Dates for the county fair in 2024 were set by the Rio Blanco County Board of Commissioners Tuesday during the regular meeting. Shooting sports events will start July 20, equine events July 26, general fair July 29-Aug. 4, and the livestock sale will be held Aug. 3, 2024. Also approved[Read More…]
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County Beat: Oct. 11th, 2023
RBC | The board of county commissioners met Tuesday, Oct. 10 to discuss the following public business. FAIR BOARD With five of nine seats open on the county Fair Board, Rio Blanco County Commissioners conducted interviews with Nate Smith, James [Jak] Kilduff, Jason Spieth, Justin Carroll and Twila Morris on[Read More…]
County Beat: Sept. 26
BY NIKI TURNER [email protected] RBC | Changes in the county’s budget and finance department with the departure earlier this summer of Janae Stanworth and the departure this week of Talia Rosas prompted the Rio Blanco County Commissioners to discuss who has signing authority for vouchers and to what degree. Colleen[Read More…]
Special meeting for BOCC to discuss dispatch, broadband, solar project
RBC | Rio Blanco County Commissioners held a special, in-person only public comment period Tuesday before entering executive session. The executive session lists two separate subjects of discussion including “determining positions relative to matters that may be subject to negotiations, and instructing negotiators regarding the Central Square Contract which pertains[Read More…]
Build it and they will come … but who will maintain it?
MEEKER | For nearly 50 years the Fairfield Community Center complex has provided a venue for weddings, funerals, events, church services, debates, CNCC classes, lectures, community dinners and more. The building at 200 Main St. was the home of the Meeker Public Library and remains the location for the White[Read More…]
2023 RBC budget snapshot
Budget season is well underway in Rio Blanco County, with commissioners, staff and department heads racking up more than 30 hours worth of budget-related meetings so far this year. During the first budget meeting on Oct. 17, 2022, Budget & Finance director Janae Stanworth provided an overview of the proposed[Read More…]
COUNTY BEAT: RBC sticks with Dominion machines
The Rio Blanco County Board of County Commissioners (BoCC) met for work sessions Tuesday, starting with an update from Public Health Director Karen Dinwiddie. Dinwiddie reviewed the department’s core programs and grant funding received. Facilities Director Eric Jaquez provided a third quarter update and asked for direction on some upcoming[Read More…]
COUNTY BEAT: August 25, 2022
RBC | Incoming Rio Blanco County Clerk and Recorder Shawn Luce, currently the deputy clerk, updated commissioners Tuesday, as did Assessor Renae Nielson and Treasurer Rhonna Waldref. Luce said motor vehicle numbers are up following a lull during the pandemic. “We thought it might slow down, but now everyone is[Read More…]
COUNTY BEAT: July 20, 2022
RBC | RBC Commissioners toured the county’s west side facilities in Rangely prior to work sessions with Budget and Finance Director Janae Stanworth and IT Director Trevor Nielsen. Stanworth discussed planning and preparing for the upcoming budget season, and Neilsen updated the board on the coming departure of Visionary, one[Read More…]
Overton releases campaign statement
RBC | As we head into a primary election season, I’m asking the citizens of Rio Blanco County to elect me to the office of County Commissioner for District 1. I love this county. I was born here, and I chose to raise my family here. I started my first[Read More…]
Commissioners hear updates
RBC | Virginia “Ginny” Love was officially sworn in as the District 1 Rio Blanco County Commissioner between work sessions on Tuesday. Commissioners Ty Gates and Jennifer O’Hearon interviewed Jessica Franks as a candidate for one of two open seats on the county’s planning commission, and officially appointed her during[Read More…]
“Why I threw my hat in the ring”
O’Hearon on appointment to District 2 commissioner position RBC I Though I did not grow up in Rio Blanco County, Rangely has been my home for close to 10 years of my life. I raised my son in Rangely and have thoroughly enjoyed the relationships I’ve established within the Rangely[Read More…]
