BUFORD I The days of box socials and dancing on the old wooden floors of our rural schools are still alive, thanks to the White River Community Association, which invited the community to Buford Rural School this past Saturday evening for a fundraiser.
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Western Slope an incubator for solid businesses
PAONIA I Timm Smith has been in the outdoor gear industry for a decade—just long enough to see one scrappy, independent company after another surrender to the kind of corporatization they once scorned. SmartWool apparel may still be based in Steamboat Springs, Colo., but in 2005 it was bought by[Read More…]
50th anniversary of the Wilderness Act…
County making progress toward bringing broadband
RBC I The Rio Blanco County Broadband Team, under of county Information Technology Director Blake Mobley is making progress toward bringing high-speed, high-capacity broadband services to all of Rio Blanco County. On Thursday, Mobley presented a power point outlining the progress and direction of the broadband effort. A recent Northwest[Read More…]
What’s the county up to?
RBC I Water is a precious commodity. It is the scarcest and most fought-over resource in Rio Blanco County.
Rio Blanco County Fair Results, Part 2 ~ 2014
2014 Livestock Results Open Rabbits
Past hunting photos sought
RBC I The Rio Blanco Herald Times is currently working on its 2014 Northwest Colorado Hunting Guide, and the publication wants your hunting photos from last year or previous years.
Sheriff stabbed, has surgery; Meeker man faces felonies
RBC I Trying to prevent a family situation from blowing up, Rio Blanco County Sheriff Si Woodruff suffered a stab wound to the abdomen on Thursday afternoon and had to be airlifted to Grand Junction, where he underwent surgery to repair the wound.
2014 Fair Results: Part 1
RBC | Below are results from the 2014 Rio Blanco County Fair. The results were furnished by the CSU Extension Office in Meeker.
CPW backs plan to not list the wolverine; Colorado may be fit
DENVER I The United States Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) announced Aug. 12 that it has withdrawn the proposed rule to list wolverine as threatened in the contiguous United States under the Endangered Species Act (ESA).
Foundation offers free trees
RBC I Residents of Rio Blanco County can spruce up their landscape by joining the Arbor Day Foundation in August.
Dinosaur Monument opens concessions on river trips
DINOSAUR I The National Park Service has announce the release of a prospectus for the award of up to 11 new concession contracts to provide guided interpretive whitewater river trips within Dinosaur National Monument.
