Shoe collection drive ends Feb. 28 MEEKER | Meeker High School student Ainsley Selle has organized a shoe collection drive in Meeker, working with funds2orgs.com to collect shoes for people in third world countries such as Haiti and Africa. Boxes for collecting shoes will be located at Watts Ranch Market,[Read More…]
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Rio Blanco County covid update
RBC I Please visit https://rbc.us/606/COVID-19-Updates for the most current COVID data and trends available for RBC. Total Cases to Date: 1,788 Meeker Active: 23 Rangely Active: 20 Hospitalizations in the last 14 days: 0 Total Hospitalized: 133 School District Meeker: 4 School District Rangely: 0 Deaths: 12 Please note isolation and[Read More…]
COUNTY BEAT: Insurance rates spike for county
WORK SESSIONS Updates from Extension Agent Linda Masters regarding plan. A 4-H agent has been hired and is in place. “It’s going great already,” Master said. Technology upgrades are underway to connect 4-H kids on both sides of the county with similar equipment. “We’re trying to get the kids on[Read More…]
Pre-election process starts with party precinct caucuses
RBC I Colorado’s grassroots nomination process for this year’s election gets underway for Democratic and Republican party members next week. Precinct caucuses, which lead to county, congressional district and state nominating assemblies, are one way to make the June 28 primary election ballot. Candidates may also gather petition signatures, which[Read More…]
White River fish facts
RBC I “By far the most frequently captured species is the mountain whitefish,” said Tory Eyre, aquatic biologist for Colorado Parks and Wildlife during his presentation to the White River Alliance last week. Titled “State of the Fish: What’s happening with fish in a challenged White River,” the presentation explored[Read More…]
DAYS GONE BY: February 17, 2022
The Meeker Herald 125 years ago • A local business man made a very good suggestion the other day, namely: the construction of a footbridge across the river at the foot of Sixth street and the building of a trail from the south side of the river to the top[Read More…]
KILDUFF HONORED …
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…]
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…]
