election to fund construction of the $38.7 million facility.
Author: Jeff Burkhead
Rangely scores 16 unanswered runs to win
RANGELY I County rivals. Championship game. It doesn’t getting any better than this. Unless you’re Rangely. The team from the west end of the county run-ruled its county rival from the east end 18-8 Friday night in the 13-15-year-old Northwest League baseball championship.
Collins has seen changes upriver
MEEKER I In his 72 years, Joe Collins has seen some big changes upriver. “This used to be a community within itself, where we were all neighbors,” said Collins, who grew up on ranches his parents managed upriver.
Even at age 68, Sir Paul McCartney is still rock royalty
As I’ve gotten older, I’ve found I still like to listen to the kind of music I grew up listening to. That’s why when I found out Paul McCartney was going to appear in concert at the Pepsi Center in Denver, I knew I had to go.
County sure: No interest in old elementary school
MEEKER I While the future of the old Meeker Elementary School is unclear, one thing is certain. Rio Blanco County isn’t interested in the building. “They have moved on,” said Meeker Mayor Mandi Etheridge, following a meeting July 12 between members of the town board and county commissioners. “They want[Read More…]
Lots of interest in two local political races in primary
Judging by the number of political signs posted around the county, there’s a lot of interest in the two contested local races in the Republican primary. “I’ve never seen anything like it,” said Joe Collins, who will retire his seat on the Rio Blanco County Board of Commissioners in January.
RBC Legion team winner at Rangely tournament
RANGELY I Five games. Five wins. High fives. The Rio Blanco County Legion baseball team had reason to celebrate Saturday, winning in dramatic fashion in the championship game of its three-day tournament played in Rangely.
Saddle Up: Meeker’s Klenda wins international award for his saddle making
MEEKER I Bob Klenda still has the first saddle he ever made. That was nearly 50 years ago. “I made it for myself, and I’ve still got it,” said the longtime saddle maker. Since then, Klenda, 74, figures he’s made “somewhere close to 500 saddles.”
Co. commission, coroner positions on Aug. 10 ballot
Editor’s note: Ballots for the Aug. 10 primary election will be mailed July 19 to registered voters. There are two contested races in the mail-in election, with three Republican candidates vying for a seat on the Rio Blanco County Board of Commissioners and three Republican candidates running for the position[Read More…]
Valuation remains above $1 billion
RBC I Despite a reduction of about $14 million in the county’s 2010 assessed value, for the second year in a row the total has surpassed $1 billion. The county’s 2010 assessed valuation, which won’t be finalized until December at the time of re-certification, is $1,147,565,000, as of July 9.
Tawny Halandras is new president of MVB branch
MEEKER I Since a branch of Mountain Valley Bank opened in Meeker in 2004, Bruce Clatterbaugh has been the face of the bank. That is changing. Clatterbaugh, who has been the bank’s branch president, announced his retirement, effective July 31. Tawny Halandras will become the new face of the bank[Read More…]
Grandnephew of Meeker man killed in plane crash
MEEKER I The bodies of four young people were found June 30 in the wreckage of a small plane that crashed the weekend before in rugged terrain in Montana. One of those who died — Sonny Kless — was the grandnephew of Harry Watt of Meeker.
