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Looking for a COVID vaccine this season? Here’s where to get one.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends everyone 6 months and older get an updated COVID-19 vaccine to protect against the potentially serious outcomes of COVID-19 illness this fall and winter. In Rio Blanco County: Pioneers Family Medical Center: Flu and Covid vaccines are currently available (the RSV vaccine[Read More…]

October 6, 2023 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

Meeker

Town plans for spring election

At the regular meeting Tuesday, Town of Meeker trustees approved a liquor license for the annual Meeker Chamber of Commerce dinner, to be held at the Hugus Building on Dec. 3. Trustees also authorized a mail-in ballot election for April 2022. “With the mail-in ballot, the [voter] participation rate has[Read More…]

November 4, 2021 by editor Comments are Disabled

91% of state ICU beds full

Special to the Herald Times RBC I The weekly COVID-19 update from the county was not available as of press time. The county’s website indicated 55 new cases and six hospitalizations in the last 14 days as of Wednesday, Oct. 13. There were 11 cases recorded in the two school[Read More…]

October 17, 2021 by Herald Times Staff 1 comment

County

Six new COVID cases in RBC in past week, one suspected to be India (Delta) variant

RBC | This past week (May 24-30) RBC had six additional cases in both Meeker and Rangely with an increase in hospitalization rate. Although not confirmed as of June 1, 2021, there is a suspected case of the variant India (Delta) strain in Rio Blanco County. VACCINE IS NOW AVAILABLE[Read More…]

June 5, 2021 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

We Can Do It!

Rio Blanco County Public Health vaccinated 12 youth from the ages of 12-18 last Friday, with no adverse reactions on-site. Cookies and chocolate coffee beans from Wendll’s were provided for this first group of kids. Thanks to the parents and students who made the choice to get vaccinated to not[Read More…]

May 28, 2021 by Herald Times Staff Comments are Disabled

County

Vaccine clinics, appointments and testing changes

RBC | Community clinics in Rio Blanco County are available to the general public over the age of 18. Please visit uchealth.org for local Pfizer vaccination availability for 16 and 17 year olds. Rio Blanco County does not receive this presentation and can only vaccinate those 18 and older. Routt[Read More…]

April 30, 2021 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

Level Blue slips out of reach as county COVID cases rise

RBC | Hopes of being able to move into the Blue level on the state’s COVID-19 dial have been dashed by a rise in case counts. “We’re not going in the right direction,” RBC Public Health Director Alice Harvey said. “We were very hopeful we’d be able to go to[Read More…]

March 4, 2021 by Niki Turner Comments are Disabled

Opinion

Rough-drafting history is slow going

Local newspapers are often referred to as the “rough draft of history.” This last year has been an interesting one to scribble about. In the decades to come, as science and reason and history come together and find agreement with legitimate data that emerges, it will be interesting to see[Read More…]

February 22, 2021 by Niki Turner Comments are Disabled

County COVID cases trending downward

RBC | In good news, and following the same pattern recognized nationwide, COVID-19 case counts locally are starting to drop. They may drop far enough that RBC can apply to move from Level Yellow to Level Blue on the state’s COVID dial this week. “The trajectory appears to be moving[Read More…]

February 18, 2021 by Herald Times Staff Comments are Disabled

Dialing Down …

New changes to the COVID-19 dial metrics changed the designation of 50 of 64 counties Feb. 6, including Rio Blanco, which was moved from Level Orange to Level Yellow by the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE). For local businesses, the change means operating at 50% capacity instead[Read More…]

February 11, 2021 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

Board of Health/pandemic

RBC | The county’s Board of Health heard from community members, student athletes, athletic directors and school superintendents regarding the requirement for high school basketball players to wear face masks both on and off the court on Jan. 28. On Feb. 2 the board reconvened to approve a letter addressed[Read More…]

February 5, 2021 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

Opinion

PMC Column: Returning to sports after COVID

MEEKER | Scientia est potentia. A division I NCAA basketball player collapses suddenly, is rushed to the emergency room, and is admitted to the hospital in critical condition. Physicians diagnose heart failure and an abnormal heart rhythm – complications of viral myocarditis (viral infection of the heart muscle). The year is[Read More…]

January 28, 2021 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled