Dear Editor: For more than 60 years the oil and natural gas industries have worked closely with local community leaders to ensure fracking exists safely alongside Colorado’s communities and environment.
Opinion
A REVIEW: ‘Evolution of the National Parks;’ Dinosaur could be a lake
EDITOR’S NOTE: This is a review of author Robert Keiter’s book “To Conserve Unimpaired: Evolution of a National Park Idea.” It takes a wide look at the National Park Service’s beginnings and the changes in the mindset within the organization from its inception to the present day. For example, if[Read More…]
Letter to the Editor: Neilson glad to serve, will seek re-election
Dear Editor: This is an open letter to the residents of Rio Blanco County: It has been an honor to serve as your Rio Blanco County Assessor this past term. It is with pleasure that I announce my candidacy for re-election.
Letter to the Editor: Thanking chamber for honor
Dear Editor: A huge thank you goes to the Rangely Area Chamber of Commerce for honoring Sweetbriar as the town’s business of the year.
Letter to the Editor: Udall speaks on PILT, state priorities
Dear Editor: In case you missed it, I wrote an op-ed piece for Sunday’s Steamboat Pilot & Today, discussing the importance of the Payment in Lieu of Taxes (PILT) program to Colorado communities and the need to support the program.
From My Window… Mini vacation drove off cabin fever; wind here no problem
I had a great relaxing mini-vacation over the weekend. It was just what the doctor ordered to clean the fog off my windows, and I never even left Rio Blanco County.
Letter to the Editor: Update on area river systems
Dear Editor: Please find attached a draft version of the Yampa/White basin overview that was included in the SWSI 2010 report, including some revisions suggested by the CWCB Board in November 2013. As you may know, CWCB staff will present a first draft version of Colorado’s Water Plan Chapter 2.[Read More…]
Russian energy dominance over
RBC I Russian President Vladmir Putin has won some begrudging admiration for his strategic triumph during the Syria crisis. Let him have his moment. It won’t last long. A new development threatens to rob Putin of a significant part of his international heft. That development, of course, is America’s energy[Read More…]
Letter to the Editor: Thanks to Sheepdog Trials volunteers
Dear Editor: The Meeker Classic Championship Sheepdog Trials Board held a “Souper-Volunteer” dinner for all of the 2013 volunteers on Jan. 19. Fun was had by all with a nice crowd of more than 80 volunteers in attendance, most being from Meeker but a few traveling from the Roaring Fork[Read More…]
Letter to the Editor: Thanks for the help during hospital stay
Dear Editor: For the last six years I, along with family and friends, have had the pleasure of hunting elk out of Karl Maser’s Ute Lodge. The beauty of the mountains and the camaraderie of the hunt, plus the people of the Meeker, Colo., area, make my hunting a secondary[Read More…]
From My Window… Variety of meetings provides useful information, ideas
Looking out the rear window this week, it has been a busy time all around.
Letter to the Editor: Governor applauded on sage grouse efforts
Dear Editor: The White River and Douglas Creek conservation districts applaud Gov. Jon Hickenlooper’s efforts to showcase Colorado landowners’ work to protect the greater sage grouse in Northwestern Colorado.



