April 23, 1946 ~ July 2, 2022 Jeanne Winslett Jones passed away peacefully on July 2, 2022, at the age of 76 after a long battle with dementia. Jeanne was born Kathryn Jean Winslett in Glenwood Springs, Colorado, on April 23, 1946, to Fred and Edna Winslett, and grew up[Read More…]
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Obituary: Marlene Kendall
Nov. 30, 1937 ~ July 17, 2022 Marlene Kendall passed away on July 17, 2022, after a battle with leukemia. On Nov. 30, 1937 a ray of sunshine entered into the lives of Earl and Bula Gillman Gurr as they welcomed their first child into this world and named her[Read More…]
Learn more about moose at Grand Mesa Moose Day
RBC | Did you know moose can run up to 35 miles per hour and are excellent swimmers? Or that a bull moose’s antlers can grow up to 1 pound a day. Have we peaked your interest? Do you want to learn more about the Shiras moose? Join Colorado Parks[Read More…]
CPW Blast & Twang event in Rangely
RANGELY | Colorado Parks and Wildlife is excited to announce that it will hold its second annual Blast & Twang event on Sat. July 30, 9 a.m. – 1 p.m. in Rangely. The event will take place at the Elks Trap Range in Rangely, Colorado. This free event is for[Read More…]
Conservation Corner: Hummingbird Fun Facts, Part 2
They are the only birds that can fly backwards, side-to-side and hover due to the structure of their wing joints allowing them to rotate 180 degrees. Their wings move in a figure 8 pattern. A hummingbird beats its wings on average 53 times a second, that’s 3,180 beats per minute.[Read More…]
Letter: Are thank you notes obsolete?
Dear Editor: I have given countless gifts of money and needed items to high school graduates over the past five years. I have received only one thank you note from a special needs graduate that painstakingly typed, cut and glue the written gratitude inside a note card. The other graduates[Read More…]
CONSERVATION CORNER: Hummingbird Fun Facts
There are over 360 species, with 15 of these species residing within the United States. The weight of an average hummingbird is less than a nickel. The hummingbird bee weights less than a penny and is the smallest bird in the world. Hummingbirds are solo migrators. We are still discovering[Read More…]
CPW Commission to meet in Edwards July 21-22
RBC | At a hybrid in-person/virtual meeting in Edwards, the Colorado Parks and Wildlife Commission will discuss closing the 2022 hunting season for greater sage-grouse in GMU 2, updating the disease testing requirements for cervids in commercial parks, 2023 Snowmobile Program Grant Funding recommendations, implementing the Keep Colorado Wild annual[Read More…]
Editor’s Column: Attitude
The problem is not the problem. The problem is your attitude about the problem. Do you understand? ~ Captian Jack Sparrow We all know them… those folks for whom every perceived problem is a catastrophe, an apocalypse, the end of the world as we know it. Sometimes we are them.[Read More…]
Tips for a new Code of the West
It’s not always easy living in the rural West, with customs so entrenched that everybody takes them for granted. What makes it hard for the newest newcomers is that they’re caught up in a mysterious culture. Learning the Old West code was easy decades ago. Novelist Zane Gray’s “Code of[Read More…]
Don’t call me unaffiliated
I don’t want to be called unaffiliated. That’s what Colorado’s Secretary of State calls me. Merriam-Webster says it means I am “not associated with another.” It is not true. I am an independent. And as of July 1, 2022, I am associated with 1,715,211 other independent voters in Colorado. We[Read More…]
Loose Ends: A closer look
Babies and puppies are a number one draw at any parade. Our community’s Fourth of July celebration offered so many examples once again, as a huge crowd of visitors and residents alike took advantage of the great weather. Most of them staked a claim to the few shady spots by[Read More…]
