Kyleigh Dawn Peters, daughter of Chance and Kelsey Peters of Rangely, Colorado, was born at St. Mary’s Hospital in Grand Junction, Colorado, at 11:51 p.m. on July 7, 2023. She was 6 lbs., 6.7 oz. and 18 inches long. She is the great-granddaughter of Dave and Jean Jordan, Deborah and[Read More…]
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RIO BLANCO COUNTY FAIR 2023
The HT thanks photographer Kim Ekstrom for sharing photos from fair. Results will be published when they are submitted. Congratulations to all!
Ribbon cutting for White River Village garden
RBC | In February 2023, White River Village was awarded a grant from the Colorado Garden Foundation to build raised garden beds for its residents to plant and maintain. On Tuesday, July 25, 2023, a ribbon-cutting ceremony celebrated the official opening of the gardens. Residents have been hard at work[Read More…]
READING FUN …
The Rangely Regional Library held its 16th annual Summer Reading Carnival on July 25, 2023. Amorette Hawkins inspired the event to reward and engage children in summer reading. The event provided cotton candy, snow cones and numerous activities including face painting, nail painting, water games, milk jug toss, balloon animals[Read More…]
River call expected soon
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…]
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…]


