Roughly 300 people attended the Rangely Area Chamber of Commerce’s annual Crab Crack on Saturday night on the Colorado Northwestern Community College campus, where the chamber also announced the community’s top businesses of the year.
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Death Notice: Wayne Eugene Moody
Wayne Eugene Moody passed away on Feb. 8, 2014. Graveside services were held at 1:30 p.m. on Feb. 12, 2014, at Highland Cemetery in Meeker.
Registration for CNCC open
MEEKER I Registration is open for Spring 2014 classes at the Meeker office of Colorado Northwestern Community College.
State awards funds for breast-feeding groups in Rangely; Meeker is later
RANGELY I A breast-feeding support group cosponsored by the Rio Blanco County Women, Infant and Children (WIC) office and Rangely District Hospital (RDH) held its first meeting last week for expectant and nursing mothers in Rangely.
Free health insurance help offered
MEEKER | Free health insurance help is available in Meeker over the next two weeks through the Rio Blanco County Department of Human Services, representing Connect for Health Colorado.
Tournament time…
The Barone Middle School girls’ basketball teams hosted Steamboat Springs last weekend at the Meeker Elementary School in the final games of their regular season. Rangely will host the seventh- and eighth-grade girls’ basketball tournament Saturday with league teams coming from Meeker, Craig and Steamboat Springs.
Letter to the Editor: Udall speaks on PILT, state priorities
Dear Editor: In case you missed it, I wrote an op-ed piece for Sunday’s Steamboat Pilot & Today, discussing the importance of the Payment in Lieu of Taxes (PILT) program to Colorado communities and the need to support the program.
Panthers change travel plans, place four in Norwood
RANGELY I Weather caused a change in plans for the Rangely Panthers’ wrestling team. The team was scheduled to wrestle in Crowley County, but a winter storm forced them to cancel the trip over the Continental Divide. Instead, they wrestled in a tournament in Norwood the week before the state-qualifying[Read More…]
Rangely plays “help defense” for league win
RANGELY I Outstanding defense and team basketball gave the Rangely girls’ basketball team another league win, this time against Vail Christian on Saturday.
Obituary: Judy Wheeler
Judith “Judy” Gaye Herndon Wheeler passed away in Prescott, Ariz., on Jan. 31, 2014. She was born in Denver, Colo., on Sept. 17, 1934, the oldest child of V.P. and Bernadine Herndon.
Benefit snowmobile run Sunday
MEEKER I The third annual “I Ride with James” Poker and Snowmobile Ride will be held Sunday to help support the James Sizemore Memorial Scholarships and Rio Blanco County Search and Rescue. Beginning at 10 a.m., snowmobilers should meet at the Lost Creek Trailhead at the end of County Road[Read More…]
Cowboys finish regular season with four wins
MEEKER I Ranked No. 2 in 2A by On the Mat, the Meeker Cowboys wrestling team finished the regular season with four dual meet wins and will enter arguably the toughest 2A regional tournament (Region 1) in the state, since it features the Cowboys and the defending state champion and[Read More…]
