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NRCS: Landowners to apply by July 3

MEEKER — Landowners in Rio Blanco County are urged to visit the Meeker Field Office to discuss their land use and natural resource goals and how enrolling into the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) can help reach those goals. Applications received after July 3 may not be evaluated and reviewed[Read More…]

Leaders convene to discuss growth

Transportation, workforce and housing to be discussed RBC — El Pomar Foundation’s Northwest Regional Council, along with Club 20, Associated Governments of the Northwest and Mesa State College, will convene leaders from more than six northwest counties impacted by growth to discuss transportation and infrastructure, workforce and housing. The meeting[Read More…]

Why did you move to town?

MEEKER — Why did you move here? The second most-asked question of newcomers is no longer overheard much in front of the post office.

Why did you move to town?

MEEKER — Why did you move here? The second most-asked question of newcomers is no longer overheard much in front of the post office. With all of the new faces in town, the assumption that the low unemployment rate has something to do with the influx is usually correct. While[Read More…]

Community event to benefit Robledo

RANGELY — Columbine Medical invites the public to a community yard sale and fund raiser to benefit Celena Robledo. Robledo, a senior at Rangely High School, was recently involved in a serious car crash and has suffered a cervical spine injury.

Golf course gets new manager

Sisters Boudreaux, Edwards win Ladies Deerfly MEEKER — Darrin Rohn’s first tournament as the new manager of the Meeker Golf Course was the Ladies Deerfly, which was won by two Rio Blanco County sisters. “Some of the women were asking for heaters,” Rohn said of the chilly temperatures when the[Read More…]