Skip ahead to 21:30 to watch the video above. With the return of cold weather, COVID cases are again climbing in Rio Blanco County and many areas of the state. Hospitalizations are also increasing, which is why 95% of the state’s ICU beds are full. “We’ve been having anywhere from[Read More…]
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Chatting with ‘Dandy Dan’
The HT has been on location for the first two showings of Meeker Arts and Cultural Council’s Bugsy Malone Jr. this week. We chatted with seventh-grader Tucker Chinn, AKA dapper gangster Dandy Dan, about the play and the drama program. Here’s a transcript of our short conversation (lightly edited for[Read More…]
Getting to know your community journalists
We’re not cyborgs, we promise! (Sounds like something a cyborg would say, right? ) Take a read through this Q and A to get to know a few of us at the HT. You may have noticed we ran out of room for head shots in the print edition this[Read More…]
WOOLY BUDDIES …
“Worth it.”
Rangely first responders take the Polar Plunge to raise funds for the Special Olympics When you think of bravery, do you think of jumping into ~45-degree water on a 35-degree morning for a good cause? On Saturday, Nov. 13, members of the Rangely Police Department and the Park Ranger Program[Read More…]
Bugsy Malone Jr. coming to town this weekend
Based on the hit 1976 film starring a pre-teen Scott Baio and Jodi Foster and featuring a catchy, swinging score by the composer of The Muppet Movie, Bugsy Malone Jr. is good, clean, comedic fun, and it’s coming to Meeker this weekend courtesy of the Meeker Arts and Cultural Council[Read More…]
CDPHE authorizes COVID boosters for all adults; pediatric vaccines now available
Due to Colorado’s high rate of COVID transmission, the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment has authorized boosters for any adult 18+ in the state, as long as it’s been six months since the initial mRNA series or two months since the initial Johnson & Johnson vaccine. Additionally, pediatric[Read More…]
‘Don’t talk, don’t trust, don’t feel’–the stigma of addiction
EDITOR’S NOTE: The following first-person account will be the start of a series of articles about addiction, recovery, and the particular challenges rural areas face in awareness of the problem and providing access to treatment. The name of the author has been changed at his request. After reading about the[Read More…]
MURAL, MURAL, ON THE WALL …
Why you should care about the state of the river
No matter your background, water plays a vital role in your day-to-day life. Like other necessities, it can be easy to take for granted, but a lack of it will quickly impact every facet of life. Businesses, for instance, can’t operate without reliable running water, lawns/fields go brown as municipal[Read More…]
HONORING OUR VETERANS …
Veterans Day today Starting in 1919 and originally celebrated as Armistice Day, Veterans Day began as a way to memorialize the end of WWI and to commemorate the veterans who served in it. One hundred years later, it is now a day to commend and honor the service of all[Read More…]
Rangely Hospital Foundation awarded $150,000 grant
The Rangely District Hospital Foundation (RDHF) received a $150,000 Main Street Grant (Grant) for development of its North Park project. Applied for through the Town of Rangely’s Main Street program, TREAD, Rangely Hospital Director Kyle Wren explained the grant “[is a] CDOT Revitalizing Main Street Grant,” and added that “[Read More…]
