RBC | Bringing broadband internet to some of the more remote areas of Rio Blanco County via wireless towers is in its final testing phases. “We’re looking to go live Nov. 1,” said Communications Director Cody Crooks. The secondary towers will provide high-speed internet access to areas not supplied directly[Read More…]
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Free mammograms offered for Breast Health Awareness month
RBC | The Women’s Wellness Connection urges women ages 40 years and older to talk with their doctors during National Breast Cancer Awareness Month in October about screening for breast cancer. Women who can not afford mammograms may be eligible for free screening from a local health care provider. “Breast[Read More…]
Flu vaccines delayed until Nov.
RBC | Due to a national delay in influenza vaccine shipments, Rio Blanco County Public Health will not be able to provide any further flu vaccines for adults until November. Receiving a flu vaccine in November is still in time to keep patients protected for the flu season, according to[Read More…]
Former RBC extension agent arrested on felony charges
RBC | Former county extension agent Bill Ekstrom was arrested Thursday, Oct. 24 on 12 felony charges ranging from wrongful branding to cattle theft to concealing estrays, according to a press release received from the Rio Blanco County Sheriff’s Office. An estray is defined as “a domestic animal that is[Read More…]
OFFICIALLY FALL …
It’s not a date on the calendar, cold temperatures or shorter days that let Rio Blanco County residents know fall has arrived in earnest; it’s the annual moving of the sheep through town from their high country summer pastures. Paige Jones Photos
Community Calendar: October 24, 2019
– Fair Board Meeting Oct. 24, 2019 at the Extension Office Kitchen, Meeker, 6:00 P.M. – Costume 5K Saturday, Oct. 26 at Elks Park in Rangely. Registration 9:30 a.m., run begins at 10 a.m. All ages welcome. $30 for runners. Contact WRBM for more info at 970-675-8211. – 4-H Open[Read More…]
Community Networking Oct. 28
RANGELY | You are invited to the Rangely Community Networking meeting on Monday, Oct. 28 from 12-1:30 p.m. on the Rangely Campus in the Weiss Conference Room. This month we have House District 57 Representative Perry Will joining us for a town hall style meeting. He will come and talk[Read More…]
Fall community education classes
MEEKER | Social Media Marketing: Next Steps—Monday, Oct. 28 and Nov. 4, 10 a.m. to noon. Develop strategies to market your business on all major social media marketing platforms. Presentation Creation—Tuesday, Nov. 5 and 11, 10 a.m. to noon. Use PowerPoint and Prezi to produce flyers, presentations and handouts. Google[Read More…]
GOOD SAMARITANS …
On the morning of Sept. 26, Rio Blanco County employees were traveling to Rangely on Hwy. 64, when their ordinary day turned them into heroes. They stopped to assist a man in a medical emergency by giving him CPR and assuring safety to those giving aid. Pictured: Deputy Max Becker,[Read More…]
Concert for all ages
RANGELY | The concert finale for the 2019 season of the Tank will be Wednesday, Oct. 23 from 6:30-8:15 p.m. at Rangely High School auditorium. Musicians from Texas, Leadville and the Front Range will play Classic Rock, Americana, Bluegrass and Blues, opening up for multi-instrumentalist/ composer/entertainer Thomas Helton. Bill Aspinwall and friends[Read More…]
County Beat: October 17, 2019
RBC | The Rio Blanco County Board of Commissioners heard from Jim Paul, the director for the Tank Center for Sonic Arts in Rangely, on Tuesday in Rangely. The Tank, a non-profit organization, is hoping to make some major improvements to the landscape around the concert and recording venue in[Read More…]
GoFundMe set up for children of couple killed in Hwy. 13 accident
RBC | The couple killed in a double fatality accident on Monday, Oct. 7 that closed Hwy. 13 south of Meeker for approximately three hours have been identified as Casey and Briana Grossnickle, both 39, of Grand Junction, Colorado. Keith Griffitts, the other driver involved in the head-on collision, was[Read More…]
