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…]
Author: Niki Turner
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…]
UPDATE: #RidgetopFire
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.”
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…]
