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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.

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.

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.

Home of: Gary and Relda Coulter

MEEKER | Gary and Relda Coulter of Meeker are grateful to live in a small town where they know nearly everyone and where family members are close at hand.

Half-staff

Flags across Colorado have been flown at half staff during the past week — as ordered by Gov. John Hickenlooper — to mourn the death of Tom Clements, his appointed executive director of the Colorado Department of Corrections.

MACC offers free arts seminars

MEEKER I The Meeker Arts and Cultural Council [MACC] and the ERBM Recreation and Parks District in cooperation with the Meeker High School, will offer free enrichment seminars by Colorado Mesa University Theatre Arts Department Faculty members. The first two interactive workshop seminars will be offered by professor Jeremy Franklin,[Read More…]