MEEKER | The full body of the Meeker Board of Education (board) Monday night heard Superintendent Chris Selle report good news from Colorado’s General Assembly. The Legislature, he said, is claiming through their budgeting process they plan to “buy down” (reduce) the negative factor, which they’ve been applying to state funding[Read More…]
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Fairfield grant applications due April 2
RBC | Since April 1 falls on a Sunday, the deadline for Freeman E. Fairfield semi-annual grant applications will be 5 p.m. Monday, April 2. Applications may be mailed to P.O. Box 2302, Meeker, Colo., 81641, or delivered to Diane Dunham, 438 E. Market. Mailed applications must be received, not[Read More…]
Death Notice: Joseph Hofer
Joseph Hofer Feb. 28, 2018 Joseph J. Hofer, 59, of Glenwood Springs, Colo., died Feb. 28, 2018, in Olathe, Colo., after a long battle with cancer. He was born in Montana but lived most of his adult life on the Western Slope in Meeker, Delta and New Castle. A memorial[Read More…]
Town of Meeker hears results from historic district study
MEEKER | Carl McWilliams, consultant, presented the results of a multi-year study to designate a National Historic District within the Town of Meeker to the town’s board of trustees March 20. The study qualifies Meeker to be included on the National Register of Historic Places. The nomination is “pending” in Washington,[Read More…]
Algae tech group approves USGS research plan
RBC | The 14 agency representatives on the county’s White River algae technical sub-group met March 21 and, after considerable discussion, approved a nearly $130,000 U.S. Geological Survey research work plan for the rest of this year. The White River Conservation District (WRCD), in the person of their executive director, Callie[Read More…]
Letter: River recovery needs to begin sooner, rather than later
Dear Editor: The report from the White River Algae Working Group in your March 15 issue seems to imply that we don’t know enough about conditions in the White River to begin remediation. It is true that we have not yet identified all the particular sources of excess nutrients causing[Read More…]
CNCC Foundation dinner March 31 RANGELY | The 14th annual Colorado Northwestern Community College Foundation fundraiser dinner will be held Saturday, March 31 at 5:30 p.m. in the Colorado Room at CNCC Rangely. Live and silent auctions, dinner, beer and wine available for purchase. Tickets are $50/person or $275/table of six. Contact Sue Samaniego at 970-675-3216 for tickets.
RANGELY | The 14th annual Colorado Northwestern Community College Foundation fundraiser dinner will be held Saturday, March 31 at 5:30 p.m. in the Colorado Room at CNCC Rangely. Live and silent auctions, dinner, beer and wine available for purchase. Tickets are $50/person or $275/table of six. Contact Sue Samaniego at[Read More…]
Commissioners determined to resolve flooding problems below airport
RBC | Rio Blanco County Commissioners revisited an unresolved problem with flooding on the properties surrounding the Meeker Airport Monday. Since the airport update was completed, property owners below the airport have reported repeated trouble with flooding and subsequent road damage following heavy rain or runoff. “We’re flooding people out,” said[Read More…]
Rangely council agrees to reduce speed limit, waits on stop sign
RANGELY | Tuesday the Rangely Town Council again discussed the recommendation from Police Chief Vince Wilczek that the speed limit on Kennedy Drive, south of the intersection with College Loop Drive and La Mesa Circle, be reduced from 40 mph to 25 mph and that the current yield sign at the[Read More…]
Rangely sends three to state wrestling
RANGELY | Nine Rangely middle school wrestlers competed in the northwest Colorado regional tournament last Saturday in Grand Junction. Sixth grader Jaxon Torsell; seventh graders Mariah Henson, Anthony Dorris, Kasen LeBleu; eighth graders Braxton Moore and Dontea Pearce all wrestled in the tournament but did not place. Pearce lost a heartbreaker[Read More…]
Nine BMS wrestlers qualify for state
MEEKER | The school sponsored portion of middle school wrestling ended when spring break 2018 started and 14 young Cowboys from Meeker wrestled in the state-qualifying regional tournament. Nine of them qualified. “These boys proved they were legitimately tough,” middle school coach Todd Morris said of the 14 wrestlers who competed[Read More…]
Panther Baseball …
The Rangely Panthers baseball team will take to the field for the first time this season on Saturday, hosting Dolores at noon on the high school field and Ignacio at 3 p.m., also on the high school field. This year’s team includes (back) Stetson Cudo, Tristan Tucker, Raiden Ganser, Kobe[Read More…]
