As of 2:56 p.m. the #RidgetopFire south of Meeker and east of Hwy. 13 is 100% contained and 90% controlled at 200 acres. According to RBC Sheriff’s office, “Smoke and flames may be visible at times within the Ridgetop Fires’ perimeters. No additional growth is expected.”
Author: Niki Turner
Editor’s Column: How to argue with a fanatic
We’ve always had opinions, but in years past we mostly kept them to ourselves, except in the company of close friends and family, and we used manners and acted like people had value when we interacted with them in person. There were unspoken rules. You didn’t bring up religion or[Read More…]
New in-home care option in Meeker
MEEKER | Whether it’s the privilege of growing old or a disability that strikes in the prime of life, you or a loved one will likely need help with some of the most personal aspects of daily life at some point. Western Slope In-Home Care, which opened in 2017, provides[Read More…]
Grant takes over Vandiver dental practice
MEEKER | In much the same way his predecessor, Dr. Charles Vandiver, did 47 years ago, Dr. Trevor Grant will be elevating the quality of dental care in Meeker when Grant Family Dentistry officially opens its doors on July 10. Dental care that Meeker residents have had to go out of[Read More…]
What a CLG can do for you
RBC | CLG stands for “Certified Local Government.” What is a Certified Local Government, and do we want to have one? The Rio Blanco County Historical Society (RBCHS) has asked the county commissioners to consider a resolution to become a CLG. What will that mean? For the commissioners it means approving[Read More…]
County Beat: June 28, 2018
BETTER CITY The county will let its contract with Better City lapse at the end of July. Both towns still have money remaining in their contracts, but will focus on smaller, local projects instead of big countywide projects. “My recommendation is to let these contracts expire, then regroup and figure[Read More…]
Editor’s Column: Why don’t we vote?
I’ve got a few elections under my belt now as editor and I’m seeing a disappointing trend. As the newspaper, we’re less concerned with WHO you vote for (which is why we don’t endorse candidates), and more that you actually cast your VOTE. Once again in this primary election—the first[Read More…]
Moyer wins commissioner primary
RBC | Gary Moyer, garnering more than 70 percent of the vote in the primary election against write-in candidate Mike Hoke, will move on to the general election as Republican candidate for Rio Blanco County commissioner. In the only contested county race in the primaries, Moyer received 1,064 of 1,441[Read More…]
Man who brought modern dentistry to Meeker retiring after 47 years
MEEKER | It’s been 47 years since Dr. Charles Vandiver hung out his shingle and opened Meeker’s first preventive dentistry. Since that time he has repaired countless teeth, raised a family, made lifelong friends and made Meeker home. After a lengthy career—the average American changes careers every five to seven years—Vandiver[Read More…]
Still no railroad, but Colowyo expansion extends life of mine
MEEKER | A century ago in the Meeker Herald, editor and publisher James Lyttle wrote, “Some of our citizens who put ‘this and that’ together and then drew satisfying conclusions, are of the decided opinion that the recent sale of the famous Collom coal mine property at Axial means a railroad[Read More…]
HOLE-Y MOLY …
Contractor Terry Goedert has been fielding plenty of public questions about his current project for the county. The site on the corner of the courthouse square at Sixth and Main will be the location of the three engineered fiberglass climbing rocks the county is installing. Goedert said public reaction has[Read More…]
K9 Donation …
Shannon and Doug Moody (right) of Moody Construction presented Rio Blanco County Sheriff Anthony Mazzola (left) and Deputy Davon Smith with a $25,000 donation to go toward the acquisition, training, care and maintenance of the department’s new K9, a six-month-old Belgian Malinois named Remmy. Deputy Smith said Remmy is currently[Read More…]
