Dear Editor:For Northwest Colorado residents, last week brought excitement and anticipation building up to a well-earned holiday weekend.
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Developing workforce in NW Colorado
Dear Editor:The Northwest Colorado Workforce Centers are hosting a series of employer field trips at their local offices in celebration of workforce development month which is in September.
Colorado State Fair Results
Macy Collins — Goats–10th and 11th; sheep–seventh and 10th; meat pen for rabbits–10th and 11th; single meat rabbit reserve champion; junior breeding heifer–fourth in showmanship and champion shorthorn plus heiferTrey Morris — Market swine crossbreds–ninth and 10thTaylor Morris — Reserve champion Hampshire and seventh market swine-crossbredsTaylor Neilson — Taylor’s steer[Read More…]
Second quarter tax receipts remain below 2010 numbers
RBC I The town of Meeker bore the brunt of a reduction in sales and use tax receipts for the second quarter of 2011, reporting a 32.9 percent reduction from $406,357 in the same period in 2010, to $272,677 in 2011.
Days Gone By in Rio Blanco County
The Meeker Herald — 125 years ago n To the teachers of Rio Blanco County: I ask you to be circumspect, and so act in the wild, unsettled country, that there will be no gossip about you. I do not think that girls should go to public dances without chaperonage,[Read More…]
Six arrested in Rangely
RANGELY I “This is not easy to do and it takes a lot of time,” Rangely Chief of Police Vincent Wilczek said of the recent arrests involving the illegal distribution of drugs within the town. “There is a sense of pride for our police department for taking the stance and[Read More…]
Workforce centers “taking care of business”
RBC I In recognition of the 2.7 million men and women who make up Colorado’s labor force and the more than 168,000 private sector businesses that make up the state, this September is workforce development month, an annual tradition in Colorado.
Horizons: Filling in the gap
RBC I Living in an area where the animals outnumber the people and where communities are separated not by “welcome” signs but by multiple miles presents an intriguing set of challenges for every rural resident.
Lightning pummels Northwest Colorado
RBC I Thunderstorms moved through Colorado Monday evening and delivered more than 5,000 lightning strikes to Rio Blanco, Moffat, Routt, Jackson and Grand counties. Varying amounts of rain accompanied the storm minimizing the number of new fires in the area.
Colorado hay directory
RBC I The Colorado Department of Agriculture publishes the Colorado Hay Directory annually to help connect hay producers with buyers. The 2011 edition of the directory is available to the public at no cost.
Students invited to enter contest
RBC I Colorado students are invited to put their creative talents to work promoting awareness of radon, an odorless, colorless radioactive gas that is the second leading cause of lung cancer.
Round-ups key to healthy herds in Piceance region
RBC I Wild horses are thriving in western Colorado on a vast, 190,000-acre area known as the Piceance-East Douglas Herd Management Area. It’s an area southwest of Meeker in Rio Blanco County where the Bureau of Land Management has been managing a herd of wild horses since 1971, when the[Read More…]
