Survey shows county economy rebounding

MEEKER I In spite of local perception, the recession hasn’t hit Rio Blanco County as hard or affected it as deeply as other areas of the country, nor is the current economic situation as dire as the bust experienced in the early ’80s.
“We’re used to boom/bust in this state. What we saw in the ’80s was a much deeper bust than what we’re seeing now,” said Melanie Rees of Rees Consulting, Inc., at a…