Ads for 03/05/15 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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CPW wants cut in bear population
RBC I Colorado Parks and Wildlife held a meeting in Rangely on Feb. 1 to discuss the future of the thriving local bear population.
County Dems elect officers
RBC I Twenty-some Democrats and guests gathered Sunday at Kilowatt Korner in Meeker to officially “reorganize” their county party as required by state law and to learn from a pair of well-versed speakers.
Corrections
The Jason Hightower Memorial Fund will be part of the Meeker Education Foundation’s overall effort to raise monies to support grants to teachers for their needs in their classrooms. MEF President Mary Strang said, “If the Hightower Fund becomes large enough, it could be managed as its own endowment. Until[Read More…]
Two sides still divided on plans for gathering horses
RBC I For many years, the issue of wild horse population management has been an emotional topic in Northwest Colorado. Many highly invested parties have strong feelings regarding proper herd size, management and possible round up of local wild horses, and their varied opinions often put them at odds with[Read More…]
Letter to the Editor: Something can be done with wild horses
Dear Editor: In response to the gathering of wild horses in the Western states. All animals, domestic or wild, have to be controlled in numbers that match the feed they consume or they will all starve to death.
Ads for 02/26/15 ANNOUNCEMENTS ATV, Boat and Snowmobile Owners! You can now renew your Colorado OHV registrations online 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 meets[Read More…]
Letter to the Editor: Comments on wild horse gathering
Dear Editor: On the front page of the Feb. 5 Herald Times, I read a press release by the local BLM requesting comments on local wild horse gathers. Comments were to be submitted prior to Feb. 14 and cannot be kept private by the BLM. My comments will not make[Read More…]
234 DUIs over Super Bowl weekend; St. Patrick’s Day next
RBC I While the Seahawks failed to become back-to-back Super Bowl champions against the Patriots, state law enforcement agencies did repeat a successful weekend of DUI enforcement.
Guest Editorial: Easy entitlement access undermines nation’s work ethic
RBC I “Our greatest primary task is to put people to work.” — Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1933. Although sometimes considered the father of the American entitlement state, FDR understood that our sense of achievement and self-sufficiency comes from our work.
Thin ice…
One Man’s Opinion: Bad facts cloud reality about fracking
RBC I The American Southwest is undergoing a spike in seismic activity. A new U.S. Geological Survey shows that a small basin on the New Mexico-Colorado border experienced 20 times more serious earthquakes between 2001 and 2011 than it had during the previous 30 years.
