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Leftover licenses on sale Aug. 9

RBC I Thousands of big game hunting licenses that did not sell during the license application and draw process will go on sale to the public at 9 a.m. Tuesday, Aug. 9 at wildlife offices and Colorado Parks and Wildlife license retailers statewide.

Cowboys hire new coach

MEEKER I Ron Dupree will take the helm of the Meeker High School football team this fall and the veteran football coach already has a list of all the boys registered in the school with their years, the heights and weights of many, how fast they can run 20 and[Read More…]

Obituary: Duane “Pete” Ottosen

May 18, 1930 ~ July 25, 2011 Duane Peter Ottosen, 81, of Meeker, Colo., passed away at his home on July 25, 2011. He was born in Provo, Utah, on May 18, 1930, to Byron Clinton and Vera Marie Christensen Ottosen. He lived in Meeker all of his life. He[Read More…]

Letter: Amicable separation for Pierson and ERBM

For the past three years, Scott Pierson has satisfactorily performed his work responsibilities as the executive director of the Eastern Rio Blanco Metropolitan Recreation and Park District. Due to a difference in management philosophy, the district board and Mr. Pierson agreed to the amicable separation of his employment, effective Sept.[Read More…]

Two Roan Plateau wildflowers at risk

— Wildflowers at risk from oil and gas drilling get Endangered Species Act protection — RBC I The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced that two Colorado wildflowers found only on and around the Roan Plateau and South Shale Ridge area are now protected as threatened species under the Endangered[Read More…]

Loose Ends: Weather watching year ‘round

Spring was three weeks late, the summer monsoons three weeks early and even the reliable western sunshine all of us have come to count on popped in and out unpredictably. Weather watching now tops the list of time wasters. One just never knows if it is possible to count on[Read More…]