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Commissioners apply for OHV trails grant

RBC I A grant for more than $100,000 to be used for signage and mapping of Wagon Wheel OHV (Off Highway Vehicles) East Trails System was submitted to Colorado State Parks by the Rio Blanco County board of commissioners this month.

Bookmobile meets needs of young readers once again

MEEKER I For 20 years, students in kindergarten through fifth grade traipsed through the school library, discovering foreign lands, different times, mythical creatures and fictional characters under the supervision of Meeker Elementary School librarian Kay Bivens.

Hall deployed to Afghanistan

RBC I Tyler Hall, a former Meeker student and the son of Randy and Debra Hall of Meeker was deployed for the second time on Oct. 30. His first deployment was in 2007, when he spent nine months in Iraq. This time he’ll be in Afghanistan for a minimum of[Read More…]

Up and Down El Rio Blanco: Oops!

Here’s to hoping everyone had a wonderful and fulfilling Thanksgiving. I need to apologize to some very special women in my life for not mentioning them in my column last week, I have no excuse but I’m sorry.

It’s a sign…

Sheep trailed west to high desert winter ground while cows were moved east through town to a different pasture nearby as the snow in the mountains begins to accumulate.