MEEKER | “It’s a God story,” says Jan DiMaggio, who found a fresh start in Meeker four years ago. After spending 30 years in Elizabeth, Colorado, where she “had a home and a church,” she relocated to Meeker to help lead Head ‘Em Up Christian Ministries with Church at Meeker[Read More…]
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Rangely author pens memoir
RANGELY | Accomplished author and beloved local celebrity Lou Dean keeps turning out her works of art from her remote homestead on Blue Mountain. Lou Dean is a staple around here and many of us can’t remember a time where she wasn’t in our Northwest Colorado community. Raised in the[Read More…]
BMS changes in progress
MEEKER | School board members accepted resignations from first grade teacher Julie Bowman, Title I teacher Amanda Evans, and ELL Paraprofessional Ana Moreno during a special meeting of the board Monday, May 10. The board also approved a 3% cost-of-living increase to the base salary for school staff. Superintendent Chris[Read More…]
Obituary: Doris Irene (Rienau) Valora
Dec. 19, 1933 ~ Jan. 30, 2021 Doris is preceded in death by her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Rienau and her ex-husband, Preston Valora, Jr. She is survived by her three children, Dona A. Valora of Cheyenne, Wyoming, Jack D. Valora of Cheyenne, Wyoming, and June T. Valora of[Read More…]
Obituary: Cecil E. Lollar
March 27, 1938 ~ May 2, 2021 Cecil E. Lollar, 83, of Rangely, Colorado, passed away on May 2, 2021, after a brief stay at St. Mary’s Hospital in Grand Junction, Colorado. Cecil was born in Pensacola, Oklahoma, to Claude and Cecil (nicknamed “Monie” by her grandkids) Lollar on March[Read More…]
SOUNDS OF SPRING …
Rangely students put on a spring band concert May 4. RHS Band members include: Flute—Laurie Ward; Clarinet—Emma Smith; Alto Saxophone—Annika Cantrell and Andrew Dorris; Trumpet—Keihlin Myers, Ella Patch and Mary Scoggins; French Horn—Justin Allred; Baritone—Keihlin Myers; Tuba—Macy Morgan. Community members include: Flute—Gretchen Connor; Clarinet—Miekka Peck, Kristiana Terry; Bass Clarinet—Emiliano Rocha;[Read More…]
ERBM fee increase, Circle Park update
MEEKER | The ERBM Board of Directors met Tuesday, May 11, to discuss the following business. FEE INCREASES The ERBM Board of Directors approved facility fee increases during their monthly meeting Tuesday, including both drop-in and punch pass fees for the Meeker Recreation Center. A packet presented to the board[Read More…]
BMS track team takes off
MEEKER | Meeker’s Barone Middle School track team is off to a good start this season, with two meets already completed. The team traveled to Rangely on May 1 for their first meet this year. There were quite a few points scored in a large number of events. The seventh[Read More…]
2021 Clint Wells Invitational first track meet in two years
MEEKER | Track season is in full swing. The Meeker Cowboys competed in the 2021 Clint Wells Invitational, it was a two day event, Friday pole vault in Meeker and then Saturday the remainder of the track and field events took place in Craig. “It was great to see kids[Read More…]
Letters to the Editor: RBC clerk on recall, Response to Dr. Dorsett
Moyer recall petition declared invalid Dear Editor: In the final order, reference was made to C.R.S. 30-11-103.5 which county petitions are governed by. Other statutes referred to are CRS 31-11-106(1), CRS 31-11-106(4), CRS 30-11-106(5) and CRS 31-11-101. The above statutes referred to all sections of any petition being pre-numbered serially[Read More…]
County: housing, repair costs, sales tax & code enforcement
RBC | In work sessions Tuesday, May 11, the Rio Blanco County Board of Commissioners heard from Margie Joy, Western Slope Outreach Director for the Colorado Housing and Finance Authority (CHFA). Joy explained how CHFA’s self-funded programs could benefit Rio Blanco County economically by providing additional financing options for prospective[Read More…]
RHS tracksters compete in Rifle
RANGELY | For the first time in nearly two full years, the Rangely High School track and field team was able to load up a bus and hit the track, pits, and rings as they competed in the Rifle High School Invitational this past weekend. The Panthers quickly shook off[Read More…]
