RANGELY | The Community Networking meetings will resume on Monday, Jan. 27 at the Weiss Conference Room on the Rangely CNCC campus from 12-1:30 p.m. John Leary, a restoration coordinator with RiversEdge West, will be presenting on the increase of non-native tamarisk and Russian olive trees that “increase the risk[Read More…]
Author: Special to the Herald Times
“Leash Cutting”: Pet Wants Western Slope
The Meeker Chamber of Commerce hosted a “leash cutting” party last week at the Meeker Coworking space for new chamber member Yvette Waller and Pet Wants Western Slope. Pet Wants sells various pet food products, treats and homemade pet products. Visit https://www.petwants.com/WesternSlope/home or call (970) 987-6069 for more information. Courtesy[Read More…]
RANGELY NUGGETS …
The Rangely Rec Center had the pleasure of hosting the local competition of the Denver Nuggets Skills Challenge. We had one of the largest turnouts this year, with 20 kids ages 6 to 13. The Challenge tests kids on their passing, dribbling and shooting abilities. Winners in each age division[Read More…]
MEEKER NUGGETS …
ERBM Recreation and Park District hosted the local round of the Denver Nuggets Skills Challenge on Friday, Jan. 10. The following youth won their division locally and will advance to the sectionals. The Denver Nuggets Basketball Skills Challenge is a basketball competition that allows youngsters to showcase their talents in[Read More…]
Ducey appointed to RSD board
RANGELY | The Rangely School District Board of Education called a special meeting to order at 6:15 p.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 7. Samuel Tolley, Jason Cox, Sarah Nielsen, Todd Low and Superintendent Matt Scoggins were present at this meeting. The only business at this meeting was to interview the candidates[Read More…]
OPED: MSD’s Emergency Operations Plan
MEEKER | While we are fortunate to live in the extremely safe community of Meeker, Colorado, it is still a necessity to prepare for a variety of emergencies in our school system. Meeker School District’s Emergency Operations Plan is intended to address these emergencies, and it is important for the[Read More…]
Loose Ends: Goal setting
RBC | I am getting messages from my phone about my failure to meet goals. It first started doing this shortly before the end of the year when it let me know that I had not reached my exercise goal of the week. Apparently I was not only doing less[Read More…]
Weekly Call Review: Jan. 6-12, 2020
WEEKLY CALL REVIEW AT THE RIO BLANCO COUNTY SHERIFF’S DISPATCH CENTER Jan. 6-12, 2020 Meeker Dispatch Center administered 363 phone calls last week including seven 911 calls, 55 calls for Meeker Police Department and placed 103 outgoing calls. A total of 149 calls for service were created, 94 for the[Read More…]
Meeker rides again!
MEEKER | What do Saint Moritz, Switzerland, Saratoga, Wyoming and Nadym, Russia have in common with Meeker, Colorado? A love of horses, lots of snow and on Feb. 22 of this year skijoring! The name skijoring is derived from a Norwegian word which means ski driving. The sport has a[Read More…]
DERBY …
ERBM Recreation and Park District hosted the annual Cardboard Derby on Saturday, Jan. 4 at Paintbrush Park. The hill was filled with cardboard creations as they slipped, crashed, and flew down the hill to the finish line. Results are as follows with age group first. Most Creative: 2 and under[Read More…]
Letter: WREA on Colowyo closure
Dear Editor: Last week Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association (Tri-State) made the difficult announcement that it will close the Colowyo Mine and the Craig Station Units by 2030. White River Electric Association (WREA) learned about these closures last Thursday morning and our thoughts immediately went to the employees and our[Read More…]
CNCC machine quilting class
MEEKER | Finish projects while learning quilting techniques such as how to use a rotary cutter and ruler to measure and cut fabric accurately, improve your piecing, fabric and color selection, how to apply borders and bindings. Bring your own projects or ask the instructor for help to choose a[Read More…]
