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Feasibility study planned for proposed rural water district near Rangely

RANGELY I The Rio Blanco Water Conservancy District (RBWCD) Board of Directors is taking a step forward on a proposal to create a Rural Water Enterprise. The project would provide a reliable, high-quality supply of drinking water to properties outside the Town of Rangely, that are not served by the[Read More…]

October 16, 2020 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

Rangely

RB Water Conservancy floats idea for rural water district

RBC I Alden Vanden Brink, district manager of the Rio Blanco Water Conservancy District made a very interesting proposal to thirsty property owners on Feb. 27. The concept of creating a rural water district to provide a reliable, high-quality potable water supply and service to property, individuals and businesses was[Read More…]

March 8, 2020 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

Rangely

Splash-in, CNCC open house July 20

RANGELY | Please plan to attend the 2019 Kenney Reservoir Seaplane Splash-in and Colorado Northwestern Community College Aviation Technology Flight Program open house in Rangely, Colorado, on Saturday, July 20, between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m.

July 15, 2019 by Niki Turner 1 comment

A community champion remembered

RANGELY I A community champion is anyone—a public official, a community leader, a concerned citizen, a health or human service worker, a volunteer. This person works hard and well to start and/or support an initiative or intervention, to bring a program or idea to reality, or to otherwise improve the[Read More…]

July 12, 2019 by Niki Turner 2 comments

Water district hosts ‘State of the River’ meeting in Rangely

RANGELY | The Rio Blanco Water Conservancy District (RBWCD) held a community networking meeting May 28 on the “State of the River.” Did you know that an estimated 916,000 Colorado recreational anglers account for $8.2 million in state economic impact? These statistics and more were presented by the Rangely 4-H Sportfishing program. Six[Read More…]

June 16, 2019 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

Derby Days …

Kids and adults alike enjoyed this year’s Fishing Derby at Kenney Reservoir last weekend. New this year, Colorado Parks and Wildlife brought its education trailer to give participants an opportunity to get up close and personal with some of Colorado’s threatened and endangered species. Participants caught more than 430 pounds[Read More…]

June 6, 2019 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

News Notes

State of the River, networking meeting

RBC | The Colorado River District and the Rio Blanco Water Conservancy District are co-sponsoring a Rangely State of the River meeting to be held in conjunction with the monthly Community Networking meeting from 11:45 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. on Tuesday, May 28, at the Colorado Northwest Community College campus.[Read More…]

May 25, 2019 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

County Beat: Commissioners draft letter to address ‘discrepancies’ in BLM proposed travel management plan

RBC | In response to “discrepancies” in the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) proposed travel management plan for the Wolf Creek reservoir project, the Rio Blanco County Board of County Commissioners have drafted a letter to BLM to address the issue. BLM staff met with Commissioner Gary Moyer and other[Read More…]

May 23, 2019 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

Northern pike caught in Kenney Reservoir

RANGELY | Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) netted some invasive visitors to the fish population at Kenney Reservoir in April. Lori Martin and Harry Crockett reported to the Rio Blanco Water Conservancy District (RBWCD) board that four age classes of Northern pike were gill netted in Kenney Reservoir. In total they[Read More…]

May 7, 2019 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

Ute tribe may be interested in Wolf Creek water storage

RANGELY | The Rio Blanco Water Conservancy District (RBWCD) Board of Directors met on Wednesday, March 27 at 6 p.m. In attendance were Alden Vanden Brink, Wade Cox, Tim Winkler, Vince Wilczek, Peggy Rector, Mike Morgan, David Carlson and Mathew Casto. There were no changes to the preliminary agenda or[Read More…]

April 9, 2019 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

Economic feasibility of White River off-channel dam and reservoir questioned

RANGELY | The economic feasibility of building an off-channel dam and reservoir next to the White River between Rangely and Meeker at a cost of $119 million to $191 million was questioned last Wednesday at a meeting in Rangely.

September 21, 2018 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

Wolf Creek Dam update

RBC | The Rio Blanco Water Conservancy District is continuing with its White River water storage project, typically referred to as the Wolf Creek Reservoir. During Tuesday’s Community Networking meeting District Director Alden Vanden Brink said they are getting close to providing, “water security and assurance to the White River.”

September 2, 2018 by Jennifer Hill Comments are Disabled