Dear Editor, Our county is at a critical crossroads. Do we want to expand our government and regulations on business including our crucial oil and gas industry, or do we want to open our doors to business and truly encourage our economy to recover?
Letters To The Editor
Letter to the Editor: Thank you for good work on new gazebo
Dear Editor, We are writing on behalf of the Walbridge Memorial Wing and Pioneers Medical Center. We would like to extend a huge thank you to the many volunteers and donors who have made the new gazebo a reality.
Letter to the Editor: Some ideas to shrink size of government
Dear Editor, Although entitlements are by far the biggest funding problem facing our country, we should not overlook other opportunities for reducing the cost of operating the federal government. Reducing the size of agencies or offices won’t do it.
Support your local businesses for future
Support your local business. I always heard that as a kid growing up … and to truly understand it, is in times like right now. In Rangely there is a local lumber yard business by the name of Heritage Building and Home. With the little amount of building that occurs[Read More…]
Letter: This reader’s choice is Shawn Bolton
First of all, let me say, how wonderful to have so many candidates running for both the Rio Blanco County commissioner and Rio Blanco County coroner. As a voter, I really appreciate the commitment that candidates put into the election process. It is truly time consuming. Campaigning around the county,[Read More…]
PMC says thanks to fire and rescue squad
Pioneers Medical Center would like to thank the volunteers of the Meeker Fire and Rescue District for their quick response, which was both effective and reassuring, when lightning struck a tree at the PMC Home Health house on June 19.
Letter: Tip of the hat to those who helped motorist
Last week while returning from Denver I had a blowout on my left rear tire between Meeker and Rifle. Within two minutes, two gentlemen from ExxonMobil had stopped and within 15 minutes had changed my tire.
Letter: A vote for Wendy Gutierrez on Aug. 10
In response to Kim Rochelle’s letter, “grow” as defined by Webster incorporates some of the following descriptors: “… to come into being or be produced naturally …; thrive; increase in size, quantity or degree or in some specified manner … and develop toward maturity …”
Letter: Thanks to emergency responders in fire
We would like to express our sincere thanks to the Meeker Volunteer Fire Department, Rio Blanco County Sheriff’s Office and our neighbors whose timely response to our brush fire on Sunday saved us from what could have been much more than a brush fire. It is a great thing that[Read More…]
Letter: We need new blood on County Commission
Attention Rio Blanco County voters: It’s time we as citizens take control of our county and elect a commissioner with true leadership, strong ethics, integrity and who is not afraid to rock the boat.
Letter: Some local opinions seem oxymoronic
The definition of an oxymoron is: A figure in which an epithet of a contrary signification is added to a word; e. g., cruel kindness; laborious idleness. I think we all see oxymorons in our world and government on a daily basis. These are the ones I see.
Letter: WRBM says thanks for fireworks support
The Western Rio Blanco Metropolitan Recreation and Park District Board of Directors would like to thank Mr. Bill Laster and Mr. Billy Estes, parks superintendent, his staff, the Rangely Rural Fire Protection District and all of the volunteers who made the Fourth of July fireworks show one of the best[Read More…]
