Features
Striegels set an inspiring example for community
RANGELY | It is no secret that Bud and June Striegel have been part of the Rangely community for many years. Whether it’s the Striegel Building on the Colorado Northwestern Community College campus or the W.C. Striegel business name that has survived every boom and bust cycle that has come[Read More…]
A special gift for her grandparents
RANGELY | Kelsey Peters has always had a passion for cars. She and her husband Chance share a love for building, driving and admiring them. They had their eye on a little truck that seemed perfect for Dave and Jean Jordan, Kelsey’s grandparents. “Everyone knows them better as ‘Mamma and Pappy’,”[Read More…]
Rangely’s Tom and Dorothy Collins receive state award
RANGELY I Earlier this month long time Rangely residents Tom and Dorothy Collins received the Jack Snow Award for Outstanding Volunteer at the Colorado Tourism Conference, honoring their decades of dedicated service to the Colorado Visitor Center in Dinosaur. The Jack Snow Award is given annually to a volunteer within[Read More…]
86 years later: Skull in mystery death is returned to family members now in Iowa
MEEKER I Sometimes when we lose a loved one, closure thankfully comes quickly—with the body in the family’s possession. Sometimes, unfortunately, real closure never comes—as the body is never recovered. And sometimes, closure comes after 86 years, such as in the case of Herman Leroy Parks, nicknamed “Hermie,” who was[Read More…]
Canine scent work competition draws more than 100 dog and handler teams
MEEKER I Dogs are pets, friends, protectors, helpers, comforters and companions. They may eat our slippers and dig holes in our flower beds, but there’s nothing quite like coming home to happy eyes and wagging tails at the end of a long day.
Rangely girl, age 8, will compete at the National Braille Challenge in L.A.
RANGELY I Sometimes, when a place is familiar enough, she navigates it by feel. Like the Rangely Recreation Center, where she took swimming lessons from Miss Camilla and Miss Natalie. Or True Value, where Uncle Rodger and Aunt Debbie work. She’s been attending Storytime at the Rangely Library since she[Read More…]
Work underway on Coal Creek School renovation
MEEKER I Coal Creek School, the oldest school in Rio Blanco County still standing on its original location, is being restored by MM-Eight Construction to its original 1882 exterior appearance. On May 19, after 124 years in darkness, the foundation was excavated by T&M Contracting, exposing the various size stones[Read More…]
Don Worrall has dream come true with trip to Daytona 500
RANGELY I They wouldn’t do it again. But they were thankful to have experienced it once. Spending $125 each is a hefty price to take a Sharpie to a chunk of asphalt. But this wasn’t just any piece of blacktop. This was the starting line of the Daytona International Speedway,[Read More…]
New RBC Justice Center About Open for Business
Days Gone By: December 29, 2016
The Meeker Herald — 100 years ago – Miss DeHart, the Little Beaver teacher, was in Wednesday, making arrangements for an entertainment to be given at the school house Friday evening, Dec. 31. – Quack, quack, quack. The world is well supplied with quacks. There are quack doctors, quack philosophers,[Read More…]
One MSD incumbent wins; incumbents win in Rangely, tax loses
RBC I The Meeker Board of Education will take on a new look, the Rangely School Board will remain the same, the mil levy tax override for added Rangely school funding failed and county voters told the state to keep its excess marijuana tax money and use it for education,[Read More…]
