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Guest Editorial: Remember those who lost their lives at Pearl Harbor, and in the days that followed

By Wes Eubanks Meeker VFW Post 5843 Special to the Herald Times RBC | Every year since that fateful day Americans have honored the memory of those who made the ultimate sacrifice for their nation. We remember also the survivors who would bear terrible scars both physical and mental. We[Read More…]

December 8, 2016 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

Community Calendar: October 27, 2016

– The Meeker Library Book Club meets at 1 p.m. the second Monday of each month (excluding holidays). The next meeting will be Nov. 14. We will be discussing “The Little Paris Bookshop” by Nina George. All interested readers are welcome. Stop by the Meeker Library for details. – Quilting[Read More…]

October 27, 2016 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

Community Calendar: October 6, 2016

Discover the Parks Oct. 11 from 9:30-11 a.m. at Paintbrush Park. Call 878-3403 or visit meekerrecdistrict.com. A free legal clinic for parties who have no attorney will be featured from 2-3:30 p.m. on Oct. 4 at the Meeker Public Library at 490 Main St in Meeker. Please contact the Meeker[Read More…]

October 6, 2016 by Herald Times Staff Comments are Disabled

VFW “Voice of Democracy” scholarship deadline Nov. 1

MEEKER I Meeker Veterans of Foreign Wars Hall No. 5843 is one of the VFW halls nationally taking part in the organization’s annual Voice of Democracy scholarship competition for students nationally.

September 30, 2014 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

Rangely trail project advances while new veterans’ memorial park nears completion

RANGELY I A non-motorized trails project in the works for more than two years approached completion this week while Town of Rangely subcontractors began work on a veterans’ memorial park in the existing Hefley Park last week. The first link of a 16-mile, five-loop trail system outlined in a 2011[Read More…]

August 16, 2014 by Heather Zadra Comments are Disabled

Letter to the Editor: State veterans home makes difference

Dear Editor: Can individual acts make a difference? You bet.

January 22, 2014 by editor Comments are Disabled

County

Memorial honors county veterans

MEEKER I The ground was broken in early June on the lawn and sidewalk at the Rio Blanco County Courthouse, but the statue and the stone/concrete construction of the actual Rio Blanco County Veterans Memorial will be unveiled and dedicated in downtown Meeker on Thursday after the parade.

July 3, 2013 by Sean McMahon Comments are Disabled

County

VFWs combine efforts; construction begins on county veterans memorial

MEEKER I The ground was broken two weeks ago on the lawn and sidewalk at the Rio Blanco County Courthouse, but the stone and concrete construction of the actual Rio Blanco County Veterans Memorial will begin this week in downtown Meeker.

June 13, 2013 by Sean McMahon Comments are Disabled

Rangely

Veterans memorial donation…

Rio Blanco County veterans service officer Hoot Gibson accepts a $3,000 check from Western Rio Blanco Metropolitan and Recreation and Park District (WRBM) executive director Tim Webber last Friday.

December 21, 2012 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

Eagle Scout, VFW conduct flag ceremony

MEEKER I Eagle Scout Collin Cochran will join VFW Commander Tom Kilduff and members of the Veterans of Foreign Wars in conducting an official and patriotic flag retirement ceremony on the courthouse lawn immediately following the conclusion of the parade.

July 6, 2012 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

County

Gone, but not forgotten

RBC I Independence Day is celebrated because of the brave soldiers serving in the armed forces, fighting and defending the Constitution of the United States and the rights it provides all Americans. Range Call has celebrated Independence Day in Meeker since 1885 and Rio Blanco County has produced hundreds of[Read More…]

July 5, 2012 by Bobby Gutierrez Comments are Disabled

VFW memorial …

RBC | Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) Post 5843 in Meeker and VFW Post 5261 in Rangely are currently raising funds for the Rio Blanco County Veterans Memorial to be placed on the courthouse lawn in Meeker.

April 14, 2012 by Bobby Gutierrez Comments are Disabled