This is the season to be thankful for all we have and we would like to take this time to thank these businesses that have made the extra effort to improve the outside appearance of their businesses. In the past few years, there has been a “Rangely Renaissance” in helping[Read More…]
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Deadline for Letters to Santa is Dec. 20
MEEKER I The post office in Meeker is accepting letters to Santa. The letters can be dropped off at mailbox inside the post office customer-service area. Letters to Santa will be accepted until Dec. 20 … in time to be delivered before Christmas. Also, Meeker Giving Tree ornaments are available[Read More…]
Letter: Drag racer says thank you for the support
My daughter, Marlena, a first-year junior drag racer, would like her sponsors: Alliance Energy (Sam Tolley), The Powder Keg (Mike and Barb) Widner), Budget Host (Ken) and Buck ‘n’ Bull RV Park (Grandpa and Grandma Hames). Ed Miller Rangely
Marlena Miller enjoys her first drag racing season
Marlena Miller of Rangely participated in the Western Conference Finals in Denver, a junior dragster event only. “She had great time and learned a lot,” said her father, Ed, of her first season racing. Jeremy Ahrens finished ninth with 420 points.
Rio Blanco County Days Gone By
The Meeker Herald — 50 years ago • The Rio Theatre will be showing one of the year’s best pictures, “Some Like It Hot” with Marilyn Monroe and Jack Lemmon. • The Stage Coach Inn featured a big Thanksgiving dinner. Three miles west of Meeker. $1.50 per person.
Rangely Holiday Bazaar a success
RANGELY | Maggie Long and Loyann Hayes of Rangely worked the checkout table at the Radino Center Bazaar and Bake Sale on Saturday. Tom Cecil was the winner in the drawing for an afghan donated by Long. “He was the first person to buy tickets,” she said.
Rangely youth perform in Pinocchio
RANGELY | Rangely youth participated in the Nov. 9 production at the high school auditorium of “Pinocchio,” through a collaboration with the Missoula Children’s Theatre. The program was open to students kindergarten through 12th grade.
Rio Blanco County Days Gone By
The Meeker Herald — 50 years ago • Donald Isham, 22, was back in jail after two days of freedom following his escape Thursday. • The Meeker TV Association gets reception to Wilson Creek.
Scoggins honored for community service endeavors
RANGELY | Matt Scoggins of Rangely was presented a “Hero Award” Nov. 5 by the Colorado Society of CPAs for “representing the CPA profession and serving his community in an exemplary fashion.”
Blagg-Jones adding an ‘s’ to a local business icon
For Diana Blagg-Jones, even though she didn’t grow up here, returning to reopen the family business is like coming home. “I grew up in Denver, but I spent all my summers in the Meeker and Steamboat area with my dad (Mike Blagg) and grandparents,” Diana said. “I worked in the[Read More…]
New energy (efficiency) at CNCC
RANGELY I No more using Bunsen burners to heat the science lab. No more issuing electric heaters to students to warm their dorm rooms. No more snowdrifts in hallways. Thanks to a partnership with Chevron Energy Solutions, students and faculty at Colorado Northwestern Community College will be more comfortable this[Read More…]
Linemen honored
The Moon Lake Electric Board of Directors recently honored Todd Low and Randy Hanberg for completing the requirements to become journeymen linemen. Pictured from left are general manager/CEO Grant Earl, Low, Hanberg, safety coordinator Curtis Miles, operations manager Paul Betts, board president Tamara Vincent, and Colorado district manager Bob Kissling.
