– Summer Line-Up Registration is now open for summer activities! ERBM Recreation & Park District 970-878-3403 – WRBM CLOSED May 28 for Memorial Day. 970-675-8211. – Meeker Recreation Center Modified Hours. The pool will be closed and the Meeker Recreation Center will be open from 8 a.m. until noon May[Read More…]
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Third annual Visit Rangely Day today
RANGELY | The third annual Visit Rangely Day is Thursday, May 24 from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Visit the rock art sites, The Tank, the Rangely Outdoor Museum, the Rangely Automotive Museum and lunch and learn with Andrea at Miles Media.
Wild Bunch Grand Opening May 25
RANGELY | The grand opening celebration for the Wild Bunch Consortium will be Friday, May 25 with a ribbon cutting at noon at 258 E. Main St. in Rangely. Hot dogs and snacks will be provided. The business opened April 2 and offers accounting, adventure photography, bike repair, stand-up paddle[Read More…]
Dinosaur Natl. Monument creates $20 mil. in economic benefits
DINOSAUR | A new National Park Service (NPS) report shows that 315,589 visitors to Dinosaur National Monument in 2017 spent $18,479,400 in communities near the park. That spending supported 231 jobs in the local area and had a cumulative benefit to the local economy of $20,400,200. “Dinosaur National Monument welcomes[Read More…]
Trooper Tips: Semi-truck safety
By Gary Cutler Colorado State Trooper RBC | When looking at driving safety in our state, it has to be looked at from every angle. This month, I want to talk about driving on the road with semi-trucks. A semi with a trailer is approximately 70 feet on average. Think[Read More…]
Buffalo Horn, BLM try for land exchange again
RBC | More than 50 people, primarily landowners and outdoorsmen, shared their concerns about the initial draft of a proposed land exchange between Buffalo Horn Properties, Inc., and the Bureau of Land Management in 2017. Their comments, almost entirely in opposition to the exchange, prompted BLM to revise the proposal,[Read More…]
WWII B-25 coming to Colorado
By DOC WATSON Special to the Herald Times RBC | The Commemorative Air Force (CAF), out of Airbase Arizona, is bringing the B-25 Mitchell bomber “Maid in the Shade” to the Rocky Mountain Metropolitan Airport in Broomfield from June 4-10 not only for viewing and touring, but also for flying.[Read More…]
4H Livestock Judging Team …
The RBC Livestock Judging Team had a good day at the Routt County Livestock Judging Contest in Hayden, Colo., on May 12. Matthew Willey, Tatumn Kennedy, Macy Collins, Marryn Shults and Hayden Shults. COURTESY PHOTO
Prescribed burn serves dual purpose
By Doc Watson Special to the Herald Times MEEKER | In a joint effort of the U.S. Forest Service and other agencies, there was a “prescribed burn” of some 500-plus acres in the Miller Creek area on May 9, utilizing state-of-the-art equipment, for the two-fold purpose of minimizing fuel in[Read More…]
Days Gone By: May 17, 2018
The Meeker Herald — 100 years ago – The White River Oil company received its big transportation trucks this week. – Two large trucks were seen in Grand Junction last week on their way to the Rangely field. They are a part of the new equipment being brought in by[Read More…]
Weekly Call Review: May 7-13, 2018
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…]
County Beat: May 17, 2018
Deputy accepted to FBI academy Rio Blanco County Sheriff’s Deputy Lt. Jeremy Muxlow has been accepted to the FBI National Academy in Quantico, Va., for a 10-week training program this summer. He’ll be the first RBC law enforcement officer to attend the program since the 1970s, when former Sheriff Bob[Read More…]
