It was another full house for this year’s Rio Blanco Stockgrowers dinner and dance, held last Saturday at the Fairfield Center. COURTESY PHOTOS
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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…]
Days Gone By: Feb 3, 2022
The Meeker Herald125 years ago • The Miners at Hahn’s peak and vicinity were greatly worked up last week over an attempt at wholesale claim jumping in that district. As a preventative a liberal use of hemp was threatened, which is a very good remedy in such cases.• Simp Harp[Read More…]
COVID update
RBC I According to the Rio Blanco County Department of Public Health, there is continued widespread community transmission of covid-19 with an overall decrease in incidence rate. The omicron variant is considered dominant with an anticipated peak by late February. Total Cases to Date: 1,669 Meeker Active: 59 Rangely Active:[Read More…]
Summons issued for Rector
RBC I Rio Blanco County Commissioner Jeff Rector has been summonsed to appear in Moffat County Court on March 10 following a Jan. 13 traffic incident on Highway 40. The summons from the Colorado State Patrol lists offenses of driving under the influence of alcohol, operating an unregistered vehicle and[Read More…]
NEWS NOTES: February 3, 2022
Paid leave mandates presentation MEEKER | Attend this presentation on the new paid leave mandates Thursday, Feb. 3 from 12 to 1:30 p.m. at the Meeker Regional Library, lunch provided Open Mic Feb. 3 MEEKER | Open Mic Night Thursday, Feb. 3, 6 p.m. at Smoking River Brewing Co. Sing,[Read More…]
Mazzola seeking re-election
RBC | Rio Blanco County Sheriff Anthony Mazzola officially announces his 2022 candidacy for re-election. Mazzola has served the constituents of Rio Blanco County as Sheriff for the past seven years, having been elected in 2015. “In 2015, I ran on being fiscally conservative and I am a strong supporter[Read More…]
KNOW YOUR DISTRICT …
If you live in the town limits of Meeker or Rangely, you may be surprised to learn your county commissioner may not be who you think. The maps above show the boundaries of Rio Blanco County’s commissioner districts, which were last adjusted by commissioners in 2010 and most recently approved[Read More…]
