County

CPW looks to add tiger muskie on Western Slope

RBC I Colorado Parks and Wildlife will continue its evaluation of tiger muskie as an alternative angling opportunity on the Western Slope.

June 25, 2014 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

Craig man dies riding in county

RBC I A 911 call to the Rio Blanco County Communications Center in Meeker reported an injured horseback rider in a remote area of eastern Rio Blanco County, east of Ripple Creek Pass and south of but between Baldy Mountain and Pyramid Peak.

June 25, 2014 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

Residents gain with SS delay

RBC I Rio Blanco County residents who are nearing retirement age can increase their lifetime income if they can wait a bit to start drawing Social Security benefits.

June 24, 2014 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

Guest Editorial: Facts on fracking are ignored; fear is only tool for environmentalists

RBC I Researchers in Colorado just came forward with a shocking claim: hydraulic fracturing, or “fracking,” the decades-old method of using a high-velocity mixture of water, sand and chemicals to blast through rock to release oil and gas deposits, causes birth defects. There’s just one hitch: it isn’t true.

June 23, 2014 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

Tipton wants local input on USFS travel management plans

RBC I Last week, U.S. Rep. Scott Tipton (R-CO) stressed the need for legislation to require the U.S. Forest Service (USFS) to collaborate with affected local communities on travel management plans before implementing new rules.

June 22, 2014 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

House burns down in Piceance Creek; resident hospitalized

PICEANCE CREEK I The Rio Blanco County Sheriff’s Office received a 911 call at 9:29 p.m. last Thursday that a structure was on fire at 23404 County Road 5, which is in the rural Piceance Creek area, 45 miles southwest of Meeker. According to a press release from the sheriff’s[Read More…]

June 22, 2014 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

CPW: Stay away from young wildlife, birds

RBC I This is the time of year when wild animals give birth to their young, and Colorado Parks and Wildlife asks that residents and visitors not approach, touch or handle young animals. “We know that people are trying to be helpful, but the young animals are best cared for[Read More…]

June 21, 2014 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

Environmentalists protect Meeker waters, other sites

RBC I A proposal by WildEarth Guardians to give the highest protection possible to 200 miles of streams in the White River National Forest in Colorado was approved on June 10.

June 20, 2014 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

County

Draft of county master trails plan presented to the public

RBC I At the last of three public workshops held in Rangely and Meeker June 4 and 5, Fort Collins-based Great Outdoors Consultants (GOC) presented a master plan for a trail system looping around the county, with special recreation areas (SRAs) proposed around the primary loop.

June 19, 2014 by Heather Zadra Comments are Disabled

Time runs short for county voters to turn in ballots for election

RBC I For those affiliated with any of three political parties in Rio Blanco County, Tuesday is Election Day, when all ballots in the mail-in or drop-in vote must be submitted by 7 p.m.

June 19, 2014 by Sean McMahon Comments are Disabled

CNCC gets nursing grant for $78,000

RANGELY I CNCC grants administrator Michael Melneck announced last week that the Caring for Colorado Foundation has awarded a $78,661 grant to Colorado Northwestern Community College to improve simulation capacities in the college’s nursing program, which is on the Craig campus.

June 18, 2014 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

Foust new superintendent at Dinosaur Nat’l Monunment

DINOSAUR I Mark Foust, a 26-year veteran of the National Park Service (NPS), has been named superintendent of Dinosaur National Monument, which straddles the northeastern Utah and northwestern Colorado borders, intermountain regional director Sue Masica has announced.

June 18, 2014 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled