MEEKER | The slight pause in the schedule due to COVID didn’t stop the Meeker Cowboy volleyball team from climbing to the top stop in 2A. After missing three games, the Cowboys made up two of them last weekend, which made for a four game, four city, 341 mile volleyball[Read More…]
Author: Special to the Herald Times
BLM seeks public comment on wild horse gathers, fertility control for Sand Wash Basin HMA
FAST FACTS WHO: Bureau of Land ManagementWHAT: Public comment on gathers and fertility control in the Sand Wash Basin Herd Management AreaWHEN: Comments sought by May 2WHERE: Submit by mail to: Little Snake Field Office, 455 Emerson St., Craig, CO 81625 or electronically at https://eplanning.blm.gov/eplanning-ui/project/2012689/510 RBC | As part of[Read More…]
Appeals court rules in favor of RBCSO
RBC | Rio Blanco County sheriff’s employees did not unconstitutionally ignore the risk of suicide to a woman who died inside the county jail in 2016, the federal appeals court based in Denver has ruled. Although there were allegations the employees failed to check on Catherine Rowell hourly, as the[Read More…]
CPW approves sales of annual State Wildlife Area passes beginning May 1
RBC | At its virtual meeting this month, the Colorado Parks and Wildlife Commission voted unanimously to approve a new Colorado State Wildlife Area Pass as an option to access state wildlife areas. The new pass will go on sale May 1, 2021. “This is an important step in ensuring[Read More…]
Obituary: Donnalee Pitney Brady Thornton
June 16, 1939 ~ April 1, 2021 Donnalee Pitney Brady Thornton, 81, of Mt. Pleasant, Utah, passed away peacefully in her home, on April 1, 2021. Donnalee was born in Maybell, Colorado, to Clyde Barton Pitney and Jesse Fern Jacobsen, on June 16,1939. She married her first love, Lorain Brady,[Read More…]
Death Notice: Shirley Jean Hammond
May 31, 1939 ~ April 2, 2021 By her request a celebration of life will be scheduled at a later date. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the Callaway Young Cancer Center in Glenwood Springs.
SPARTAN SHOWDOWN …
Weber State Cowboy Ladd King ties down his steer in the tie down roping event at the CNCC Spartan Showdown on April 3rd to win the buckle for the weekend. King was the 2015 National High School Rodeo Association All Around Champion and is currently sitting at the top of[Read More…]
Letters to the Editor: Recall Concerns, PAUSE Act
Recall effort doesn’t make sense Dear Editor: As I have read and re-read the letters to the editor in last week’s paper submitted by Terry Smalec (Rangely) and Toby Leavitt (Meeker), I have become more dismayed and bewildered by this recall effort. It doesn’t make sense and I cannot understand[Read More…]
County wins appeals case with Utah Gas
RBC | The Rio Blanco County Board of County Commissioners, along with the County Assessor’s Office and County Attorney’s Office are pleased to announce a recent decision rendered by the Colorado Board of Assessment Appeals (BAA). The BAA reviews appeals filed by real and personal property owners regarding contested valuations[Read More…]
WELCOME HOME …
Nichols Store owner Bill Hume was welcomed back to Rangely last week after a lengthy out of town hospital stay. His family and employees thank everyone for their continued thoughts and prayers for Bill’s full recovery. | ROXIE FROMANG PHOTO
Kaye’s Corner: Historical Society update
MEEKER | The Rio Blanco County Historical Society started around 1949 when a group of women devoted time to preserving historic artifacts. They collected items and stored them in a spare room of the Taggert family home. Over time, the collection and building morphed into today’s White River Museum. Thus[Read More…]
PLAYER OF THE WEEK …
As the Meeker Cowboys moved up in the rankings to the third spot just below Wiggins and Denver Christian, their sophomore outside hitter Emma Luce was awarded MAXPREPS/AVCA Player of the Week for March 28. The Cowboys have played four games and Luce has averaged 25.5 kills per game, for[Read More…]


