Rio Blanco County | The Herald Times

RIO HAPPENINGS: OCT. 22-28, 2023

ARRESTS There were no arrests for the week of 10/22/2023 CALL SUMMARIES 10/22/2023 @ 4:43 pm. A juvenile on a dirtbike eluded Colorado State Patrol in the area of Highway 64 & County Road 127. A deputy responded to the area and located the eluder a short time later. The[Read More…]

November 2, 2023 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

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Citizen help sought in controlling cricket problem

Mormon crickets are flightless, ground-dwelling insects native to the western United States. They eat native, herbaceous perennials (forbs), grasses, shrubs and cultivated forage crops, reducing feed for grazing wildlife and livestock. In large numbers, their feeding can contribute to soil erosion, poor water quality, nutrient-depleted soils, and potentially cause damage[Read More…]

November 1, 2023 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

Days Gone By – November 2nd, 2023

The Meeker Herald ~ 125 years ago A light snow fell Tuesday night, but on the whole the weather has been lovely during the past week. Judge and Mrs. Walbridge came in from Steamboat Saturday evening. Mrs. W. will spend the winter here with the junior Walbridge family but the[Read More…]

November 1, 2023 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

RIO HAPPENINGS: OCT. 15-21, 2023

ARRESTS 38 year-old male arrested on 10/19/2023 on a Rio Blanco Warrant. He bonded on 10/19/2023 37 year-old female arrested on 10/19/2023 on a Garfield County warrant. She bonded on 10/19/2023 21 year-old male arrested on 10/23/2023 for harassment and child abuse. A PR bond was granted by Magistrate McConaughy[Read More…]

October 25, 2023 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

BOCC makes board appointments; interim administrator starts in Nov.

RBC | Rio Blanco County Commissioners met Tuesday, Oct. 24 in Rangely for work sessions and a regular meeting. The board conducted interviews with Steven Ray Rust and Rebecca Elder for the Fair Board, Michael Selle for the Historic Preservation Board, Ginny Love and Kay Bivens for the Meeker Colorado[Read More…]

October 25, 2023 by Niki Turner Comments are Disabled

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County public health may lose state grant funding

The Rio Blanco County Board of Health — the three commissioners, the public health director and the public health nurse — convened Tuesday in Rangely. Public Health Director Makayla Sheridan said the department is ready to submit its Community Health Assessment and Public Health Improvement Plan to the state. The[Read More…]

October 25, 2023 by Niki Turner Comments are Disabled

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Voters to decide on two propositions in ’23

RBC | Ballots are expected to be mailed to Colorado residents next week. The 2023 ballot asks voters to decide on two Propositions — HH and II. PROPOSITION HH Proposition HH is complicated. Backed by Democratic lawmakers at the State Capitol, the bill survived a challenge from Republicans at the[Read More…]

October 11, 2023 by Niki Turner Comments are Disabled

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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…]

October 11, 2023 by Niki Turner Comments are Disabled

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Oregon agrees to send wolves to Colorado

PRESS RELEASE RBC | In a one-year agreement between Colorado Parks and Wildlife and Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, Oregon will be a source for up to 10 wolves for the Colorado gray wolf reintroduction effort. These wolves will be captured and translocated between December 2023 and March 2024. [Read More…]

October 11, 2023 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

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Ring of fire solar eclipse coming Oct. 14

BY ADRIENNE WIX RBC | A “ring of fire” solar eclipse can be more specifically called an annular solar eclipse. In an annular solar eclipse, the Moon passes between the Earth and the Sun, but because the Moon is near its apogee (the farthest point from Earth in its elliptical[Read More…]

October 4, 2023 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

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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…]

September 27, 2023 by Niki Turner Comments are Disabled

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Miracle in the desert? Hands-on workshop will help landowners revitalize desert streams, riparian areas

PRESS RELEASE Special to the Herald Times RBC | Across the West landowners are struggling with disappearing streams, springs and creeks. Some have found that by replicating natural processes and letting water do the work, solutions emerge. Certain solutions include beavers, or Beaver Dam Analogs (known as BDAs), that slow[Read More…]

September 27, 2023 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled