Last weekend 4H members gathered for the Meeker Goat and Sheep Feeder Show where junior members picked up a few pointers from the seniors and got a chance to exhibit their animals while practicing showmanship skills. COURTESY PHOTO
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CDOT Encourages Drivers to ‘Get Turned On’
Special to the Herald Times In a 2017 CDOT survey: – 89 percent reported driving distracted in the last week – 40 percent admitted to reading a text while driving – 25 percent said they had sent a text RBC | Are you turned on? It’s the question CDOT is[Read More…]
Signed …
After four years of competing for Rangely High School in cross country, basketball and track, Patrick Scoggins has signed to run for Colorado State University-Pueblo. Scoggins will be joining an up and coming NCAA Division II cross country/track and field force in Pueblo, joining several All-Americans and an 800-meter national[Read More…]
Third annual Visit Rangely Day May 24
RANGELY | The third annual Visit Rangely Day will be Thursday, May 24 from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Visit the rock art sites, The Tank, the Rangely Outdoor Museum, the Rangely Automotive Museum and lunch and learn with Andrea at Miles Media.
Hops …
Barone Middle School’s Jayden Overton clears a hurdle in lane four, Emma Luce in lane three and Autumn Hobbs in lane one. These seventh grade hurdlers placed second, first and third respectively in the 100-meter hurdles at the Little Snake River track meet in Baggs, Wyo., May 4. This was[Read More…]
A heads up for local veterans (OPED)
By WES EUBANKS Meeker VFW & American Legion RBC | This is a heads up for veterans, family members, friends and caregivers. There are some bad people out there, always has been. Some of these folks are after your home. Unsolicited offers (fantastic deals) to refinance your home/lower monthly payments/access[Read More…]
Refs …
Before the start of the annual Casey Turner Memorial youth wrestling tournament last Saturday, Meeker coach Carl Padilla spoke of the camaraderie wrestling creates and introduced the referees as examples of giving back to the sport. Meeker’s Tyler Ilgen was a four-time state qualifier and lost in the state finals[Read More…]
Letter: Wilhelm vows to increase teacher pay
Dear Editor: Teachers in Colorado are criminally underpaid and underfunded. Depending on the metric used we are either 46th or 47th in teacher pay. Also teachers spend on average about $650.00 of their own money on their classrooms each year. We all know teaching is a hard profession and that[Read More…]
Rangely Outdoor Museum Clean-up
The Rangely Outdoor Museum staff wants to thank the LDS youth group and the Barnes family for helping with the annual spring clean-up of the museum grounds. We can’t run this operation without your help! COURTESY PHOTO
RBC Dance Performances {PHOTOS}
RBC | Both ends of Rio Blanco County were treated to delightful dance performances this past weekend. ERBM Recreation and Park District hosted the eighteenth annual recital May 5 and 6, which featured several dance and tumbling performances. WRBM Recreation and Park District dance students also put on a great[Read More…]
There is no ‘away,’ but there is Western Slope recycling (OPED)
By NICOLETTE TOUSSAINT Special to the Herald Times RBC | Our handyman, Tim, warned us we’d have to pay a fee when he took our defunct microwave away. That worried me, because environmentally, there’s no such place as “away”. The earth is a closed loop system, so mankind’s junk isn’t[Read More…]
Community 6K for water event May 19
MEEKER | A community 6K for Water event will take place May 19 and is sponsored by Meeker United Methodist Church. Register today online at 6kMeekerUMC.org. Each registration of $50 brings clean water to one person in need! Everyone is invited to register and join the walk at Sanderson Park[Read More…]
