RB033 Chinook

  Ranger Bill is hoping for winter weather for Wednesday afternoon, 6/24/2026, with RB033:

Chinook

It's winter in the Shady Mountains. At least it's supposed to be. The dreaded Chinook winds are blowing. The winds make it 50 degrees in the mountains when it ought to be 15 degrees below zero. The snow in the Shadies is melting and filling up Mid-Mountain Dam and cracking off huge chunks of glacier ice. The rising waters and the moving ice are threatening Mid-Mountain and Knotty Pine Dams. The threat to Mid-Mountain Dam grows with each passing hour of thaw. The dam operators ask Bill and the boys to do something to stop the ice. Bill calls on the one person he thinks can stop the ice boulders - Frenchy DeSalle. How can logger Frenchy help Bill stop tons and tons of speeding ice flows?

Maybe the title needs an exclamation point!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MJjoyKQxVaA

RB032 The Floating Death Trap

  RANGER BILL for Tuesday, June 23, 2026 , RB032

The Floating Death Trap

Riverboats carry freight and passengers between Knotty Pine and Mirror Lake and Kings Islands. Andy Coogan and Jim Gunderson are fierce competitors for the tourists visiting the Mirror Lake region. Bill will not give Andy a passengers license because his boat is dangerous. His stacks leak. Deck planks need to be replaced. The boiler is a threat to human life.
Andy says Bill is hurting him to help Gunderson. Andy asks several of Knotty Pine's influential citizens to pressure Bill to change his decision.
Will Andy do the right thing and fix his riverboat or will Bill give in to pressure and let Andy stay on the river? Will Andy continue to run his boat or will it break down and end the debate?

https://archive.org/details/OTRR_Ranger_Bill_Singles/Ranger_Bill_xx-xx-xx_ep159_The_Floating_Death_Trap.mp3

OTRR #193

Nature Corner/Storybook Room - Queen Bee

  Nature Corner/Storybook Room for Saturday morning, June 20, 2026

Uncle Bob Devine gets a royal visitor this morning, a Queen Bee!!! As you may know, a queen bee runs the hive and lays eggs for new generations of the bee colony. You might not know that she runs the colony and provides order for it just by being there. She is the only member of the colony that is able to lay eggs.

To learn more about the queen bee and her hive listen to her talk:

https://moodyaudio.com/products/queen-bee-0

RB087 The White Fields

  Our Ranger Bill story for late Saturday morning, June 20, 2026, is 

RB087 The White Fields

It is harvest time in the wheat fields around Central City. But a bad flu epidemic has kept many of the farmers out of the fields at this critical time. Ranger Bill sends 3 of his rangers to help with the harvest. One of those rangers considers a career change as he does the harvesting work.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-mnjz99gKw

RB123 River of Fire

 Ranger Bill for early Saturday morning, June 20, 2026, is:

RB123 - River of Fire 

Officers O'Roark and Ryan are walking the night beat along the docks on the Shady River. The smell of fuel oil stops them in their tracks. The pipeline over the Shady has sprung a huge leak! The river is covered with a solid layer of the fuel oil. The slightest spark could set the river on fire or even cause an explosion. Things go from bad to worse when a bad lightning storm strikes. Bill, the safety forces, and the pipeline company may not be able to handle this disaster.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JRJZAKveGvw