DENVER I The United States Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) announced Aug. 12 that it has withdrawn the proposed rule to list wolverine as threatened in the contiguous United States under the Endangered Species Act (ESA).
Month: August 2014
Foundation offers free trees
RBC I Residents of Rio Blanco County can spruce up their landscape by joining the Arbor Day Foundation in August.
Dinosaur Monument opens concessions on river trips
DINOSAUR I The National Park Service has announce the release of a prospectus for the award of up to 11 new concession contracts to provide guided interpretive whitewater river trips within Dinosaur National Monument.
Highway 13 construction scheduled
RBC | According to the Colorado Department of Transportation, traffic on Colorado Highway 13 between Craig and Meeker will be affected through October by construction work.
Viper drivers from five states tour both sides of Rio Blanco County
RANGELY I Members of the Colorado/Utah/Wyoming Viper Club of America toured both ends of Rio Blanco County last weekend.
Anderson family to host cousins from Sweden
MEEKER I Descendants of Powell Park’s Anderson families will meet their Swedish cousins for the first time on Tuesday, when Harold and Patty Anderson and Mike and Mary Whalin host a picnic for their newly found cousins.
Meeker schools welcome new teachers, staff to team
MEEKER I The Meeker School District released the names of the new members of the district teaching staff on Monday, preparing for the opening classes within the district on Wednesday. There are nine new names on the roster.
Car museum…
W.C. Bud Striegel showed off his 1930 Dual-Cowel Cadillac Phaeton on Thursday, one of up to nearly 40 vehicles that will occupy Striegel’s car museum in Rangely when work is complete some time this fall, “if not sooner.”
Roach~Stubblefield Engagment
Kaylee Stubblefield and Dominik Roach are really excited to announce that their parents, Houston Stubblefield and Ashley Roach, are getting married!
Letter to the Editor: Friends of the Yampa regarding Colorado Water Plan
Dear Editor: This is an open letter to all residents of the Yampa, White and Green River basins.
WREA Appreciation Lunch is Sept. 10
MEEKER | The annual White River Electric Association’s annual Membership Appreciation Lunch and Annual Meeting will be held Sept. 10 at the Freeman E. Fairfield Community Center in Meeker, 200 Main St.
Buford benefit to help county’s oldest school
RBC I The Coal Creek School on County Road 6 was listed on the National Register of Historic Places and the Colorado State Register of Historic Properties on July 18. In 1884, Coal Creek School, the first rural school in the area, was started in a log cabin about a[Read More…]