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2021 Crab Crack helps raise funds for Cox family

RANGELY | The 2021 Crab Crack in Rangely had a new mission this year, to help community members challenged with an unexpected diagnosis. On May 14, 2021, the event’s volunteer bartenders Jeff Rector, Jeff LeBleu (pictured), Leanna Cox, Amy Buffington, and Scott and Melissa Dembowski donated their tips from the night.[Read More…]

May 21, 2021 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

Exceptional drought conditions across W. Slope

RBC | April 2021 was “exceptionally dry” according to the latest statistics from the USDA’s National Resource Conservation Service. NRCS Hydrologist Joel Atwood noted “Many SNOTEL sites reported record low precipitation for April west of the Continental Divide. Snowpack has also declined in all basins except the South Platte, due[Read More…]

May 20, 2021 by Lucas Turner Comments are Disabled

BLM hits the mark with fourth grade archaeology day

RBC | The BLM White River Field Office joined forces with Parkview and Meeker Elementary schools to inform and educate fourth graders about archaeology May 10-13 at Elks Park in Rangely and Paintbrush Park in Meeker. Prior to the field days, BLM Archaeologists Luke Trout and Cody Walton visited classrooms[Read More…]

May 19, 2021 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

Survey flights capture bird’s eye view of Yampa-White River basin

RBC | With the arrival of spring, warmer temperatures, and at least a year’s worth of pent up cabin fever, the river beckons. While the chilly runoff waters flow fast and high for now, water users of all stripes know that come mid-summer, low flows will mean dry fields, special[Read More…]

May 12, 2021 by Lucas Turner Comments are Disabled

Appreciation …

The Meeker Education Foundation is pleased to share that a sign of appreciation, honoring the track and football field renewal project’s many generous donors, is finally in place north of Meeker High School. In the last couple of years, finding a mason who could fit the project into their schedule[Read More…]

May 11, 2021 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

Recall petition declared invalid based on technical errors

RBC | After a lengthy hearing Thursday, May 6, challenging the validity of the recall petition against RBC Commissioner Gary Moyer, designated hearing officer Timothy Graves ruled against the petition proponents, declaring the recall invalid due to a technical error in the petition circulation process. As per Colorado Revised Statutes,[Read More…]

May 9, 2021 by Lucas Turner 1 comment

Separating the good from the bad in Rio Blanco bugs

PRESS RELEASE | Special to the Herald Times RBC | Rio Blanco residents had their “antennae up” as bug expert Nina Louden from the Colorado Department of Agriculture — Insectary shared her observations and knowledge about how to put bugs to work and save money for Rio Blanco County and[Read More…]

May 7, 2021 by Caitlin Walker Comments are Disabled

Recall update: protest filed

RBC | Commissioner Gary Moyer and his son-in-law, Matt Scott, filed a protest last Wednesday, April 21, concerning the petition to recall Moyer from office. The protest alleges that petitions circulated “did not comply with Colorado law,” that the petition format was not approved prior to circulation, that two of[Read More…]

May 2, 2021 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

Updates, county policy discussed at Board of Health work session

RBC | During an afternoon work session Tuesday, Rio Blanco County commissioners and a newly appointed Board of Health member heard updates and discussed county policy with Public Health Director Alice Harvey. As of Tuesday, 33.1% of the eligible population in RBC had received the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine. Harvey said[Read More…]

April 30, 2021 by Lucas Turner Comments are Disabled

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Villa Ranch conserved

MEEKER | The 2,226-acre Villa Ranch has been conserved in perpetuity by the Colorado Cattlemen’s Agricultural Land Trust (CCALT) and the Krueger family. The conservation project was made possible with support from Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) and the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS). Villa Ranch is located northwest of[Read More…]

April 29, 2021 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

Choose When

RBC | An unintended pregnancy can derail a woman’s plans for her education, career, financial stability and future success regardless of age, marital status, or employment at the time of conception. According to information from the Colorado Department of Public Health, 35.9 percent of all pregnancies in Colorado are unintended[Read More…]

April 25, 2021 by Niki Turner Comments are Disabled