A differing view on global warming Dear Editor: In response to Mr. Prosence’s letter on May 7, I have felt compelled to retort with some quick facts about the truth of what he refers to as “HCGW,” but what the rest of the educated world calls climate change. Right out[Read More…]
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Judge rules against Colowyo, Trapper mines; 120-day window set
RBC I A federal judge ruled Friday that expansions of two Western Slope coal mines approved nearly a decade ago failed to adhere to federal law and consider potential environmental impacts. Judge R. Brooke Jackson said that 2006 and 2007 expansions of the Western Slope’s Colowyo and Trapper mines, which[Read More…]
County 4-H Livestock Judging Team off to a good start
RBC I Members of the Rio Blanco County 4-H Livestock Judging Team have four contests under their belts midway through this season, and team members fared very well at the Four Corners Ag Expo in Cortez, Colo.
Monument brought $16 million in tourism dollars to this area
DINOSAUR I A new National Park Service (NPS) report shows that 250,624 visitors to Dinosaur National Monument in 2014 spent $14,298,400 in communities near the monument. That spending supported 194 jobs in the local area and had a cumulative benefit to the local economy of $16,059,100.
Last in group of poachers severely punished
RBC I Nicholaus J. Rodgers, 32, of Medford, Ore., one of a group of outfitters working out of Mack, Colo., located just south of Rio Blanco County, who was involved in an extensive lion and bobcat poaching scheme in western Colorado and eastern Utah, has received his sentence in U.S.[Read More…]
Letter to the Editor: Delayed ruling on sage grouse doesn’t help anyone
Dear Editor: Sportsmen’s groups are deeply concerned that a motion to strike a rider added to the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), which will delay the September 2015 listing decision for sage-grouse by 10 years, has been defeated. The rider, introduced by Utah Representative Rob Bishop, is non-germane to the[Read More…]
Give moose plenty of space
RBC I Colorado Parks and Wildlife wants to remind people to give wildlife plenty of room, especially when it comes to moose. The moose population is thriving in Colorado and as the number of moose rise, so does the chance for human interaction with them.
Area livestock producers not happy over pay
RBC I In mid-April, the U.S. Department of Labor released a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking titled “Temporary Agricultural Employment of H-2A Foreign Workers in the Herding or Production of Livestock On the Open Range in the United States.”
Road work on County Road 5 underway
MEEKER I Road work on the Rio Blanco County Road 5/Road 3 intersection (approximately milepost 17.5) is underway.
Rio Blanco County on Patrol…
RBC | The following information is a weekly review of the calls for service that were reported to the Rio Blanco County Sheriff’s Office. If you have any questions or would like an explanation of the call types listed please make a comment on this posting. We will not release[Read More…]
No shed collecting in Dinosaur Nat’l Monument
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