MEEKER | While the numbers for Rio Blanco County’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) have suffered due to large losses in oil and gas output since 2020, other factors remain fairly constant, including employment, median household income, and inflationary pressure, according to an economic update for the first quarter of 2023[Read More…]
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Busy season for Meeker Stampede
MEEKER | Meeker is home to the Meeker Stampede, three traveling softball teams for girls 12 and under, 14 and under, and 16 and under. Last Saturday at home the 14U took on Montrose. The day was filled with good weather, good attitudes, and good competition between the teams. A[Read More…]
Days Gone By: June 29, 2023
The Meeker Herald ~ 125 years ago A man in Virginia, rode 40 miles to Fairfax Station, for the express purpose of getting Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy, and took home with him a dozen bottles of medicine. Another old landmark began to disappear this week. The adobe where Judge Hazen once[Read More…]
Sounds of solstice …
The weekend of June 24-26 was the busiest weekend for The TANK Center for Sonic Arts. Artists Ben Neill, Beth Custer and Sound Circle performed over the weekend. The audience came from all over, including locals from Rangely and visitors from Denver and even New York. On Friday, 40 mile-per-hour[Read More…]
CNCC Corner: Funding your education at Colorado Northwestern
By DR. LISA JONES CNCC President This edition marks the fourth month of highlighting Colorado Northwestern’s priorities identified in its 2023-28 Strategic Plan. This month’s focus is on communication. With the fast-paced world we live in, it is difficult to identify one effective method of communicating important topics in a[Read More…]
Colorado youth trek through history
RBC | Moving your entire life with all your belongings towed behind you cross-country takes a few days in our modern era. Before settling in the West, the early pioneers moved their families by creative methods, including wagons or on horseback if you were fortunate, and in more humble situations,[Read More…]
Bright futures …
The Rangely High School Class of 2023 (above) celebrated their graduation over the weekend. Co-valedictorians were MacKenzie Manchester and Marstan Wagner and co-salutatorians were Kyrah Phelps and Whitney Rusher. View the Class of 2023 special section here. MILLIE FRYER/COURTESY PHOTOS
Free lithophone lecture and demonstration May 27
RANGELY | A set of rounded stones shaped like French baguettes baffled a scientist for decades after they were discovered in the high desert of southern Colorado. She finally unlocked the mystery and learned the stones were used to express a fundamental human impulse. “Litho” is Greek for stone and[Read More…]
Rangely baseball takes two league victories
Courtesy Photos RANGELY | Starting the league schedule off with two wins to take the top spot in the Western Slope 2A Conference was the Panthers one goal heading into their home opener against the Grand Valley Cardinals. The two games were the first varsity games to take place in[Read More…]
Rangely takes outright WSC title in decisive victory
RANGELY | When the Rangely Lady Panthers boarded their bus heading to Edwards, Colorado, to take on the Vail Christian Saints, they had one goal on their mind: win. They did just that, securing their outright Western Slope Conference championship victory for the first time in 20 years. The lady[Read More…]
Support for Doolin family pours in from Rangely
RANGELY | Much of Rangely gathered at the high school on Saturday, Feb. 4 to watch the basketball teams play and to show support for the Doolin family. Mark Doolin is the varsity basketball coach, and Gracie Doolin is a third grade teacher at Parkview Elementary. On Jan. 13, 2023,[Read More…]
Adventure Awaits 4-H club chartered with CSU Extension
Special to the Herald Times RBC | 4-H is a youth development organization administered by Colorado State University and organized by the County Extension office. The newest non-profit club on the west side of Rio Blanco County is the Adventure Awaits 4-H Community Club. The club has been a goal for[Read More…]
