Recently, I covered two events for the paper that brought back memories of this same time a year ago.
It was April 2008 when I visited Rio Blanco County for the first time. I drove out from Denver with Mitch Bettis, owner/publisher of the Herald Times and longtime friend and colleague.
During that weekend visit, we drove to Rangely to attend the Colorado Northwestern Community College Foundation dinner and auction. We sat at the same…


