County

Antler collectors cautioned to protect wildlife

RBC I Because early spring is an especially stressful time for wildlife, Colorado Parks and Wildlife managers are reminding shed antler collectors that pressuring elk and mule deer during this time of the year can create very stressful conditions for big game herds.

Girl Scouts celebrate 100th year

RBC I Girl Scouts of Colorado is joining Girl Scouts across the country on Monday, March 12, to celebrate Girl Scouts “official” 100th anniversary date. Girl Scouts of the USA (GSUSA) has declared 2012 the Year of the Girl: a celebration of girls, recognition of their leadership potential, and a[Read More…]

Up and Down El Rio Blanco: Working together

“The key,” she said, “was getting people to work together,” she being Peggy Rector, a woman known for her great ability to use that key, as evidenced by the many things she has been an integral part of.

Pageant seeking Miss Rio Blanco

RBC I Sheree Lynch, executive state director for the Miss Colorado High, Miss Colorado Junior High and Miss Colorado Collegiate America pageant, states the pageant is seeking applicants for the titles of Miss Rio Blanco County High, Miss Rio Blanco County Junior High and Miss Rio Blanco County  Collegiate.

BLM seeks bids to provide wild horse pasture

RBC I As part of its responsibility to manage and protect wild horses and burros, the Bureau of Land Management is soliciting bids for new, publicly accessible pasture facilities located in the continental United States that provide a free-roaming environment. 

BLM meeting about oil shale, tar sands

RBC | The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) will host four public meetings in Colorado, Utah and Wyoming to answer questions about and solicit comments on the oil shale and tar sands draft programmatic environmental impact statement.

Monument resumes entrance fee collection

DINOSAUR I “Our new visitor center and exhibit hall opened to the public last fall. We wanted to give our neighbors plenty of time to see the new facilities and the dinosaur bones without having to pay an entrance fee. During the last five months, many local residents have taken[Read More…]

Tipton holding town hall meeting Saturday

RBC | Rep. Scott Tipton (CO-03) will answer questions from constituents and provide an update on his work in Washington during a town hall meeting in Meeker, Saturday, March 10, 9:30-10:30 a.m. at Kilowatt Korner and at Town Hall in Rangely from 6-7 p.m.