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Revenues up for Meeker and county
RBC — Combined, sales and use tax revenue for the towns of Meeker and Rangely and Rio Blanco County in July 2008 topped the $1 million mark for the second month in a row.
Birth: Brooke Lynn Cojocaru
MEEKER — Nick and Tara Cojocaru, of Rozet, Wyo., have a new baby girl: Brooke Lynn, 6 pounds 4.1 ounces and 18 1/2 inches long. She was born Sept. 26, 2008, at 12:38 a.m. in Gillette, Wyo., at Campbell County Memorial Hospital.
Be an informed voter … however you vote
I’m not going to tell you how to vote when it comes to the two local school bond initiatives that will be on the ballot in the Nov. 4 general election.
Letters to the Editor: October 9, 2008
Flannery under investigation in Steamboat
MEEKER — Shelly Flannery, former treasurer for the Rio Blanco County Historical Society, who is being investigated for allegedly misusing the organization’s funds, is in trouble again.
Mayor pro tem leaves gap in Meeker town board
MEEKER — He’s served on the Meeker Board of Trustees for almost five years and held the office of mayor pro tem for close to a year, but Chris Ham has never faced a public election.
Winners listed in annual Dress Your Pet contest
RANGELY — All participants in the Dress Your Pet contest received a medal and a free 8×10 color group picture, given by photographer Wayne Nickson.
Large load traveling Highway 13 today
RBC — An oversized load, headed to the new Williams Gas Plant in the Piceance Creek Basin, will make its way through Rio Blanco County today and Friday.
Chemical spill caused by truck on 64
RBC — One ranch was evacuated and traffic was detoured Wednesday morning because of a chemical spill after a Halliburton flat-bed semi rolled over on Highway 64, about 14 miles east of Rangely. The truck was carrying two large chemical tanks.
Gibbons family fetes parents’ anniversary
RANGELY — On Sunday, Sept. 21, Beth and Cleve Gibbon were surprised with a dinner party given by their daughters Courtney and Alyssa at Dos Hombres.
Mary Strang on the bond initiative:
A conversation with Meeker School Board President Mary Strang:
