Author: Special to the Herald Times

Panthers boys gain another split

RANGELY — Last weekend the Panthers boys basketball team split in league play by losing to Plateau Valley 62-60 and beating North Park Saturday 78-57. The Panthers ran into a very hot team which shot the lights out and everything went in. Plateau Valley got off to a hot start[Read More…]

Transportation panel report released

RBC — Gov. Bill Ritter today presented his Blue Ribbon Transportation Panel’s final report, “A Report to the People”î to the legislature’s joint transportation caucus. The complete report is available by visiting Gov. Ritter’s Web site, www.colorado. gov/governor.

Consumers spend 10% on food

RBC — Food Check-out Week, Feb. 3-9, commemorates the time of year when the average American will have earned enough income to pay for the entire year’s food supply. It takes just five weeks to pay for an American family’s food supply for the year. In contrast, Americans must work[Read More…]

Arthritis: Big burden for boomers

RBC — A recent study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports that arthritis is hitting the nation’s aging population of baby boomers and is projected to increase by 40 percent in the next two decades.

Arbor Day poster deadline is March 7

RBC — The National Arbor Day Foundation, Colorado Tree Coalition and Toyota invite all fifth-grade students in Colorado to showcase their artistic talents by creating posters for the 2008 National Arbor Day Poster Contest. This year’s theme is “Trees are Terrific — inside and out!” The deadline to submit posters[Read More…]