Special to the Herald Times MEEKER | Friday morning the Barone Middle School runners headed over to the golf course in Rangely to participate in their second meet of the season. The course and weather were perfect for the day and all runners ran very well. The course was a[Read More…]
Features
Boxing gym open
RANGELY | In hopes of providing another after-school option for Rangely area youth, Sanchez Brothers Boxing opened in September to rave reviews. The gym is aptly named after the young guns boxing brothers/coaching duo, teenagers Alex and Jaime Sanchez, both regionally competitive in the sport. Parents and gym owners Fidel[Read More…]
Q & A No. 5 with RBC Public Health
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Highway 13 project nears end
By LUCAS TURNER | [email protected] RBC | The final sections of concrete were paved last week and the latest iteration of Highway 13 construction is set to conclude on Nov. 23. On Tuesday the HT toured the site with Project Engineer Adam Cornely from the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT). [Read More…]
Spectator plan for football season, district funding and more at MSD
By NIKI TURNER | [email protected] MEEKER | The new band and choir director at Meeker High School was introduced to the school board Monday. Randy Adams said, “We were in Indiana three months ago and had no inkling of moving, but this was an awesome opportunity.” He and his wife[Read More…]
Royalty…
The Rangely High School homecoming parade Grand Marshals were Matt and Beth Scoggins. The 2020 Rangely Homecoming King was Gabe Polley and Queen was Dixie Rhea. By ROXIE FROMANG | Special to the Herald Times
Good efforts at Craig meet
BY MARTY CASEY | Special to the Herald Times MEEKER | Cowboy Cross Country traveled to Craig for the Moffat County Invitational at Loudy Simpson Park. It was “ladies first” on Saturday, with Brighton Bair leading the Cowboys once again. She finished 17th overall, in 23:47. Nora Gianinetti was less[Read More…]
Coal Creek flag…
Charlie Brown was an inspiration for numerous members of the Brown family to erect a flagpole at the restored Coal Creek School. The Brown Family did it in honor of members of the descendants of Charles Francis (C. F.) Brown, who came to Meeker in 1898 and was quickly enlisted[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…]
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…]
Benefits, mask usage and more at BOCC meeting
RBC | Commissioners and budget and finance director Janae Stanworth discussed the possibility of making changes to the county’s employee benefit plans in a work session Tuesday. Currently, the county pays 100% of the monthly health insurance premiums for staff, with a $1,000 deductible. The monthly premium for an individual[Read More…]
True Value …
Rangely True Value received $400 from the True Value Foundation’s Educational Heroes Safety Campaign and provided Rangely schools with cleaning supplies and safety masks. COURTESY PHOTO
