Trey Morris, a senior at Meeker High School, was invited to play basketball at the International Sports Festival in Columbus, Ohio in July. He was one of ten players invited from Colorado to attend the USA Junior Nationals week long tournament.
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Letter: Thank you everyone
We would like to thank everyone for the cards, flowers, food and your thoughts and prayers at our time of sorrow. Also a special thanks to everyone who helped at the service.
Let’s get messy at Rangely preschool
RBC I Preschoolers learn best through hands-on sensory experiences. They discover the principle of cause and effect, develop hand-eye coordination skills and practice fine and large motor skills.
Leftover licenses on sale Aug. 9
RBC I Thousands of big game hunting licenses that did not sell during the license application and draw process will go on sale to the public at 9 a.m. Tuesday, Aug. 9 at wildlife offices and Colorado Parks and Wildlife license retailers statewide.
COED softball standings …
Rangely’s Billy Estes gets a hit during a recent softball game at Paintbrush Park in Meeker.
Guilfoyle named BLM wild horse chief
RBC I Bureau of Land Management Director Bob Abbey announced today the selection of Joan Guilfoyle to be the new chief of the BLM’s Wild Horse and Burro Division.
Cowboys hire new coach
MEEKER I Ron Dupree will take the helm of the Meeker High School football team this fall and the veteran football coach already has a list of all the boys registered in the school with their years, the heights and weights of many, how fast they can run 20 and[Read More…]
Obituary: Jennifer K. Starling
June 24, 1970 ~ July 26, 2011 Jennifer Starling was born in Mobile, Ala., to Judy and Robert Koen and grew up in Millry, Ala. She was graduated from University of Alabama with a bachelor’s degree in social work. She moved to Meeker in July 2010, after a two week[Read More…]
Obituary: Duane “Pete” Ottosen
May 18, 1930 ~ July 25, 2011 Duane Peter Ottosen, 81, of Meeker, Colo., passed away at his home on July 25, 2011. He was born in Provo, Utah, on May 18, 1930, to Byron Clinton and Vera Marie Christensen Ottosen. He lived in Meeker all of his life. He[Read More…]
Letter: Take money from those more fortunate
Dear Mr. President, I heard you say you will not guarantee Social Security checks if the debt ceiling isn’t raised. Why is it the scare always has to do with Social Security, Medicare and our soldiers’ pay? Why not stop your pay, your staff or Congress and the Senate to[Read More…]
Letter: Amicable separation for Pierson and ERBM
For the past three years, Scott Pierson has satisfactorily performed his work responsibilities as the executive director of the Eastern Rio Blanco Metropolitan Recreation and Park District. Due to a difference in management philosophy, the district board and Mr. Pierson agreed to the amicable separation of his employment, effective Sept.[Read More…]
Two Roan Plateau wildflowers at risk
— Wildflowers at risk from oil and gas drilling get Endangered Species Act protection — RBC I The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced that two Colorado wildflowers found only on and around the Roan Plateau and South Shale Ridge area are now protected as threatened species under the Endangered[Read More…]
