MEEKER | The Town of Meeker is growing, by about four acres. Meeker’s Board of Trustees approved the annexation of the Belland/Fitzgibbons property north of Hwy. 13. The Planning Commission recommended the annexation, stating the property is contiguous with the town limits, and that property owners and the town both have[Read More…]
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Failing grade for voter turnout {Editor’s Column}
“Elections belong to the people. It’s their decision. If they decide to turn their back on the fire and burn their behinds, then they will have to sit on their blisters.” ~ Abraham Lincoln Thirty-five percent. For just a moment, imagine if only 35 percent of your body was functioning[Read More…]
Towns elect new trustees
RBC | The towns of Meeker and Rangely elected new trustees to their boards Tuesday. Citizens of the Town of Rangely cast 417 ballots out of 1,201 that were mailed (of those, 42 were returned with no forwarding address). Andy Shaffer received 343 votes in his unopposed bid for mayor. The[Read More…]
Propane tanker truck accident closes CR 7 for almost 12 hours
RBC | Emergency crews responded to an accident about a mile and a half north of Hwy. 64 on County Road 7 Monday after a propane truck went off the road and the 11,500 gallon tank detached from the truck bed and rolled at least once, releasing the pop-off valve and[Read More…]
Commissioners determined to resolve flooding problems below airport
RBC | Rio Blanco County Commissioners revisited an unresolved problem with flooding on the properties surrounding the Meeker Airport Monday. Since the airport update was completed, property owners below the airport have reported repeated trouble with flooding and subsequent road damage following heavy rain or runoff. “We’re flooding people out,” said[Read More…]
Local rodeo team brings home big win from Las Vegas competition
MEEKER | Six local cowboys traveled to Las Vegas, Nev., in March to participate in the World Series of Team Roping super qualifier, otherwise known as the Perfect 10, with a goal to reach the December finale. Meeker’s Cody Edinger and Travis Anderson came in first out of 425 teams with[Read More…]
Town of Meeker hears results from historic district study
MEEKER | Carl McWilliams, consultant, presented the results of a multi-year study to designate a National Historic District within the Town of Meeker to the town’s board of trustees March 20. The study qualifies Meeker to be included on the National Register of Historic Places. The nomination is “pending” in Washington,[Read More…]
Commissioners determined to resolve flooding problems below airport
RBC | Rio Blanco County Commissioners revisited an unresolved problem with flooding on the properties surrounding the Meeker Airport Monday. Since the airport update was completed, property owners below the airport have reported repeated trouble with flooding and subsequent road damage following heavy rain or runoff. “We’re flooding people out,” said[Read More…]
Your permanent record {Editor’s Column}
“That’s going on your permanent record,” was was the penultimate threat from teachers and principals. Any bad behavior that ended up on our “permanent record” was destined to haunt our lives. I heard that threat, more than once, but I never did see my permanent record. It may still be[Read More…]
Change in election legislation cuts candidate out of petition process
RBC | Gary Moyer will be inducted as the new county commissioner as of January 2019, filling Shawn Bolton’s seat. At the Republican county assembly March 17, Moyer received 47 of 53 delegate votes, earning a place on the ballot. Mike Hoke, who entered the Republican race late, received six votes.[Read More…]
County expected to receive $7.2 million from Anvil Points fund
RBC | Rio Blanco, Garfield, Moffat and Routt counties are finally going to get some money back from the Anvil Points Oil Shale Trust Fund. The fund was originally established to collect oil and gas lease revenues to be set aside for cleaning up the former federal Anvil Points Oil Shale[Read More…]
All stirred up {Editor’s Column}
There’s this Bible verse in the book of James that says “the wrath of man does not produce the righteousness of God.” The word wrath used there, in the original Greek, can be defined as “excitement of mind.” By that definition, we’re surrounded by a lot of wrath these days[Read More…]
