The human trafficking awareness mobile exhibit will be in Meeker Saturday from 6 a.m. to noon at the Meeker Elementary School and Sunday at the Meeker Public Library from 12:30-3:30 p.m., and in Rangely at the Jr./Sr. High School after an 11 a.m. assembly Monday, at CNCC until 3 p.m.[Read More…]
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Community Calendar
• RBC Fair Board Meeting April 25, 6 p.m. Extension Office Kitchen, Meeker. • Interested in learning Mah-jongg? Come join us at the Meeker Public Library. Thursday evenings through the month of April. 6:30 to 8 p.m. • Arbor Day tree planting April 26 at noon at Paintbrush Park. Join[Read More…]
Commissioner Briefing – BLM Travel RMP Amendment
Days Gone By: April 18, 2019
The Meeker Herald 125 years ago – Yesterday was Arbor Day but it was only indifferently observed here in Meeker. This apathy should not exist. The planting of trees enhances the value of the individual’s property and beautifies the town. A town with shady streets impresses visitors favorably. – The[Read More…]
New oil and gas advocacy group
RBC | Natural gas resources in the Piceance and Uintah basins of Colorado and Utah could help regional and global communities thrive economically and environmentally—if more production and infrastructure expansion efforts are approved. The Consumer Energy Alliance (CEA), the leading consumer advocate for energy, has released a report on “Natural[Read More…]
County Beat: April 18, 2019
RBC | The Rio Blanco Board of County Commissioners meeting was called to order on April 15 in Rangely, Colorado at 11:03 a.m. Commissioners Si Woodruff, Jeff Rector and Gary Moyer were all in attendance. The commissioners made a change to the April 15 agenda by postponing the bid award for the[Read More…]
Weekly Call Review: April 8-14, 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…]
Potato Bake in Meeker April 24
MEEKER | Come to the Rio Blanco Masonic Center at 7th and Park on Wednesday, April 24 from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. for the annual Potato Bake fundraiser. Get a giant potato filled with all the fixings, plus salad, drink and dessert for $8. Proceeds benefit the Meeker High[Read More…]
Thank a dispatcher during Telecommunications Week
RBC | For communication centers in the United States, one opportunity for recognition is National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week. It’s the second week of April every year and became law on March 26, 1992, by an act of Congress. In doing so, Congress acknowledged that we “daily serve the public[Read More…]
Community Networking Meeting April 23
RANGELY | Plan to attend the next Community Networking Group meeting April 23 from 12-1:30 p.m. in the Weiss Conference Room at CNCC. Presenting will be Rangely Community Hospital. The hospital board members will be speaking about the mill levy initiative that will be coming in November from the hospital[Read More…]
Natural Resources Conservation Services accepting applications conservation easement programs
RBC | The Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) in Colorado is currently accepting applications for enrollment into the Agriculture Conservation Easement Program—Agriculture Land/Wetland Reserve Easement (ACEP-ALE, ACEP-WRE) program. The purpose of the ACEP-ALE program is to protect the agricultural viability, grazing uses and related conservation values by limiting nonagricultural uses[Read More…]
Human trafficking awareness campaign coming to RBC
RBC | Ask someone what comes to mind when you say “human trafficking” and you’ll to get a handful of differing responses. What those answers will likely have in common is the notion our rural Colorado communities are somehow immune. The facts indicate otherwise. That was the revelation that[Read More…]
