RBC | For the West this summer, the news about water was grim. In some parts of California, it didn’t rain for over 100 days. In western Colorado, the ground was so dry that runoff at first evaporated into the air. And in New Mexico and Nevada, the rains never[Read More…]
Author: Special to the Herald Times
Letters to the Editor: Sept. 24, 2020
No dispatch shift Dear Editor: In reference to shifting the county’s dispatch to the regional call center in Craig, the commissioners were overwhelmingly responded to with negative public input. Rightly so! I witnessed a classic example this past weekend on County Rd. 8. I don’t know any details of the[Read More…]
Golf wraps season
MEEKER | The Cowboy golf season has wrapped up for 2020 at the close of the regional tournament. This year’s team was Peter Hanks, John Hampton Hightower, Ryan Phelan and Ryan Sullivan. The tournament itself is only one day long but the team gets an opportunity for a practice round[Read More…]
Rangely Chamber hires Webber for executive director position
RANGELY | McKenzie Webber is the new face of the Rangely Area Chamber of Commerce after the executive director position was vacated by Richard Smith. Webber spent the summer as an intern at the Town of Rangely helping promote the town and town events with marketing coordinator Jeannie Caldwell. She[Read More…]
OLD GLORY FLIES HIGH AT COAL CREEK …
With the assistance of White River Electric Association, the Rural Schools Committees of the Rio Blanco County Historical Society installed a flag pole at Coal Creek school. You can visit the school and check out the new flag, as well as all the other renovations the committee has completed, at [Read More…]
Obituary: Joe Papez
Oct. 12, 1934 ~ Sept. 15, 2020 Longtime Meeker resident, Joe Papez passed away on Sept. 15, 2020, at Pioneers Medical Center. He was 85. Upon Joe’s request, private family services are being held. He retired from the Division of Wildlife with many years of service. He is survived by[Read More…]
Tuesday, Sept. 29 marks 141st anniversary of “Meeker Incident”
MEEKER | Tuesday, Sept. 29 will mark the 141st anniversary of the “Meeker Incident” (https://coloradoencyclopedia.org/article/meeker-incident). That sad day in early autumn was the culmination of more than a decade of rising tensions between the Utes and the federal government after six Ute tribes signed a treaty in 1868 ceding their[Read More…]
Interview with Karl Hanlon
RBC | Long time northwest Colorado resident and Glenwood Springs-based attorney Karl Hanlon is running for Colorado’s 8th Senate District this election. The district encompasses six counties in northwest Colorado, including Rio Blanco County. Karl Hanlon described SD8 as large and diverse, noting that resort communities like those in Garfield[Read More…]
Rangely hosts home meets
RANGELY | The Rangely Panther cross country teams were busy this past weekend, playing host to a six team varsity meet Friday and then hosting another four teams Saturday for a JV meet. The course was deceptively challenging, running over rolling hills in the grass of the beautiful Cedar Ridges[Read More…]
OHVs, AGNC and more in Rangely
RANGELY | At the Rangely Town Board of Trustees meeting Tuesday, trustee Alisa Granger reported on the public safety committee meeting held Sept. 21 with Police Chief Ti Hamblin. The main agenda item was the town’s OHV ordinance. Golf carts have been added to the list of vehicles approved to[Read More…]
New Briefs: Sept. 24, 2020
Drive thru flu clinics in Meeker, Rangely RBC | RBC Department of Public Health and Environment is holding drive through flu vaccination clinics this year. Meeker’s clinic will be held Thursday, Oct. 1 from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m at the RBC Fairgrounds and Rangely’s clinic will be held Tuesday, Oct.[Read More…]
Obituary: Vernon Chris Murray
Vernon Chris Murray July 23, 1946 ~ Sept. 12, 2020 Vernon Chris Murray, 74, of Rifle, Colorado passed away unexpectedly Sept. 12, 2020, while doing what he loved, hunting on the Flattops. Vern was born was born the second of eight children in Roosevelt, Utah, on July 23, 1946, to[Read More…]
