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…]
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Meeker Classic coming Sept. 6-10
MEEKER | The 31st annual Meeker Classic Sheepdog Championship Trials begin Wednesday, Sept. 6. Get your tickets now at the Meeker Chamber of Commerce or at Wendll’s, or visit bit.ly/2wqJPB7 to buy online. For a complete schedule of events, including new attractions this year, see www.meekersheepdog.com.
Welcome an exchange student to America
RBC | Bring the world together by hosting a foreign exchange student. World Heritage Student Exchange Program, a public benefit organization, is seeking local host families for high school students from over 30 countries: Spain, Germany, Thailand, Denmark, Portugal, South Korea, Italy, France, The former Soviet Union countries, Norway and[Read More…]
What the last eclipse tells us about the 19th-century West
By Ben Goldfarb High Country News Special to the Herald Times RBC | On Aug. 21, 2017, the moon will ride its elliptical orbit precisely between Earth and sun, plunging the land below into the crepuscule of a total solar eclipse. Beginning at around 10 a.m. Pacific Time, the dark[Read More…]
Promotion …
Rangely museum fundraiser Sept. 4
RANGELY | Arrest your friends, co-workers, family, etc., on Sept. 4 for $2. Or buy a stay-out–of-jail card for $5. It’s $3 to bail yourself out, and $2 to bail someone else out. The fun will start at the parade and continue at Elks Park. Contact Margaret Slaugh at 970-675-2625[Read More…]
Range Call Royalty tryouts Aug. 26
MEEKER | Girls ages 9 to 18 who have their own horses are encouraged to try out for the 2018 Range Call Royalty. There will be a horsemanship clinic Aug. 19 from 9 a.m. to noon, and tryouts will be Aug. 26 beginning at 8:30 a.m. Both events will be[Read More…]
How Colorado Fiber Community is working to prevent future outages
By Paul ReCanzone Special to the Herald Times RBC | When we do surveys to identify the characteristics people consider to be the most important in their internet connection, the three that are always the most prominent are speed, cost, and reliability. Rio Blanco County has implemented a brilliant public-private[Read More…]
Another fair is in the books
RBC | After a couple weeks of intense county fair activity, County Extension Agent Bill Ekstrom, at his office—abuzz with after-fair activity—was philosophical and grateful. First and foremost, he expressed his enthusiasm for the fair—his 32nd in Rio Blanco County—having been the smoothest run fair in his memory. Ekstrom credited[Read More…]
The end of an era…
Trifecta …
Fire ban lifted in county
Special to the Herald Times RBC | The fire ban for unincorporated and private lands in Rio Blanco County was lifted Monday, Aug. 7 following recent rains and a positive long term fire weather outlook, according to the Rio Blanco County Sheriff’s Office (RBCSO). The Bureau of Land Management lifted[Read More…]