County
Properly preserve foods for fair
RBC I It is time to start thinking about preserved foods exhibits for the Rio Blanco County Fair in July. There is nothing a fair judge enjoys more than awarding ribbons to exhibits, but nothing is more disappointing than being unable to do so because there is no way to[Read More…]
History Colorado taking grant applications
RBC I History Colorado is announcing the second grant application deadline of 2015 for its nationally recognized historic preservation grants program, the State Historical Fund.
Trans-Pacific Partnership could kick off new boom
RBC I Rifle, Colo., a quintessential Western energy boomtown, has fallen on hard times. High natural gas prices spurred a drilling boom in the surrounding Piceance Basin in the early 2000s. Then, in 2008, prices crashed due to an oversupply of natural gas in the North American market, and Rifle[Read More…]
Colorado NFIB head says: New water rules not good for state
RBC I The White House on Friday approved an Environmental Protection Agency and Army Corps of Engineers’ rule that could give the agencies vast new power over water. The impact of this will be felt by every farmer and rancher in Colorado who happens to have a farm pond or[Read More…]
Letter to the Editor: Sometimes longshots win; vote for Sanders
Dear Editor: Gandhi said, “First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win.” He might have been talking about Bernie Sanders’ run for president.
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Beer makes way into local coal issue
RBC I As the controversy over the future of the ColoWyo Coal Mine heats up, an unlikely commodity has been pulled into the debate—beer.
Application deadline for fall turkey season is less than a month away
RBC I The application deadline for fall turkey hunting, September to October, is July 9, just less than a month away. Colorado Parks and Wildlife encourages sportsmen of all interests to give this unique challenge a try.
Western counties battling feds with use of ‘coordination’
RBC I Suzy Foss became a Ravalli County, Mont., commissioner during the 2010 Tea Party wave. Sixty-five years of age with a Sarah Palin vibe—stylish glasses, brown hair and bangs—Foss raises Arabian horses and border collies on a ranch abutting the Bitterroot National Forest, which takes up three-quarters of the[Read More…]
Workshop June 25 for small ag hydropower
MEEKER I Rio Blanco County residents are invited to learn about small-power hydropower for agriculture at a free workshop on June 25, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., at Meeker Library.
CORRECTION: Natural Soda
RANGELY I An error was made in the June 4 edition of the Rio Blanco Herald Times in reference to the AGNC story on Page 2 regarding Natural Soda and Colowyo. Sara Schaeffner was misidentified as president and CEO of Enirgi Group when she is, in fact, president and CEO[Read More…]
