MEEKER I In the first meeting in February 2022, following routine business items, the Town of Meeker’s Board of Trustees approved a request from the Meeker Lions Club for a special event liquor license during the Meeker Skijor event at the 4-H Building at the Fairgrounds on Feb. 19. Trustees[Read More…]
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Editor’s Column: Normal
Harding spoke those words during his short-lived presidency (1921-1923) that followed the end of the first World War and the Spanish Flu pandemic. They ring true a century later, again following a war and a devastating pandemic. “Return to normalcy” was his campaign slogan for the election of 1920. We’re[Read More…]
Recall campaign update
RBC I Voters who signed the petition to recall Rio Blanco County Commissioner Gary Moyer can expect some progress one way or another in the next few weeks. Following the second petition to recall Moyer being filed and a subsequent protest by Matt Scott, in which Rio Blanco County Clerk[Read More…]
Proposed bill to ban big cat hunting sparks outcry
RBC I A proposal introduced by four Colorado state lawmakers that would seek to ban mountain lion, lynx and bobcat hunting has been met with a virtual blizzard of emails in opposition, prompting one of the legislators, Sen. Joann Ginal of Fort Collins, to pull her sponsorship of the bill[Read More…]
COUNTY BEAT: Foster care program moves forward
RBC | Interviews for board appointments were the first order of business Tuesday, Jan. 25 for the Rio Blanco County Board of Commissioners. Commissioners conducted interviews with applicants for the Rangely Library Board, the Extension Advisory Board, and the Fair Board. Appointments will be made in February. In work sessions,[Read More…]
Smoking River brewpub license approved
MEEKER I Meeker’s Board of Trustees met Tuesday, Jan. 18 with Tiffany Jehorek filling the interim vacancy left by Scott Creecy. Jehorek’s appointment was officially approved during the meeting and she was sworn in by Town Clerk Lisa Cook. The board held a public hearing to consider an application[Read More…]
Editor’s Column: What Matters
We started with “Life” magazine (first edition published 1936). Then came “People” in 1974, followed by “Us” in 1977, and “Self” in 1979. Those are the titles of national magazines and their first edition publication dates. Do you see a pattern forming? My dad used to joke that the next[Read More…]
Editor’s Column: Free speech
It’s not “Groundhog Day” (referring to the movie, not the weather forecasting rodent’s holiday), but I keep finding myself coming across the same conversation in different settings: What is “freedom of speech”? The topic tends to come up after someone says something rude, cruel or threatening and someone else calls[Read More…]
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Meeker loses independent pharmacy
MEEKER | The town of Meeker has long enjoyed the convenience of having at least one independent downtown pharmacy since 1904. That era came to an end with the closure of Meeker Drugs last week. The pharmacy name will now be attached to a hospital-owned and operated facility under construction[Read More…]
Mind Springs CEO Raggio resigns, effective immediately
RBC I CEO and President of Mind Springs Health Sharon Raggio announced her resignation Tuesday, Jan. 4, “effective immediately” after 14 years at the helm of the organization. She had been planning to retire in June 2022, but made the decision to leave early following statewide media coverage by the[Read More…]
