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Update on new Rio Blanco County dam

RBC I The Rio Blanco Water Conservancy District held a public meeting Dec. 2 to discuss the feasibility study for a new water storage facility within Rio Blanco County along the White River.

December 17, 2014 by editor Comments are Disabled

Work already starting on broadband in Rio Blanco County

RBC I With the adoption of Broadband Initiative 1A on Nov. 4 by Rio Blanco County voters, the Broadband Task Force headed by Rio Blanco County Information Technology Director Blake Mobley has moved swiftly to implement the various complex components and systems required to bring affordable, abundant and redundant high[Read More…]

December 3, 2014 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

Home schooling on the rise in Rangely, matches national trend

RANGELY I During the last decade, the number of home-schooled students has been steadily increasing nationally and in Rangely.

November 21, 2014 by editor Comments are Disabled

First elk…

Twelve-year-old Tanner Ridgeway of Meeker took his first elk recently, hunting just south of Meeker with his dad, DJ Ridgeway. Tanner shot the elk with his .243, hunting on LO7. His uncle, Olle Larson, who is from Sweden, was along on the adventure.

November 17, 2014 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

Rangely schools accept $25,000 Chevron grant

RANGELY I On Oct. 21, Rangely school board members accepted grant money from Chevron, discussed the level of student assessments used within the district, approved a new district vision statement and began discussion on a possible shift to a full-day kindergarten program.

November 4, 2014 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

Owners of Meeker taxidermy keep up Halloween tradition

MEEKER I It’s creepy. And it keeps getting creepier. Such is the Halloween tradition at Antler Taxidermy in Meeker for the past 34 years, and, according to owner Donna Wille, “it will likely continue for many years as me and my husband, Bill, truly enjoy Halloween and its scary, gory,[Read More…]

October 29, 2014 by Sean McMahon Comments are Disabled

Rangely’s Bob and Ginny Dunker celebrate 55th anniversary

RANGELY I Two recliners stand sentinel in the small living room apartment, a coffee table between them. On and above the table are mementos of two lives with more time together than apart: photos of long-grown children, a shared box of tissues and matching floral coffee cups that double as[Read More…]

October 18, 2014 by Heather Zadra Comments are Disabled

Bucks in town…

Not too worried about having their photo taken or too nervous about nearby humans walking around, these two bucks, still in velvet, were seen grazing on the grass and weeds in this field at 11th and Cleveland streets in Meeker recently. It is that time of year again when deer[Read More…]

October 14, 2014 by Sean McMahon Comments are Disabled