RANGELY I Seeking additional public input from the west end of the county regarding the county’s building codes and building inspection process, the Rio Blanco County Commissioners held a meeting in Rangely last Tuesday, following a similar meeting Monday in Meeker. The commissioners heard from local contractors, firefighters, residents and[Read More…]
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Trooper Tips: What are you carrying in your truck?
RBC I Summer is getting closer. You can tell by the occasional warm day that reminds you the lawn mower may need to be tuned up. So this means yard work is not too far in the future.
Weekly Call Review: April 15-21, 2019
The following information is a weekly review of the calls for service that were reported to the Rio Blanco County Sheriff’s Communications Office. If you have any questions or would like an explanation of the call types listed please call 878-9600. We will not regularly post any information as to[Read More…]
Days Gone By: May 2, 2019
The Meeker Herald 125 years ago – L.B Walbridge was appointed conservator of the estate of Robert McKee by the county court on Monday last. Nothing has as yet been hear from the asylum regarding Bob’s conditions – Rube Oldland and Hank Leonard were up from Piceance Wednesday attending to[Read More…]
BY THE BYLAWS …
The RBC Republican Bylaws Committee held their organizational meeting on April 27. They will be working on amendments, revisions and updates to the RBCRC bylaws for the next few weeks. Andy Key, RBC Republican Precinct 2 Chair; Commissioner Gary Moyer; Ramona Smalec, RBC Republican Central Committee Sec/Treas.; Terry Smalec, RBC[Read More…]
MoCo Rural School Reunion meeting
MEEKER | On May 16 there will be another organizational meeting in the basement of the Museum of Northwest Colorado at 2 p.m. to plan the upcoming Moffat County Rural School Reunion that will be held June 15 at the Luttrell Barn in Craig, Colorado. Anyone interested should attend. For[Read More…]
107th Old Timer’s Reunion June 1
MEEKER | The 107th annual Old Timer’s Reunion dinner and dance will be held at the Fairfield Center in Meeker on June 1. Doors open at 3 p.m. followed by a social hour, dinner, business meeting and dance. To determine your eligibility to attend, visit http://rbcpioneers.org/. Tickets are $35 per[Read More…]
Omission
MEEKER | In last week’s HT article about the I.O.O.F. building history, we failed to mention that the building was owned by Ruckman Construction from 1973 to sometime in the early 1990s, and housed Rocky Mountain TLC, A Kay Bivens Frame Shop, Ruckman’s Paint Store as well as Ruckman Construction.[Read More…]
RBC Warranty Deeds: Nov. 2018 through Mar. 2019
NOVEMBER SELLER: JAMES NEFF BUYER: THOMAS AND KARIN DIETRICH DESCRIPTION: TOWN OF MEEKER 1, 2 98 567 12TH STREET TRANSACTION PRICE: $187,000.00 SELLER: LEE OVERTON BUYER: DALLAS AND KARYN COLLINS DESCRIPTION: TOWN OF MEEKER 4 98 1256 CLEVELAND STREET TRANSACTION PRICE: $192,900.00 SELLER: MICHAEL AND LAUREL MULLINS BUYER: LARRY GALLEGOS[Read More…]
MHS Drama Club presents “Pippin”
MEEKER | The Meeker High School drama program will present three performances of the Broadway musical “Pippin” on May 9, 10 and 11 at 7 p.m. in the Meeker High School auditorium. Tickets are $5 at the door.
NRCS app cutoff May 10
MEEKER | Colorado landowners have until Friday, May 10 to submit an application for enrollment into the Natural Resources Conservation Service’s (NRCS) Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP). Eligible applications received after the cutoff period may be considered during a later time and will be processed throughout the fiscal year as needed.[Read More…]
Caerus layoffs due to “normal” review
RBC | Reports that energy company Caerus Oil and Gas laid off 20 people in the Piceance Basin prompted calls to the company for an official statement. The HT received an email from Caerus’s media representative, Jeremy Story of GroundFloor Media, Monday which stated, “As a result of a restructuring,[Read More…]
