County
River permit changes
With the start of Dinosaur National Monument’s river permit lottery on the National Recreation Reservation System last year, more changes are coming for 2015. Applicants who successfully secure a launch will now confirm their acceptance of the date they won and pay for the permit online. After payment is verified,[Read More…]
Another View: Oil boom hasn’t busted, but our falling oil prices can’t be ignored
RBC I It was just last month that I asked, in this magazine (High Country News), whether falling oil prices would kill the shale revolution. At the time, a “low” price for oil was $80 per barrel, which was more than 30 percent lower than the summer high.
Unemployment rate in Rio Blanco County up to 3 percent in Nov.
RBC I The unseasonably adjusted unemployment rate inched up half a percent during November in Rio Blanco County. The increase was the first in the past 12 months, following a low of 2.5 percent in October.
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Party set for officials’ retirement
RBC I The Rio Blanco County Clerk and Recorder’s Office will host a retirement party on Jan. 9 for County Clerk Nancy Amick and assistant Jackie Brennan, who are both retiring after several years of service.
Four die, 564 arrested during holiday DUI sweep
DENVER I The after-party was in a jail cell for 564 Coloradans who drove impaired during the 10-day holiday party DUI enforcement period. The Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT), Colorado State Patrol (CSP) and more than 60 law enforcement agencies managed checkpoints, patrolled the highways and arrested impaired drivers throughout[Read More…]
Top hunting, fishing area opens to public along Yampa drainage
RBC I Western Rivers Conservancy, the Bureau of Land Management and the U.S. Forest Service have now completed conservation of a historic property at the confluence of the Yampa River and Sarvis Creek. The project conserves outstanding fish and wildlife habitat and opens new public access to a prime stretch[Read More…]
Don’t let your child’s brain go on vacation during holidays
RBC I You may have heard of “summer slide”—when those summer months cause kids to lose all that glorious information and knowledge they acquired during the school year. But even shorter breaks can cause education rifts for students, too.
Colorado revving up promotion for state’s scenic byways
RBC I As we head towards 2015, the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) is suggesting another type of New Year’s resolution for Coloradans: experience the byways!
Guest Editorial: Opinions differ widely on the future of natural gas in country
RBC I The wide-scale deployment of hydraulic fracturing, the technique of blasting water and chemicals into the ground to release trapped hydrocarbons, has, over the last decade, vaulted the U.S. into the position of leading natural gas producer in the world.
Sheriff Woodruff gets Purple Heart for knife incident
RBC I Rio Blanco County Sheriff Si Woodruff was awarded the Purple Heart by the Rio Blanco County Sheriff’s Office Saturday in recognition of his on-duty stab wound to the abdomen sustained in Meeker in August.
