RANGELY | Due to a lower-than-expected response, a dental clinic planned for today and Friday at Colorado Northwestern Community College was canceled.
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It’s going to be a busy weekend! Let’s hope we get some good, summer-like weather. That whole “seven weeks till the first frost” Jeff mentioned in his column last week is just not cool, considering the kind of cold and soggy summer we’ve had so far. Range Call’s annual festivities[Read More…]
Rio Blanco County Days Gone By
The Meeker Herald — 100 years ago • Notice is hereby given that the ordinance prohibiting the firing off of shooting crackers, cannon crackers and all kinds of fireworks on the streets will be strictly enforced. Go into the park and shoot your fire crackers off. Mayor F.N. JoHantgen., Town[Read More…]
Letter: Standing up for the rights of all women
I wanted to add a thought here on the Dr. Tiller murder, the late-term abortion doctor. Yes, he did late-term abortions.
Meeker youth baseball has 1-0-1 record
MEEKER I Behind the pitching of Hunter Garcia, 10, and Doak Mantle, 9, Meeker 1 has a one-win and one-tie record. Silt 1 and Meeker 1 matched up well. The lone 10-year-old on the Meeker team, Garcia, was the starting pitcher. He picked up where he left off last season,[Read More…]
Loose Ends: We need a local news meter
Recently one of the readers of this newspaper called the editor to report that people were complaining about too much of a focus on local news.
Rangely resident found dead in home, son charged with first-degree murder
RANGELY | A 50-year-old Rangely man – Jerry Snider Sr. – was found dead in his home Friday, and his son is in custody and has been charged with first-degree murder.
Obituary: Thomas J. ‘Tommy Joe’ Sturgeon
MEEKER | Thomas J. “Tommy Joe” Sturgeon, 68, of Dinosaur died Monday, June 22, 2009, at Rangely District Hospital.
Letter: I-70 project saps funds from Highway 13
The good news is CDOT has awarded Elam Construction a 3.7 mile Highway 13 modernization project from the south end of the work completed a couple of years ago southerly toward Rifle (MP 27.1-MP 30.8).
Letter: White River Electric board thanks workers
On behalf of the White River Electric Association Board of Directors, I want to thank the staff and management of WREA for your superior efforts over the June 20 weekend in restoring power to our members in town and in the Piceance Basin.
Landfill charges will be based on weight
The county landfill — located between Rangely and Meeker on Highway 64, though closer to the Meeker side — will have new rates for commercial and residential customers and a new way of determining the amount of trash a customer brings to the landfill.
Racquet-eer: Rangely’s Shirley Parsons has become a nationally-ranked racquetball player
RANGELY I Shirley Parsons likes to make a racket. On the court, that is.