It kind of ruined my day when I saw the “For Sale” sign on Brothers Meat Processing in Meeker a couple of weeks ago. First of all, I hated to think that another business was going to leave Meeker, and I hated to possibly lose a store where I was[Read More…]
Opinion
Letter to the Editor: County planning for oil and gas future
Dear Editor: The West Slope Colorado Oil & Gas Association counts Rio Blanco County among the most business and industry friendly places in Colorado. This fact is important because recent discoveries of natural gas in the Niabrara and Mancos Shales, on top of the already well known robust energy reserves[Read More…]
One Person’s Opinion: Sportsmen’s bill may open public lands
RBC I U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-New Mexico, was hunting Barbary sheep in the southeastern part of his state a few weeks ago, and had a stark reminder of a problem he’s trying to fix with a bipartisan sportsmen’s bill.
GUEST OPINION: Federal lands should revert to the states
RBC I For more than a century the western United States has engaged in a debate over federal control of Western lands. This debate, which started early in the 1880s, gained popularity during the 1970s and ‘80s, when President Ronald Reagan declared himself a member of the Sagebrush Rebellion, a[Read More…]
From My Window… It appears as though state has lost 1,500 RBC workers
Looking out my window this week offers me a cloudy picture of what is going on in our fair county and/or state.
One Person’s Opinion: Should we protect our federal lands for, or from, humans?
RBC I You may have heard that conservation biologists are arguing with each other. Some say nature should be protected “for” humans; others say it should be protected “from humans;” others say it’s possible to do both.
Letter to the Editor: Thanks for help with tournament
Dear Editor: This past weekend, the 22nd annual Rangely Racquetball Tournament was held at the Western Rio Blanco Recreation Center. I would like to thank Camilla, Kirsten, Jessica and the rest of the WRBM staff for helping me put on this event.
Guest Opinion: Utah’s federal lands not about to change over to the state
RBC I Plenty of ink has been spilled lately over Utah’s Transfer of Public Lands Act, the controversial law requiring the federal government to turn over 31.2 million acres of public land to the state of Utah without even a token payment to the U.S. Treasury. But should the American[Read More…]
Letter to the Editor: Church in Rangely thanks Episcopal church for help
Dear Editor: Pastor Mark D. Futch and all the members of New Creation Church of Rangely would like to thank Father Scott Hollenbeck and the members of St. Timothy’s Episcopal Church in Rangely for extending their goodness to us in allowing us to “share” their beautiful facility for our church[Read More…]
Letter to the Editor: Thanks for naming us Business of the Year
Dear Editor: We would like to thank everyone at the Meeker Chamber of Commerce and those who selected Meeker General Mercantile as Meeker’s Business of the Year.
From My Window: Livestock association meetings great for area info; Congrats, Cowboys!
My window was pretty clear regarding what is going on with the government agencies in and around Rio Blanco County after attending the Rio Blanco County Woolgrowers Association annual meeting on March 6 in Meeker.
Guest Opinion: Communities neighboring national forests in need of a break
RBC I The failure to include the Secure Rural Schools program in this year’s budget puts a spotlight on a public-lands identity crisis that has been simmering, and sometimes boiling over, for decades.