RBC | RBC Extension Agent Linda Masters updated commissioners on the possibility of a specialist position paid for by a CSU program. The program is “still very fluid” she said, and details have yet to be confirmed. Masters also sought direction regarding the open position at the extension office being[Read More…]
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Editor’s Column: Forum input
Happy St. Patrick’s Day! Everyone gets to be a little bit Irish today. Time for corned beef and cabbage, plenty of potatoes and soda bread hot from the oven. Enjoy! We’ve had a few people ask if we plan to conduct candidate forums for the upcoming special district elections and[Read More…]
Snow removal complaints
MEEKER I Water Street residents and property owners addressed Meeker’s trustees Tuesday with complaints about how the town’s public works department is handling snow removal, including the practice of plowing snow across driveways. Beverly Prosence and her daughter, Annie Long, said during the February 23 storm, Prosence’s driveway was blocked[Read More…]
Swanky’s becomes Rozzi’s
MEEKER I After 35 years as a cosmetologist, Swanky’s Salon owner Melanie McKee is passing the scissors — so to speak — to Candace Maes. The transfer of ownership was official on March 15, 2022. McKee owned Swanky’s for 25 years. “I opened it by myself, rented a little house,[Read More…]
Public hearing set to decide if hospital district can change board
MEEKER I Following the departure of two of its seven board members in April 2021, the Eastern Rio Blanco Health Services District board voted in July 2021 to change the seven-person board established in 2006 to a five-person board, citing difficulty in generating interest and commitment for the volunteer board,[Read More…]
Editor’s Column: Time
This Saturday before you go to bed, set your clocks (the ones that don’t do it automatically) forward one hour. Yes, the biannual event when we play God with time is upon us – the return of Daylight Saving Time. It does make one wonder… if “time” can be changed[Read More…]
WOOLGROWERS …
Members of the Rio Blanco County Wool Growers’ Association attended the annual meeting last Friday at the Rio Blanco County Fairgrounds. Speakers, including Bonnie Brown, executive director at the Colorado Wool Growers’ Association, reiterated concerns about wolf reintroduction and anticipated impacts on the livestock industry. | NIKI TURNER
COUNTY BEAT: Recall election set for May 10
The decision whether sitting Rio Blanco County Commissioner Gary Moyer will complete his term in office will go before the voters on May 10, 2022. Delayed by a lawsuit filed by Moyer’s son-in-law, Matt Scott, against RBC Clerk and Recorder Boots Campbell last fall after the second round of recall[Read More…]
EDITOR’S COLUMN: Find the good
It’s a frigid, snowy February morning. That right there is enough to throw me out of gear. Add accidentally dropping a pair of socks in the toilet, the 14-year-old dog having a messy accident on the carpet (why is it always on the carpet, never on the hard floor?), and[Read More…]
~ FOR THE BIRDS ~
Colorado Parks & Wildlife, ag students relocate town turkeys MEEKER | High school ag students from Moffat County teamed up with Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) staff last Friday in Meeker for a turkey trapping expedition. The population of wild turkeys has grown dramatically during the last decade, with more than[Read More…]
Recall petition declared sufficient
MEEKER I 9th Judicial District Judge David Boyd issued his order on the contested recall for RBC Commissioner Gary Moyer early Tuesday in favor of County Clerk and Recorder Boots Campbell. The protest to the second recall petition was filed by Matt Scott last fall. The recall committee submitted the[Read More…]
Editor’s Column: Life lessons from solitaire
Since I quit my alcohol habit almost nine months ago, I’ve had a lot more time, money and energy available (imagine that?). In lieu of my previously ever-present wine glass, I’ve started playing Solitaire on my phone. To my surprise, the simple game offers some applicable life lessons. I’ll share[Read More…]
