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.
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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…]
Letter to the Editor: In defense of entrance to justice center; people so rude
Dear Editor: I would like to express my disappointment with the residents of Meeker regarding their criticism of the front entrance of the justice center.
Federal, state agencies tell county stockgrowers what 2016 holds; commissioners offer updates
RBC I Saturday afternoon brought together livestock producers, elected officials and government representatives for the annual meeting of the Rio Blanco County Stockgrowers.
Letter to the Editor: The reason for the ugly justice center entry is what?
Dear Editor: I recently had personal contact with a county employee over the issue of the ugliest security entrance to their justice center (you note I said “their” and for sure it’s not mine) and was told there just wasn’t any rock available.
Letter to the Editor: Not fond of south entrance to new county justice center
Dear Editor: Rio Blanco Herald Times Editor Sean McMahon’s “From my Window” editorial column commented Feb. 4 about the tan brick appearance on the south entrance to the soon-to-open new Rio Blanco County Justice Center reported very unfavorable and widely shared opinions by many Meeker taxpayers and voters.
BLM proposes emissions rules; regulations may aid gas and oil
RBC I On Jan. 22, as “Snowzilla” was about to hit Washington D.C. and much of the East Coast, Secretary of Interior Sally Jewell announced much-anticipated rules on emissions from oil and gas production on Bureau of Land Management-administered leases.
