RANGELY | Following a work session the Town Council met for a regular meeting last Tuesday night. The council heard from the 2016 financial auditor as well as approved a program to reimburse police officer training. During his update Town Manager Peter Brixius discussed the creation of a youth commission:[Read More…]
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Deer Gulch Fire
The Deer Gulch Fire was reported Saturday, July 8 burning 21 miles south, southwest of Meeker around 3:30 p.m. Visit http://facebook.com/BLMColoradoFire/ for more information or call the Peekaboo Fire Information line at 970-329-1008.
Wilson Fire Updates
UPDATE 10:45 p.m. 7/8: The Wilson Fire is now reportedly threatening structures, and is 8 miles north of Meeker and approximately 100 acres. Chevron’s Wilson Creek Unit 31 gas well is nearby. The incident commander has ordered additional air support for tomorrow. Wilson Fire update from BLM Colorado Fire: The[Read More…]
Pavilion at Milk Creek Battle Site will be dedicated to Sullivan, Steinman
By Pat Turner [email protected] MEEKER | For the third year in a row, Joe Sullivan—who will celebrate his 98th birthday this weekend—spoke about the Battle of Milk Creek at the Thornburgh memorial site on Monday, July 3, as part of the Rio Blanco County Historical Society’s Range Call events. Also[Read More…]
Wildfire off Buford-New Castle Road fully contained; five acres burned
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…]
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…]
