By NIKI TURNER [email protected] RBC I Representatives from multiple county and municipal agencies met with the Rio Blanco County Commissioners to provide updates on programs and projects in an interagency meeting. ASSESSOR RBC Assessor Renae Neilson said this is a reappraisal year. The east end of the county is “up[Read More…]
Author: Niki Turner
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MEEKER | The town’s board of trustees met Tuesday with three members absent. Mayor Pro Tem Travis Day led the brief meeting in the absence of Mayor Regas Halandras and trustees Wendy Gutierrez and Scott Creecy. Police Chief Phil Stubblefield said there were 236 calls for service in January. “It was[Read More…]
Editor’s Column: Home improvement
I have utmost respect for people who spend years in homes strewn with drop cloths, the sound of power tools ringing in their ears. I am not one of those people. If a project can’t be done in a day or two, I get anxious. We’ve joked that the only way[Read More…]
A night in the elements: proper planning and preparation helps five snowmobilers self-rescue from Ripple Creek area
MEEKER | Rio Blanco County Communications Center received a call around 6 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 19, stating there were five snowmobilers that were overdue. The five individuals from Wisconsin, ranging in age from 24 to 30, were staying at the Wild Skies Flat Top Cabin Rental located at mile[Read More…]
County Beat: Feb. 14, 2019
RBC | During work sessions Monday the Rio Blanco County Board of Commissioners discussed pending legislation that could potentially impact closed landfills in the county. The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment is pressing for additional regulations on previously closed landfills, but RBC Road and Bridge Director Dave Morlan told[Read More…]
Editor’s Column: Cautiously optimistic
Although I remain a grateful pessimist (I still need to read the book about optimism the nice Australian author sent me as a gift after that column and see if it changes my mind), I am exercising cautious optimism about the new county attorney, Todd Starr. His first “lunch with[Read More…]
Editor’s Column: Aging is a privilege
‘ll be 49 this year (Lord willing), putting me smack dab in middle age territory. The AARP mailings aren’t arriving yet, and I rarely “feel” my age (thanks, I assume, to reasonably good genes), but I’m starting to notice little changes to which I’m learning to adapt. 1. I need[Read More…]
Vacancy committee fills state House seat
RBC | It took two rounds of voting to name a successor to the District 57 house seat vacated by Representative Bob Rankin. Perry Will, Area Wildlife Manager for the Colorado Division of Wildlife in Glenwood Springs, secured the majority vote during the House District 57 Republican vacancy committee meeting on[Read More…]
Smokey Bear turns 75
MEEKER | Smokey Bear, the iconic character who has represented the U.S. Forest Service and fire safety for several generations, turns 75 this year. To celebrate, the U.S. Forest Service is conducing a nationwide tour highlighting the familiar artwork of Rudolph Wendelin, whose paintings of Smokey first appeared in 1949 and[Read More…]
Commissioners hear updates from fair board, IT department, public health and more
RBC I FAIR BOARD During the work sessions prior to Monday’s regular commissioner meeting, the board reviewed changes to a proposed set of bylaws for the Fair Board with guidance from interim county attorney Todd Starr. Starr expressed concern over the use of the word “partner” to describe the county’s[Read More…]
SOUND OF THE WEST …
Members of the Rosendahl family provided live entertainment for the Rio Blanco County Historical Society during the annual membership meeting Sunday, Jan. 20. Kasey Rosendahl sang “Amarillo by Morning,” his brother Rowdy performed a guitar medley, and Rowdy and mom Tiffany played a duet for the crowd. Download the free[Read More…]
Locals feel impact as government shutdown drags on
By NIKI TURNER [email protected] RBC I Despite Rio Blanco County’s distance from Washington, D.C., the partial government shutdown—the longest in U.S. history—affects local residents on many levels. Federal employees in various departments will miss their second paycheck this week as the longest government shutdown in history stretches into its second[Read More…]
