RBC I An early morning sunrise viewed from a meadow, forest, mountain or plain while listening to chipmunks shuffle through the leaves is just one of the timeless memories that await big-game, sheep and goat hunters this fall in Colorado. Create a memory like this and many others that come[Read More…]
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Caution: Coyote activity increases in the winter
RBC I With recent media reports of pet conflicts in the Denver area, Colorado Parks and Wildlife wants to remind state residents that coyote activity increases in winter, as coyotes pair up to breed.
How do candidates get on the ballot for an election?
RBC I How does a voter in Colorado get involved in registering their grass roots vote for their political party’s candidate? First, they must be registered with whichever party their candidate is a part of, then they participate in the March 1 party caucuses.
County jail inmate takes own life in cell
RBC I The Rio Blanco County Sheriff’s Office announced Tuesday morning that a 55-year-old woman was found deceased in her cell on Monday from a suspected suicide.
Dinosaur seeks comments about removal of park mountain goats
DINO I The National Park Service (NPS) is seeking public input on a draft management plan to restrict or remove exotic Rocky Mountain goats (Oreamnos americanus, herein referred to as mountain goats) in Dinosaur National Monument, located in northwest Colorado and northeast Utah.
Open house Friday, Saturday for county’s new Justice Center
RBC I All appears to be going well and progressing on schedule for the new Rio Blanco County Justice Center on Main Street in Meeker, the site of the old Meeker Elementary School.
From My Window: Russell George to be great loss; students looking at move to college
For the betterment of society, some people just shouldn’t be allowed to retire. But at age 70 and after an incredibly productive career in service to the people of Colorado as well as its government, Russell George deserves to sit back, retire and enjoy the life he has been too[Read More…]
Colorado Health Foundation CEO visits area…
CEO of the Colorado Health Foundation Karen McNeil-Miller of Denver, led an entourage of healthcare-interested support folks to Meeker and Craig on Monday.
Bennet amendment to aid bow hunters
RBC I Colorado U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet has introduced an amendment to provide bow hunters with access to some of the country’s prime hunting lands. The measure would allow bow hunters with sheathed archery equipment to cross national park lands along established trails or corridors to access adjacent hunting lands.
Weather raises concerns for wildlife survival in state
RBC I Colorado Parks and Wildlife managers in the state’s Northwest Region say the most recent blast of snow and frigid temperatures has created conditions similar to some of the most extreme winters in the state during the past 35 years.
SBA’s Emerging Leaders program open to state entrepreneurs
RBC I The U.S. Small Business Administration’s Emerging Leaders executive-level training series is launching in Colorado and 50 other cities and communities across the country this year.
County ranch sells for $9 million
RBC I An 18-mile span of land on the White River between Rangely and Meeker was recently brokered by Hall and Hall and sold for $9.5 million. The Wyatt Ranches’ White River Division, a large, established year-round cow/calf operation on approximately 137 total acres, includes roughly 11,870 deeded acres and[Read More…]
