RBC | Wednesday, April 4 Rangely hosted the State of the White River Basin Forum and Douglas Creek Conservation District’s annual banquet. The presentations kicked off with an update on Douglas Creek Conservation District activities from Executive Director Callie Hendrickson. She touched on the financial situation the district was hit with[Read More…]
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State House of Representatives Dist. 57 Assembly held in Meeker
RBC | Republican Colorado House District 57, which includes Rio Blanco, Garfield and Moffat counties, met in Meeker on Saturday for its district assembly. The assembly was seated with 10 of the 12 Rio Blanco delegates. The primary purpose of the assembly was to determine a Republican nominee for the Colorado[Read More…]
Rangely council updates
RANGELY | On Tuesday the Rangely Town Council gave permission to Rick Stover to set up his snow cone stand in the town’s empty lot north of the Automotive Museum. Kelli Neiberger from the gas department said the department recently passed numerous inspections with high scores. Jeff LeBleu from public works[Read More…]
ERBM releases 2017 annual report
MEEKER | The Eastern Rio Blanco Metropolitan (ERBM) Recreation and Park District has released its 2017 annual report that highlights the many accomplishments and challenges along with the future outlook for the district. The report is available to the public on the District’s website (www.ERBMrec.com) or may be viewed in[Read More…]
Youth wrestlers compete in Rangely
MEEKER | Meeker’s youth wrestling program has started and 42 wrestlers competed in the Little Panther invitational tournament in Rangely last Saturday and 29 placed in the top four of their respective brackets. The young Cowboys will next wrestle in Craig this Saturday. “I was proud of how our kids wrestled[Read More…]
NW Colo. Outfitters meeting April 18
MEEKER | The Northwest Colorado Outfitters will be having a meeting April 18 at the 4-H building in Meeker at 1 p.m. U.S. Forest Service, Colorado Parks and Wildlife, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and possibly BLM will be there. Anyone is welcome to attend.
Letter: ‘Shop local’ doesn’t apply to rec board?
Dear Editor: I read with great interest the article in the March 29 issue of the Herald Times about a trail expansion of the China Wall trail system. This project is managed and overseen by the Meeker Recreation and Parks Board of Directors. The project is being funded by several[Read More…]
Cowboys beat Grand Valley Cardinals, lose to Aspen Skiers
MEEKER | The Meeker Cowboys played and won two of three non-league games last weekend but had their Northwest League games against the Hotchkiss Bulldogs canceled because of rain last Saturday. The Cowboys played Coal Ridge at home Wednesday after press time and will play two games in Nucla against the[Read More…]
ERBM board defends bid decision
MEEKER | The Eastern Rio Blanco Metropolitan Recreation & Park District (ERBM) Board of Directors has come under fire for their decision to hire an Arkansas company for the next phase of their Trails Development Project. The project will add approximately 4.5 miles to the existing China Wall trail system on[Read More…]
Musical Spelling Bee…
MHS drama club members presented “The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee” last weekend. Above, Mason Holliday, Brandon Lozano, Ridge Williams, Brynlee Williams, Ashdon Seibert, Annelise Amack and Savana May performed. Bobby Gutierrez photo
‘We go to meetings so you don’t have to’—it’s not catchy, but it’s true (Editor’s Column)
We (my daughter/co-owner and I) are headed to our first Colorado Press Association (CPA) convention Thursday. This working trip is the closest thing to a vacation either of us have had in 588 days. My daughter spent a week in Vail last summer ushering her hubby to the orthopedic surgeon[Read More…]
Panthers bring home PRs
RANGELY | On Tuesday, April 3 the Rangely Panther JV track and field team headed to Glenwood Springs for a meet, then on Saturday the varsity team traveled to Grand Junction for the Frank Woodburn Invitation hosted by Palisade High School. The JV team had freshmen Philip Noyes and Gabe Polley;[Read More…]
