Eighteen million dollars doesn’t earn what it used to but according to Rio Blanco County commissioners and five local entities, it’s still important.
Many years ago Rio Blanco County Commissioners placed $18 million of federal money from the impacts of oil shale development in the 1970s and 1980s into a trust fund and have used the interest generated from the fund to support local entities in the county.
“It’s a shame $18 million only generates…



