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…]
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Learn to cook well on a budget
MEEKER | Need help preparing healthy meals on a limited budget? Sign up for Cooking Matters, a free class held once a week for six weeks. Chefs and dieticians will answer your questions, you’ll eat in class, go home with groceries and have childcare provided. Classes held April 3-May 8[Read More…]
Wagon Wheel OHV Club meeting April 10
MEEKER | The Wagon Wheel OHV Club will hold the first meeting of 2018 next Tuesday, April 10 beginning at 7 p.m. at Kilowatt Korner (Sixth and Market). Current members will be able to renew their membership that evening. All OHV riders are invited to attend and hopefully join to[Read More…]
Turner, Blunt win state championships
MEEKER | The late Bill Turner, was Rio Blanco County’s first state wrestling champion, winning an individual title for the Rangely Panthers in 1958, then coaching Meeker’s first state championship team in any sport in 1979. Now two of his grandsons have continued the tradition, one becoming Meeker’s first elementary school[Read More…]
Drug search at RHS comes up empty
RANGELY | Last Thursday the Rangely Police Department, assisted by the Vernal Police Department and Uintah County Sheriff’s Office, conducted a drug search at Rangely High School. The search did not turn up any illegal substances. According to Rangely Police Lieutenant Roy Kinney the Vernal Police Department and Uintah Sheriff were[Read More…]
Failing grade for voter turnout {Editor’s Column}
“Elections belong to the people. It’s their decision. If they decide to turn their back on the fire and burn their behinds, then they will have to sit on their blisters.” ~ Abraham Lincoln Thirty-five percent. For just a moment, imagine if only 35 percent of your body was functioning[Read More…]
Towns elect new trustees
RBC | The towns of Meeker and Rangely elected new trustees to their boards Tuesday. Citizens of the Town of Rangely cast 417 ballots out of 1,201 that were mailed (of those, 42 were returned with no forwarding address). Andy Shaffer received 343 votes in his unopposed bid for mayor. The[Read More…]
Cowboys win two in Rangely
MEEKER | The Cowboys played and won two baseball games last Saturday in Rangely, neither was against their county rival, the Panthers. Meeker defeated Ignacio 7-6 in what head coach Brian Merrifield called a “nail-biter,” then pounded the Dolores Bears 13-3, playing both games on Colorado Northwestern Community College’s field. The[Read More…]
‘Win a Tree’ essay contest
MEEKER | Eastern Rio Blanco Metropolitan (ERBM) Recreation and Park District will be celebrating Arbor Day with the chance to win one of three trees. To be eligible to win a tree, the public is invited to write a one page essay titled “Why I Want a Tree” and submit[Read More…]
WRBM Easter Festivities {Photos}
The WRBM pool Easter egg hunt took place Thursday, March 29. Seventy-three kids attended the event. There was a total of $550 in the pool. WRBM would like to give a big “thank you” to Ed Miller and his family for the donation of $150 in gold coins. We could[Read More…]
Panthers take advantage of back-to-back meets
By Patrick Scoggins Special to the Herald Times RBC | Friday, March 30, the Rangely Panther track and field team took a short drive east to compete in the first high school meet hosted on Meeker’s new track. Despite a small number of teams competing, the athletes scorched around the track[Read More…]
Obituary: Hazel Georgiou Gonzales
Hazel Georgiou Gonzales March 4, 1939 ~ March 30, 2018 Hazel Georgiou Gonzales was born March 4, 1939, in Meeker, Colo. She died March 30, 2018, at Pioneers Medical Center in Meeker, Colo. Hazel lived several diverse lifestyles; each with a certain dedication. In her current life circumstance she was[Read More…]
