The following information is a weekly review of the calls for service that were reported to the Rio Blanco County Sheriff’s Communications Office. If you have any questions or would like an explanation of the call types listed please call 878-9600. We will not regularly post any information as to[Read More…]
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Potato Bake in Meeker April 24
MEEKER | Come to the Rio Blanco Masonic Center at 7th and Park on Wednesday, April 24 from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. for the annual Potato Bake fundraiser. Get a giant potato filled with all the fixings, plus salad, drink and dessert for $8. Proceeds benefit the Meeker High[Read More…]
Thank a dispatcher during Telecommunications Week
RBC | For communication centers in the United States, one opportunity for recognition is National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week. It’s the second week of April every year and became law on March 26, 1992, by an act of Congress. In doing so, Congress acknowledged that we “daily serve the public[Read More…]
‘Until the accident.’
Mock accident at RHS intended to promote seatbelt use and safe driving RBC | It was an ordinary day for Rangely Jr./Sr. High School students. Until the accident. One student dead. Others injured. It’s everyone’s worst nightmare come to pass. In this case, the accident wasn’t real, thankfully. Rural Colorado[Read More…]
MHS construction updates
MEEKER | The primary emphasis of the April 8 meeting of the Meeker School Board was an update on the new High School and bus garage construction projects. “Over spring break, we were able to clear out the south area of the school,” John Usery, a member of the project[Read More…]
Community Networking Meeting April 23
RANGELY | Plan to attend the next Community Networking Group meeting April 23 from 12-1:30 p.m. in the Weiss Conference Room at CNCC. Presenting will be Rangely Community Hospital. The hospital board members will be speaking about the mill levy initiative that will be coming in November from the hospital[Read More…]
Obituary: Thomas Joseph Adams
Thomas Joseph Adams April 9, 1991 ~ April 8, 2019 Thomas Joseph Adams, 27, of Rangely, Colorado, passed away on April 8, 2019, in Rangely. Thomas was born on April 9, 1991, in McAlester, Oklahoma, to Jimmye Jean and Shelby Dylan Adams. Thomas was a good loving son, brother and[Read More…]
Editor’s Column: We’re all going to the end of the line, eventually
I took my second-ever train trip last week. My daughter and I traveled to the Colorado Press Association convention in Denver via Amtrak from Glenwood. Why train, you ask? Because I’ve lost the ability to tolerate the idiots on I-70 and because we tend to have blizzards in April, which[Read More…]
Natural Resources Conservation Services accepting applications conservation easement programs
RBC | The Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) in Colorado is currently accepting applications for enrollment into the Agriculture Conservation Easement Program—Agriculture Land/Wetland Reserve Easement (ACEP-ALE, ACEP-WRE) program. The purpose of the ACEP-ALE program is to protect the agricultural viability, grazing uses and related conservation values by limiting nonagricultural uses[Read More…]
Human trafficking awareness campaign coming to RBC
RBC | Ask someone what comes to mind when you say “human trafficking” and you’ll to get a handful of differing responses. What those answers will likely have in common is the notion our rural Colorado communities are somehow immune. The facts indicate otherwise. That was the revelation that[Read More…]
Letter: Say no to wolves
Dear Editor: I just read a survey on the internet sponsored by a group called “Lake Research Partners” and “New Bridge Strategy” that claim that “two-thirds of Colorado’s voters favor restoring wolves in Western Colorado.” I am appalled that two-thirds of Colorado’s population is that irresponsible and emotionally ignorant of[Read More…]
Lady Panthers get 3-2 win over Titans
RANGELY | The Lady Panthers played two games this past week with many different girls who had shots on goal. The first home game was played against Colorado Rocky Mountain School (CRMS) on Tuesday, April 9. As the teams started to warm up Mother Nature went from being sunny to[Read More…]
