The Meeker Herald 125 years ago • Ambrose Oldland was out to Denver during the week, partly on business and partly on pleasure. • Several cases of measles developed in town and vicinity last week, and in order that the disease might not spread school was closed this week. •[Read More…]
County
Recall campaign update
RBC I Voters who signed the petition to recall Rio Blanco County Commissioner Gary Moyer can expect some progress one way or another in the next few weeks. Following the second petition to recall Moyer being filed and a subsequent protest by Matt Scott, in which Rio Blanco County Clerk[Read More…]
Proposed bill to ban big cat hunting sparks outcry
RBC I A proposal introduced by four Colorado state lawmakers that would seek to ban mountain lion, lynx and bobcat hunting has been met with a virtual blizzard of emails in opposition, prompting one of the legislators, Sen. Joann Ginal of Fort Collins, to pull her sponsorship of the bill[Read More…]
NEW CSOC PRESIDENT …
Rio Blanco County was well-represented during last week’s County Sheriffs of Colorado meeting in Denver.
COVID-19 UPDATE: January 27, 2022
RBC I Total Cases to Date: 1,630 Meeker Active: 68 Rangely Active: 37 Hospitalizations in the last 14 days: 2 Total Hospitalized: 126 Meeker School District: 17 Rangely School District: 8 Deaths: 12
NEWS NOTES: January 27, 2022
Empty Bowls fundraiser Jan. 27 MEEKER | On Thursday, Jan. 27 between 4-6 p.m. (before the Rangely/Meeker basketball games) buy a handmade bowl from the MHS art department with soup, salad and breadstick prepared by the MHS FCCLA students for $20. All proceeds go to local non-profit organizations. Please contact Ben[Read More…]
Alliance talks mosquito control
RBC | Seeking to find out more about effective mosquito control, the White River Alliance asked Jesse Schroeder, the Director of Weed and Pest Control from neighboring Moffat County, to help answer that question. Moffat has been using an Integrated Pest Management program for several years, which targets mosquito larvae[Read More…]
COUNTY BEAT: Foster care program moves forward
RBC | Interviews for board appointments were the first order of business Tuesday, Jan. 25 for the Rio Blanco County Board of Commissioners. Commissioners conducted interviews with applicants for the Rangely Library Board, the Extension Advisory Board, and the Fair Board. Appointments will be made in February. In work sessions,[Read More…]
DAYS GONE BY: January 20, 2022
The Meeker Herald 125 years ago • Large quantities of self control are necessary to keep jokes free from malice. • Scarcity of time is often pleaded as an excuse for want of inclination. The Meeker Herald 100 years ago • If all the undesirable people killed off the rest[Read More…]
Routt County mom announces candidacy for state legislature
RBC I Savannah Wolfson, (R-Oak Creek) announced her candidacy to the State Legislature today. She is running for House District 26 in order to protect the unique way of life that NW Colorado enjoys. Wolfson said she wants to be the voice of NW Colorado, who she feels is being[Read More…]
Is your family tree more like a jungle gym?
That takes on real meaning if you have researched in Kentucky and Arkansas. There, the local joke is, “If I divorce my wife, is she still my cousin?” One of my Clinkenbeard branches had two sisters who married two brothers of a neighboring family. I have observed in my 30[Read More…]
STATE OF THE SNOWPACK …
Even by Colorado standards, late December storms dumped a LOT of snow, depositing 19 inches of snow water equivalent (SWE) and bringing statewide values for precipitation to 120% and snowpack to 126% of median, including the combined Yampa-White-Little Snake basin at 117% (top left). Despite large amounts of snow, reservoir[Read More…]
