PRESS RELEASE RBC | CPW has been focused on creating a significantly expanded management program throughout the first year of voter-approved wolf restoration in Colorado. The efforts support the implementation of the Colorado Gray Wolf Restoration and Management Plan as the agency prepares for the second capture and release[Read More…]
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Part 2: Colorado has big dreams to use more water from the Colorado River. But will planned reservoirs ever be built?
Editor’s Note: This is the second part of an in-depth story published by Aspen Journalism in December. RBC | But some experts say these proposed reservoirs are unrealistic wishes of the past, a vestige of the mid-20th century frenzy of dam building across the West that is mismatched for[Read More…]
RIO HAPPENINGS: Dec 22-28, 2024
ARRESTS 12/27/2024- A 41 year-old female was arrested by Meeker PD on a warrant for Misuse of Official Information, Embezzlement of Public Property, Theft and Cybercrime. She was transported to jail and bonded out the same day. CALL SUMMARIES 12/22/2024 @ 11:32 am. A rooster attack occurred in the town[Read More…]
COMMUNITY CALENDAR – January 2nd, 2025
Library Book Club MEEKER | The Meeker Public Library book club is reading An Unfinished Love Story by Doris Kearns Goodwin. We will meet to discuss the book at the Meeker Public Library on Monday, Jan. 13, at 1 p.m. Extra copies are available for check out at the library[Read More…]
Ways to reduce risk of dementia revealed in new research
RBC | Dementia, a disease with profound effects on families, loved ones and caregivers, affects more than 55 million people globally, including 6 million in the U.S. New research shows people can reduce their risks by making even small changes in their daily routines, for example, through exercise and eating[Read More…]
New mobile app makes it easier to check avalanche conditions
PRESS RELEASE RBC | Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) and the Colorado Avalanche Information Center (CAIC) have partnered together to add avalanche forecasts and warnings to the Colorado Trail Explorer (COTREX) mobile app to make checking avalanche conditions even more accessible to winter outdoor recreationists. Colorado is known for[Read More…]
Days Gone By – January 2nd, 2025
Meeker Herald ~ 125 years ago John H. Setzler, D.D.S., Wednesday noon December twenty seventh, eighteen hundred and ninety nine, at her home Balzac, Colorado. Miss Peterson was one of White river’s most popular young ladies, and The Herald joins with her host of friends in wishing her and the[Read More…]
Colorado has big dreams to use more water from the Colorado River. But will planned reservoirs ever be built?
Editor’s Note: We plan to republish this in-depth article from Aspen Journalism in several parts over the next few weeks. This is part one. RBC | Nearly two hours east of Grand Junction on a remote dirt road on the Grand Mesa is a nondescript, shallow, sage-brush-covered valley where two[Read More…]
COUNTY BEAT – Commissioners certify mill levies and revenues for the year in special meeting
RBC | Rio Blanco County Commissioners held a brief special meeting on Friday, Dec. 20 to amend resolutions passed earlier this month to correct valuation for property taxes in 2024 to defray the cost of government for 2025. The amended valuations reflect changes from August to December, and are minor[Read More…]
RIO HAPPENINGS: DEC 15-21, 2024
ARRESTS 12/19/2024- A 33 year-old male was arrested on a warrant for 2nd Degree Assault and Domestic Violence. He was taken to jail and bonded out on 12/21/2024. 12/20/2024- A 41 year-old male was arrested on a warrant for Contributing to Delinquency of a Minor and Child Abuse. He was[Read More…]
COMMUNITY CALENDAR – December 26th, 2024
Help the homeless or those less fortunate this month MEEKER | Looking for blankets, sleeping bags, coats, shoes, boots, hats and gloves for all ages, tarps or tents, hygiene products for women and men, sanitary products for women (no tampons), chapsticks, hand warmers, or anything to keep people warm during[Read More…]
Bureau of Land Management plans slash pile burn in RBC
RBC | The Bureau of Land Management plans to burn piles in Rio Blanco County between mid-December and March 31, 2025. The 348-acre project area is in the Piceance Basin approximately 25 miles southwest of Meeker on public lands managed by the White River Field Office. The project is south[Read More…]
