RBC I On Wednesday, Sept. 19, the U.S. Department of Labor announced that the Colorado Community College System colleges will benefit from a $14.2 million grant to enhance their current allied health related programs with the goal of training a highly qualified healthcare workforce.
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Nonprofit speaks up for kids
RBC I CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocates) of the Ninth, a nonprofit organization serving abused and neglected children in Garfield, Pitkin and Rio Blanco counties, has hired their first executive director, Sue Schnitzer Levin. Levin has extensive experience in nonprofit operations, law enforcement, running a small business and working with[Read More…]
Washington artist is two-time winner of art contest
MEEKER I Debbie Hughbanks of Loon Lake, Wash., won the Meeker Classic Sheepdog Championship Trials art contest for a second time. Hughbanks was unable to attend the art reception but MCSCT art contest director Mary Francis and MCSCT director Maym Cunningham displayed her piece “Taking Control” in her absence.
MHS Cowboys knocked off by Del Norte 22-36
MEEKER I The Meeker Cowboys fell to Del Norte on a warm Saturday afternoon. Fumbles again had strong effect on the outcome of the game.
Obituary: May Bainbrick
May Afton Bainbrick returned to our loving Heavenly Father on Sept. 22, 2012, at the Uintah Care Center from natural causes.
Promoting cultural heritage tourism
Members of the Northwest Colorado Cultural Heritage Tourism Steering committee recently met in Meeker for a regional meeting to discuss current and future projects.
Saturday, Sept. 29 is National Prescription Take Back Day
RBC I It has been a few weeks since the horrific tragedy in Aurora, Colo., yet the reverberations of the event linger in our lives and our society.
Obituary: Phyllis Schoenhals
Phyllis was born Oct. 13, 1930, to James and Eleanor Service in Palisade, Colo. James had built the last homestead in Rio Blanco County in 1929. In the following years brothers Duane Conrad and James Joseph joined the family.
80 is good …
Richard Nickson was surprised by many of his relatives and friends to celebrate his 80th birthday at the Rangely Muesum Park Sept. 15.
Festival wraps up summer with community fun
MEEKER I The colors are changing, showing the beautiful transition of seasons, and this means it is time for the Mountain Valley Bank Fall Festival in Meeker. The ninth annual event will take place Saturday, Sept. 29 on Main Street in front of Mountain Valley Bank, in the old elementary[Read More…]
The brushstrokes of a lifetime
RANGELY I Some of the murals are gone. One fell victim to a careless semi truck driver, another to a building’s closure. A third was destroyed, only to be re-painted. All of them, says painter Dawna Wardell, are part of the natural ebb and flow of change.
HOME OF: Lee and Karen Stanley
RANGELY | Longtime Rangely residents Lee and Karen Stanley are this week’s “home of” honorees.
