Firefighters successfully contained the five acre Clark Creek fire located approximately 14 miles north of Rifle, Colo., off of Forest Service Road 245 in Garfield County this week. The 245 road, commonly referred to as the Buford New Castle Road, remains open. The fire was called in on July 2.[Read More…]
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Mountain bike clinics July 14-15
MEEKER | Join Blair Seymour, the development program director and cycling program director for Steamboat Springs Winter Sports Club, as she shares her passion for teaching and educating all ages in the sport of mountain biking on July 14 (youth and coaches) or July 15 (adults). She is an outdoor[Read More…]
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Guest Column: Keeping the spirit of Independence Day alive
RBC | For most of us the last few days have been spent recuperating from the Fourth of July festivities that filled our long weekend. While the fireworks, barbecues and parties are over, there is no reason that the spirit of Independence Day should end. It’s important that as we[Read More…]
24 teams take part in ERBM’s Main Street Madness July 4
MEEKER | Main Street was busy Tuesday with the annual 3-on-3 basketball tournament hosted by the Eastern Rio Blanco Metropolitan Recreation and Park District. Teams were as follows: 6th-8th Grade Females Number of Teams: 1 Team Name: Hot Tamales Players: Emma Luce, Autumn Hobbs, Mackenzie Keetch 6th-8th Grade Males: Six[Read More…]
Editor’s Column: Pedestrians have rights, too
Most days I walk to and from the office. Traffic is usually a moot point, but Tuesday there was traffic. I started to cross the street at a stop sign only to have oncoming traffic pull halfway through the intersection before I’d made it across. Either they were bleeding to[Read More…]
Dinosaur ‘with skin on’ a rare paleontology find
By Pat & Niki Turner [email protected] RANGELY | They call him Walter, and they’re working as fast as they can to get him, or her, out of the side of a rocky sandstone cliff in northwest Colorado where he’s been for the last 74 million years or so. “They” are[Read More…]
Hurricanes compete at Telluride Open swim meet
RANGELY | Four Rangely Hurricanes athletes adventured to Telluride Saturday, June 24 for the Telluride Open Swim Meet. The swim meet was a combined meet in the fact that athletes raced according to time, not gender or age. The athletes were then divided out according to age and gender for[Read More…]
Adventure Center RFQ deadline July 10
MEEKER | The deadline for submitting a response to the Meeker Adventure Center Request for Qualifications (RFQ) is 5 p.m. MST, July 10. Respondents can get ore information on the requirements for the RFQ from the checklist at bit.ly/2tjwrxx or at meekeradventure.com/rfq/. Interested firms should submit one electronic copy of[Read More…]
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Rangely council and commissioners discuss marijuana, asbestos and airport master plan
RANGELY | The Rangely Town Council met for a work session with the Rio Blanco County Commissioners last Tuesday. The two elected entities worked on topics such as asbestos abatement, marijuana, the Rangely Airport and Better City project. The work session began with a discussion about the issue of asbestos[Read More…]
