RBC I Rio Blanco County’s two high school football teams were at Grand Valley High School last Saturday for scrimmages against each other, Cedaredge and the hosting Cardinals.
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Refunds for WREA members
MEEKER I Members of White River Electric Association who paid electric bills in 1993 and 1994 will soon receive capital credit refund checks in the mail. The WREA board of directors annually reviews and pays out capital credit refunds to its members.
Letter: Thanks from Ketchers
With the loss of our beloved daughter, sister, granddaughter, niece and cousin, we would like to thank, from the bottom of our hearts, our community, family and friends for your love and support during this difficult time. Also, we would like to express our sincere gratitude for all the food,[Read More…]
Loose Ends: Show and tell time
The beginning of school is usually the introduction of a time-honored tradition in the primary grade classroom: show and tell. Preschoolers and kindergarteners delight in sharing items they picked up during summer vacation or even a special rock or stick they found out in the yard.
Lady Panthers prepped
RANGELY I The Panther volleyball team and new coach Dennis Rohn prepared to kick off the regular season by testing their skills in a series of one hour matches in Montrose last Saturday.
Golfing for United Way
The Meeker Golf Course was host to 120 golfers Saturday last for the third annual United Way 2011 Piceance Golf tournament, sponsored by ExxonMobil and supported by many of the energy companies working in the Piceance Creek Basin. “We like doing good things for the communities we work, live and[Read More…]
Colorado hay directory
RBC I The Colorado Department of Agriculture publishes the Colorado Hay Directory annually to help connect hay producers with buyers. The 2011 edition of the directory is available to the public at no cost.
Letter: Rangely earthquake
This past week there was a significant 5.3 earthquake in the Denver area. Mention was made of the granddaddy of all earthquakes in Colorado on the 6.6 one of Nov. 7, 1881. This earthquake is most significant in Rangely history.
Up and down el Rio Blanco: Volunteer
Dios te pagar,” my mom tells me or anyone who does a favor for her. The saying translates “God will pay you.” When my mom says it with a smile on her face and a twinkle in her eye, I know God has already paid me tenfold for my efforts.[Read More…]
Students invited to enter contest
RBC I Colorado students are invited to put their creative talents to work promoting awareness of radon, an odorless, colorless radioactive gas that is the second leading cause of lung cancer.
Round-ups key to healthy herds in Piceance region
RBC I Wild horses are thriving in western Colorado on a vast, 190,000-acre area known as the Piceance-East Douglas Herd Management Area. It’s an area southwest of Meeker in Rio Blanco County where the Bureau of Land Management has been managing a herd of wild horses since 1971, when the[Read More…]
HOME OF: Mike & Mary Grady
MEEKER | Mike and Mary Grady of Meeker are this week’s “home of” honorees. Mike came here in 1964 to work for Alice and Henry Jacobs. “I was a friend of their son in college who was killed his junior year.
