County

Kids’ health

Sadie the Safety Saurus shared winter safety tips with kids at the children’s health fair in Meeker Feb. 27-28. The health fair, which provides important screenings for child development, will be in Rangely March 5-6.

March 4, 2012 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

RBC commissioners attend oil, gas banquet

RBC I Rio Blanco County commissioners Shawn Bolton, Ken Parsons and Kai Turner attended the seventh annual Energy Forum and Expo and West Slope Colorado Oil and Gas Association’s (WSCOGA) annual banquet last Friday at the Two Rivers Convention Center in Grand Junction.

March 3, 2012 by Bobby Gutierrez Comments are Disabled

BLM hosts student art contest

RBC I The Bureau of Land Management’s Colorado office, in partnership with the Public Lands Foundation and the Center of the American West, will host a juried art contest for Colorado high school students to commemorate the 200th anniversary of the General Land Office.

February 29, 2012 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

Vehicle use limited to existing roads

RBC | With a mild winter continuing and spring fast approaching, the Bureau of Land Management’s Little Snake Field Office is reminding the public that motorized vehicle use within the majority of its boundaries in Moffat, Routt and northern Rio Blanco counties is now limited to existing roads and trails.

February 29, 2012 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

Colorado’s innovative solution

RBC I Since April 2007, Colorado’s water planners have ignored Central Colorado Project’s (CCP) innovative high altitude water and energy storage solution for state and regional needs. This oversight is a serious violation of National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) rules.

February 29, 2012 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

RBC Woolgrowers meeting March 2

MEEKER | The annual meeting of the Rio Blanco County Woolgrowers will be Friday, March 2, at Kilowatt Korner. The Trail Association will meet at 8 a.m. and the general meeting begins at 10 a.m.

February 28, 2012 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

Williams hosts open house

RBC — Northwest Pipeline GP (Northwest), one of the Williams Companies, currently owns and operates an interstate natural gas pipeline which crosses portions of Rio Blanco County. The pipeline provides natural gas service to several states throughout the west including markets in Colorado, Utah, Wyoming, Idaho, Oregon and Washington.

February 28, 2012 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

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RBC 4-H judging team goes to Nashville

RBC I Thanks to generous support from EnCana, a delegation of 4-H judging kids represented Rio Blanco County recently in Nashville, Tenn., at the NCBA convention.

February 28, 2012 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

Proposed water facility in Piceance

meeker I The Bureau of Land Management seeks public comment on a proposal from BOPCO, L.P., to construct a facility 20 miles west of Meeker, Colo., to treat produced water from oil and gas development on the Piceance Basin and discharge it into Yellow Creek.

February 27, 2012 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

Days Gone By

The Meeker Herald — 100 years ago – The Shepherd hardware store will open Monday. – Snow was eight feet deep at the Wilson Park saw mill last Saturday. – F.E. Sheridan returned from Denver early in the week, after attending to the hopeless task of trying to get the[Read More…]

February 27, 2012 by Herald Times Staff Comments are Disabled

Obituary: Lawrence “Larry” Wayne Adair

Lawrence “Larry” Wayne Adair, 50, died Tuesday, Dec. 27, 2011, in Craig, Colo.

February 27, 2012 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

Snowpack remains below average

RBC I January saw the Pacific jet stream finally begin to shift southward; by mid January it had positioned itself over southern Wyoming and northern and central Colorado bringing much needed precipitation to basins west of the Continental Divide.

February 27, 2012 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled