RBC I On April 1 this year, a snow survey in California’s Sierra Nevadas near Echo Peak had to be conducted on bare grass, an unprecedented April Fool’s joke from Mother Nature. Fast forward to December, and the same area has had modest improvement—now at 53 percent of normal—but go[Read More…]
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Meeker School District 2015 Winter Community Concert
Classifieds: December 24, 2015
Ads for 12/24/15 ANNOUNCEMENTS ATV, Boat and Snowmobile Owners! You can now renew your Colorado OHV registrations on line at: www.parks.state.co.us 44444 The Rio Blanco Herald Times accepts all major credit cards. You can fax your classified ad or subscription to (970)878-4016 or email to: [email protected] RIO BLANCO Masonic Lodge[Read More…]
Lottery season opens for those waiting to obtain river permits
RBC I The open lottery season for noncommercial high-use season river permits runs from Dec. 1, 2015 to Jan. 31. All lottery applications must be submitted by 10 p.m. Mountain Standard Time on Jan. 31. The lottery allows boaters to compete for the 300 permits that are available for the[Read More…]
District of the Year…
Board members of the White River Conservation District attended the Colorado Association of Conservation Districts annual meeting in Beaver Creek on Nov. 16-19. The district was presented with the “District of the Year” award by the Colorado State Board of Conservation for the members’ hard work and dedication to the[Read More…]
Letter to the Editor: An old-fashioned Christmas
Dear Editor: This is an open letter to your readers on having an old-fashioned Christmas season.
RBC Warranty Deeds: March 2015
SELLER: ORAN AND AMY RUNDBERG BUYER: WALTER N PROCTOR LIVING TRUST DESCRIPTION: TOWN OF MEEKER 16 93 1109 MAIN STREET MEEKER TRANSACTION PRICE: $149,900.00 SELLER: ALVIN E STEWART AND DONNA M STEWART REVOCABLE TRUST BUYER: KRIS STRIEGEL DESCRIPTION: HILLTOP SUBDIVISION 103745 5, 6 G 401 SOUTH WHITE AVENUE RANGELY[Read More…]
ERBM Volleyball…
The ERBM Recreation and Park District offered a youth volleyball program in Meeker for the first time this fall. A combined third- and fourth-grade team played in-house games with the combined fifth- and sixth-grade team, split into two teams, traveled and played in New Castle and Rifle. The fifth- and[Read More…]
Lit up…
Before it even gets dark, this lighted display shows up in Rangely, among the many lighted residences and businesses inside the town. Tastefully decorated with lights and inflatable figures is the residence of Mike Cushman, who resides at 215 W. Rio Blanco Ave. in Rangely.
Letter to the Editor: Obama has no common sense
Dear Editor: There is a total lack of common sense. Mr. President Obama, if I could remove what little common sense you have from your brain and place it on the sharp edge of a razor blade, it would look like a tennis ball rolling down a four-lane highway. My[Read More…]
A Look at the West: Does optimism have a place in the West’s water politics?
RBC I When John Fleck began covering water (among other things) in 1995 for New Mexico’s Albuquerque Journal, he assumed he’d be writing stories about dried out wells and cracked mud. After all, as a Los Angeles native who grew up in a suburb that had replaced an irrigated citrus[Read More…]
CNCC retirees…
On Monday, Wayne and Jan Heilmann as well as Ellis Johnson retired from CNCC after many years of service. The CNCC maintenance department initially decided to throw a retirement party for the Heilmanns as they learned that Ellis Johnson, the CNCC chief flight instructor was also retiring at the end[Read More…]
