RBC | Reporting sites for the White River Basin indicate December’s total precipitation at 90% of average and at 81% of last year’s average as of January 2020. Year-to-date precipitation through December is at 73% of average and 100% of last year’s average. Reporting sites for the White River Basin[Read More…]
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Mind Springs Health hosting free mental health classes in RBC
RBC | Mind Springs Health, the leading provider of mental health and addiction treatment on the Western Slope, is hosting two free Happiness and Resiliency Classes in Rio Blanco County on Jan. 16, 2020. The courses focus on the roles that character strengths, positive coping skills and resiliency play in[Read More…]
Historical Society annual meeting
MEEKER | The Rio Blanco County Historical Society will hold its annual membership meeting Sunday, Jan. 19 at 2 p.m. at the Heritage Culture Center. Bring a taco topping for the taco bar or a dessert to share. Membership renewals and new members welcome.
Community networking Jan. 27
RANGELY | The Community Networking meetings will resume on Monday, Jan. 27 at the Weiss Conference Room on the Rangely CNCC campus from 12-1:30 p.m. John Leary, a restoration coordinator with RiversEdge West, will be presenting on the increase of non-native tamarisk and Russian olive trees that “increase the risk[Read More…]
Correction
MEEKER | In last week’s story about the Meeker High School wrestling program, former coach Bill Turner was named as the 1990 coach. Mike Tate was the coach of the 1990 team. We regret the error.
NEW YEAR’S BABY …
RANGELY | The first Rio Blanco County baby of the new year and the new decade arrived at 6:52 p.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2020, at Community Hospital in Grand Junction, Colorado. Remus Azrael LeFevre, weighing 6 lbs. 9 oz., was welcomed by his parents Nicholas LeFevre and Jasmine DeFreitas[Read More…]
RBC Yearly Call Review: Jan. 9, 2020
January-December, 2019 Meeker Dispatch Center administered 25,893 phone calls last year including 1,429 911 calls, 2,994 calls for Meeker PD and dispatchers placed 8,105 outgoing calls. A total of 8,866 calls for service were created. Note the department breakdown of calls may differ from the total number reported due to[Read More…]
Tri-State announces 10-year plan to close Colowyo Mine, Craig Station power plant
RBC | Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association, which owns Colowyo Mine and the Craig Station power plant, announced Thursday that the 427-megawatt Unit 1 will close by the end of 2025; and the 410-megawatt Unit 2 and the 448-megawatt Unit 3 will close by 2030. Colowyo Mine operations are expected[Read More…]
Community Calendar: Jan. 9, 2020
– Membership Blitz at the Meeker Recreation Center, Jan. 2–15. Get your annual membership for 50% off during the Blitz! Discount runs from 5 a.m. Jan. 2 though 8:30 p.m. on Jan. 15. No exceptions. Call 970-878-3403 for more info. ERBM Recreation and Park District – WRBM’s 2020 annual membership[Read More…]
National Law Enforcement Appreciation Day today, Jan. 9
RBC | Jan. 9 of each year is set aside as National Law Enforcement Appreciation Day. This day reminds citizens to recognize and thank the men and women who protect and serve our communities on a daily basis. National L.E.A.D. was started by Concerns of Police Survivors (C.O.P.S.), a non-profit[Read More…]
CPW confirms wolf presence
RBC | Even as the Colorado Secretary of State announced Monday that the “Restoration of Gray Wolves” initiative qualified for the 2020 General Election ballot, Colorado Parks and Wildlife officials in Northwest Colorado are investigating an eyewitness report in October of six large canids traveling together (see video at the[Read More…]
Days Gone By: Jan. 2, 2020
The Meeker Herald 125 years ago – The Pioneers: J.W. Hugus & Company, Inc. Prices Right. Goods Right. We Are All Right. We realize that times are “hard,” and will sell you the best of goods at lowest living prices. Trade at home and save time and money. Support home[Read More…]
