It’s not a date on the calendar, cold temperatures or shorter days that let Rio Blanco County residents know fall has arrived in earnest; it’s the annual moving of the sheep through town from their high country summer pastures. Paige Jones Photos
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Community Calendar: October 24, 2019
– Fair Board Meeting Oct. 24, 2019 at the Extension Office Kitchen, Meeker, 6:00 P.M. – Costume 5K Saturday, Oct. 26 at Elks Park in Rangely. Registration 9:30 a.m., run begins at 10 a.m. All ages welcome. $30 for runners. Contact WRBM for more info at 970-675-8211. – 4-H Open[Read More…]
Public Notices: October 24, 2019
TOWN OF DINOSAUR DISBURSEMENTS FOR SEPTEMBER 2019 Gross Salaries, $ 20,873.96 PERA, Monthly Contributions, $ 2,328.03 Colorado Dept of Revenue, CWT, $ 599.00 IRS, FWT/Med, $ 2,035.34 FPPA & D & D, Monthly Contributions, $ 1,561.98 Centurylink, Phone, fax, internet, $ 392.60 Rangely Trash Service, Trash Service, $ 82.00 Mesa[Read More…]
Classifieds: October 24, 2019
**ANNOUNCEMENTS** AWANAS Tuesday October 29 4-5:30pm Harvest Festival @ Church at Meeker 1032 Jennifer Dr Preschool – 5th grade For more info call Rich (970) 942-3243 or Gerry (970) 930-5047 Open Range Cowboy Church of Meeker Every Sunday, 6:00 in the evening Fairgrounds Exhibit Hall For more information, Please call[Read More…]
Letter: Remembering Beirut
Dear Editor: On Oct. 23, 1983, 241 U.S military men were killed when their headquarters and barracks were bombed in Beirut, Lebanon. They gave everything they had and everything they would ever have. They had mothers, fathers, sisters, brothers, wives, daughters, sons. RIP. Salute, Wesley Eubanks Meeker
Former Spartan becomes youngest basketball coach in state of Massachusetts
RANGELY | Colorado Northwestern Community College brings a lot of great things to Rio Blanco County, but it’s not every day that we get to see what’s next for some of CNCC’s students. Timmance McKinney played men’s basketball for the Spartans during the 2016-2017 season. McKinney’s personal basketball career ended[Read More…]
Space now available for community gatherings at Heritage Culture Center
MEEKER | The Rio Blanco County Historical Society is proud to announce that we have finally finished a long overdue project at the Old West Heritage Culture Center. In 2015, the Strategic Plan was to create a center for community gathering, celebration, culture and art. Although is the exterior of[Read More…]
Community Networking Oct. 28
RANGELY | You are invited to the Rangely Community Networking meeting on Monday, Oct. 28 from 12-1:30 p.m. on the Rangely Campus in the Weiss Conference Room. This month we have House District 57 Representative Perry Will joining us for a town hall style meeting. He will come and talk[Read More…]
Meeker Sportsman’s Club finds property to purchase
MEEKER | Meeker’s board of trustees covered multiple topics, at their Oct. 15 meeting. Sportsman’s Club Dave Overton from the Meeker Sportsman’s Club shared the good news of the Club finding some land for a new shooting range. The Club requested $17,000 from the town. The board motioned and seconded[Read More…]
Meeker softball team wraps season 3-20 overall
MEEKER | Cowboy softball came to a close earlier than they had hoped. Thursday the girls traveled to Palisade to take on the class 4A Bulldogs. In a tight match, the Cowboys narrowly missed the victory. The final score was 16-15. This was the first of two losses during homecoming[Read More…]
Fall community education classes
MEEKER | Social Media Marketing: Next Steps—Monday, Oct. 28 and Nov. 4, 10 a.m. to noon. Develop strategies to market your business on all major social media marketing platforms. Presentation Creation—Tuesday, Nov. 5 and 11, 10 a.m. to noon. Use PowerPoint and Prezi to produce flyers, presentations and handouts. Google[Read More…]
GOOD SAMARITANS …
On the morning of Sept. 26, Rio Blanco County employees were traveling to Rangely on Hwy. 64, when their ordinary day turned them into heroes. They stopped to assist a man in a medical emergency by giving him CPR and assuring safety to those giving aid. Pictured: Deputy Max Becker,[Read More…]
