Halden Wofford and the Hi*Beams entertained a good-sized crowd at ERBM’s summer entertainment series concert July 13. NIKI TURNER VIDEO
Author: Niki Turner
Cemetery district discusses drought plan, allowing dogs
MEEKER | At the July meeting of the Meeker Cemetery District board, board members discussed how to maintain the lawns at the cemetery in the midst of severe drought conditions, including extending the hours of part-time (32-hour a week) employees to 40 hours. “I don’t see that they need to, unless[Read More…]
ERBM addresses concerns, talks 2019 goals
MEEKER | The Eastern Rio Blanco Metropolitan Recreation and Park District board reviewed and discussed concerns presented at the June meeting by the Herald Times regarding executive sessions and access to public records according to the open meetings and open records law. “Based upon the discussion we did have an oversight,”[Read More…]
Newsprint tariff has painful consequences {Editor’s Column}
A few months ago we mentioned the 32 percent tariff placed on Canadian newsprint (where almost all uncoated paper in the U.S. comes from) thanks to a single complaint from a paper mill owned by a New York hedge fund, and the potential threat that tariff poses to the newspaper[Read More…]
Unaffiliated voters get an “A”
RBC | Unaffiliated voters in the county get an “A” for following directions during the June primary election. Unaffiliated voters who received a Democratic and a Republican ballot were instructed to vote only one. If they voted both, neither ballot counted. Ballots were mailed to 860 unaffiliated voters. One of the[Read More…]
ALERT: Water release from Kenney Reservoir Thursday, July 19
RANGELY | The Rio Blanco Water Conservancy District has scheduled a water release from Kenney Reservoir on Thursday, July 19 after discussions with the Town of Rangely to determine if a pulse flow release from the reservoir could alleviate or reduce the impact of the algae bloom on the Town’s[Read More…]
Watch for rattlers
MEEKER | In the last week two verified reports have surfaced of rattlesnakes coming down into town in Meeker, one in Sage Hills subdivision and one behind the visitor bleachers at Starbuck Stadium. Additional anecdotal reports have come in as well, but without photographic evidence. Of the 30 or so[Read More…]
Editor’s Column: Thank you to the fire crews
As I’m writing this on Tuesday evening, we’ve had a welcome—albeit brief—rainstorm pass through. The relief is tangible after weeks of hot, dry conditions and several days when it seemed our county was spontaneously combusting around us. Lord willing, any accompanying lightning hasn’t sparked more fires. After two days of[Read More…]
Six fires and counting; Type 2 team assists with mop-up efforts
RBC | “It’s like a chess game,” said Incident Commander trainee Bob Klages about shuffling resources from fire to fire during an informational meeting Monday at the county’s Piceance Basin road and bridge building. Between Saturday and Monday, four fires had erupted in Rio Blanco County. Rio Blanco County Sheriff’s Office,[Read More…]
RBC gets $570K from PILT
RBC | Since 1977 the federal government has compensated local governments that contain non-taxable federal lands within their boundaries as a way to make up for lost property taxes on those acres under the Payments in Lieu of Taxes (PILT) program. Fifty-six local governments in Colorado will receive a total of[Read More…]
Christian 12-step program coming to Meeker
MEEKER | Three Meeker churches are bringing a Christ-centered 12-step program called Celebrate Recovery to the community in July. Celebrate Recovery was founded in 1991 at Saddleback Church in California. More than 35,000 churches around the world now offer the program, which originally addressed chemical dependency and codependency. More than 5[Read More…]
CITIZEN OF THE YEAR …
About 100 Meeker Chamber of Commerce members gathered at “One Table” for the annual chamber dinner Friday, June 29. Father Scott Hollenbeck, rector of St. James Episcopal Church since 2007, was nominated by members of his parish as Meeker’s Citizen of the Year for 2018 for his community volunteer work[Read More…]
