MEEKER | The Meeker Cowboys are the 2A runner-up team in the 2022 Colorado State Wrestling Championships. With only one Meeker wrestler left in the championship round, Judd Harvey needed a pin to seal the win that the whole team had worked hard for. The Cowboys were down 140-144 behind[Read More…]
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Wilczek announces bid for county commissioner
I am announcing my interest to become the next Rio Blanco County Commissioner for District 1. I am a lifelong resident of Rio Blanco County born and raised in Rangely, a fourth-generation resident of Rio Blanco County, and own/live on property with deeded water rights on the White River. I[Read More…]
What a sticky web we weave
A small ancestor tree of three or four generations involves only 30 people. Easy to keep in a scrapbook. If your goal in WEEK ONE was to collect ancestors back to colonial times, you will need a more organized approach. 300 names soon become a tangled blur. A FAMILY TREE[Read More…]
PANTHERS BEAT WEST GRAND …
The lady Panthers concluded the regular season with a win over West Grand on Friday. The Panthers won with a score of 64-26. Scoggins did a great job again leading the way in scoring with 22, followed by Wren with 12, Ducey with 11, Mergelman with eight, Halcomb six, and[Read More…]
BRINGING THE CHEER …
Pint-size Panther fans have brought lots of cheer to Panther basketball games this season. | MATT SCOGGINS PHOTO
Panthers end season with loss to Vail
RANGELY I Rangely traveled to Grand Junction to take on the Caprock Academy Eagles on Friday, Feb. 18. The Eagles once again proved they are a formidable 1A team and look to make it deep into the playoffs by defeating the Panthers 43-72. Marstan Wagner led the Panthers with 10[Read More…]
Lady Cowboys take third in league
MEEKER I Regular season ended and the first round of the postseason was wrapped-up for the Lady Cowboys. For the last week they went 3-1 and sealed third place in the league. Thursday at Plateau Valley it was a tough loss 43-39. “We stayed with them until the fourth quarter,”[Read More…]
Meeker Cowboys nab league championship
MEEKER I In the final weekend of the regular season, Cowboy basketball went 1-1 on the weekend, ending with a 15-4 record overall and 9-2 in the league. The Cowboys opened the weekend in Collbran at Plateau Valley, with a final score of 55-46, Meeker suffered its first loss in[Read More…]
KAYE’S CORNER: How you play the game
“It’s not whether you win or lose, it’s how you play the game” is a familiar phrase attributed to Grantland Rice. In the aftermath of the Olympics and on behalf of all athletes, it’s timely to consider how we view winners and losers. We Americans feel strongly about winning and[Read More…]
LOOSE ENDS: Small Talk
The good ‘ole days is a frequent reference for so many these days. Comparing the years that came before with a rosy glow attached, I hear so many friends and family yearn for the past as we face an uncertain future. The old-fashioned words that sprinkled the vocabularies of so[Read More…]
EDITOR’S COLUMN: Find the good
It’s a frigid, snowy February morning. That right there is enough to throw me out of gear. Add accidentally dropping a pair of socks in the toilet, the 14-year-old dog having a messy accident on the carpet (why is it always on the carpet, never on the hard floor?), and[Read More…]
Hunting license draw opens March 1
RBC I Hunters hoping to draw a big-game license in Colorado in 2022 are urged to review the changes in license requirements and fees in the 2022 Colorado Big Game brochure prior to the March 1 opening of the primary draw application period (March 1 – April 5 at 8[Read More…]
