Racers made their way into Rangely for the annual Rally Colorado June 5 and 6. The races took place on Western Rio Blanco County roads. On Friday, June 4 Rangely residents enjoyed a Rally Car parade down Main Street (above). This year Travis Nease and Daniel Norkus took the top[Read More…]
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Dragon Fire…
The Dragon Fire, discovered midday Tuesday, June 8, grew to 322 acres by Tuesday evening. The lightning-caused fire is approximately 15 miles south of Rangely in junior and pinyon. Multiple agencies are on scene. Red Flag warnings prohibiting open burning are in place in the county, as fire danger is[Read More…]
Holy hoses…
Rio Blanco Fire Protection District completed annual hose testing Monday. Hundreds of feet of hose were laid out in front of the firehouse along 7th Street and checked out by employees of fire hose testing company Waterway. The hoses were then loaded back onto trucks and are ready to go[Read More…]
Obituary: Janet McPherson
Janet Marie (Patterson) McPherson was born on Thursday, May 22, 1947, in Rifle, Colorado, to Garrold Henry Patterson (known as Pa Pa Pat to all the grandkids) and Edith Burdick. She was welcomed into the world by her older brother Gerald and Rochelle. Janet died on May 26, 2021 in[Read More…]
Off the Olive Branch
MEEKER I “It changes the way people cook, and it changes the way people view food,” says one of Meeker’s newest store owners, Julianne Belland. It has been a little over a month that Off The Olive Branch has been in business, with a solid start to top it off. [Read More…]
County Beat: June 10, 2021
RBC I Rio Blanco County commissioners met June 8 to discuss the following public business. DHS UPDATE With caseloads for DHS staff at around 400 cases each, the RBC Department of Human Services requested permission to use American Rescue Plan funds to hire a full-time eligibility technician. All caseloads —[Read More…]
Editor’s Column: Collective energy
Imagine a house on fire. Now imagine the residents of the house standing in the living room, surrounded by flames, having a heated argument about whose fault it is that the house is burning. Seems strange, right? And yet we do it every day. We spend an inordinate amount of[Read More…]
Letters to the Editor: June 10, 2021
Public lands group protesting Buffalo Horn land exchange Dear Editor: We are writing to follow up on a recent land exchange proposal in your community. Public lands in the Strawberry Creek area that are being used by adjacent land owners, outfitters with hunting permits, and other recreationists, are slated to[Read More…]
Luce qualifies for nationals
United Volleyball Club of the Rockies is pleased to announce Emma Luce (right) and Trinity Hafey of Fruita (left) qualified for Beach Nationals by placing second at the AVP/USAV Beach Qualifier in Denver June 4. (Center) Coach AJ Egli. The doubles team of Luce and Hafey went undefeated on the[Read More…]
Panther baseball ends season with a win over Cedaredge
RANGELY I On June 3 Dove Creek came to town for a non-league double header. Justin Cudo took the hill for the Panthers. Under a pitch limit, he threw 3.1 innings, striking out three with one walk. Luis Quintana threw three innings in relief. “We just couldn’t get our bats[Read More…]
Cowboys head into post-season play with 9–5 record
MEEKER I The Cowboys wrapped up their regular season and are 9-5 headed into the postseason. Last Thursday the team headed to Hotchkiss for their final league games of the year. In game one Liam Deming pitched and maxed out 110 and got through six innings. Braydon Garcia came in[Read More…]
Landowners, citizens discuss COWPL protest of Buffalo Horn land exchange
MEEKER I If you’ve been following the Buffalo Horn land exchange saga, you may think it’s a done deal, but you’d be wrong. Even though a decision was issued in January, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) allows for a 45-day protest period. Several protests were filed. The group behind[Read More…]
