Ads for 04/02/15 ANNOUNCEMENTS ATV, Boat and Snowmobile Owners! You can now renew your Colorado OHV registrations on line at: www.parks.state.co.us The Rio Blanco Herald Times accepts all major credit cards. You can fax your classified ad or subscription to (970)878-4016 or email to: [email protected] RIO BLANCO Masonic Lodge #80[Read More…]
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Deadline for limited hunting licenses in the state will be April 7
RBC I Colorado Parks and Wildlife is reminding hunters that the application deadline for the 2015 limited license draw is April 7, and now is the time to start preparing.
Prescribed burns set for 25 miles SW of Meeker
MEEKER I Fire managers from the Northwest Colorado Fire Management Unit are planning to burn 550 acres of sagebrush in the next couple of weeks if weather and air quality conditions are favorable.
RBC WARRANTY DEEDS~July 2014
SELLER: SDWIX Ventures LLC BUYER: White River Convenience LLC DESCRIPTION: TOWN OF MEEKER 7 26 793 MARKET ST TOWN OF MEEKER 8 26 793 MARKET ST TRANSACTION PRICE: $550,000.00 SELLER: Lendy Lancaster BUYER: Kristin Cushman DESCRIPTION: EAGLES WINGS SUBDIVISON RE-SUBDIVISION LOTS 2,3 4 292365 2A 213 E RANGELY AVE TRANSACTION[Read More…]
County offers one free load at landfill
RBC I Rio Blanco County residents should watch for a valuable landfill coupon mailed March 24 that allows each county household the opportunity to haul as much acceptable debris as will fit on one load (up to a pickup and any size trailer) to the county landfill free of charge[Read More…]
Letter to the Editor: County planning for oil and gas future
Dear Editor: The West Slope Colorado Oil & Gas Association counts Rio Blanco County among the most business and industry friendly places in Colorado. This fact is important because recent discoveries of natural gas in the Niabrara and Mancos Shales, on top of the already well known robust energy reserves[Read More…]
One Person’s Opinion: Sportsmen’s bill may open public lands
RBC I U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-New Mexico, was hunting Barbary sheep in the southeastern part of his state a few weeks ago, and had a stark reminder of a problem he’s trying to fix with a bipartisan sportsmen’s bill.
GUEST OPINION: Federal lands should revert to the states
RBC I For more than a century the western United States has engaged in a debate over federal control of Western lands. This debate, which started early in the 1880s, gained popularity during the 1970s and ‘80s, when President Ronald Reagan declared himself a member of the Sagebrush Rebellion, a[Read More…]
Rifle airfield gets huge aerial firefighting center
RIFLE I The Division of Fire Prevention and Control (DFPC) presented its recommendations and selection of Rifle-Garfield County Airport to Gov. John Hickenlooper as host community for the Center of Excellence for Advanced Technology Aerial Firefighting.
From My Window… It appears as though state has lost 1,500 RBC workers
Looking out my window this week offers me a cloudy picture of what is going on in our fair county and/or state.
BOCES to offer new contract to director
RBC I The Rio Blanco Board of Cooperative Educational Services (BOCES), which is composed of the combined Meeker and Rangely school board members, met March 12 in Meeker to review the preliminary budget for next year and to assess Executive Director Teresa Schott.
One Person’s Opinion: Should we protect our federal lands for, or from, humans?
RBC I You may have heard that conservation biologists are arguing with each other. Some say nature should be protected “for” humans; others say it should be protected “from humans;” others say it’s possible to do both.
