RANGELY | Register now for the Rangely OHV Adventure Rally Aug. 1-10. Registration is open until July 31 for $65. After July 31 registration is $75. Kids under 10 are free. Visit www.wagonwheeltrails.org to register. For more information, call the Rangely Area Chamber of Commerce at 970-675-5290.
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Wildfire Updates: Sunday, July 9
The Wilson Fire north of Meeker off County Road 9 is at approximately 205 acres and 10 percent containment. Command was transferred to a Type 3 fire team and a Wyoming Hot Shot crew working together with ground crews on Sunday. The Deer Gulch fire is off mile marker 4[Read More…]
CORRECTION
RANGELY | In last week’s story in the print edition about Lyle Peterson’s weight loss success through the TOPS program, we inadvertently misspelled his last name. We sincerely regret the error.
Wildfire off Buford-New Castle Road fully contained; five acres burned
Firefighters successfully contained the five acre Clark Creek fire located approximately 14 miles north of Rifle, Colo., off of Forest Service Road 245 in Garfield County this week. The 245 road, commonly referred to as the Buford New Castle Road, remains open. The fire was called in on July 2.[Read More…]
Mountain bike clinics July 14-15
MEEKER | Join Blair Seymour, the development program director and cycling program director for Steamboat Springs Winter Sports Club, as she shares her passion for teaching and educating all ages in the sport of mountain biking on July 14 (youth and coaches) or July 15 (adults). She is an outdoor[Read More…]
Dinosaur ‘with skin on’ a rare paleontology find
By Pat & Niki Turner [email protected] RANGELY | They call him Walter, and they’re working as fast as they can to get him, or her, out of the side of a rocky sandstone cliff in northwest Colorado where he’s been for the last 74 million years or so. “They” are[Read More…]
Adventure Center RFQ deadline July 10
MEEKER | The deadline for submitting a response to the Meeker Adventure Center Request for Qualifications (RFQ) is 5 p.m. MST, July 10. Respondents can get ore information on the requirements for the RFQ from the checklist at bit.ly/2tjwrxx or at meekeradventure.com/rfq/. Interested firms should submit one electronic copy of[Read More…]
Register for OHV Rendezvous
Meeker | Register now for the 2017 Wagon Wheel OHV Rendezvous, July 13-15. Visit www.wagonwheeltrails.org for info and registration.
Community Calendar: July 6, 2017
– Hunter Education class in Meeker Saturday, July 15 from 8 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at Mountain Valley Bank. Colorado Parks and Wildlife online Conclusion Course. Register online, study online. Contact Steve Balloga at 970-640-5481. – Mountain Valley Bank will be doing a “Lobby Blitz” every Wednesday to provide customers[Read More…]
IRS warns of new phone scam
RBC | The Internal Revenue Service today warned people to beware of a new scam linked to the Electronic Federal Tax Payment System (EFTPS), where fraudsters call to demand an immediate tax payment through a prepaid debit card. This scam is being reported across the country, so taxpayers should be[Read More…]
Days Gone By: June 29, 2017
The Meeker Herald — 100 years ago – There will be a proper celebration of the Fourth of July at Buford. A basket picnic, roping, bronco busing and other out-of-door sports Dancing in afternoon and evening. Refreshments on the grounds. Everybody welcome. – Wind and dust were the weather features[Read More…]