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County Democrats will meet Sunday at Kilowatt Korner

February 12, 2009 by Special to the Herald Times Leave a Comment

RBC — Rio Blanco County’s Democratic Party will hold its biennial organizational meeting from

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Task force works to prioritize public services

February 12, 2009 by Jeff Burkhead Leave a Comment

RBC — While funding required to maintain the levels of service provided by local governments may be decreasing, the needs aren’t.

Filed Under: County Tagged With: Community Planning Task Force, County, ERBM Rec District, Grants, Local economy, Meeker Chamber of Commerce, Meeting, PMC, RBC Commissioners

Beef Club meets, elects officers

January 29, 2009 by Special to the Herald Times Leave a Comment

MEEKER — The Meeker Beef Club met at 7 p.m. on Monday, Jan. 26.

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Proposed ordinance allows digital signs

January 29, 2009 by Special to the Herald Times Leave a Comment

MEEKER — The town of Meeker has drafted, for public input and comment, a proposed amendment to the Meeker Sign Ordinance to allow message center display (digital) signs.

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Conservation districts hold annual meetings

January 15, 2009 by Special to the Herald Times Leave a Comment

RBC — The White River and Douglas Creek Conservation Districts will hold their annual meeting and banquet on Jan. 24 at 5 p.m.

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Stockgrowers will discuss banquet

December 18, 2008 by Special to the Herald Times Leave a Comment

RBC — Rio Blanco Stockgrowers are meeting Monday, Dec. 22 at 6 p.m. at Mountain Valley Bank to discuss the annual banquet and upcoming events.

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Trustees OK 2009 Town of Meeker budget

December 18, 2008 by Jeff Burkhead Leave a Comment

MEEKER — Rod Gerloff, the newest member of the Meeker Board of Trustees, was sworn in Dec. 10, and one of his first official acts of business was to vote to adopt the 2009 proposed budget.

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CNCC trustees will meet Monday, Dec. 1

November 27, 2008 by Special to the Herald Times Leave a Comment

RANGELY — The Rangely Junior College District board of trustees will meet Monday,

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County treasurer Arnold gives her third quarterly report

November 20, 2008 by Jeff Burkhead Leave a Comment

RBC — As any investor knows, there is always a risk factor. It’s no different for Rio Blanco County. The job of County Treasurer Karen Arnold is to minimize those risks. “The county’s policy has always put safety before liquidity or yield,” Arnold said. “We may not get the best yield, but I make every […]

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Conservation district meets Monday, Dec. 1

November 20, 2008 by Special to the Herald Times Leave a Comment

RBC — The regular meeting of the White River Conservation District for December has been scheduled for Dec. 1 at

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CDOT official will address networkers

November 13, 2008 by Special to the Herald Times Leave a Comment

RANGELY — Michelle Halstead, Colorado Department of Transportation’s local government liaison, will be the speaker Nov. 25 at the Community Networking Group meeting at the Colorado Northwestern Community College.

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Elder continues her quest to re-open alley access

November 6, 2008 by Niki Turner Leave a Comment

MEEKER — Samme Elder came before the board of trustees Nov. 4 requesting clarification of the board’s plans for the alley behind the post office.

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2013-2014 Miss Colorado Teen and The Pageant U.S. National Teen Alyssa Magalong, a sophomore at Colorado Northwestern Community College in Rangely stands behind locks of hair cut during the Pantene Beautiful Lengths ponytail cutting event March 20. Twenty-two donors gave a combined 247 inches of hair to the organization, which makes real-hair wigs for women with cancer. The event ties into Magalong’s pageant platform, Support for Cancer Patients.

22 donate hair to aid cancer victims

RANGELY I Twenty-two donors ages 6 to 43 donated a combined 247 inches of hair at the Pantene Beautiful Lengths ponytail cutting event on March 20 on the Colorado Northwestern Community College (CNCC) campus in Rangely.

10th annual CNCC Foundation Dinner and Dance

Cary Baird, left, the community engagement specialist for Chevron, presents a check for $25,000 to Peggy Rector, president of the Colorado Northwestern Community College Foundation, left, and CNCC President Russell George, right, during the 10th Annual CNCC Foundation Dinner on Saturday night at CNCC. The check, dinner tickets and prolific bidders in the silent and […]

Paul Sheridan, president of the board at Pioneers Medical Center, welcomed more than 120 people to the groundbreaking ceremony Friday for the new hospital, to be built just off of Highway 13, about 2 miles north and east of Meeker.

Pioneers breaks ground on new hospital

MEEKER I On Friday afternoon, amid cloudy and breezy skies, more than 120 people attended the groundbreaking ceremony for the new Pioneers Medical Center, two miles northeast of downtown Meeker.

Six Destination Imagination teams from Meeker qualified in Rifle recently for the state competition. In addition, The Seven Mischief Minions of the Mind and the Snack Attacks received Da Vinci awards, given to teams who have a unique approach to a solution. The Hepta-tectives team received the Renaissance Award, given for outstanding skill in the areas of design, engineering or performance. The six teams will head to the state tournament in April.

Six DI teams from Meeker headed to state

MEEKER I Meeker was well represented with 10 teams at the 2014 Western Slope Regional Destination Imagination Tournament in Rifle during the past weekend. Six of those teams will be going to the state competition in April.

County presents justice center concept plan

MEEKER I Roughly 90 people were present the evening of March 12 as the Rio Blanco County commissioners unveiled their concept drawing for turning the old Meeker Elementary School into a new justice center, which would hold the county jail, courts, sheriff’s office, county attorney and staff and court-related offices.

Rio Blanco County Woolgrowers…

Secretary/Treasurer Connie Theos, left, and President Angelo Theos, right, ran the annual meeting on Friday of the Rio Blanco County Woolgrowers Association at Kilowatt Korner in Meeker. Roughly 50 people attended the meeting, where the members heard from representatives of the U.S. Forest Service, the Bureau of Land Management, the Farm Services Agency and the […]

The Meeker girls’ basketball team won the district championship and will take a 20-2 record and the No. 1 seed into the state-qualifying regional tournament in Palisade, starting Friday, when they play Nucla at 3 p.m. Pictured with the district championship team plaque are, in front: Sydney Hughes, Piper Haney, Aly Ridings, Taylor Neilson, Deena Norell and Megan Parker. In back: head coach Greg Chintala, Taylor Morris, Reece Pertile, Anna Walsh, Alex Duell, assistant coach Julie Bowman, Jamie McLaughlin and assistant coach Karen Dinwiddie.

Lady Cowboys win 2A district championships

MEEKER I The Meeker girls are district champions! The Meeker High School girls’ basketball team scored an impressive 117 points in two games and held two teams to a combined 84 points to win the team title in Oak Creek.

Farm and ranch crews had to wait until area ponds and lakes froze over before they could begin the arduous task of cutting blocks of ice from the frozen surface and transporting those blocks back to the farm or ranch in sufficient quantities to last through the year.

Having ice a tough task in old days before refrigeration

MEEKER I Early employees of the 101 Ranch, now the Rio Blanco Ranch, may remember the “ice house” and going out to cut blocks of ice to be used for refrigeration throughout the year—or as long as it would last.