RBC — Spring load restrictions of 14,000 pounds per axle have been implemented on Rio Blanco County roads 5, 7 and 21, Dave Morlan, RBC’s director of road and bridge, told county commissioners at Monday’s regular meeting.
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Record set at WRCA fishing tourney
RBC — The White River ran cold and the cowboy fishermen ran hot for the White River Community Association’s (WRCA) fourth Buy-Fly fishing tournament March 8-9.
Rio Blanco Republicans hold nomination assembly
RBC — CNCC hosted the local Republican assembly for this election season, where delegates from all precincts in the county gathered to meet officials in the county government and those citizens who are running for elected positions locally and across the district.
Community gathers to hear local infrastructure needs
MEEKER — Almost 100 people attended a community meeting last Wednesday to hear about infrastructure needs in the eastern end of Rio Blanco County.
New impact fees proposed by county
RBC — What does it cost the county to meet the demand for better roads to access the new oil and gas wells being drilled or proposed?
CNCC announces creation of Striegel Engineering Center
RANGELY — Colorado Northwestern Community College announced the creation of the W.C. Striegel Engineering Center at the Rangely campus.
Police Blotter: March 6, 2008
Activity for Feb. 22-Feb. 28, 2008
Council hosts April outreach
RBC — The Northwest Colorado Council for Children and Families has many great things in the works. Debbie Yeager of Craig, Colo., has been hired as the early childhood coordinator for Moffat and Rio Blanco counties.
Rendezvous features family activities May 16-18
RIFLE – Throughout history, the “rendezvous” was known as a place where people of all cultures gathered together to exchange wares, swap some stories and enjoy a brief respite from the lonely isolation of their daily frontier life.
BLM seeks scoping comments on pipeline
RBC — The Bureau of Land Management seeks public scoping comments on a proposal to build a 153-mile pipeline from southwest of Meeker to east of Wamsutter, Wyo.
Child screen event set for Rangely, Meeker
RBC — Child Find is coming. Horizons Specialized Services, in conjunction with Rio Blanco BOCES, the Department of Social Services, County Health, Aspen Dental Clinic and Columbine Medical Clinic are all getting together to screen our young children ages 6 months to 5 years in Rangely and Meeker.
Frog fossils return to Dinosaur National Monument
DINOSAUR — Two slabs of late Jurassic frog fossils have returned to Dinosaur National Monument after more than a decade at the Carnegie Museum of Natural History in Pittsburgh, Pa.
