By BRITTNY CAMPOS Special to the Herald Times RANGELY | At the Rangely board of trustees meeting Tuesday, trustee Matt Billgren wanted to let everyone know he felt the road rally had a “substantial impact to our economy here in town.” The town did some trash pickup and helped spread the[Read More…]
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RDA reviews video promo idea, grocery coop, rentals
RANGELY I The Rangely Development Authority met briefly last week to review funding promotional videos and explore creation of a grocery cooperative. Promotional Video The RDA again heard from Josh Jackson who has proposed creating promotional videos for the town. Jackson presented the RDA with a drafted script for a[Read More…]
RIBBON CUTTING …
Western Slope In-Home Care celebrated the opening of their Rangely branch with a ribbon cutting last week. JEN HILL PHOTO
Temple Grandin visits the TANK
RANGELY | Temple Grandin, prominent author and speaker on both autism and animal behavior, visited The TANK Center for Sonic Arts in July to experience the TANK’s internal reverberation for herself and to advise TANK staff.
Kenney Reservoir’s water release sends 105 acre feet down river
RANGELY | Last Thursday the Rio Blanco Water Conservation District released approximately 105 acre feet, or about one inch of stored water, from Kenney Reservoir. According to District Manager Alden Vanden Brink the purpose of the release was to scour the ever-increasing algae from the river channel, with a goal to,[Read More…]
Rally Colorado Race Results
RALLY COLORADO RACE RESULTS: Driver (Time) 1. Tadd Rigsby/Camron Harshman (2:37:01.9) 2. Steve Bis/ Scott McCarty (2:37:48.0) 3. Jerry Kendall/ Cody Melius (2:42:09.1) 4. Roger Matthews/ Jack Penley (2:49:07.4) 5. Mike Erickson/Jacob Good (2:49:58.4) 6. Bradley Ames/Valerie Briley (2:51:17.5) 7. Mitchell Bruno-Frederiksen/ Brian Miller (2:53:02.) 8. Eliza Coleman/ Andres[Read More…]
New food pantry debuts in Rangely
RANGELY | The Rio Blanco Human Resource Council is preparing to open their new Resource Pantry food bank at 743 East Main St. They began hosting a food drive on Tuesday with drop off locations at the Rangely Outdoor Museum, chamber of commerce, hospital and Pinyon Tree Liquor. The pantry will[Read More…]
Smoke visible in Rangely is coming from Utah fire
Smoke visible from Rangely and Dinosaur Wednesday afternoon is coming from a fire across the state line in Utah. The fire is south of Highway 40 and west of Raven Ridge along the “Old Bonanza Road.” It is not threatening any structures, according to the Uintah Basin Interagency Fire Center.[Read More…]
Wade wins Colo. Career Advancement Award
By Heather Zadra Special to the Herald Times RANGELY | Colorado Creative Industries, the state’s art funder, has awarded Rangely resident Samantha Wade a career advancement grant. The award will pay some of the costs of a two-week residency at the Music District in Fort Collins, Colo., where Wade will study[Read More…]
Seaplanes splash in at Kenney
By Brittny Campos Special to the Herald Times RANGELY | Rangely welcomed the Seaplane Pilots Association on July 14 for the second Colorado Mountain Splash-In. Starting at 8 a.m., the pilots took their aircraft to the Rangely Airport to have an aquatic nuisance species inspection and decontamination of the[Read More…]
Rally Colorado races back to Rangely this weekend
RANGELY | Following the success of the 2017 rally race headquartered in Rangely the Rally Colorado group is returning for a second year of racing July 20 and 21. Friday’s race will be “Prospector’s Run” and the “Blazin’ Saddles” Rally is on Saturday. A major highlight of the event is the[Read More…]
BLM seeks public comment on creek erosion mitigation
RANGELY | The Bureau of Land Management is seeking public comment on a preliminary environmental assessment of a proposal to re-route a section of East Douglas Creek on BLM-managed lands about 25 miles south of Rangely. Rio Blanco County is proposing to re-channel the creek to direct flows away from an[Read More…]
