Rio Blanco County decorated Vietnam veteran Tom Kilduff was honored posthumously in Washington, D.C. on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives this month during a speech given by Colorado Rep. Lauren Boebert. Her speech was entered into the Congressional Record. A copy of her speech and a flag[Read More…]
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NEWS NOTES: February 17, 2022
Free community dinner at VFW MEEKER | Free Community Dinner at the Meeker V.F.W./American Legion, 290 4th Street, Thursday, Feb. 17 from 5:30 pm to 6:30 pm. Stop the Bleed Classes Feb. 18 MEEKER | Stop The Bleed Classes, Friday, Feb. 18 from 3 to 5 p.m. and 6 to[Read More…]
Ashcraft graduates Marine Basic Training
RBC I Cristopher Ashcraft graduated Marine Basic Training on Feb. 11, 2022, as a Private First Class. He will go on to MCT and MOS training. Girlfriend Bonnie Britt and son Theo Ashcraft, parents Raymond and Lela Ashcraft as well as sister Liliana Rivas and brother-in-law Randall Hilton would like[Read More…]
COUNTY BEAT: Rangely rural water project moving forward
RURAL DOMESTIC WATER White River Conservancy District director Alden Vanden Brink updated the board following last week’s River District meeting, noting that low precipitation last month has the area on track for “similar” or “worse” hydrology than last year, barring some big storms to finish winter. More on Page 1.[Read More…]
Snowpack down after dry January
RBC I Following major storms in December, Colorado snowpack looked pretty good, even measuring above average around most of the state. The welcome precipitation broke a “particularly dry” early winter, pushing snowpack to above median levels in some areas of the state. This led experts to project “well above normal”[Read More…]
Burning coal seams pose wildfire risk
RBC I “These mines that are burning in Colorado have been burning for many, many years, some of them over 100 years,” said Tara Tafi, Senior Environmental Protection Specialist for Colorado Department of Natural Resources Division of Reclamation Mining and Safety (DRMS). Tafi oversees the department’s mine fire program, which[Read More…]
STOCKGROWERS …
It was another full house for this year’s Rio Blanco Stockgrowers dinner and dance, held last Saturday at the Fairfield Center. COURTESY PHOTOS
News Briefs: Feb. 10, 2022
Conservation Corps RBC | Young people between 17 and 25 years of age: work outdoors in the beautiful Colorado outdoors. Gain skills, be part of a team, gain confidence, give back and build your muscles. HS diploma or GED required, stipend and more provided. Learn more here about the Western[Read More…]
Current covid numbers
RBC I Total Cases to Date: 1,735 Meeker Active: 65 Rangely Active: 32 Hospitalizations in the last 14 days: 7 Total Hospitalized: 133 Meeker School District: 9 Rangely School District: 1 Deaths: 12
HT, Chamber launch new business FB group
RBC I The Herald Times and Meeker Chamber of Commerce have teamed up to create an online community for local business owners to connect and grow their businesses. Today they will be launching the county’s first business development Facebook group “RBC Business Insiders.” The group will feature marketing and business[Read More…]
COUNTY BEAT: Rector to resign as commissioner
RBC | County commissioners conducted a series of interviews for open board seats Tuesday, including an Extension Advisory Board that will work closely with Extension Agent Linda Masters in collaboration with Colorado State University. According to commissioners, the seven-member board is “supposed to be in place, but hasn’t been for[Read More…]
The Case of the Missing Newspapers
To our print subscribers: if you don’t get your paper in the mail this week it’s because more than half of our print copies went missing this morning from the loading dock behind the Meeker Post Office. We are working with USPS staff to try and track them down, but[Read More…]
