News briefs for June 14, 2012 Fitzgibbons on honor roll MEEKER | Northeastern Junior College has released its honor roll list for the 2012 spring semester and reports that 170 students were given high academic achievement recognition, including 69 students who made the President’s List by earning a 4.0 grade[Read More…]
County
RBC imposes fire ban
RBC I The Rio Blanco County Board of County Commissioners adopted a resolution to imposed a ban on open fires in the unincorporated areas of Rio Blanco County Monday last.
Scenic Byways mobile stories now available
RBC I Travelers now have another way to receive interpretive information about Colorado’s Scenic and Historic Byways.
Bear killed at campground
DINOSAUR I An aggressive black bear that was conditioned to human foods and habituated to people was shot and killed by Dinosaur National Monument staff in the park’s Gates of Lodore campground on Sunday, May 27.
An RBC tribute to Bill Hume
RANGELY I As the owner of Nichols Store, this year’s county fair board honoree, Bill Hume, has been helping 4-H and FFA Youth successfully complete livestock projects for more than 38 years. Bill, the son of Bea Hume and the late Raymond “Junior” Hume grew up in the business of[Read More…]
Up and Down El Rio Blanco: Christmas in July
Thanks goes to Mary Ann Wilber and Connie Theos, who served as co-presidents for the 2012 Rio Blanco County Pioneers Association’s Old Timers Reunion Dinner and Dance centennial celebration last Saturday.
Workshop in Meeker June 21
MEEKER I Douglas Creek Conservation District, White River Conservation District and the Colorado Cattlemen’s Association are holding a Colorado Resource Monitoring Initiative (CRMI) Workshop in Meeker June 21.
News Briefs: June 7, 2012
Meeker pageant seeking participants MEEKER | Meeker Pageant director Laurie Zellers is seeking participants for the July 4 Meeker Pageant production.
Meeker, Rangely, RBC are OHV-friendly
MEEKER I “Whereas, a committee formed in Rio Blanco County to promote economic development and increase tourism by providing for the operation of off-highway vehicles in Rio Blanco County and Northwest Colorado, made a presentation to the Town Board of Trustees (Town Board) proposing the Town consider the adoption of[Read More…]
Rio Blanco County Fair: what will you bring?
Spring has sprung and summer is on its way in Rio Blanco County! Local 4-H members are diligently working on various projects from scrap booking to steer projects, eagerly awaiting the first week of August for the County Fair.
Exploratory well …
A drilling rig has been set up next to the new WREA substation north of Meeker on the Sulphur Creek road.
Up and down el Rio Blanco: Thank you veterans
Thank you Rio Blanco County veterans and local V.F.W. Post 5843 for leading us in showing respect and honoring our fallen with your annual tossing of a wreath into the White River and placing another at the memorial in Highland Cemetery, where fallen veteran’s graves were marked with American flags[Read More…]
