Rio Blanco County Public Health has announced a new laboratory-confirmed positive case in Rio Blanco County. The new case is in Rangely. This is the 21st case in the county. There are now 12 active cases, 9 recovered, and zero hospitalizations. The new case changes the school districts’ 14-day counts[Read More…]
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Lucero wins grand champ
RBC | Corbin Lucero has been participating in 4-H since he was 5-years-old, starting as a “Cloverbud.” He has been showing livestock since he was 8, but this year marks his first time winning grand champion for beef in Rio Blanco County. “I was speechless, it was amazing. It was[Read More…]
Rally Colorado returns to Rangely
RANGELY | After months of planning and reworking the operations of the event, Rally Colorado Organizers and America Rally Association are geared up and ready for the August 15-16 event. Rally Colorado will feature Rally Cars tackling over 130 stage miles of twisting dirt roads divided into 14 stages. This[Read More…]
Obituary: Glenda Ryan Horton
Glenda Ryan Horton passed away on Sunday, Aug. 2 at 1:30 a.m. She is the sister of Joan (Ryan) Padilla of Rangely and in-law to Shirley Faye (Jones) Cox of Rangely who passed four days earlier. Glenda was the oldest of seven children and one of the two sets of[Read More…]
Obituary: Shirley Fae “Jones” Cox
Shirley Fae “Jones” Cox, 84, passed away Tuesday, July 28, 2020, at 11:30 p.m., at the Colorado Veterans Community Center in Rifle, Colorado, following her battle with Alzheimer’s and diabetes. She was a loving wife, mother of three, grandmother of four and a great-grandmother to eight. Shirley was born to[Read More…]
Letter to the Editor: Aug. 6, 2020
Resource Pantry under new management Dear Editor: The Rangely Community Resource Pantry is under new management. We would like to thank all of you who visited us in the past and hope you will continue to support the new management. A huge “thank you” from:René Harden, Brenda Hopson, Cindy Cramm,[Read More…]
Kottenstette Blood Drive Wednesday, Aug. 12 at CNCC
RANGELY | This year marks the 10th anniversary of the birth of our four-day-old daughter, Makayla Jane Kottenstette. She was born on March 23, 2010, and passed on March 27, 2010. She has forever changed our lives and in honor of Makayla’s memory, we are continuing an annual blood drive[Read More…]
Hello, Goodbye…
Practicing social distancing, Rio Blanco County Public Health Director Alice Harvey, Public Health Nurse Kelly Christian, and WIC Educator Mary Dillon pose for a photo at Christian’s farewell potluck on July 22. Christian recently accepted a position with Rangely District Hospital to the delight of her former patients and co-workers. [Read More…]
RPD K9 Eiko receives donation of body armor
RANGELY I | Rangely Police Department’s K9 Eiko has received a bullet and stab protective vest thanks to a charitable donation from non-profit organization Vested Interest in K9s, Inc. K9 Eiko’s vest was sponsored by National Park Service Seasonal Law Enforcement Training Class 20-01 and embroidered with the sentiment “This[Read More…]
Nichols celebrates rich local history
RANGELY | Nichols Store in Rangely is celebrating its 116th anniversary. In 1904 Fred Nichols (whose father Ben shot one of the attempted thieves in Meeker’s thwarted 1896 bank robbery), moved to Rangely to manage the general store owned by H. Coltharp. He was 20 years old. In 1947, the[Read More…]
New fire start south of Rangely
RANGELY | A new fire has been reported south of Rangely at mile marker 15 on County Road 116. No structures are threatened at this time.
News Briefs: July 9, 2020
Floodplain public meetings this month RBC | Rio Blanco County, the Town of Meeker and the Town of Rangely are hosting public meetings for the State to present updated floodplains as a result of the ongoing restudy over the last few years. These updated floodplains are displayed on preliminary Flood[Read More…]
