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Ortho opening…

Colorado Advanced Orthopedics officially opened last Wednesday, with a ribbon cutting ceremony and tours of the site. The expansion of Pioneers Medical Center adds new clinical space, two operating rooms, three recovery rooms and six inpatient hospital rooms, and allows orthopedic patients to be kept separate from the rest of[Read More…]

Fire Update: July 16, 2020

The Rocky Mountain Incident Management Blue Team took command of the Fawn Creek, Stewart and Wolf fires early Wednesday. Thursday afternoon they issued an update on the firefighting efforts: “Aerial resources supporting the Fawn Creek, Stewart, and Wolf fires assisted with the initial attack of a new fire west of[Read More…]

Public Notices: July 16, 2020

RIO BLANCO COUNTY NOTICE OF FINAL CONTRACTOR SETTLEMENT RIO BLANCO COUNTY 2020 CHIP SEAL PROJECT NOTICE is hereby given that on the 11th day of August, 2020 at Meeker, Colorado, final settlement will be authorized by the Rio Blanco County Board of County Commissioners with Oldcastle SW Group, Inc. dba[Read More…]

New fire start

A new fire has been reported west of Meeker on the eastern edge of the Black Mountain Wilderness Study Area. Bureau of Land Management crews are working on it. It’s been named the Grassy Fire with 30 acres burned as of 1:45 p.m. July 15.

Fire Update: July 15, 2020

A Type 2 Rocky Mountain Incident Management Blue Team assumed command of the Fawn, Creek, Stewart Gulch and Wolf fires on July 15 in response to a request from the Bureau of Land Management for mutual aid and the increased complexity and size of the three fires. There have been[Read More…]

Days Gone By: July 9, 2020

The Meeker Herald | 125 years ago • If you would move mountains, grab a spade and go to work. • Fortunate is the man whose errors are sufficiently ludicrous to pass current as jokes. • Born on Friday afternoon, July 12, 1895, to the wife of H.S. Harp, a son.[Read More…]