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.
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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.
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…]
Obituary: Lawrence “Larry” Wayne Adair
Lawrence “Larry” Wayne Adair, 50, died Tuesday, Dec. 27, 2011, in Craig, Colo.
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.
RBC health fair, preschool registration
RBC | Don’t miss the children’s health fair and preschool registration for children ages birth-5 (not already enrolled in preschool or kindergarten).
County regulations: fact and myth
by Jeff Madison RBC I There has been a lot of discussion on the street these days about the effect that government regulations have had on the local economy. The primary focus has been on the assortment of federal agencies which, because of the abundance of federal lands in our[Read More…]
Training offered for byways program
RBC I Colorado’s Scenic and Historic Byways program is sponsoring training sessions for cultural heritage tourism and grass roots hospitality next month. Training focuses on 11 key survival strategies for tough economic times for cultural heritage tourism and grass roots hospitality training. A new supplement has been added to the[Read More…]
LEAP increases family benefits
RBC I Colorado’s Low-income Energy Assistance Program (LEAP), which provides financial assistance with home heating bills, has announced additional federal funding of $2 million, allowing the state to increase LEAP’s average benefit by nearly 15 percent.
Rio Blanco Days Gone By
The Meeker Herald — 100 years ago n For the past few weeks, since the old timers’ dance and reunion was determined, it was a foregone conclusion that a great big time would be the result. In January 1912 the matter of having an old-timers’ reunion was suggested by “one[Read More…]
Health fair, preschool registration
RBC | Don’t miss the children’s health fair and preschool registration for children ages birth-5 (not already enrolled in preschool or kindergarten).
RBC Fair Board meeting tonight
MEEKER | Fair Board meeting tonight at the Rio Blanco County Fairgrounds from 6-8 p.m.
