RBC | Results from the pre-Rio Blanco County Fair: Team Cake Decorating Challenge First Place Team: Linda Lombardi, Jadynn Archuleta ,Cori Mohr; Second Place Team: Brynlee Williams, Savana May; Third Place Team: Lisa Lombardi, Mikayla Cardile
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Counties pushing night seat belts
RBC | The Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT), Colorado State Patrol and law enforcement agencies in 11 counties support the Click It or Ticket campaign to save lives by increasing seat belt use at night.
Rio Blanco County Warranty Deeds June 2013
Seller: David Wade Bradfield Buyer: Lucas L Renninger
Letter to the Editor: Note planned changes for SH13
Dear Editor: I attended the informational meeting regarding the future modernization of State Highway 13 from Rifle to Rio Blanco on July 16. Counting my wife and two staff members from CDOT, six of us were there.
Softball…
Billy Estes, possibly the oldest softball player in Rio Blanco County, pitched two more winning games in Meeker against Shepherds and Pioneers Medical Center at Paintbrush Park.
Meeker teens long for more things to do around town after sun sets
MEEKER I Summer in Meeker is not known for being of a hotbed of activity for local teenagers. It seems they have the choice of finding some innocent fun or breaking the rules.
Letter to the Editor: Move forward to improve state roads
Dear Editor: A recent report ranked Colorado’s rural and urban interstate conditions 47th and 33rd in the nation respectively. Whether you’re from Meeker or from Denver, poor transportation conditions are a problem.
Car museum in Rangely…
Work on the so-called “Peacock Building” site in Rangely is well under way as owner Bud Striegel waits for project completion for his new car museum, which he hopes will be complete in the next two or three months.
Rangely drag racers…
Rangely racers recently competed at the Western Conference Finals at Bandimere Speedway in Morrison, Colo.
Home of: Tom and Lori Farris
meeker | After 50 years and five days of marriage and 36 years of living in Meeker, one can probably assume that Tom and Lori Farris are in both for the long haul.
Comment sought on high-power powerline
RBC I The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Wyoming State Office and the Western Area Power Administration (WAPA) is seeking public input on the TransWest Express Transmission Project Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS).
Plein Air Art comes to Meeker on Aug. 15-23
MEEKER I Meeker will host the second annual Plein Air Art Competition in late August this year. This competition draws artists from around Colorado who will paint “en plein air” within a 50 mile radius of downtown Meeker, creating spectacular paintings from our picturesque surroundings.




