RBC | Colorado Northwestern Community College’s inaugural soccer season at the Craig campus wrapped up last month with Spartan student athletes being recognized by the Scenic West Athletic Conference (SWAC) for their outstanding performance on the field. Miguel Rodriguez, No. 17, was named to the SWAC All-Conference First Team. Upon[Read More…]
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BLM seeks public comment on proposed land exchange in Rio Blanco and Moffat counties
RBC | The Bureau of Land Management is seeking public comment on a proposed land exchange in Rio Blanco and Moffat counties that could consolidate public lands and increase public access. Under the proposed Buffalo Horn Land Exchange, the BLM would acquire three parcels totaling 4,036 acres in exchange for[Read More…]
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Do you remember Sleepy Cat’s scones? Now you can make them at home!
MEEKER | “You have to have the scones. They’re the best.” I can’t tell you how many times I heard that about the famous homemade scones served for many years at Sleepy Cat Lodge and Restaurant. And not just from locals, from people who came to visit from all over[Read More…]
Lady Panthers open season with two wins at the Cowboy Shootout
RANGELY | The Rangely girls’ basketball team opened the 2016 season in the White River Electric Cowboy Shootout in Meeker, where they won two games. The lady Panthers lost to the Cedaredge Bruins in the first round but came back to beat Mesa Ridge JV and Nucla to finish with[Read More…]
Reward offered for information about vandalism at reservoir
RANGELY | The Rio Blanco Water Conservancy District is offering a reward up to $500 for any information leading to the apprehension and conviction of person(s) responsible for vandalism at Kenney Reservoir. Sometime during the evening of Tuesday, Nov. 22 and the morning of Wednesday, Nov. 23, vandals caused nearly[Read More…]
Meeker Community Choir concert Sunday
MEEKER | The Meeker Community Choir will present this year’s Christmas concert, “Let There Be Christmas,” a cantata by Joseph M. Martin, Sunday, Dec. 11 at 3 p.m. in the Meeker High School auditorium. Free of charge.
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Broadband project still on track, but winter weather will delay new connections
RBC | “All the mainline conduit and fiber is now placed,” said Rio Blanco County IT Director Blake Mobley about the county’s broadband internet installation. That’s 25 miles of conduit and fiber jetting completed in Rangely and an additional 25 miles in Meeker. The last stage is to finish splicing,[Read More…]
Meeker girls win first game under new coach
MEEKER | The lady Cowboys’ basketball team won its first game of the season in the first round of the White River Electric Cowboy Shootout last weekend but Meeker fell behind early in the next two games and although they made them close, the lady Cowboys lost both and finished[Read More…]
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TANK Christmas album features local musicians, traditional favorites
RANGELY | For decades, residents have been making sounds, some of them musical, in Rangely’s reverberant sound space known as The TANK. Local musicians recently took advantage of a new opportunity at The TANK Center for Sonic Arts: create a Christmas album. The project, conceptualized and funded in October by[Read More…]
