MEEKER | The Meeker Board of Trustees revisited a request from the Eastern Rio Blanco Metropolitan Recreation and Park District to share the cost for a study for future river enhancement projects. ERBM Executive Director Sean VonRoenn was present, along with ERBM board member Rob Baughman and, by phone, a[Read More…]
Author: Niki Turner
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Meeker Elementary School fourth-grader Ashton Tapia was the winner of the third annual MES Spelling Bee. After more than a dozen rounds, Tapia emerged as the top speller by correctly spelling “accelerates.” He’ll take his spelling prowess to Denver for the state competition in March. Niki Turner Photo
Editor’s Column: Please. Stop. Capitalizing. Everything.
I’ve been accused of being the “grammar police” more than once. I’m really not. Language, particularly English, is notoriously subjective. Even the experts don’t always agree on the rules. Case in point: an argument about the use of the Oxford comma (the comma that goes at the end of a[Read More…]
Six Republicans on Super Tuesday primary ballot
RBC | In last week’s article about upcoming elections, the HT stated that only the ballot for the Democratic presidential primary would have options. RBC Clerk and Recorder Boots Campbell alerted the HT there are six candidates vying to be the Republican party nominee for the 2020 presidential election. Certified[Read More…]
It’s National Radon Action Month
RBC | Colorado has a radon problem — 50% of Colorado homes have unhealthy radon levels compared with 6% of homes across the rest of the nation. Radon is a naturally occurring, invisible and odorless gas that decays into radioactive particles and increases the risk of lung cancer for those[Read More…]
Board of Health annual meeting
RBC | Rio Blanco County Public Health Director Alice Harvey facilitated the annual meeting of the RBC Board of Health. The board of health, required by state statute, acts in an advisory capacity to the public health department. Harvey shared a letter from former Meeker resident Vanessa Martin Breedlove who[Read More…]
Editor’s Column: What matters most
“Did I offer peace today? Did I bring a smile to someone’s face? Did I say words of healing? Did I let go of anger and resentment? Did I forgive? Did I love? These are the real questions.” ~ Henri Nouwen Driving through Rangely Tuesday on my way to the[Read More…]
Election season upon us
RBC | We’re going to be getting a lot of ballots in the mail this year, beginning in February with Colorado’s presidential primary election on March 3. Where primary elections used to be limited to registered members of a political party, changes to Colorado’s law have opened primary voting to[Read More…]
County Beat: January 16, 2020
RBC | County Planner Leif Joy updated the Rio Blanco County Board of Commissioners Tuesday on current projects during a work session prior to the first meeting of the new year. The Sleepy Cat Minor Subdivision off CR 8 is “ready for signatures,” Joy said. Joy also told the commissioners[Read More…]
Editor’s Column: Collective grief
Announcements that the wolves have indeed migrated into this part of the state and that the owners of the local coal mine plan to shut it down by 2030 cast a pall over our communities last week. By Saturday I found myself struggling with something familiar and uncomfortable: grief. I[Read More…]
Colowyo closure will impact 46 Meeker-area employees
RBC | The announcement from power wholesaler Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association that they will close Colowyo Mine and the Craig Station power plant within the next 10 years sent shockwaves through the region last week. For more than 40 years Colowyo has been a steady employer and source of[Read More…]
Third Street recycling officially closed
MEEKER | The recycling location at the end of Third Street in Meeker is officially closed as of Dec. 31, 2019, but the Town of Meeker is continuing to support free recycling for residents through a new contract with Eagle River Waste Services. Eagle River Waste Services was awarded the[Read More…]
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