RBC I There are confirmed flu cases in Rio Blanco County, the top county health official and the county’s two hospitals report, but the numbers are not high.
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MSD declares an ‘emergency’ with schools’ funding
MEEKER I December financial tables from the Colorado Department of Education led Meeker School Superintendent Mark Meyer to recommend, and the Meeker School District RE-1 Board of Trustees to declare, a state of emergency over district funding.
Kobald new Meeker Chamber executive director
MEEKER I Stephanie Kobald has been named the new executive director of the Meeker Chamber of Commerce.
Classifieds: Jan. 16, 2014
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Letter to the Editor: Letter of ironies
Dear Editor: Irony 1: We are told not to judge all Muslims by the actions of a few lunatics. But, on the other hand, we are also encouraged to judge all gun owners by the actions of a few lunatics. How is that supposed to work? Irony 2: The Food[Read More…]
Fundraiser set for Meeker Community Wrestling Club
MEEKER I The Meeker Cowboy wrestling team will host Grand Valley tonight in the first home meet of the season. The Cowboys will host the defending state champion Paonia Eagles Jan. 17 and Wendll’s Wondrous Wiener Wagon and Watt’s Ranch Market will host “Plates for Non-Profits,” with proceeds benefiting the[Read More…]
Year in Review – Pt. 5
• Three Meeker Destination Imagination teams qualified for the Global Finals in Knoxville Tenn., in May. The third-grade team is in the front row; the fifth-grade team in the middle row; and the sixth-grade team in the back row. Meeker has three of the four teams representing the Western Slope[Read More…]
Year in Review – Pt. 4
• Musicians are working to save “the tank,” an unused water storage tank west of Rangely near County Road 41. The space, which musician and composer Bruce Odland calls “a sonic wonder of the world,” has captured unique reverberations of sound for more than three decades. If Friends of the[Read More…]
Letter to the Editor: Thanks for love of animals at shelter
Dear Editor: The Rangely Animal Shelter animals and staff would like to thank Kadence Wagner of Rangely for her big heart and love for animals.
RIO BLANCO COUNTY WARRANTY DEEDS ~ December 2013
December 2013 TRANSACTIONS
Youngsters play hoops for local charities
MEEKER I Ten teams ranging from third- to eighth-grade participated in the fourth annual Hoops for Charity three-on-three basketball tournament Monday, benefiting local charities.
Year in Review – Pt. 3
• Commissioners also signed a proclamation in defense of the Second Amendment to the Constitution of the United States. “Whereas, the Second Amendment to the United States Constitution provides that ‘A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep[Read More…]
