The Rangely High School soccer team has played Basalt and Grand Valley on Yeager Field in its first two games of the season and will host Moffat County on Friday, starting at 4 p.m. Playing for the Lady Panthers are (back) Christina Gliem, Kristen Coleman, Cassie Kenney, Espy Saenz, Alexi[Read More…]
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Wayward winds…
When Pastor Jasper Whiston of Bible Baptist Church in Rangely left the parsonage the afternoon of Mar. 17, he didn’t expect to return and see a 3×16-foot chunk of the church’s metal roof lying in the parking lot.
A dusting of snow…
Despite an unseasonably warm start to spring, Mother Nature reminded Rio Blanco County residents that it may be too chilly yet for shorts and sandals. A dusting of snow across Rangely on Saturday morning was followed by several days of more typical spring weather.
Panthers run, jump, throw
RANGELY I The Rangely Panthers track and field team traveled to Grand Junction’s Stocker Stadium on Saturday to run, jump and throw in the Mickey Dunn Invitational.
Sage grouse tours offered
RBC I There will be a special guided tour to see greater sage grouse perform their elaborate mating dances, and the public is invited to join in.
Kids’ health fairs set in county
RBC I Meeker and Rangely will hold their Children’s Health Fair events on different weekends at the beginning of April, focusing on health screenings and immunizations.
Blood pre-draw in Rangely …
Amanda Fausett, an emergency medical technician, draws Mara Wagner’s blood at the Rangely Community Health Fair blood pre-draw over the weekend at Rangely District Hospital. Roughly 300 people had their blood drawn in preparation for the health fair on April 20.
Sizemores persevered until modern times
MEEKER I Perhaps the greatest quality of the people who homesteaded the White River valley in the early 1900s to make a life for themselves was perseverance. The second greatest quality was their innovative methods for earning money.
Gas prices steady
RBC | Average retail gasoline prices in Colorado have not moved in the past week, averaging $3.54 per gallon as of Monday, according to GasBuddy’s daily survey of 2,158 gas outlets in Colorado.
Ladies play in all-state game
RBC I Meeker’s Kaysyn Chintala and Rangely’s Quincey Thacker represented their schools last Sunday in the Colorado Coaches of Girls’ Sports all-state basketball game last Sunday. The game was played at Arvada West High School. After competing against each other the past four years, the two Rio Blanco County seniors[Read More…]
Fairfield award, scholarship deadlines next week
MEEKER I The deadline is rapidly approaching for non-profit, governmental or educational entities interested in applying for funds through the semi-annual Freeman E. Fairfield Trust grant process.
Letter to the Editor: Blood is life
Dear Editor: My name is Kathy Kottenstette. My husband and I are just past the third anniversary of the birth of our 4-day-old daughter, Makayla Jane Kottenstette. She was born March 23, 2010 and passed on March 27, 2010.
