RBC has highest recorded per-capita suicide rate in the state, nearly triple average Public Health Department staff shared preliminary data gathered as part of a Community Health Assessment Plan (CHAP) the department is required to complete every five years. Based on more than 350 responses, RBC residents feel the top[Read More…]
Tag: COVID-19
PMC adding security cameras to campus
NOTE: A previous version of this story reported that PMC CEO Liz Sellers stated Providence Recovery Services in Craig is closing its doors. Ms. Sellers would like to issue the following correction to last week’s story covering the PMC Board of Director’s meeting: “During my update at last week’s Board of Directors meeting,[Read More…]
County Beat: August 9, 2022 Meeting
RBC Commissioners met at the courthouse in Meeker Tuesday and heard from Bill Mills, one of the White River Field Office field managers for the Bureau of Land Management. Mills congratulated BLM staff members Kyle Arnold, Tyrell Turner, Matt Dupire and James Roberts for “very successfully completing the largest horse[Read More…]
COVID-19 UPDATE: January 27, 2022
RBC I Total Cases to Date: 1,630 Meeker Active: 68 Rangely Active: 37 Hospitalizations in the last 14 days: 2 Total Hospitalized: 126 Meeker School District: 17 Rangely School District: 8 Deaths: 12
COVID-19 Update: Jan. 11
RBC | Total Cases to Date: 1,489 Meeker Active: 58 Rangely Active: 29 Hospitalizations in the last 14 days: 2 Total Hospitalized: 124 (8.3% of total reported cases — statewide rate is 5%) Total Deaths: 12 Approximate percent of eligible population vaccinated with at least one dose (now 5 and[Read More…]
RBC COVID-19 update for the week of Wednesday, Jan. 5
As of Wednesday, Jan. 5, Rio Blanco County Public Health was reporting 32 active cases in Meeker and 18 active cases in Rangely in the last 14 days, with two new hospitalizations. The Omicron variant, which is surging nationwide, has been confirmed in the county and is expected to be[Read More…]
VETERAN VOICE: Identify the enemy correctly
Any veteran can tell you that your odds of getting killed are significantly increased if you are unable to identify the bad guys. The Commander in Chief is not the enemy, he is the elected President of the United States of America. Unfortunately his position is being used by very[Read More…]
Rio Blanco County COVID update
Please visit https://rbc.us/606/COVID-19-Updates for the most current COVID data and trends available for RBC. case counts Total Cases to Date: 1,397 Meeker Active: 12 Rangely Active: 16 New hospitalizations in the last 14 days: 2 Total Hospitalized: 123 School District Meeker: 1 School District Rangely: 1 TOTAL Deaths: 12 Updated[Read More…]
The top 10 stories of 2021
What were the top stories in 2021 for Rio Blanco County? Based on our website traffic at ht1885.com, the top 10 are as follows (oddly, they’re all from the last half of the year) No. 1. — RBCSO explores jail changes (Sept. 2, 2021) Sheriff Anthony Mazzola laid out the[Read More…]
Letter: Omicron among us
Dear Editor: The omicron variant of the novel coronavirus is very likely already amongst us. There’s still an awful lot we don’t know about it, but here’s what’s evident so far. Omicron is exceptionally contagious. Doubling times for infections are on the order of two or three days. That is,[Read More…]
Rio Blanco County COVID update
TESTING Testing for COVID-19 is recommended for all symptomatic individuals (please see CDC website for list of symptoms), and all individuals who are exposed to a known case. If you have no symptoms, but have been exposed, it is advised to test 5-7 days after your last known exposure, or[Read More…]
COVID-19 numbers in RBC as of Dec. 14
COVID-19 statistics for Rio Blanco County released as of Tuesday, Dec. 14 from RBC Public Health: Cases reported in the last 14 days: 74New hospitalizations in the last 14 days: 6Meeker Active: 35Rangely Active: 16Total Cases to Date: 1,359Total Hospitalized: 120 (8.8% of reported cases)Vaccination rates: Approximate percent of eligible[Read More…]
