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One Man’s Opinion: Bad facts cloud reality about fracking

RBC I The American Southwest is undergoing a spike in seismic activity. A new U.S. Geological Survey shows that a small basin on the New Mexico-Colorado border experienced 20 times more serious earthquakes between 2001 and 2011 than it had during the previous 30 years.

February 22, 2015 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

Births: Andrew and Zachary Allred

February 21, 2015 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

Death Notice: Laurie Lynn Munger McCrory

Laurie Lynn Munger McCrory died on Sunday, Feb. 15, 2015. Services will be held at 2 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 21, 2015, at Advantage Aurora Chase Chapel, 1095 Havana St., Aurora, Colo. 80010.

February 20, 2015 by Special to the Herald Times 1 comment

Rangely man gets nine years for rape

RANGELY I At a sentencing hearing on Feb. 6 at the Rio Blanco Courthouse and as a result of a plea bargain, 21-year-old Rangely resident Michael Miner was sentenced to nine years in the Colorado Department of Corrections for the July 2014 rape of a 12-year-old Rangely girl.

February 19, 2015 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

Shed hunters urged to keep motorized vehicles on roads

RBC I The Bureau of Land Management Little Snake Field Office is reminding people planning to collect shed antlers in northwest Colorado this spring that it is illegal to travel off existing roads in a motor vehicle on lands managed by the BLM.

February 18, 2015 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

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Donation…

February 18, 2015 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

Guest Opinion: Not all food stamp recipients are drug abusers or lazy deadbeats

RBC | I am my father’s pride and joy, a graduate of the University of Florida, a Fulbright scholar, a master’s degree candidate at the University of Montana in Missoula, and a food stamp recipient. Without that assistance, I wouldn’t be at college; I’d probably be working at a restaurant,[Read More…]

February 17, 2015 by Special to the Herald Times 1 comment

National Forest groups sponsoring online photo contest

RBC I The National Forest Foundation, the White River National Forest and Yonder have partnered to bring you the #ItsAllYours photo contest.

February 17, 2015 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

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CNCC campus in Craig now a federal fossil repository

RANGELY I On Feb. 3, Colorado Northwestern Community College (CNCC) President Russell George and paleontologist Elizabeth “Liz” Johnson, together with Ruth Welch, the Colorado state director of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), signed an agreement to officially make the CNCC Craig Campus a federal fossil repository.

February 17, 2015 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

Deadline for NRCS conservation stewardships is Feb. 27

RBC I The National Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) recently announced the opening of the Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP) for new enrollments in 2015. Farmers, ranchers and foresters interested in participating in the program can submit applications to NRCS through Feb. 27 to be considered in the 2015 round of ranking[Read More…]

February 16, 2015 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

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Cloverbuds…

February 16, 2015 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

RBCHS receives $132,728 grant for Coal Creek school

RBC I The Coal Creek School exterior restoration will become a reality this summer, made possible in part by a History Colorado State Historical Fund grant.

February 15, 2015 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled