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2013 Pre-Fair Contest results

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

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.

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.

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.

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.