RANGELY | The Rangely Panthers track and field team headed to Glenwood Springs on Tuesday, March 28 for a JV meet, then traveled to Cedaredge on Saturday, April 1. The weather was not in the athletes’ favor for either meet. The girls’ team had two placers for the varsity meet:[Read More…]
Author: Special to the Herald Times
Rangely baseball splits games
RBC | The Rangely High School baseball team traveled to Hotchkiss, Colo., to take on Dove Creek High School and Nucla High School on Friday. March 30. The Panthers came away victorious against the Bulldogs from Dove Creek by a score of 8-6. Freshman Dylan LeBleu threw six full innings[Read More…]
Good results at 4th annual Spartan Showdown
RANGELY | CNCC held it’s fourth annual Spartan Showdown rodeo March 31 and April 4. “It was an outstanding show,” said head rodeo coach Jed Moore. “Despite the cool nights and rain prior to the event to Friday, both of the performances were ran in under two hours and 20[Read More…]
Spaghetti dinner/dessert auction April 8
MEEKER | The Rio Blanco Rural Schools Team of RBCHS will be holding a Spaghetti dinner and dessert auction fundraiser Saturday, April 8, 5-7 p.m. at the VFW Community Center, 290 Fourth St. $10/adult, $8/senior, $5/child. Proceeds will go toward finishing restoration of the historic Coal Creek School. Come join[Read More…]
Weekly Call Review: March 30, 2017
The following information is a weekly review of the calls for service that were reported to the Rio Blanco County Sheriff’s Communications Office. If you have any questions or would like an explanation of the call types listed please call 878-9600. We will not regularly post any information as to[Read More…]
Pinnacol issues $200K to RBC employers
RBC | Pinnacol Assurance, Colorado’s leading workers’ compensation insurer, will distribute $50 million in workers’ compensation dividend checks this month to its policyholders. More than 53,000 employers throughout the state—roughly 94.2 percent of the company’s policyholders—will receive a dividend in recognition of maintaining safe workplaces. Dividend checks are calculated based[Read More…]
Meeker Farmers Market announces 2017 schedule
Special to the Herald Times MEEKER | The Meeker Farmers Market has announced its 2017 market dates. The market will be held once a month on Saturdays, June through September, from 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. The dates will be: June 3, July 15, Aug. 5 and Sept. 9. The[Read More…]
How to contact your elected officials
MEEKER | Mayor Regas Halandras, [email protected], Town of Meeker, City Hall, 345 Market St., Meeker, Colo., 81641; 970-878-5344 (Town Manager Scott Meszaros, [email protected]. co.us; Town Clerk Lisa Cook, [email protected]) Rangely | Mayor Joe Nielsen, [email protected], Town of Rangely, City Hall, 209 E. Main St., Rangely, Colo., 81648; 970-675-8476 (Town Manager[Read More…]
Spaghetti dinner/dessert auction April 8
MEEKER | The Rio Blanco Rural Schools Team of RBCHS will be holding a Spaghetti dinner and dessert auction fundraiser Saturday, April 8, 5-7 p.m. at the VFW Community Center, 290 Fourth St. $10/adult, $8/senior, $5/child. Proceeds will go toward finishing restoration of the historic Coal Creek School. Come join[Read More…]
Black powder shooting event hearkens back to days of old
MEEKER | This past Saturday there were 27 participants at the Meeker Sportsmans’ Club’s annual Jim Harmon Black Powder/Blanket Shoot event held at the Meeker shooting range south of town on Highway 13. This shoot was open to the public with contestants traveling from as far away as Aurora. Fun[Read More…]
Letter: Liked what the old cemetery board did
Dear Editor: Wow, the new cemetery board sounds like a real mess. That’s too bad, I thought the old board, Art, Mike and everyone else working there were doing an incredible job. Our cemetery had never looked better. Dave Stewart Meeker
Call your broadband service provider
By JOSH JACKSON FIBER COMMUNITY NETWORK Special to the Herald Times RBC | It’s the spring season officially, which means everyone is excited to shake off those winter cobwebs and start enjoying the great outdoors. It also means that the Rio Blanco County Broadband project is going to be kicking back into[Read More…]



