Dear Editor: In the almost six years I’ve lived in Rangely, there are two very important things I’ve learned. First, it’s extremely easy to be critical of how things are done here. However, when I begin to look past what I think I know, I begin to see how amazing[Read More…]
Letters To The Editor
Letter: Doctor supports local hospital
Dear Editor: The headline was front page, “St. Mary’s Rural Mobile Health Vehicle makes a stop in Rangely.” Along with many members of the community and staff members of Rangely District Hospital, my jaw dropped. The quotes were glowing—“increase the accessibility to top tier healthcare in our traditionally underserved areas,”[Read More…]
Letter: Westlands donates $2,500 to Search and Rescue
Dear Editor: I would like to formally thank Henry Kravis Westlands for the $2,500 donation to the Sheriff’s Office Search and Rescue. Westlands community presence is very much appreciated, of which they all have shown over the years here in Meeker. With the fire event in April of last year[Read More…]
Letter: Thanks from Jack Elder family
Dear Editor: Thank you to everyone for all the prayers and support and cards and gifts in our time of sorrow. It was greatly appreciated. Jack will be missed, but we know where he is at to see him again someday when we are called home. Thank You to Rangely[Read More…]
Thanks from Byers family
Dear Editor: Words cannot express how truly grateful we are to everyone who helped take care of mom the last few years. We would also like to thank everyone who offered their support, thoughts and prayers during our time of sorrow when we lost her. We have some very amazing[Read More…]
Sheriff thanks Rio Blanco Ranch for donation to Search and Rescue
Dear Editor: I would like to formally thank Rio Blanco Ranch for their $2,000.00 donation to the Sheriff’s Office Search and Rescue. Rio Blanco Ranch community presence is very much appreciated and which they have shown over the years here in the valley. Over the past several years we have[Read More…]
Letter: Candidates needed for municipal elections
Dear Editor: Municipal elections are scheduled in April for both Meeker and Rangely, and candidate petitions are due by Jan. 22. I hope concerned citizens will contest the open seats in town government. There are a number of important questions facing both communities and the elections should provide opportunity for[Read More…]
Letter: Thanks to Linda Farney
Dear Editor: I’d like to publicly thank Rangely Animal Control Officer Linda Farney. As our neighbor, she has for years helped us with any issue we’ve brought to her attention. I had always known she went above and beyond in her job, but the gift to our family of the[Read More…]
Letter: Wolf proponents have no skin in the game
Dear Editor: I’m confused about the “clarification” letter from Delia G. Malone, Sierra Club wolf reintroduction cause champion. It really was a sophomoric “zinger” to any rancher or person with an opposite opinion of her utopian view of the world. I’m wondering why she is so vehemently opposed to any[Read More…]
Letter: NFIB says Bush misrepresented its position on tax act
Dear Editor: Your publication recently ran a story titled “Not so fast on tax act, says congressional candidate for 3rd District.” In it, the author misrepresented NFIB’s position on the House and Senate bills.Let the record show that small business owners support theTax Cuts and Jobs Act. The National Federation[Read More…]
Letter: Thanks to Rural School Committee
Dear Editor: Please extend a thank you and congratulations to Marge Rogers, Martha Cole, Ellen Reichert, Janet Clark, the Meeker Historical Society and Rio Blanco County. The restoration of the Coal Creek School has been awarded a Stephen H. Hart Award for historic preservation. The ceremony will be held on[Read More…]
Letter: Mining helps economy
Dear Editor: I caught wind of a recent report from the Bureau of Economic Analysis from the U.S. Department of Commerce touting growth in GDP across a multitude of states. Leading the charge? Mining. The mining industry grew by 28.6 percent in the second quarter of 2017, and contributed to[Read More…]