RBC | Commissioners Gary Moyer and Si Woodruff heard an update from the BLM’s White River Field Office Manager Kent Walter Tuesday in Meeker during a workshop. Walter said they are in the process of finalizing a “gather plan” for wild horses for all areas outside of their herd management[Read More…]
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View the Kokanee salmon spawning in Sheep Creek
For the price of a tank of gasoline you can take the whole family to experience a true circle of life phenomenon. Autumn marks the transition from summer to winter and for Kokanee salmon the beginning of their most important and final journey. One of the nearest and handicap accessible[Read More…]
Regional group signs agreement with Mexico
Western States and Tribal Nations (WSTN), an initiative led by sovereign tribal nations, states and counties to advocate for rural economic development and a cleaner environment through sustainable production of natural gas, today welcomed the State of Baja California’s Ministry of Economy as its newest member. The State of Baja[Read More…]
Rio Blanco County Hazard Mitigation open house July 16
RANGELY I Rio Blanco County is in the process of updating the Hazard Mitigation Plan (HMP) and would like your input. Please join us at an open house at the Rangely Municipal Building (209 E. Main Street, Rangely, Colorado) on Tuesday, July 16, from 4-6 p.m. This meeting will be[Read More…]
CDOT begins project to improve roadway surface, safety on CO Hwy. 13 in Rio Blanco County
RBC | The Colorado Department of Transportation and contractor, Scott Contracting, Inc., of Centennial, Colorado, have a project underway to improve the safety and driving surface of Colorado Highway 13 about 16 miles north of Rifle. The project, contracted to Scott for $16.8 million, will reconstruct and provide minor widening[Read More…]
County Beat: Balancing public desires with federal management of public lands
Bringing everyone into agreement when it comes to public land use is a daunting task. Rio Blanco County is a rarity in the state: a county that has made its desires for land use management known through an official land use plan. Commissioner Gary Moyer, who did extensive work to[Read More…]
County Beat: March 14, 2019
RBC | Members of the public present for Monday’s meeting of the Rio Blanco County Board of Commissioners urged the board to “use every tool in the tool box” to fight back against SB19-181. “There was a power failure in Rangely yesterday [Sunday],” said Rangely resident Jimmie Dearman, 80, who[Read More…]
County Beat: Feb. 28, 2019
RBC | “The whole project has been an excellent learning lesson for my entire department, said Rio Blanco County project coordinator Eric Jacquez of the Fairfield Center Remodel Project Monday, explaining to the Board of County Commissioners why they’re still wrapping up payments for the project. “We were writing our policies[Read More…]
County Beat: Feb. 21, 2019
RBC | At the Board of County Commissioners’ work session Tuesday in Rangely, Commissioner Gary Moyer presented a mission or vision statement to be sent to all the county department heads and shared with staff. The mission statement reads, “To provide services in a fair, respectful and professional manner consistent with[Read More…]
RBC dispatch year-in-review
RBC | The dispatch center processed 25,008 phone calls this last year, answering 1,342 911 calls, answered 3,125 calls for Meeker Police Department (MPD) and placed 6,231 outgoing phone calls. A total of 7,151 calls for service were created: 3,879 for the Sheriff’s Office, 3,233 for MPD, 414 calls for[Read More…]
County Beat: Jan. 17, 2019
RBC | Local Access Internet (LAI), one of the former service providers for county broadband, was the first topic of discussion at the workshops prior to the Jan. 14 commissioners’ meeting. Communications Director Cody Crooks asked the Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) if they wanted to pursue the findings from the[Read More…]
Borchard loses county attorney appointment
RBC | What started as a typical county commissioners’ meeting with newly elected Commissioner Gary Moyer, returning Commissioner Si Woodruff and newly appointed Board Chair Jeff Rector at the helm, turned into something of an event as the meeting progressed, leaving many in attendance scratching their heads about what they[Read More…]
