RBC I Camping at Colorado state parks and State Wildlife Areas will remain closed until further notice, as Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) works to implement system-wide safety protocols related to social distancing in campgrounds.
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WREA reminder: be vigilant for scams
MEEKER | White River Electric Association (WREA) reminds residents not to fall victim to several types of scams with regard to your electric bill, including threats to shut off your power and/or legal action. WREA employees will never show up at your door to demand payment. They will always encourage[Read More…]
Ag businesses can apply for SBA loans
RBC I Agricultural businesses are now eligible for the Small Business Administration’s Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) and EIDL Advance programs. The EIDL portal reopened Monday as a result of funding authorized by Congress through the Paycheck Protection Program and Healthcare Enhancement Act. The legislation, signed into law one week[Read More…]
Colorado Wildlife Habitat Program accepting proposals
RBC | Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) is pleased to announce the 2020 Request for Proposals (RFP) for the Colorado Wildlife Habitat Program (CWHP). The CWHP is a statewide program that supports CPW’s mission by offering funding opportunities to private landowners who wish to voluntarily protect important wildlife habitats on[Read More…]
Days Gone By: April 30, 2020
The Meeker Herald 125 years ago – The North Side round-up will meet at Wolf creek on Wednesday, May 15. The South Side round-up will meet at Rangely on Thursday, May 30. – The laterals around town were put in shape this week to receive water from the town ditch,[Read More…]
Meeker 3D printers are making PPE for healthcare workers
RBC | Local schools and libraries may be closed, but their maker-space equipment is busy. Meeker students Ethan and Joshua Quinn, supervised by their dad — art instructor Ben Quinn — are using one of the school district’s 3D printers to produce frames for medical face shields. The shields are[Read More…]
County Beat: April 30, 2020
RBC | Commissioners discussed budget issues with Finance Director Janae Stanworth Tuesday and scheduled workshops with both school districts in May to discuss funding. While currently the county is close to a balanced budget, uncertainty about the future looms. “We could see major hits. This county could look totally different[Read More…]
Join us for a webinar on rural mental health this Monday
Please join HT editor Niki Turner and the Colorado Independent’s Susan Greene, as well as former police officer and professor of social work Dr. Paul F. Mackie, for a webinar on rural mental health issues. The webinar is organized by the National Press Foundation and will take place this Monday,[Read More…]
HT editor receives Carolyn C. Mattingly Award for Mental Health Reporting
RBC | HT editor Niki Turner and editor Susan Greene of The Colorado Independent have received the Carolyn C. Mattingly Award for Mental Health Reporting by the National Press Association for their 2019 work on “Through the Cracks: a stranger, a police shooting, and a rural town’s silence.” “Through the[Read More…]
Construction work in Piceance Creek area and County Road 8 starts in May
RBC | Rio Blanco County has issued “Cone Zone Reports” for the Piceance Creek Area and North Fork Road. Details are listed below.
Stay-at-home order shifts to ‘safer-at-home’; stay in if you can
RBC | Monday was the official day for Colorado’s stay-at-home orders to be lifted. Gov. Polis, as expected, shifted the state public health order to a “safer-at-home” version that will allow businesses to begin to open up in stages and with strict precautions. The phased plan for reopening has led[Read More…]
CORRECTION: NO fire ban in place for RBC except on Forest Service lands
RBC | The resolution approved by the county commissioners Tuesday did not enact a current fire ban in Rio Blanco County. The only fire bans in place currently are on Forest Service land. The resolution allows the Sheriff’s Office to implement or cease a fire ban without requiring a meeting[Read More…]
