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Highlights, lowlights and other clips and cuts from a year of local news in 2023…

Meeker’s recycling program came to an end after two decades. Expenses, partially offset by town funds, combined with low prices and demand for recyclable materials, made the program financially unsustainable. New county officials were sworn in to office in January 2023, including Clerk and Recorder Shawn Luce and commissioners Doug[Read More…]

January 3, 2024 by Herald Times Staff Comments are Disabled

Our top stories from 2017

RBC | Editor’s Note: Traditionally, we spend multiple hours compiling the annual year-in-review. This year, we’re doing something a little different. The following are the top five stories for 2017 based on our website traffic and Facebook page. 1. The recent story about the possibility of wolf reintroduction garnered the[Read More…]

December 31, 2017 by Herald Times Staff Comments are Disabled

Bidding farewell to 2016 and welcoming 2017

RBC | Contentious, tumultuous and full of surprises are all ways to describe 2016. It was “the best of times, and the worst of times.” Here’s a brief glimpse at some of the things that transpired during the last 12 months in Rio Blanco County. – Pioneers Medical Center welcomed[Read More…]

December 31, 2016 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

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2015 Year in Review: Part 2

RBC I This is part two of our annual “year in review,” covering news and events that occurred between July and December 2015.

January 7, 2016 by Herald Times Staff Comments are Disabled

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2015: It was a busy year for Rio Blanco County (Year in Review Pt. 1)

2015 was a busy year for Rio Blanco County and the towns of Meeker and Rangely. In this final 2015 edition of the Herald Times and again next week in the first issue of 2016, we will review some of the biggest news events of the year.

December 31, 2015 by Herald Times Staff Comments are Disabled

Year in Review: June~December 2014

RBC I This week we will look at news and events that took place between June and December 2014.

January 9, 2015 by editor Comments are Disabled

The year in review: Top happenings of 2014 ~ January-June

RBC I This is Part 1 of our annual review of news stories and local events from the previous year. This week covers January through June, 2014.

January 6, 2015 by Herald Times Staff Comments are Disabled

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Year in Review, July-Dec. ~ Pt. 4

From ‘A Night at Hogwarts’ at Parkview Elementary School, which focused on literacy, to fun times at Mountain Valley Bank’s Fall Festival in Meeker, a wide variety of events kept things a-hopping for the last six months of 2013.

January 20, 2014 by Sean McMahon Comments are Disabled

Year in Review, July-Dec ~ Pt. 3

♦ Ace Trucking of Rangely entered the 2013 Coed League tournament undefeated and the No. 1 seed, but lost in the semifinals, forcing them to come back and defeat the defending champs, Rangely True Value Hardware, twice in a row to win the title. ♦ A mural that now adorns[Read More…]

January 19, 2014 by Herald Times Staff 2 comments

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Year in Review, July-Dec. ~ Pt. 2

♦ The Milk Creek Fire, 15 miles northeast of Meeker and 3.5 miles east of Yellowjacket Pass, was reported July 4. Attack resources responded immediately.

January 18, 2014 by Herald Times Staff Comments are Disabled

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Year in Review, July-Dec. ~ Pt. 1

RBC I The Rangely Board of Education named Matt Scoggins the next RE-4 district superintendent after a hiring process that lasted more than a month narrowed the field to two candidates, Scoggins and Paul Jebe of La Junta, Colo.

January 17, 2014 by Herald Times Staff Comments are Disabled

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Year in Review – Pt. 5

• Three Meeker Destination Imagination teams qualified for the Global Finals in Knoxville Tenn., in May. The third-grade team is in the front row; the fifth-grade team in the middle row; and the sixth-grade team in the back row. Meeker has three of the four teams representing the Western Slope[Read More…]

January 15, 2014 by Herald Times Staff Comments are Disabled