While the cattle here have endured a pretty brutal winter, there are beach cows in Los Barriles, Baja, Mexico, frolicking in the sun. | ADRIENNE WIX PHOTO
Author: Special to the Herald Times
Range Call announces this year’s concert lineup
… MEEKER | The Range Call committee announced its 2023 concert performers this week. American country singer Josh Gracin will open for headliner Sara Evans. Gracin, a former Marine, placed fourth in the second season of American Idol in 2003. His first album produced a No. 1 hit titled “Nothin’[Read More…]
Rangely lady Panthers play Sedgwick County and Del Norte at state tourney
The Rangely Panthers played March 9-10 at the Budweiser Events Center in Loveland, Colorado, in the Great Eight of the CH- SAA 2A Girls Basketball tournament. Heading into the tournament the Pan- thers were the No. 7 seed and were set to take on the Cougars from Sedg- wick County[Read More…]
Regional ag feasability study under development for Moffat, Routt, RBC
RBC | The Community Agriculture Alliance (CAA), Colorado State University (CSU), Northwest Colorado Development Council (NWCDC), and Colorado Northwestern Community College (CNCC) are developing a regional agricultural infrastructure feasibility study for Moffat, Rio Blanco, and Routt Counties. The feasibility study will gather input from agricultural producers to support efforts to[Read More…]
Days Gone By: March 23, 2023
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YOUTH WRESTLING
Last Saturday, Meeker had eight youth wrestle at the Rocky Mountain Nationals Elementary School Regionals Tournament in Grand Junction: Timber Weber, Kaden Krueger, Jaxson McPherson, Uriah Grant, Lucas Simpson, Connor Moody, Bryant Turner and Orion Musser. | COURTESY PHOTOS The tournament was extremely difficult and challenged each of the wrestlers[Read More…]
Rangely Panthers 0-2 to start season
RANGELY | The Rangely High School Panthers baseball team continues to improve. Practicing inside a gym or in a parking lot has been the routine for the Panthers this season. The Panthers traveled to Fruita Monument High School on their spring break to get one practice outside under their belts[Read More…]
BMS WRESTLING . . .
(Left) Johnny Rust took 4th place during the Meeker Middle School Tournament last Saturday. (Right) Jace Vroman scored 14 points towards towards Meeker taking second place as a team during the Meeker Middle School Tournament. COURTESY PHOTOS
ON A MISSION
Joseph Adams, commonly know as Earl, has been called on an ecclesiastical mission to Buenos Aires, Argentina! He will be there for two years speaking Spanish, starting on May 15 of this year. He is excited for this new experience and is looking forward to meeting the people in Argentina.[Read More…]
Obituary: James (Jim) Eugene Mitchem
Jan. 23, 1954 ~ Feb. 25, 2023 James (Jim) Eugene Mitchem, born Jan. 23, 1954, in Denver, Colorado, passed away Feb. 25, 2023, in Grand Junction, Colorado, aged 69. He was the son of Billy Edward Mitchem and Martha Louise (Johnson) Mitchem and grew up in Rangely, Colorado. A kind,[Read More…]
Meeker well-represented at regional National History Day competition
MEEKER | Sixteen Barone Middle School eighth graders and two Meeker High School students went to National History Day regional competition in Grand Junction this month. National History Day is a non profit organization that Meeker partakes in yearly. The goal of the organization is to revolutionize the teaching and[Read More…]
Work resumes on Hwy. 13 widening
Construction crews will soon be back from a winter shutdown to resume work on Colorado Highway 13. The Garco Rio Blanco Hill project is located 11 miles northwest of Rifle and will create safety improvements for the busy stretch of highway. The start date for work in April is weather-dependent.[Read More…]
