MEEKER I I spend a lot of time with the dinosaurs. No, I am not an amateur archeologist or paleontologist and taking care of grandchildren involves traveling to museums or excavation sites to see the prehistoric creatures’ remains. The bones and fossils still appeal, but the dinosaurs I am referring[Read More…]
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Trustees talk water supply
RANGELY I On Tuesday, Aug. 24, the Rangely Town Board of Trustees met to discuss exciting business that is moving forward in and for Rangely and the county. With no public input, the meeting moved into supervisor reports with Town Manager Lisa Piering updating from her check-in with the Rio[Read More…]
EDITOR’S COLUMN: Happy *meteorological* fall
We’ve always wondered if meteorologists — the prognosticators of weather so frequently jeered and abused for inaccurate predictions — lived in some kind of alternate universe. It turns out, they aren’t even operating on the same seasonal calendar as the rest of us. On the Gregorian calendar, the change of[Read More…]
NEWS NOTES: September 2
MACC auditions MEEKER | Meeker Arts and Cultural Council’s youth theater will perform Bugsy Malone Jr. this fall. Children in third through eighth grade are welcome to participate. Auditions are set for Friday, Sept. 3 from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. at the Meeker High School Auditorium. There is a[Read More…]
COVID UPDATE: One add’l death, 14 new cases
RBC I As of Tuesday, Aug. 31, one additional death due to COVID-19 had been reported in the county, with 14 new reported cases and one new hospital admission. Total Cases to Date: 784 Meeker Active: 12 Rangely Active: 11 Current Hospitalized RBC: 1 Total Hospitalized: 63 School District Meeker:[Read More…]
COUNTRY RAISED …
Rangely XC competes at Basalt Invitational
RANGELY I The Rangely Middle School cross country team made their debut in Basalt on Saturday, Aug. 28. The meet was held at the Crown Mountain Park in El Jebel. The athlete ran a 1.5 course around soccer fields, on single track and through a creek. The race was a[Read More…]
RBCSO explores jail changes
RBC I In an effort to trim its budget in the face of declining revenue, the Rio Blanco County Sheriff’s Office is exploring the feasibility of closing operations at the detention center and contracting with Moffat County to house inmates from RBC. The 2021 budget for the detention center was[Read More…]
Brewery dreams become reality for Borchard brothers
RBC I Crafted in-house with 14 varieties of locally grown hops, the beers on tap at Meeker’s newest social destination, “the brewery,” is a big hit with locals and visitors alike according to owners Kevin and Kristofer Borchard. “We’ve done really well for the first week, [we] sold just over[Read More…]
MUSTANG MASTER …
Happy 75th Birthday to Rangely!
RANGELY I A special celebration will be part of this year’s Septemberfest festivities: the 75th anniversary of the incorporation of the Town of Rangely on Aug. 15, 1946. The vote to incorporate was 101 in favor, to seven against. Incorporation came during a boom in development and expansion. In 1946,[Read More…]
The long haul
RANGELY I Thanksgiving dinner preparations were underway last November when Rangely’s Wendi Gillard noticed she couldn’t smell the homemade cranberry sauce simmering on the stove or the turkey roasting in the oven. Or anything else. Gillard thought maybe she was just used to the cooking smells from being in the[Read More…]