While the warm weather of the past week has been wonderful, does anyone else have that “waiting for the other shoe to drop” feeling? You know, that little warning that says, “Don’t put away the snow shovel, the ice scraper, or the boots and gloves just yet.” Ah, springtime in[Read More…]
Opinion
Letter to the Editor: Thank you
Dear Editor: The families of Cynthia L Blanco wish to thank the people of Rangely and others for all their hospitality, thoughts and prayers during our time of loss.
Up and Down El Rio Blanco: Gumption
Rio Blanco County republicans held their annual general assembly last Saturday in Rangely on the CNCC campus with 51 delegates attending. I admire what republican chairman David Smith called the “gumption” it takes to “step up” and run for office.
Letter to the Editor: My two cents
Dear Editor: In reference to fact and myth, Mr. Madison, Moffat, Routt, Garfield, Mesa, Weld counties etc., are working, not like they were but way more than we are. The commissioners should be working on streamlining the process, and it should have been tended to already years ago when we[Read More…]
Doctor shortage in Colorado will blunt effect
RBC I The new health reform law is expected to create 32 million more insured Americans, according to the Congressional Budget Office. The federal government plans to expand Medicaid to low-income adults and subsidize purchases on the health-insurance exchanges when it requires most Americans to carry insurance in 2014.
A “state of the town” address from the mayor
MEEKER I We are well into the new year, and it is a good time to check in with your local municipal government.
Letter to the Editor: Huitt runs for mayor
Dear Editor: Citizens of Rangely, I want to tell you why I, Frank Huitt, want to run for the office of mayor. In almost every election we have choices and those choices have consequences. We see this at all levels of government.
Up and Down El Rio Blanco: Working together
“The key,” she said, “was getting people to work together,” she being Peggy Rector, a woman known for her great ability to use that key, as evidenced by the many things she has been an integral part of.
Meeker Locals
Longing for more daylight? This is your weekend. Don’t forget to “spring forward” your clocks one hour on Saturday night as we return to Daylight Savings Time.
Letter to the Editor: Brasfield donations
Dear Editor: Our son, Jamie Brasfield, was diagnosed with cancer on Feb. 21, 2012. He was having horrible headaches and went to the emergency room in Vernal where he was told that he has cancer in his head the size of a softball and a huge one in his chest[Read More…]
Letter to the Editor: Mr. Greedy responds
Dear Editor: Hello, my name is Mr. Greedy, and as with Mr. Selfish, I, too, have a different perspective of what Jack wrote.
Letter to the Editor: Cottage Law
Dear Editor: I would like to bring attention to a Colorado bill that is currently going through the process of becoming law, that is House Bill 1027. This bill was started by my sister. A few years a go her husband was laid off. They have two kids and my[Read More…]