Tag: Rangely

December reports down 28.6 percent

RBC | During December 2009, the Rio Blanco County Communications Center logged 588 incidents, down from December 2008 totals of 823, which is a 28.6 percent decrease in activity.

Gerald and Nancy Ahrens

Ahrens 50th Anniversary

RANGELY | Gerald and Nancy (Mantlo) Ahrens of Rangely will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary on March 19. Their children Kent (Brenda), Keith (Nancy) of Rangely, Darrell (Nancy) of Palisade, Bobbi (Devlin) Barnes of Grand Junction, along with grandchildren Derek, Jeremy, Broc, Cameron, Taylor,

Rangely soccer team about to kick off season

RANGELY I Even though her team wasn’t able to practice outside for the first two weeks, soccer coach Kris Denny is excited for the season to start. “We started practicing in February, so two weeks now we practiced in the gym and we haven’t been on the field yet,” Denny[Read More…]

Letter: Message of farm safety important

Rio Blanco Farm Bureau strongly promotes safety on our farms and ranches. Unfortunately, agriculture is still one of the most dangerous industries and children are too often hurt or even killed while playing or working on farms.

Young Panthers 4th at Hayden

RANGELY I Coaches are always looking for improvement, and Derek Stolworthy liked what he saw. “We did extremely well. We had 10 placers and even though we were among the smallest schools there, we took fourth out of nine teams,” said the Rangely Junior High wrestling coach.

Shawn Bolton

Three vie for seat on county commission

RBC I Editor’s note: In advance of party caucuses March 16, the three candidates, all Republicans, vying for a seat on the Rio Blanco County Commission, which will be vacated by Joe Collins, who isn’t seeking reelection, were asked to respond to the same set of questions.