RANGELY | The Rangely Town Council met for their regular meeting on Tuesday night. During the meeting they heard from a concerned citizen regarding the council’s position on the Dinosaur casino project and voted to approve participation in the Rural Jump Start Program. Resident Oakley Hopkins spoke to the council[Read More…]
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Meeker beef club gets season started with busy schedule
By Deana Wood Special to the Herald Times MEEKER | The Meeker Beef 4-H Club is ready to take on the new year. Members have met and elected officers. Those officers are: Anna Walsh, president; Stephen Walsh, vice-president; Kolbi Franklin, secretary; Leah Wood, treasurer; Deana Wood, reporter; council representatives Drake[Read More…]
Rangely Ladies Golf Club meets April 18
RANGELY | The Rangely Ladies Golf Club will meet April 18 at 5:30 p.m., at the Cedar Ridges clubhouse. Play starts Tuesday, April 25.
Clarification on dirt bikes in town
MEEKER | To clarify an article about dirt bikes ridden in town last month, dirt bikes are technically OHVs, and can be ridden on OHV-designated trails. However, dirt bikes must comply with all of the same regulations as other OHVs. Those regulations can be found at the following link: bit.ly/2o1ThFE.
Rangely trap and skeet range on the way, thanks to volunteers
Special to the Herald Times RANGELY | Master eye, ocular dominance, cross dominance: This is terminology shotgun shooting skills instructors are accustomed to evaluating. The person who can shoot competitively with both eyes in trap and skeet is generally a very happy person, but there are also many excellent one-eyed[Read More…]
Letter: Comment about Utes
Dear Editor: Thank you for your articles covering the proposed Ute Casino in the Dinosaur, Colorado area. I do have concerns about a couple of comments made by Mayor Joseph Nielsen. In one article he is quoted as saying the Utes are difficult to work with. I have personal experience[Read More…]
Commissioners meet in Meeker
RBC | Monday the county commissioners appointed Danny Lapp to the Rio Blanco County Fair Board, approved a series of vehicle bids and awarded the annual crackfill project bid and Piceance Creek weed spraying bids. The commissioners also renewed the ambulance service licenses for Rangely District Hospital and the Rio[Read More…]
Panther Prom
Golf, anyone?
Phone number correction
MEEKER | One of the phone numbers listed for Ruckman’s Shop in last week’s paper was incomplete. The correct numbers are 970-878-4502 and 239-425-5785. We regret the omission.
Snowpack falls below normal
RBC | Unseasonably warm and dry weather dominated the first two-thirds of March in Colorado and much of the intermountain western United States. Many automated SNOw TELemetry (SNOTEL) measurement stations in Colorado were unable to escape the heat including a substantial portion of the higher elevation locations which led to[Read More…]
Editor’s Column: The buzzard battle
To my dismay, the turkey vultures (Cathartes aura) have returned to roost in one of the trees in our yard. Why is this a problem? Besides the fact that they make the yard stink, send my dog into barking fits and make me wonder if someone is hiding dead bodies[Read More…]