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Fuel prices up

RBC I Average retail gasoline prices in Colorado have risen 5.9 cents per gallon in the past week, averaging $3.56/g yesterday, according to GasBuddy’s daily survey of 2,158 gas outlets in Colorado.

Finalists named in Colo. Leopold Award program

RBC I Sand County Foundation, the Colorado Cattlemen’s Association, the Colorado Cattlemen’s Agricultural Land Trust, Encana Oil & Gas (USA) Inc., and Peabody Energy are proud to announce the finalists for the 2013 Leopold Conservation Award in Colorado. The award recognizes private landowner achievement in voluntary conservation. The finalists are[Read More…]

Huntington’s Disease seminar March 9

RBC | There will be a meeting for families, professionals and individuals interested in understanding and treating Huntington’s Disease with speaker Seth Kareus, M.D., specialist in neurology and movement disorder on Saturday, March 9 from 11-1:30 p.m. at the First United Methodist Church, 522 White Ave., in Grand Junction, Colo.[Read More…]

Helping hands…

On Nov. 29, 2012, Reagan Brown, infant daughter of Lee and Emma (Vaughn) Brown of Fleming, Colo., was taken to Children’s Hospital. After extensive testing, an MRI showed fluid on her knees and hips, she has Systemic Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis. Friends of the Brown family have started fundraising to help[Read More…]

BLM to hold scoping meetings

RBC I The Bureau of Land Management is hosting two public open house meetings this week to help identify issues to be addressed in the Roan Plateau Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement.

Dental health…

Olivia Reynolds, a Colorado Northwestern Community College nursing student (center) applies fluoride varnish to the teeth of Boston Armstrong, 3, while his mother, Dana Armstrong (left) and Cavity-Free at Three trainer and registered dental hygienist Ashley Moon, right, watch.

Commissioners approve cell tower, defend 2nd amendment

RBC I Rio Blanco County commissioners signed a resolution to approve a Special Use Permit, with eight conditions, for Mercury Towers to construct a 105-foot telecommunication tower on land owned by Joe and Kelly Conrado.