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Congressional committee approves funding for training center

A congressional senate committee has approved the inclusion of $350,000 in congressionally directed spending (CDS) to go toward the Rio Blanco Law Enforcement Training Center project, funding secured by Sen. Michael Bennet (D-Colo). The 2023 appropriations bill that includes the funding for Rio Blanco County will have to pass both[Read More…]

August 18, 2022 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

Jail closure expected to save county $500K

Local police departments impacted by increased costs for transport RBC | Nine months after the closure of the Rio Blanco County Detention Center, numbers demonstrating savings to the county have been made available to the HT. Rio Blanco County Sheriff Anthony Mazzola first announced the intention to close the jail[Read More…]

June 23, 2022 by editor Comments are Disabled

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…]

December 30, 2021 by Herald Times Staff Comments are Disabled

Commissioners Approve 2022 Budget

Rio Blanco County commissioners issued final approval for the 2022 budget Tuesday evening after months of deliberation, meetings with staff, community members and elected officials. The full budget as-approved in its entirety is available at https://www.rbc.us/160/Budget-Finance. Additional information on all local government budgets is detailed in previous reporting at https://www.theheraldtimes.com/?s=budget[Read More…]

December 15, 2021 by Lucas Turner 1 comment

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COUNTY BEAT: Sheriff’s office works to dispel jail misinformation

COMMUNICATION ISSUES Elected officials, staff and law enforcement personnel from all three local government entities filled the county courthouse Monday to discuss the recent closure of the Justice Center/jail. RBC Sheriff Anthony Mazzolla announced the closure in September 2021 at the beginning of this year’s budget cycle. Since that time,[Read More…]

December 8, 2021 by Lucas Turner Comments are Disabled

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County Beat: September 14 meeting

RBC I Rio Blanco County commissioners met in Meeker Tuesday, Sept. 14 to discuss the following public business. PUBLIC HEALTH RBC Public Health Director Alice Harvey skipped the bulk of COVID updates for the board this week in anticipation of the Board of Health meeting next Tuesday, Sept. 21 in[Read More…]

September 16, 2021 by Lucas Turner Comments are Disabled

Letter: Why the jail?

Dear Editor: There are several factors that went into the decision to house the inmates in Moffat County. Let’s start with the most obvious one. Revenues have steadily declined for the county since the State government declared war on the oil and gas industry. Over the last three budget years[Read More…]

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

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RBCSO explores jail changes

RBC I In an effort to trim its budget in the face of declining revenue, the Rio Blanco County Sheriff’s Office is exploring the feasibility of closing operations at the detention center and contracting with Moffat County to house inmates from RBC. The 2021 budget for the detention center was[Read More…]

September 2, 2021 by Niki Turner 2 comments

State report lists COVID outbreaks in RBC

RBC | A data set released by the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment last Wednesday listed a total of four outbreaks in Rio Blanco County, three of which were considered “active” at the time. There have also been voluntary quarantines by businesses and organizations due to positive cases[Read More…]

December 4, 2020 by Herald Times Staff Comments are Disabled

Warrant leads to arrest

MEEKER I A search warrant served on a residence in Meeker resulted in the arrest of a 35-year-old local man on two drug charges.

April 13, 2013 by Sean McMahon Comments are Disabled

Jail incarcerations see sharp decrease since 2009

RBC I The Rio Blanco County Jail is still a busy place, but the number of persons incarcerated at the facility has seen a steady decrease since 2009, which was, by far, the highest incarceration year in the last six.

April 12, 2013 by Sean McMahon Comments are Disabled