Milestones
RHS February Students of the Month …
Rangely High School students of the month for February were Katelyn Brown and Riley Boydstun. Katelyn Brown is a great student, an outstanding athlete, and an exceptional person. Katelyn plans to attend CNCC and major in Dental Hygiene. She has been active in Volleyball, Basketball, Track, Soccer, NHS, and student[Read More…]
RHS FBLA …
The Rangely High School FBLA chapter had a very successful state conference this past week. They took seven members who had a great showing. Brady Bertoch competed in cyber security placing fourth and qualifying for nationals. Kaylee Mecham competed in ag business and finished second, also qualifying for nationals. Linsley[Read More…]
Collins receives scholarship
By ALLIE WILLEY Special to the Herald Times MEEKER | Macy Collins, a senior at Meeker High School, has received a $2,000 scholarship focused on 4-H and FFA involvement and a future career in agriculture. The Chuck Urano Scholarship was granted to her from the Colorado Farm Show. To retrieve this[Read More…]
Retiring …
Rangely native Cody Jackson retired his position as U.S. Air Force Master Sergeant after serving for more than 20 years. Jackson, who graduated from Rangely High School in 1997, completed seven overseas deployments, one long tour and one short tour. He currently resides in Tucson, Ariz., with his wife and[Read More…]
Shue receives MBA degree
Meeker | Kaiden Shue of Meeker has received her master of business administration degree from Western Governors University (WGU).
50 years on the job …
Stan Rasmussen started work on the maintenance crew for Rio Blanco County Road and Bridge in the Rangely division on March 8, 1968. He was promoted to lead operator in March 1994, and to his current position, district maintenance supervisor in January 1997. His historical knowledge of the Rangely area[Read More…]
Students of the month …
Two Rangely High School students were honored with January “Student of the Month” accolades at the district’s Board of Education meeting on Feb. 20. Principal Crandal Mergelman said the honorees were seniors Linsley Morrill and Patrick Scoggins. During their high school careers, these two individuals have taken on a couple[Read More…]
Signed …
Rangely senior basketball star Katelyn Brown won’t be going far to play college ball. Brown, a four-year starter for the Panthers, will be playing hoops at Colorado Northwestern Community College next fall. This season Brown has averaged 20.3 points per games, five rebounds per game, along with 3.4 assists and[Read More…]
Smith, Harvey named to honor rolls at U. of Wyo.
MEEKER | Meeker’s Sheridan Harvey, a freshman at the University of Wyoming, has been named to the dean’s freshman honor roll for the fall semester. The freshman honor roll includes freshmen who have earned a 3.25 or better grade-point average. To be eligible, students must have been enrolled for a[Read More…]
Weather observers …
John Kyle (right), from the National Weather Service (NOAA/NWS) office in Grand Junction presented the Meeker BLM a 25-year length of service award to mining engineer and official weather observer Paul Daggett (left) and BLM field manager Kent Walter (center). The BLM office in Meeker has been taking daily weather[Read More…]
Thelen named to dean’s list at Fort Lewis College
MEEKER | Nishiko Thelen was named to Fort Lewis College’s dean’s list for the Fall 2017 semester. Thelen’s major is business administration. To be eligible for the dean’s list, a student must carry a semester GPA of 3.6 or better in no fewer than 15 credit hours of graded college[Read More…]


