Author: Special to the Herald Times

Rangely man gets nine years for rape

RANGELY I At a sentencing hearing on Feb. 6 at the Rio Blanco Courthouse and as a result of a plea bargain, 21-year-old Rangely resident Michael Miner was sentenced to nine years in the Colorado Department of Corrections for the July 2014 rape of a 12-year-old Rangely girl.

CNCC campus in Craig now a federal fossil repository

RANGELY I On Feb. 3, Colorado Northwestern Community College (CNCC) President Russell George and paleontologist Elizabeth “Liz” Johnson, together with Ruth Welch, the Colorado state director of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), signed an agreement to officially make the CNCC Craig Campus a federal fossil repository.

In Memorium: Robert Castaldo

A memorial fund has been set up for Robert Castaldo of Meeker, who passed away recently. Contributions may be made at Mountain Valley Bank in Meeker or sent to P.O. Box 718, Meeker, Colo., 81641.