MEEKER I A poor shooting night and too many turnovers cost the Cowboys basketball team their last game of 2012 as they fell to visiting Snake River last Wednesday in Meeker 55-38. The Cowboys next action will be in 2013 as they will travel to Hotchkiss on Jan. 11 to[Read More…]
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2012 Year in Review – Part 3
• Neil Joy listened while his best friend’s mother, father, sister-in-law and district attorney spoke. Then he heard his counselor, a friend, his brother, his wife and his attorney speak on his behalf. Finally, Joy spoke for himself before Judge Denise Lynch sentenced him to three years of confinement in[Read More…]
Opinion: Small actions can make a big difference in changing the future
RBC I It’s hard to know what to say, especially in a forum like this, about the mass shooting in Newtown, Conn., a week and a half ago. Because this is a newspaper, and though I by no means fancy myself a journalist, I’m tempted to try my hand at[Read More…]
Pair of wins for Lady Cowboys
MEEKER I After soundly defeating Little Snake River on Wednesday, Dec. 19, at home, the Meeker girls’ basketball team traveled to Hayden for another big win to secure a 6-0 record before taking a break for the holidays.
2012 Year in Review – Part 2
• Snowmobilers gathered at the Lost Creek trailhead for the first annual “I Ride With James” benefit poker run. Funds raised by the 113 riders and 133 poker hands played go toward the James Sizemore Memorial Scholarship fund. Monies are used for a local scholarship and to assist RBC Search[Read More…]
Correction
RBC I The individual who donated a whole beef for a raffle benefitting the Rio Blanco County Veterans Memorial statues project was incorrectly named as Wayne Allred last week. The donor is Wade Cox.
County making appointments
RBC | Rio Blanco County Commissioners will be making appointments or reappointments to the following local boards during the month of January 2013:
100 years…
Holy Family Catholic Church in Meeker will celebrate being built 100 years ago, Sunday, Dec. 30 with mass at 9 a.m., followed by brunch at the Fairfield Center for all Holy Family parishioners.
Saying goodbye to 2012 – Year in Review – Part 1
RBC I With a struggling economy, severe drought and fires, and one of the most contentious national elections in memory, 2012 wasn’t an easy year. Residents of Rio Blanco County, Rangely and Meeker came together in times of celebration and sorrow to support one another and the continued growth and[Read More…]
Yampa White River region selected for rural program
RBC I USDA Rural Development, in conjunction with the Southern Rural Development Center, CSU Extension, Colorado Department of Local Affairs, Colorado Office of Economic Development and International Trade, and El Pomar Foundation, has selected one rural multi-county region in Colorado to be included in a program called “Stronger Economies Together”[Read More…]
Holiday door prize…
Rio Blanco County administrator Kimberly Bullen said she would personally buy lunch for the RBC Social Services Department (left) for winning the door decorating contest.
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