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NEWS NOTES: August 19
Public meetings for water initiative RBC | Public meetings for the White River Integrated Water Initiative Please join us at the: •Piceance Creek Rock School on Aug. 19, 6 p.m. For more information email [email protected] or visit whiterivercd.com. Frisell, Morrison at the TANK RANGELY | On Saturday, Aug. 28 at[Read More…]
COUNTY BEAT: August 17 meeting
RBC I It was another busy Tuesday for Rio Blanco County Board of Commissioners this week, starting early in the morning with work sessions. The board also held a regular meeting and hosted an Interagency Meeting in the afternoon. Rangely Town Manager Lisa Piering and Engineer Jocelyn Mueller updated the[Read More…]
PARADE OF CHAMPIONS …
RBC discusses four-day work week
RBC I Rio Blanco County elected officials, department heads and staff members last week received a presentation on moving to a four-day work week. Legal Assistant Vicky Edwards led the presentation, noting that the shift was still hypothetical. Most county departments would switch to a Monday-Thursday work schedule, apart from[Read More…]
Local piper, drummer to perform at Meeker Classic this year
MEEKER I Every year at the Meeker Classic Championship Sheepdog Trials, the sound of bagpipes and drums can be heard from everywhere on the field. These tunes often catch the attention of younger patrons due to the unfamiliarity of it all. Meeker siblings Zeke and Iris Gianinetti are among those[Read More…]
State of the River Part 4: Elk Creek Ranch develops best management practices for river health
RBC | “We care greatly about the river, and the entire valley. We feel like we’re good stewards of it,” said Brett Harvey, manager of Elk Creek Ranch (ECR) last week when discussing the health of the White River, and the persistent algae blooms of the last seven years. Having[Read More…]
DAYS GONE BY: August 12
The Meeker Herald 125 years ago • And the man who considers his name a matter of news is still painfully in evidence. • This section was again visited by heavy rains last Saturday afternoon and Sunday. It came down steady and hard all day Sunday, since which time we[Read More…]
Obituary: Theralyne Marie (Wilson) Dull
April 17, 1943 ~ July 16, 2021 Theralyne Marie Dull, 78, of Denver, Colorado, went to be with the Lord on July 16, 2021. She was born on April 17, 1943 in Glenwood Springs, Colorado, and was the daughter of the late Ed and Betty Wilson and beloved wife of the late[Read More…]
Rio Blanco County issues statement on IGA with Moffat County DHS
RBC I On Aug. 3, 2021, the Board of County Commissioners for Rio Blanco County entered into an intergovernmental agreement with the Board of County Commissioners for Moffat County for the Moffat County Department of Human Services to provide temporary coverage for Child Welfare and Adult Protection Services to Rio[Read More…]
TAG, YOU’RE IT …
August 5 rodeo results #8 Team Roping – Kash Atwood/Jeff Salazar Mixed Team Roping – Lori Ann Klinglesmith/Lenny Klinglesmith #11 Team Roping – Kash Atwood/Brett Watson Jr/Sr Team Roping – Leah Wood/Kash Atwood Dally Ribbon Roping – Leah Wood/Deana Wood Open Breakaway – Lori Ann Klinglesmith Ladies Breakaway – Paula[Read More…]
