MEEKER — The teen department of the Faith Baptist Church in Meeker will be selling fresh Krispy Kreme donuts Friday, July 18, from 4:30-10 a.m. at the Kum and Go (intersection of highways 13 and 64) and at White River Convenience (793 E. Market St.). You can buy a dozen[Read More…]
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Appreciation Day on courthouse lawn
MEEKER — Community Appreciation Day sponsored by the ERBM Rec and Park District is Saturday, July 19.
Meeting discusses tamarisk problems
RANGELY — Tamarisk and Russian olive problems?
Comment period on Overland Pass pipeline
RBC — The Bureau of Land Management is releasing an Environmental Assessment (EA) for public comment, for the proposed Overland Pass Pipeline Piceance Basin Lateral Natural Gas Liquids Project.
Loves propose RV alternative to county
RBC — Ginny and Sam Love went before county commissioners again Monday. This time, with a different proposal. “We are offering to you a compromise to assure the safety and health of those families (who will have to move out of Love’s RV Park by the end of the month),”[Read More…]
Assessed values up 15 percent in county
Chevron remains top taxpayer RBC — County Assessor Renae Neilson gave her annual report Monday to the Board of County Commissioners. And it was good news. Based on preliminary numbers, the total assessed value in Rio Blanco County is up 15 percent. “That should make them (the commissioners) happy,” Neilson[Read More…]
Questar receives tax abatement
RBC — County commissioners approved a reduction Monday of more than $8,000 in the tax assessment on pipeline for Questar Gas Management.
Students report on research, conservation in Costa Rica
MEEKER — Ten Meeker High School students led by Dr. Robert Dorsett and Nicolle Kindall just returned from a two week adventure to the Central American country of Costa Rica. The group traveled as part of Ecology Project International, an organization dedicated to the enrichment of student minds through exposure[Read More…]
Run for Your Life 5K Race Results
Run for Your Life 5K Race Results
Brennans win Range Call Ranch Rodeo
MEEKER — The final event of the annual Ranch Rodeo, the trailer loading, determined the winners of the prestigious belt buckles.
Chuckwagon hosting meal, fair to celebrate birthday
MEEKER — The community is invited to help Chuckwagon celebrate 30 years of serving senior citizen meals in Meeker. There will be lunch July 16 from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Chuckwagon located in the Fairfield Center, 200 Main St.
Looking Back: Old-time ingenuity came in handy
MEEKER — One of the western character traits that typified area settlers was ingenuity. Not only did a settler have to be persistent and resilient to survive the hard times, he or she had to come up with unique solutions for obstacles that arose daily. Reading the family histories of[Read More…]