Changes to reporting requirements kicked Rio Blanco County into Level Blue over the weekend. More on the new restrictions at covid19.colorado.gov/covid-19-dial. Vaccinations are well underway; phase 1.B.4 opens Friday, March 19, 2021. RBC Health Vaccination Clinic Schedules
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CNCC staff members receive CCCS Commitment to Excellence awards
RBC | Colorado Northwestern Community College staff Jessica Wollman, Angie Kenney, TIffany Douglas and Dwaine Chesser were among 56 employees from 13 colleges and system offices to be 2021 Colorado Community College System Commitment to Excellence award honorees. “CCCS’s Commitment to Excellence Awards provides an opportunity to say “thank you”[Read More…]
Rangely residents to present sanctuary resolutions
RANGELY | Three Rangely residents have drafted two “sanctuary resolutions” for the Rangely Board of Trustees to consider and one for the Rio Blanco County Commissioners. Following review by a local “focus group,” residents Elaine Urie, Dan Eddy and Susie Berardi of Rangely, drafters of the proposed resolutions, have presented[Read More…]
Obituary: Hazel Sizemore Edwards
Sept. 17, 1927 ~ March 13, 2021 Hazel Edwards, 93, a lifelong resident of Rio Blanco County passed away Saturday, March 13, 2021. Hazel was born in Meeker, Colorado, to parents Oscar and Lulu Sizemore. She was raised with two older brothers Roscoe Sizemore, Roy Sizemore, and younger sister Thelma[Read More…]
MHS basketball wraps season in Sweet 16
MEEKER | The 2021 Cowboy basketball season came to close last Friday in Peyton. The Cowboys, who were playing in the sweet 16, traveled to Peyton to take on the Panthers. It was a close first half, tied up 22 all going into the third quarter. “Their athleticism at the[Read More…]
Six Cowboys head to state tournament
Four wrestlers place in top six in their weight classes MEEKER | The 2021 State Wrestling Tournament had a whole different look and feel. Historically the event has taken place at the Pepsi Center, but this year it was in Pueblo, Colorado. For each weight class only eight boys were[Read More…]
UNDEFEATED …
The Meeker Cowboys continued a long tradition of producing state champions with senior Colby Clatterbaugh’s win at the state wrestling tournament last week. Clatterbaugh went undefeated all season and is the first Cowboy to do so since 2007. More on state results and lots of photos: https://www.theheraldtimes.com/six-cowboys-head-to-state-tournament/sports/
New Instream Flow Water Rights Proposed
Notice of 49 new instream flow (ISF) recommendations across the State of Colorado has been provided by the Colorado Water Conservation Board (CWCB). Twelve of these recommended ISF water rights are located in the White River drainage. The notice identifies the streams to be considered for ISF appropriations in 2022.[Read More…]
DORA denies variance for stadium
MEEKER | Meeker School District’s board met for a special meeting Monday, March 8. The board tabled the first item on the agenda, a bid for fire and security alarm monitoring, to the March 29 meeting, and approved a contract for repairs to the existing bus barn with Renninger Construction[Read More…]
Sisters Hendrickson, VanWinkle receive Denver Business Journal Trailblazer Awards
RBC | Callie Hendrickson, executive director of the White River and Douglas Creek Conservation Districts, and her sister, Janie VanWinkle, co-owner of the VanWinkle Ranch and head of the Colorado Cattlemen’s Association, are the recipients of the Denver Business Journal’s (DBJ) Trailblazer Award this year. The award is part of[Read More…]
New phone rules for wrong numbers
MEEKER | One of my favorite things about small town living has been the conversations that inevitably followed the words, “Sorry, wrong number.” These misplaced calls were often the result of someone not paying close enough attention to their fingers. Those were the dinosaur-days of yore, when telephones were either[Read More…]
Hello from Alberta, Canada
RANGELY | Hello Rio Blanco County! It has been awhile since I’ve been anywhere near our beautiful part of Colorado which I am proud to call home. For the last year and half I have been living in Alberta, Canada. The literal great white north! I’m serving as a missionary[Read More…]