The Rangely Rural Fire Protection District presented their 2020 service awards to its members in December. Notably, long time Rangely resident Travis LeBleu was named Firefighter of the Year. LeBleu has been on the Rangely Fire Department for more than six years. Keenan LeBleu was honored with the Distinguished Service[Read More…]
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In the wake of furloughs, closings, suicides, a mountain town businessman searches for balance
BRECKENRIDGE | Dick Carleton came to Breckenridge from Virginia when he was 24. He had a business degree from Virginia Tech, a ‘69 Volkswagen bug, $100 and three friends willing to share a crappy two-bedroom condo with no insulation. It was awful. It was glorious. He was “full of rebel[Read More…]
News Briefs: Jan 7, 2020
It’s not too late to get health insurance RBC | It’s not too late to get health insurance for 2021. Join a free virtual drop-in Second Chance Health Insurance Enrollment Event and get help from Health Coverage Guides and Brokers to enroll in health insurance for coverage starting Feb. 1.[Read More…]
Walk-in vaccine clinics start today for 1B tier
RBC | Changes made to the state’s vaccination roll-out plan last Wednesday that added additional groups of people to Tier 1B have created new opportunities for vaccination distribution. “Supply chains have been able to get allocations out sooner than expected,” said RBC Public Health Director Alice Harvey. “We have 300[Read More…]
QUOTE: George Washington’s take on Political Parties
However [political parties] may now and then answer popular ends, they are likely in the course of time and things, to become potent engines, by which cunning, ambitious, and unprincipled men will be enabled to subvert the power of the people and to usurp for themselves the reins of government,[Read More…]
New bus service will link Craig to Denver, nine other NW communities
CRAIG | The Colorado Department of Transportation, in partnership with Greyhound, will begin providing service between Craig and Denver on Jan. 1, 2021. In addition to Craig, regularly scheduled stops include Hayden, Steamboat Springs, Kremmling, Hot Sulphur Springs, Granby, Tabernash, Fraser, Winter Park, Idaho Springs, the Denver Federal Center and[Read More…]
BLM to gather and remove excess wild horses from Sand Wash Basin and Piceance-East Douglas herd management areas
RBC| The Little Snake Field Office plans to gather and remove approximately 50 excess wild horses from Bureau of Land Management (BLM) public lands and private lands within and adjacent to the Sand Wash Basin Herd Management Area (HMA) in Moffat County in response to written requests from private landowners.[Read More…]
NEW MANAGEMENT …
Daryl LeFevre submitted this photo of the “new management” arriving just before Christmas at the historic K-T Ranch on County Road 8 | DARYL LEFEVRE PHOTO
Days Gone By: Dec 31, 2020
The Meeker Herald – 125 years ago Judge Platt Rogers is of the opinion that a railroad into Northwestern Colorado is the most important line that Denver men could project for the coming year. For Sale: A four-room dwelling house, with good cellar; lot 75×150; $600 buys it — $100[Read More…]
Letter to the Editor: Thank you for birthday car parade
Dear Editor: I would like to thank all those that staged and participated in the car parade to our house on the eve of my 82nd birthday with gifts, cards and well wishes. It was a surprise, I assure you! It took a few minutes to register with me as[Read More…]
ERBM 40th anniversary, Circle Park reopening
MEEKER | As we all move forward toward embracing a new year in 2021, we hope you will celebrate with us at ERBM Recreation and Park District as we jump into our 40th year of service to the residents and visitors of eastern Rio Blanco County! Founded in 1981, Eastern[Read More…]
Guest Column: Evidence-based discussions need to occur
MEEKER | “It is a capital mistake to theorize before you have all the evidence. It biases the judgment.”–Sherlock Holmes in Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s A Study in Scarlet. This obligatory principle will guide our discussion; but instead of solving a murder case, we will be solving the case of[Read More…]
