MEEKER | With Mayor Pro Tem Rodney Gerloff leading the meeting in lieu of Mayor Regas Halandras, the Meeker Board of Trustees Tuesday heard from Justin Carroll from the Range Call committee. Carroll said they would like to move the concert to Ute Park for 2018. The Range Call committee[Read More…]
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Elk hunting has been good so far
RBC | A combination of cooperative weather in the form of early snowfall coupled with last year’s elk harvest being lower than normal resulted in the first rifle season going well for hunters. “Hunters in general were finding elk,” said Colorado Parks and Wildlife Area 6 Wildlife Manager Bill deVergie.[Read More…]
Editor’s Column: Where is Spock when we need him?
Some days it’s hard not to be discouraged about the state of things. Does anyone else sense that we’re at a terrible impasse? Kind of crux, a turning point, where we’re either going to gather ourselves up and figure out some real solutions to our problems or devolve into something[Read More…]
4-H Councils, CSU Extension host first annual ‘Night at Hogwarts’
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Editor’s Column: Random thoughts this week
I should know better. Whenever I find myself falling into a cranky, judgmental, critical mindset about other people’s mistakes or bad attitudes I should know I am in imminent danger of making grave errors myself. Sometimes I catch myself in time, sometimes I don’t. The last two weeks were a[Read More…]
County opts to take over network operations for broadband system
RBC | In a unanimous decision among commissioners, and county departments including legal, budget, human resources and IT, Rio Blanco County has terminated its agreement with Colorado Fiber Community (CFC) to function as the network operator for the county’s fiber broadband network. The decision was based on a combination of[Read More…]
Morlan receives plaque from Forest Service for road and bridge help
RBC | At the regular county commissioners meeting held in Meeker on Monday, the commissioners heard thanks from Rural School Committee member Janet Clark for their help with the restoration of the Coal Creek school. Clark also told the commissioners that their committee has been awarded a Stephen H. Hart[Read More…]
A Magical Night at Hogwarts in Meeker this Saturday
MEEKER | The Hogwarts Express will be making a stop in Meeker this week as the magical world of J.K. Rowling’s “Harry Potter” series comes alive. Two exciting events, one tonight and one Saturday, will be hosted by the CSU Extension Office and the 4-H Councils. First up, a Harry[Read More…]
Editor’s Column: Halloween costumes for grown-ups aren’t fair
As a small child my Halloween costume consisted of a pillowcase with two eyes rimmed in purple marker for several years. (I wasreally short.) In third grade I dressed up as “Bad Sandy” from the “Grease” movie. (My mother would probably say that was the beginning of the end.) As[Read More…]
Editor’s Column: A little cognitive dissonance goes a very long way
I hear a sound in the ether. It’s kind of a cross between fingernails scraped across a chalkboard and the “I’m trying to blow up my engine” wail of my neighbor’s pickup truck. What is it? I think it’s a pandemic of cognitive dissonance. Cognitive dissonance is defined as “the[Read More…]
More resources coming to small businesses in RBC
RBC | Small businesses in Rio Blanco County (RBC) are about to have easier access to resources through the Colorado Small Business Development Center (SBDC) thanks to a new designation as a Certified Small Business Community. “Businesses need access to capital and access to resources,” said RBC Economic Development Coordinator[Read More…]
Meeker school board hears final assessment on high school, bus garage
MEEKER | “You have a building (Meeker High School) that is about 65 years old and has had very little renovation done. The systems are at the end of its life,” said architect Anne Weber from Bennet Wagner Grody Architects, the firm hired by the Meeker School Board to provide[Read More…]
