RBC I The filing deadline for nomination petitions to be turned in for the Meeker and Rangely town council elections was 5 p.m. on Monday, and there are enough candidates this year to have elections in both towns. According to Meeker Town Clerk Lisa Cook, Mayor Regas Halandras filed his[Read More…]
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Local comments needed to assist Trapper Mining’s future
RBC I Trapper Mining on Monday called on the northwest Colorado community and energy consumers across Colorado and the Rocky Mountain West to review and provide comment on a draft Environmental Assessment (EA) developed for Trapper Mining by the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSMRE). The draft EA[Read More…]
Snowy roads keep County Road and Bridge crews busy meeting challenges
RBC I It keeps snowing and snowing. Some storms drop just a skiff of snow while others produce several inches of the powder. This winter, it depends on where in Rio Blanco County one is standing.
Conservation districts launch horse, burro info
RBC I The White River and Douglas Creek conservation districts joined with the National Horse and Burro Rangeland Management Coalition (Coalition) to launch a public information and education campaign to provide insights to the general public of the challenges excess wild horses and burros pose to Western rangelands.
A Look at the News: Who killed the XL Pipeline?
RBC I On Earth Day 2014, a group of farmers, ranchers and Native Americans who live along the proposed Keystone XL pipeline route marched and rode horseback through Washington, D.C., wearing cowboy hats and feather headdresses. On the National Mall, they erected tipis and held ceremonies; a couple of days[Read More…]
RBCHS has annual meeting, officers the same
RBC I The Rio Blanco County Historical Society hosted its annual meeting on Sunday afternoon at the Old West Heritage Culture Center, which included a recap of the 2015 accomplishments as well as the election of officers for 2016.
Hal Pearce wears three hats with USFS; Meeker native ready to resume normal jobs
RBC I Meeker-area native Hal Pearce currently wears three hats within his duties at the U.S. Forest Service and he is awaiting the day in the “hopefully” not-too-distant future when he only has to fill two hats.
County jobless rate up slightly
RBC I For the second month in a row, the unemployment rate in Rio Blanco County has gone up, and the increase from 4.5 percent of the available workforce to 4.9 percent of that workforce is the largest increase in the county’s jobless rate in two years.
Marsh mallards chosen as top art for waterfowl stamp
RBC I Colorado Parks and Wildlife and the Colorado Wildlife Heritage Foundation are pleased to announce the winner of the 2016 Waterfowl Stamp Art Competition.
MSD, RSD superintendents displeased with ACT switch; state may delay action
RBC I The state may be reconsidering its most recent state testing change, and that would make local school superintendents happy.
Grouse, clean air topics of turmoil for West states
RBC I When Interior Secretary Sally Jewell announced in September that the greater sage grouse would not be listed as endangered, Nevada’s Brian Sandoval, a Republican, was one of four Western governors applauding. States retained management of the bird in what Sandoval described as a “big win” resulting from intense[Read More…]
Including Rio Blanco County, all state watersheds above normal
RBC I Including the Yampa and White River Basin, all Colorado river basins reported above-normal snow water equivalent as of the last day of 2015.
