Colorado Department of Transportation and contractor IHC Scott are widening 3.5 miles of Highway 13 between mile markers 12 and 16 to create passing lanes, pullouts and a new chain up area. Work is scheduled to wrap up in November of 2023. The first of two project phases is focused[Read More…]
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Editor’s Column: Appeals to emotion effective, but not always accurate
Nothing gets folks riled up like horses, especially “wild” ones. We’ve been inundated with letters and comments regarding the BLM gather of wild horses from the Piceance/East Douglas Herd Management Area. Interestingly, none of the letters have come from people who actually live here, or people who see the horses[Read More…]
Big Tech is steamrolling America’s newspapers
Google and Facebook have enormous economic and political power in society – especially over the news industry. Many ask if they have played a role in the misinformation that erodes our free press and plagues our democracy. Google and Facebook have a duopoly of the distribution of digital news content,[Read More…]
What do you get from volunteering with the Historical Society?
We are currently working at the Milk Creek Battlefield Park. Those of you who have been there have seen our accomplishments. We have the only monument in the United States dedicated to warriors of the Ute Nation. Installed by Utes. A couple of years ago we put up signs that[Read More…]
ALONG FOR THE RIDE …
Robert Gracie, this week’s bull rider , won $2,500. July 14 results: 8 Team Roping – Teresa Anderson/Joe Wood Mixed Team Roping – Shannay Roman/Casey Roman 11 Team Roping – Joe Wood/Lenny Klinglesmith Open Breakaway – Lori Ann Klinglesmith Ladies Breakaway – Lori Ann Klinglesmith Open Barrels – Kendra McMillan[Read More…]
RIO HAPPENINGS: July 11–17, 2022
Editor’s Note: The Rio Blanco County Sheriff’s Office has compiled the following information for publication to keep residents apprised of law enforcement activity within Rio Blanco County. ARRESTS FOR WEEK OF JULY 11, 2022 21 Yr old male arrested 7-10-22 for harassment given $1,000 PR bond 7-11 by Magistrate Shamis[Read More…]
Gilbert sentenced
RBC | Rangely resident Roy Gilbert was sentenced Tuesday in RIo Blanco County District Court to 90 days in county jail and “intensive supervision” probation for 10 years to life for three Class 4 felony charges of sexual assault on children under 15. Gilbert will be required to register as[Read More…]
NEWS NOTES: July 21, 2022
July 24 TANK concert canceled RANGELY | Covid strikes again. We’re sad to announce that the Andy Clausen concert, set for next Sunday evening, July 24, has been canceled. Musicians on Andy’s current tour have come down with the virus, and we decided to play it safe and schedule Andy’s[Read More…]
Collins named to Dean’s roll
MEEKER | Macy Collins of Meeker has been named to the University of Wyoming 2022 spring semester academic Dean’s and Dean’s freshman honor rolls. The honor rolls consist of regularly enrolled undergraduates above freshman standing who earned a 3.4 or better grade-point average, and freshmen who have earned a 3.25[Read More…]
Classic toys tell a tale
Trolls are making a comeback! Toys, in some form or another, have always been a collectible, not because they were fine art or even rare when they were made. They become collectible and valuable because they were loveable. Loveable toys get loved, hard! Well-loved toys rarely survive beyond one or[Read More…]
Obituary: James Kenneth Amick
July 11, 1936 ~ Feb. 6, 2022 The family of James Kenneth Amick (Coach A), sadly announces his passing on Feb. 6, 2022, at his home in Yuma, Arizona. He was born July 11, 1936, in Hobbs, New Mexico, to Mabel and Preston Amick. Jim grew up in Meeker, Colorado,[Read More…]
Obituary: Gary Charles Borchard
Sept. 23, 1940 ~ July 1, 2022 Gary Charles Borchard was born in Jackson, Minnesota, on Sept. 23, 1940, and passed away in Meeker, Colorado, on July 1, 2022. Gary attended college at Harvard University in Boston, Massachusetts, from 1959-1962. He was recruited to play football, but decided to play[Read More…]
