RANGELY I November is Premature Babies Awareness Month, and Rangely High School’s FBLA Chapter is doing a “No Shave November” competition between four teams to raise money for The March of Dimes, an organization dedicated to raising money and awareness for families with premature babies.
Author: Special to the Herald Times
Guest Editorial: Education paradigms all wrong; new thinking needed
RBC I Think of our schools as a horse and buggy. It worked well in a different time, but times have changed. Educational needs have changed as much as transportation needs. Retrofitting a horse and buggy will not give us an airplane, and yet we seem to expect that reforms[Read More…]
What’s Up With the County? Staff busy working on their year-end projects, including 2015 budgets
RBC | Employees and elected officials of Rio Blanco County are busy working on year-end projects, conducting tax lien sales, planning for broadband expansion and economic development initiatives, and compiling the 2015 budget.
FFA fruit, meat sales continue through Nov. 24
MEEKER I FFA fruit and meat sales are in full swing for 2014, and now is the time to get your ripe fruit, homegrown meat products and other gourmet items in time for the holidays.
Prepare and register for Meeker Parade of Lights
MEEKER I For those persons who plan on taking part in the annual Meeker Parade of Lights, work better begin soon as there are only 20 days until the event, which will begin at 5:30 p.m. on Main Street in downtown Meeker on Wednesday, Dec. 3.
Business leaders meeting today
MEEKER I The Meeker Chamber of Commerce will host another Business Leaders meeting today with representatives from area energy companies joining in, including Enterprise Products, Natural Soda, WPX Energy and the West Slope Oil and Gas Association.
River outfitter applications now available
RBC I The 2015 Colorado Parks and Wildlife River Outfitter license application is now available at cpw.state.co.us/Documents/Boating/RiverOutfitterApplication.pdf.
Letter to the Editor: Taxes too high already
Dear Editor: As one of the voters who voted down the recent school mill levy override, I think I speak for the majority of those who made the choice not to increase taxes on the hard-working people living here. These folks cast a “no” vote because they are already strapped[Read More…]
Letter to the Editor: Meeker businessman wants to open retail marijuana store
Dear Editor: This is an open letter to the citizens of Meeker: Thirty-eight years ago, Cheryl and I moved from Kansas to Meeker with the dream of living in the mountains, raising two sons and making a living. We did all of that and much, much more. If you have[Read More…]
Guest Editorial: Recent fracking information was alarming, but it isn’t true
RBC I University of Maryland researchers just concluded that hydraulic fracturing—the process of shaking oil and gas free from below—could endanger the health of nearby residents by exposing them to air and water pollution. This would certainly be cause for alarm, if true.
Spartan men and women cagers open season; women topple Western
RANGELY I The Colorado Northwestern Community College Spartan women’s basketball team opened its season with a victory while the men’s team was not quite as fortunate.
NW Colorado schools get $2.9 million grant
RBC I Colorado U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet announced Thursday that Northwest Colorado Boards of Cooperative Educational Services (BOCES) won a $2,914,997 grant from the U.S. Department of Education’s Investing in Innovation (i3) grant program to provide teachers with strong professional development assistance through its innovative System for Educator Effectiveness Development[Read More…]
