RBC I The Bureau of Land Management’s Colorado office, in partnership with the Public Lands Foundation and the Center of the American West, will host a juried art contest for Colorado high school students to commemorate the 200th anniversary of the General Land Office.
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Vehicle use limited to existing roads
RBC | With a mild winter continuing and spring fast approaching, the Bureau of Land Management’s Little Snake Field Office is reminding the public that motorized vehicle use within the majority of its boundaries in Moffat, Routt and northern Rio Blanco counties is now limited to existing roads and trails.
Colorado’s innovative solution
RBC I Since April 2007, Colorado’s water planners have ignored Central Colorado Project’s (CCP) innovative high altitude water and energy storage solution for state and regional needs. This oversight is a serious violation of National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) rules.
Math whizzes …
The Rangely High School Math Club participated in two recent contests and did quite well.
RBC Woolgrowers meeting March 2
MEEKER | The annual meeting of the Rio Blanco County Woolgrowers will be Friday, March 2, at Kilowatt Korner. The Trail Association will meet at 8 a.m. and the general meeting begins at 10 a.m.
Rangely boys end with victory
RANGELY — Last Saturday night the Rangely Panthers ended league play on a high note with a victory over Hayden 82-70. Even after a very tough victory over Meeker Friday night, the Panthers came out strong and outscored Hayden 20-8 in the first quarter. The game was never close.
Williams hosts open house
RBC — Northwest Pipeline GP (Northwest), one of the Williams Companies, currently owns and operates an interstate natural gas pipeline which crosses portions of Rio Blanco County. The pipeline provides natural gas service to several states throughout the west including markets in Colorado, Utah, Wyoming, Idaho, Oregon and Washington.
RBC 4-H judging team goes to Nashville
RBC I Thanks to generous support from EnCana, a delegation of 4-H judging kids represented Rio Blanco County recently in Nashville, Tenn., at the NCBA convention.
White River Swine Club reports
RBC I Our first meeting was held Jan. 8 at 6:30 p.m. We began the meeting by electing our 2012 officers.
Al White to speak in Rangely Feb. 28
RANGELY | The next Community Networking Group meeting will be Tuesday, Feb. 28 at noon in the Weiss Conference Room at CNCC. The guest speaker will be Al White, director of the Colorado Tourism Office.
Library fun at elementary school
MEEKER I January was library month at Meeker Elementary School. We set a goal of reading an accumulated 40,000 minutes. When all was tallied we read 140,973 minutes. Preschool through fifth-grade kept track of their minutes. We were very excited to have 10 adults turn in their time as well.
Proposed water facility in Piceance
meeker I The Bureau of Land Management seeks public comment on a proposal from BOPCO, L.P., to construct a facility 20 miles west of Meeker, Colo., to treat produced water from oil and gas development on the Piceance Basin and discharge it into Yellow Creek.
