RBC | White River basin water users upstream from Taylor Draw Dam at Kenney Reservoir have been notified that the Rio Blanco Water Conservancy District is planning to request another call on the White River. Once flows at the dam’s hydropower turbine are consistently below 700 cubic feet per second[Read More…]
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8 reasons to visit the County Fair
RBC | The 102nd Rio Blanco County Fair started last weekend with the 4-H County Shoot-Off and gets rolling in earnest this weekend with the horse show, fashion revue, cake decorating and team roping. Events continue throughout next week. For long-time residents and 4-H’rs, the Fair is a familiar and[Read More…]
Letter: Thanks from Lancaster family
Dear Editor, There are so many people to thank for helping to make the fourth annual Nick Lancaster Memorial Golf Tournament the huge success that it was! This tournament would not have succeeded without the players, sponsors, volunteers and over the top golf course staff. The following businesses/individuals sponsored holes,[Read More…]
Days Gone By: July 20, 2023
The Meeker Herald ~ 125 years ago A typical “Wandering Willie” went through town Monday, walking in from Rifle and going north at a two-mile-an-hour aint. “Ragged Jack” wasn’t in it. Water Commissioner Moog reports less trouble with ranchmen as the summer advances. Not on account of rain, but because[Read More…]
‘Perfect storm’ of conditions causes largest Mormon cricket hatch in recent memory
RBC | Rural living comes with the cost of dealing with Mother Nature, sometimes at her worst: high winds, big snows, drought, forest fires, flooding and on occasion, really ugly insects. And Mormon crickets are among the ugliest of them all. These creatures have been increasing in numbers over the[Read More…]
Rangely Hurricanes compete in three-day meet
This past weekend nine Rangely Hurricanes swimmers competed in the Western Slope Championship Meet. Teams from all over the Western Slope come together to compete at this three-day meet. The Rangely Hurricanes took nine swimmers to three days of competition in the Western Slope Championship Meet, bringing home multiple medals[Read More…]
Color Run …
Rangely New Eden PCS 5K Color Run was a great success this year. A big thanks to the participants, those who ran and those who walked. To our volunteers who so enthusiastically threw the color. It was a fun day with all ages being involved in the Color Run. These[Read More…]
Roberts, Lukens host Town Hall
State House District 26 Representative Megan Lukens and Senator Dylan Roberts of Colorado’s 8th District hosted a joint Town Hall meeting at Meeker Public Library on June 28. They fielded questions from RBC residents about wolf reintroduction (both Lukens and Roberts voted against.) Other discussions and questions revolved around water[Read More…]
Rangely celebrates the Fourth
Rangely’s rec district hosted their annual concert and dinner in ideal weather at Cedar Ridges Golf Course, as well as splashy fun for kids at Elks Park. 4-Hers kept everyone cool with a snowcone fundraiser, while the annual Color Run, a fundraiser for New Eden Pregnancy Center, brought residents out[Read More…]
Rangely LDS update: Wren, Winder, Wagner headed to missions
(Left to right) Marstan Wagner, Fisher Winder and Kevin Wren. Courtesy Photo Kevin Wren and Fisher Winder are the most recently called missionaries for their church in Rangely. These two young men, along with Marstan Wagner, have been long time friends from starting kindergarten together, played basketball together as Panthers,[Read More…]
MISSION …
“This sweet lady who has been a long-term Rangely resident has been called by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to serve a two-year mission to the Olongapo Philippine Mission. Mary Ann Allred will enter the Mission Training Center in Provo, Utah, on July 3. She will receive[Read More…]
Freedom March …
Rangely honored local first responders and law enforcement officers last Thursday at its annual Freedom March and barbecue.
