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From My Window… Airport dedication honors decades of service; work well done

Well, it looks like winter is upon us this week, and it may well be around for a few days. It has really been pretty nice around here with cold nights but days in the 40-degrees range. However, that is now just a few short days. It looks like we[Read More…]

December 5, 2013 by Sean McMahon Comments are Disabled

Group challenges BLM policy regarding drilling

TAOS, NEW MEXICO I On Monday a broad-based coalition of 45 local and national organizations called on the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to make fully transparent the process where private interests nominate public lands for oil and gas drilling and fracking.

December 4, 2013 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

Grants set for hunting, fish groups

RBC I Colorado Parks and Wildlife is offering a one-time grant opportunity to agency partners that engage in hunting and angling outreach and education.

December 4, 2013 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

RBC Christmas tree cutting permits on sale

RBC I Permits for cutting Christmas trees on Bureau of Land Management lands within designated areas of the White River Field Office are now on sale.

December 4, 2013 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

Rio Blanco County Days Gone By

The Meeker Herald — 125 years ago • W. H. Clark made a preliminary survey Tuesday for a ditch for W. L. Veatch. The ditch will be taken out this side of Miller Creek and it is expected that it will be continued onto the Mesa. Mr. Veatch proposes to[Read More…]

December 3, 2013 by Herald Times Staff Comments are Disabled

Interior sets area council

GRAND JUNCTION I Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewel announced Monday the 2013 appointments to the citizen-based Northwest Resource Advisory Council, which advises the Bureau of Land Management on public land issues in northwestern Colorado.

December 3, 2013 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

169 Meeker gift baskets set for world children

MEEKER I This year, Samaritan’s Purse is celebrating 20 years of distributing gift-filled shoeboxes to more than 100 million children around the world.

December 3, 2013 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

Superintendent of Dinosaur National Monument transferred

DINOSAUR I Southeast Regional Director Stan Austin has announced that Mary Risser, a 32-year career employee of the National Park Service (NPS), and Superintendent of Dinosaur National Monument, will become superintendent of Natchez Trace Parkway.

December 2, 2013 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

Rifle hunting season good for deer, bear

RBC I Hunting for deer and bears was pretty successful, however, hunters seeking elk found the elusive game a little tougher than normal to harvest this year, according to a local Colorado Parks and Wildlife official. Bob deVergie, the area game manager out of the CPW’s office in Meeker, said[Read More…]

November 30, 2013 by Sean McMahon Comments are Disabled

Rio Blanco County Days Gone By

The Meeker Herald — 125 years ago • Commissioner A. J. Gregory, accompanied by C. N. Greig, formerly cashier of the Glenwood National Bank, came in from Glenwood Springs last evening.

November 27, 2013 by Herald Times Staff Comments are Disabled

Citizens urged to get whooping cough vaccination

RBC I Responding to a recent surge in cases of whooping cough (pertussis), the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment is urging Coloradans to ensure they’re up to date on vaccinations. One hundred new cases of pertussis were reported in the second half of October alone.

November 27, 2013 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled