Dear Editor: I am writing this letter to inform the public that there is a land exchange being discussed in our area. It is a potential exchange between the BLM and Buffalo Horn Ranch. There has been a lot of misinformation or false rumors swirling around so I thought I[Read More…]

Dear Editor: I would like to thank the White River Electric Association, Meeker Sportsman’s Club, Pioneer’s Healthcare Foundation, V.F.W. Post 5843 and Auxiliary, Freeman Fairfield Trust, Richard G. Lyttle fund (Fairfield Scholarship Committee), Meeker High School Football Team/MHS Top Hand Scholarship committee, and Rio Blanco Ranch for awarding me scholarships to help with[Read More…]

Dear Editor: I would like to thank Identity Graphics in Meeker for designing and making my re-election signs. Carly Thomson was great to work with.  We are so very lucky to have a business like this in our county.  Shopping at home is the best! Thank you, Renae Neilson Meeker

Dear Editor: We had a serious incident at the Rangely post office and I’d like to thank all the first responders. From the dispatcher to all the firefighters, police officers and EMTs, thank you! Your fast response and help was and is greatly appreciated! Dusty Moreno Rangely

Dear Editor: I would like to thank everyone who voted for me in the recent hospital board election. I look forward to serving on the Board and helping our local health care get better and better! Sincerely, Kim Brown Meeker

Dear Editor: National Stuttering Awareness Week begins May 7, 2018. Did you know more than three million Americans stutter? That’s more than the populations of Wyoming, Vermont, Alaska, North Dakota, and Washington, DC…combined. One percent of your readers stutter, and up to five percent of children stutter for a time[Read More…]

Dear Editor: The family of Phyllis Goddard wish to extend our deepest appreciation for the support shown after the passing of our mother, Phyllis. Special thanks to David Morton and everyone from the First Baptist Church. Greg Goddard and Family Rangely

Dear Editor: Teachers in Colorado are criminally underpaid and underfunded. Depending on the metric used we are either 46th or 47th in teacher pay. Also teachers spend on average about $650.00 of their own money on their classrooms each year. We all know teaching is a hard profession and that[Read More…]

Dear Editor: I would like to once again recognize the Bank of the San Juans and the Parkview PTO for their financial assistance with both the 2018 science fair and the treasure hunting for Parkview students this year. Because of the generosity shown by the folks in these organizations Rangely[Read More…]

Dear Editor: Words cannot express our appreciation for this community. With Chris’s recent health crises our emergency response members have literally been life savers. They do their jobs so expertly and with such compassion and caring. Our community is so blessed to have the staff at Pioneers Hospital. We have[Read More…]

Dear Editor: This question maybe would have been relevant in the 1950s, or perhaps even in the 1960s. But with powerfully able women leaders as Ambassadors to the UN, as Justices of the United States Supreme Court, as governors and U.S. Senators, as business heads—it is a question of yesteryear.[Read More…]