MEEKER | What sprang from a desire to provide a service to others is turning into a business venture for Meeker’s Lonnie White, a 2012 transplant from the East Coast. There aren’t a lot of places for single folks to hang out in Meeker besides the bar. White, an electrician[Read More…]
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Thelen named to Fort Lewis College Dean’s List
MEEKER | Nishiko Thelen, of Meeker, Colorado, was named to Fort Lewis College’s Dean’s List for the spring 2019 semester. Thelen’s major is business administration. To be eligible for Dean’s List, a student must carry a semester GPA of 3.6 or better in no fewer than 15 credit hours of[Read More…]
RBC to get $584,028 in PILT funds this year
RBC | U.S. Secretary of the Interior David Bernhardt announced that 56 local governments in Colorado are receiving a total of $39.9 million under the 2019 Payments in Lieu of Taxes (PILT) program. Rio Blanco County will receive $584,028 this year, a slight increase from 2018’s $569,036. “Payments in lieu[Read More…]
Take the time to be heard: Attend a local conservation meeting
MEEKER | The USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) in Rio Blanco County and the White River Conservation District cordially invites the public to attend their Fiscal Year 2019 Local Working Group (LWG) meeting July 10, from 7:30-9 p.m. The purpose of this annual LWG meeting is to bring together[Read More…]
Letter: Ty Gates for Rio Blanco County Commissioner: A 2020 Vision
Ty Gates for Rio Blanco County Commissioner: A 2020 Vision Dear Editor: Hi, my name is Ty Gates and I am running for Rio Blanco County Commissioner, thank you for taking the time to visit my page (https://www.facebook.com/Ty-Gates-for-RBC-County-Commissioner-2020-400258997373259/). As a Meeker native, I am deeply rooted and committed to maintaining[Read More…]
Rangely Area Chamber’s Board of Directors questions hospital about mill levy presentation
RBC | Rangely Community Medical Health and Wellness Center (formerly Rangely District Hospital) CEO Nick Goshe and Hospital Board Director Stephen Petersburg gave their presentation about the need for a mill levy increase at the Rangely Area Chamber of Commerce board meeting on June 20. Currently the hospital provides several[Read More…]
Lightning ‘fries’ broadband tower, CR 8 residents without internet
RBC | Last week’s stormy weather proved detrimental to the county’s broadband program, as a direct hit to the side of the Pollard tower bypassed the lightning and grounding rod and melted most of the components inside, cutting internet service to 69 residents along County Road 8. The loss of[Read More…]
Rangely Open tourney results
RANGELY | Twenty-eight golfers endured chilly, unseasonable temperatures Saturday at Cedar Ridges Golf Course in Rangely to compete in the Rangely Open. 1st Flight n 1st Gross – Matt Burke, Vernal Utah, 75 Gross n 2nd Gross – JC Watt, Meeker 76 Gross n 1st Net – Mark Skelton, Rangely,[Read More…]
Despite reports, Mind Springs Health not closing doors
RBC | Mind Springs Health is not “closing down all our doors and ceasing all services,” following a change in the state’s crisis policy, said vice-president Chriss P. Flynn via email Monday, following a story published in several western slope newspapers last week. In a press release, Mind Springs Health,[Read More…]
Guest Column: Gardening challenges in Colorado
MEEKER | Gardening this year seems like the Greek story of Sisyphus continually rolling a rock up hill only to have it constantly descend. Here we are at end of June in Meeker, Colorado, with one third of the summer gone. It has rained endlessly along with nearly frozen nightly[Read More…]
Memorial Notice: Merlyn Buckmaster Denny
There will be a memorial for Merlyn Buckmaster Denny on July 2, 2019, at 6 p.m. in the meeting room at Rangely District Hospital.
New law amends Colorado Clean Indoor Act to ban vaping indoors
RBC | Starting Monday, July 1, vaping will be prohibited indoors in most public places. The new law aligns smoking and vaping by adding vaping to the Colorado Clean Indoor Air Act, which already prohibited smoking indoors in most public places. The change comes as Colorado high school students are[Read More…]
