The Barone Middle School boys’ seventh- and eighth-grade basketball teams played Saturday against the Soroco Rams and the Steamboat Springs Sailors, each beating the former and losing to the latter. Above left, playing for the seventh-grade this season, in front, are: Elijah Deming, Tanner Ridgeway, Nick Massey, Colton Wille, Charles[Read More…]
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Folks should get flu shots soon
RBC I During the 2013-14 flu season, there were 1,759 hospitalizations in Colorado caused by the flu. The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment advises people to get a vaccine as soon as possible to protect themselves from seasonal influenza. The vaccine now is available at most physician’s offices[Read More…]
64 children join in ‘Aladdin’ production held in Rangely
RANGELY I Missoula Children’s Theater participants performed its version of the classic children’s tale “Aladdin” to a packed house in the Rangely Junior-Senior High School auditorium Nov. 14.
Meeker golf guru Jim Cook honored by Colorado PGA
MEEKER I Long-time local golf guru Jim Cook of Meeker was recognized as a 2014 Noble Chalfant Challenge Inductee by the Colorado Professional Golfers Association at the Colorado PGA Awards Gala on Nov. 2 at the Colorado Golf Club in Parker.
Seminar Tuesday teaches basics of trapping, predator-calling
RBC I Colorado Parks and Wildlife is offering novices a unique opportunity to learn the basics of trapping and predator calling at a one-evening only seminar from 6 to 9 p.m. on Tuesday at the Hunter Education building at 711 Independent Avenue in Grand Junction. Space is limited, so to[Read More…]
Three Rangely students get scholarships
RANGELY I Three Rangely students received merit scholarships to attend Fort Lewis College for the Fall 2014 semester.
To raise funds for March of Dimes, RHS hosts ‘No Shave November’
RANGELY I November is Premature Babies Awareness Month, and Rangely High School’s FBLA Chapter is doing a “No Shave November” competition between four teams to raise money for The March of Dimes, an organization dedicated to raising money and awareness for families with premature babies.
Post-season play ends one game early as MHS gridders fall short vs. Buena Vista
MEEKER I Five years had passed since the Meeker Cowboys qualified for the 1A Colorado state football playoffs. While there this year, they won two games before ending their season in Buena Vista, losing in the semifinals to the Demons 48-18.
Guest Editorial: Education paradigms all wrong; new thinking needed
RBC I Think of our schools as a horse and buggy. It worked well in a different time, but times have changed. Educational needs have changed as much as transportation needs. Retrofitting a horse and buggy will not give us an airplane, and yet we seem to expect that reforms[Read More…]
What’s Up With the County? Staff busy working on their year-end projects, including 2015 budgets
RBC | Employees and elected officials of Rio Blanco County are busy working on year-end projects, conducting tax lien sales, planning for broadband expansion and economic development initiatives, and compiling the 2015 budget.
From My Window: Meeker football team should stand proud; hunting season over
The view out my window was cold—frosted over—and downright unfriendly, as the sun forgot to shine upon the Meeker Cowboys and the Denver Broncos.
Home schooling on the rise in Rangely, matches national trend
RANGELY I During the last decade, the number of home-schooled students has been steadily increasing nationally and in Rangely.
