RBC I Colorado Parks and Wildlife is looking for volunteer camp hosts for the 2013 summer season. Being a camp host is a great way to spend the summer enjoying the outdoors and helping out at wildlife areas, hatcheries or campgrounds.
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Food drive…
Parkview Elementary School third-graders in Rangely decided to put April’s moral focus — compassion — into action by hosting a food drive that benefited the Rangely Food Bank and the Rio Blanco BOCES Backpack Program.
Letter to the Editor: Letter to Gov: Veto House Bill 252
Dear Editor: This is an open letter to Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper: Surviving economically in rural Colorado is a daily challenge and actually a hardship.
Letter to the Editor: A thank you poem from the Lansings
Dear Editor: Attached is a poem that expresses our gratitude for the help we received after a recent fire on our property burned two of outbuildings. Please include it in the newspaper this week.
White River 4-H Swine Club
MEEKER I The White River Swine Club meeting was held on April 30 at 7 p.m. and was called to order by president Casey Turner.
Springtime in the Rockies…
Rio Blanco County operator Ron Willey uses an 872 John Deere, all-wheel-drive, fully-chained, road grader with an A-plow to break through the snow on the Colorado Flat Tops Trail Scenic Byway at approximately mile marker 44 on Monday. “This is the best part of the job,” Willey said. County Road[Read More…]
Home of: Richard and Pearl Ellsworth
MEEKER | Colorado natives Richard and Pearl Ellsworth will have lived in Meeker for 40 years as of June, and they are pretty happy to be living their lives in a rural surrounding.
Old Timer’s dinner, dance June 8
RBC I The Rio Blanco County Pioneers Association is gearing up for its 101st annual Old Timer’s Reunion Dinner and Dance on June 8.
Tiger muskie introduced into Harvey Gap
SILT I Colorado Parks and Wildlife stocked tiger muskie — a large, powerful sportfish — into the reservoir at Harvey Gap State Park on May 16, providing West Slope anglers with a unique fishing opportunity.
Correctly displaying the flag
RBC I When the flag is displayed from a staff projecting from a window, balcony or building, the union should be at the peak of the staff unless the flag is at half staff.
Community Networking Group meets Tuesday
RBC I The next Community Networking Group meeting will be held Tuesday from noon to 2 p.m. in the Weiss Conference Room on the campus of Colorado Northwestern Community College with Colorado State Rep. Bob Rankin as guest speaker.
Letter to the Editor: Remember reason for Memorial Day
Dear Editor: Memorial Day has come to signify the start of summer for many Americans and is often celebrated with cookouts, family get-togethers, road races and concerts. But the real meaning of Memorial Day has, for too many Americans, gotten lost in holiday hoopla.
