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Proposed water facility in Piceance

meeker I The Bureau of Land Management seeks public comment on a proposal from BOPCO, L.P., to construct a facility 20 miles west of Meeker, Colo., to treat produced water from oil and gas development on the Piceance Basin and discharge it into Yellow Creek.

February 27, 2012 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

Days Gone By

The Meeker Herald — 100 years ago – The Shepherd hardware store will open Monday. – Snow was eight feet deep at the Wilson Park saw mill last Saturday. – F.E. Sheridan returned from Denver early in the week, after attending to the hopeless task of trying to get the[Read More…]

February 27, 2012 by Herald Times Staff Comments are Disabled

Obituary: Lawrence “Larry” Wayne Adair

Lawrence “Larry” Wayne Adair, 50, died Tuesday, Dec. 27, 2011, in Craig, Colo.

February 27, 2012 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

Snowpack remains below average

RBC I January saw the Pacific jet stream finally begin to shift southward; by mid January it had positioned itself over southern Wyoming and northern and central Colorado bringing much needed precipitation to basins west of the Continental Divide.

February 27, 2012 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

RBC health fair, preschool registration

RBC | Don’t miss the children’s health fair and preschool registration for children ages birth-5 (not already enrolled in preschool or kindergarten).

February 25, 2012 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

County regulations: fact and myth

by Jeff Madison RBC I There has been a lot of discussion on the street these days about the effect that government regulations have had on the local economy. The primary focus has been on the assortment of federal agencies which, because of the abundance of federal lands in our[Read More…]

February 23, 2012 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

Training offered for byways program

RBC I Colorado’s Scenic and Historic Byways program is sponsoring training sessions for cultural heritage tourism and grass roots hospitality next month. Training focuses on 11 key survival strategies for tough economic times for cultural heritage tourism and grass roots hospitality training. A new supplement has been added to the[Read More…]

February 22, 2012 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

LEAP increases family benefits

RBC I Colorado’s Low-income Energy Assistance Program (LEAP), which provides financial assistance with home heating bills, has announced additional federal funding of $2 million, allowing the state to increase LEAP’s average benefit by nearly 15 percent.

February 21, 2012 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

Rio Blanco Days Gone By

The Meeker Herald — 100 years ago n For the past few weeks, since the old timers’ dance and reunion was determined, it was a foregone conclusion that a great big time would be the result. In January 1912 the matter of having an old-timers’ reunion was suggested by “one[Read More…]

February 20, 2012 by Herald Times Staff Comments are Disabled

Health fair, preschool registration

RBC | Don’t miss the children’s health fair and preschool registration for children ages birth-5 (not already enrolled in preschool or kindergarten).

February 16, 2012 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

RBC Fair Board meeting tonight

MEEKER | Fair Board meeting tonight at the Rio Blanco County Fairgrounds from 6-8 p.m.

February 16, 2012 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

RBC to hold mail ballots

RBC I Rio Blanco County commissioners passed a resolution during their regular meeting Monday last designating Nancy Amick the election official and they authorized the county clerk and recorder to conduct the June 26, primary election by mail ballot.

February 16, 2012 by Bobby Gutierrez Comments are Disabled