RBC | Sheriff Anthony Mazzola announced a fire ban effective 8 a.m. Friday due to excessively dry conditions, high heat and wind. “This year compared to last year, we are much drier,” he said. “We tried to hold off as long as we could.” The decision was made during a meeting earlier this week attended by Mazzola, Rangely and Meeker fire chiefs, Upper Colorado River Forest Service and BLM.
The ban includes the fireworks display…


