RANGELY I As athletic events nationwide take on the task of improving safety standards for competitors, Rangely Junior/Senior High School has begun efforts toward improving the well-being of its athletes. This year, the middle and high school athletic programs started a new initiative to protect their athletes from the dangers[Read More…]
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Udall pushes speed-up of natural gas exports
RBC I Sen. Mark Udall, who serves on the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, welcomed the U.S. Department of Energy’s decision last week to approve a liquefied natural gas export permit for the Jordan Cove Energy Project in Oregon.
Obituary: Odessa G. Balloga
Odessa G. Balloga was born May 11, 1923, in Galena, Kan., to May (Greenwood) and William Cox. She died March 30, 2014, at the age of 90.
Pipe cutting…
W.C. Striegel, Inc., hosted an open house and its own version of a ribbon-cutting ceremony in its new offices in Rangely on Friday.
Basketball players earn league and state recognition
MEEKER I The Meeker High School basketball teams have officially wrapped up their seasons. As they held their awards banquets last week, both the Meeker boys and girls had plenty to celebrate. Not only did both teams qualify for the 2014 Colorado State Basketball Championships, the girls finished third. To[Read More…]
MHS Drama Club, ITST to present ‘FAME’ in May
MEEKER I The Meeker High School Drama Club and International Thespian Society Troupe 1284 will proudly present the Broadway Musical “FAME” at the Meeker High School Auditorium on an undetermined date in May.
CPW meeting to discuss plans to save mule deer in state
DENVER I Colorado Parks and Wildlife, in coordination with The Keystone Center, an independent facilitator, is holding a series of meetings across the state this spring in order to receive feedback on a Colorado West Slope Mule Deer Strategy. The strategy will guide agency efforts to work towards increasing mule[Read More…]
Tickets on sale for After Birth Ball
MEEKER I The annual After Birth Ball, celebrating the end of the stock birthing season, will be held April 26 at the Fairfield Center, 200 Main St., in Meeker.
As work begins on tunnels west of Denver, I-70 project brings long-term partial closure
DENVER I Crews began closing lanes in both directions of I-70 near Idaho Springs last week as work began to shift eastbound I-70 traffic back onto the detour route around the tunnels.
RHS senior Tessa Slagle represents state in D.C.; learns Washington ways
RANGELY I Rangely High School senior Tessa Slagle, one of two Colorado delegates chosen for the 2014 U.S. Senate Youth Program (USSYP), returned last month from “Washington Week,” part of a national initiative aimed at helping students understand the inner workings of the U.S. government and to encourage careers in[Read More…]
Udall and Tipton work toward making Monument into park
DENVER I U.S. Sen. Mark Udall and U.S. Rep. Scott Tipton unveiled a bipartisan proposal last week — stemming from their years-long discussion with Mesa County residents, businesses and leaders — to re-designate Colorado National Monument as a national park. The community-driven recommendations, developed by a committee the lawmakers assembled[Read More…]
MCWC youth wrestlers place at Hayden Tourney
MEEKER I The Meeker Community Wrestling Club youth team entered 44 wrestlers in the Hayden Tournament and 25 placed in the top four, including eight champions.
