RBC | One week after terminating their contract with former County Attorney Kent Borchard, RBC Commissioners approved a contract agreement with attorney Todd Starr, who resigned as Archuleta County Attorney last summer. Discussion about the county attorney’s position and how to fill it was part of a work session prior to[Read More…]
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Cribbage tournament this Sunday
MEEKER | Spend a fun, relaxing afternoon playing cribbage at the Meeker VFW on Sunday, Jan. 27 from 1-6 p.m. during ERBM Recreation and Park District’s annual Cribbage Tournament. Bring your own board. Register day of; $20/participant; cash only. A percentage of the proceeds will go to the top three[Read More…]
Health department offers free radon test kits during National Radon Action Month
RBC | The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment is offering free radon test kits this month in an effort to protect Coloradans from a leading cause of lung cancer. Approximately half of Colorado homes have radon gas levels that exceed the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s action level. In[Read More…]
Locals feel impact as government shutdown drags on
By NIKI TURNER [email protected] RBC I Despite Rio Blanco County’s distance from Washington, D.C., the partial government shutdown—the longest in U.S. history—affects local residents on many levels. Federal employees in various departments will miss their second paycheck this week as the longest government shutdown in history stretches into its second[Read More…]
Community Calendar: Jan. 24, 2019
– Cribbage Tournament Jan. 27, 1 to 6 p.m. at the Meeker VFW. Bring your own board and 20 for entry. Percentage of tourney proceeds will go to the top three winners and the remainder will be donated to the VFW. ERBM Recreation & Park District 970-878- 3403. – Escape[Read More…]
Days Gone By: Jan. 17, 2019
The Meeker Herald 125 years ago – The Meeker Bank received a new typewriter the other day and now everybody from the manager down to Vic is too busy and preoccupied to say “How-dydoo” – Sheriff Searles of Uintah County, Utah, arrived in town in the early part of the week in[Read More…]
Weekly Call Review: Jan. 7-13, 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…]
Appointments to be made to county boards Jan. 28.
RBC | This is the third article in a series reviewing the purpose and function of 10 panels to which the board of county commissioners (BOCC) will be making appointments at its regular Jan. 28 meeting. Each of the 10 boards have vacancies. The BOCC urges anyone interested in appointment to[Read More…]
Big game season structure topic of Meeker meeting
MEEKER | Approximately 50 people gathered at Mountain Valley Bank in Meeker Jan. 7 as participants in Colorado Parks and Wildlife’s (CPW) public involvement meeting about what the five-year big game season structure beginning in 2020 should look like. Rio Blanco County outfitter and CPW Commission member Marie Haskett, and CPW[Read More…]
Henderson completes Sea Year training
MEEKER | Midshipman John C. Henderson, son of Kristen and George Henderson, of Meeker recently completed Sea Year training at the United States Merchant Marine Academy (USMMA) at Kings Point, N.Y. Henderson was nominated to the elite federal service academy by Congressman Scott Tipton and is a graduate of Meeker[Read More…]
More snow needed to make up last year’s deficits
RBC | After a below normal December, Colorado’s snowpack is approaching a pivotal point during the winter. Snowpack in the Yampa, White and North Platte basins is above normal at 104 percent of the median.Precipitation for December was 64 percent of average and water year-to-date precipitation is 101 percent of average.[Read More…]
County Beat: Jan. 17, 2019
RBC | Local Access Internet (LAI), one of the former service providers for county broadband, was the first topic of discussion at the workshops prior to the Jan. 14 commissioners’ meeting. Communications Director Cody Crooks asked the Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) if they wanted to pursue the findings from the[Read More…]
