County
Days Gone By: Jan 14, 2021
The Meeker Herald ~ 125 years ago Being killed by electricity is a shocking way to die. Simp Harp, manager of the stage and express company, took a trip over the Meeker-Rifle division in the […]
County
County
County
Just Transition action plan released
RBC | Instability in the energy industry comes as no surprise. For decades energy market volatility drove the economic boom and bust cycles that shaped the landscape of northwest Colorado for better or worse. As […]
County
Rio Blanco County Public Health offering free radon testing kits
RBC | Radon is a naturally occurring radioactive gas responsible for more than 500 lung cancer deaths in Colorado each year. The colorless, odorless, tasteless gas can enter homes through cracks in the foundation or […]
County
New board holds lengthy first meeting in 2021
RBC | Newly-elected Rio Blanco County Commissioner Ty Gates was sworn into office Tuesday morning. Commissioner Jeff Rector was also sworn in for his second term prior to the board’s first official meeting of 2021. […]
County
Rio Blanco Secures Water Right for Wolf Creek Reservoir Project
RBC | Six years after the application was filed, a judge has granted a water conservancy district in northwest Colorado a water right for a new dam-and-reservoir project that top state engineers had opposed. Rio […]
County
Swearing In …
Newly-elected county commissioner Ty Gates (above) and re-elected incumbent Jeff Rector (below) took their oaths of office Tuesday led by Clerk and Recorder Boots Campbell. Gates replaces retiring commissioner Si Woodruff. Commissioner Gary Moyer, who […]
County
News Briefs: Jan 14, 2021
Details on today’s vaccine clinic RBC | Today’s community COVID vaccination clinic will be open to the remainder of Tier 1A citizens, health care workers with less direct contact with COVID-19 patients and 70+ individuals […]
County
Conservation Corner: Colorado Wolf Introduction Process Needs Your Input
With Proposition 114 narrowly passing in November, you may be asking “how can I make a difference at this point?” NOW is your opportunity to help hold the State accountable to following through on the […]
County
Let’s Make Tracks
Growing up in Meeker in the ‘70s, I always looked forward to winter because it was a great time for outdoor activities. In those days, snowmobiles were just becoming popular, but were still a little […]
County
AGNC submits CORA about potential “fast-track” of wolves
RBC | Associated Governments of Northwest Colorado (AGNC) has submitted a Colorado Open Records Act (CORA) request to determine if the Colorado Parks and Wildlife Commission and the Governor’s office are planning to “fast-track” the […]
County
Days Gone By: Dec 7, 2020
The Meeker Herald – 125 years ago Some folks, like tug boats, seldom accomplish anything without a great deal of puffing and blowing; but unlike tug boats, they often puff and blow without accomplishing anything. […]
