March, 2013 | The Herald Times | Serving Meeker, Rangely, Dinosaur & Northwest Colorado

Rangely

Champion…

Meeker’s Steve Harman won the annual Carl Rector Memorial Cribbage Tournament sponsored by Silver Sage RV Park.

March 23, 2013 by Bobby Gutierrez Comments are Disabled

Rangely

A lifetime of memories collected in T-shirts were transformed into a wonderful quilt by a group of Rangely quilters and presented to Bettie-Jo Hackford. The group, including Dalene Hazelbush, Vicki Watson, Karen Packer, Pam Berrett and Ellen Boudreaux, meets once a week to hone members’ skills. Bettie-Jo is thrilled with[Read More…]

March 23, 2013 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

Obituary: Curtis “Bud” Duffy

Curtis “Bud” Duffy of Meeker, Colo., passed away March 4, 2013, at St. Mary’s Hospital in Grand Junction. He was 76.

March 22, 2013 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

FCCLA enjoys national week

MEEKER I Have you ever seen a group of kids on the side of the road picking up trash? Or bought a box of peaches from a kid talking about the club FCCLA? Well, that’s who we are: the Family, Career and Community Leaders of America.

March 22, 2013 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

WRBM, town consider future of parks and trails

RANGELY I Following the termination of a town parks maintenance agreement, the Western Rio Blanco Metropolitan Recreation and Park District (WRBM) and the Town of Rangely have started the planning process to ensure the future upkeep of the community’s parks and trails.

March 22, 2013 by Heather Zadra Comments are Disabled

Meeker

Lincoln re-enactment

Roughly 60 Meeker residents spent an educational two hours on April 14 at Meeker High School, learning firsthand about President Abraham Lincoln. John Voehl of Littleton captivated the audience at the free performance with stories and anecdotes about Lincoln’s childhood, young adulthood and his presidential years.

March 22, 2013 by Sean McMahon Comments are Disabled

Locals try to save old Rangely tank

RANGELY I When musician and composer Bruce Odland first came to Rangely in 1976, it was the last stop of the Chautauqua Tour, a traveling arts festival funded by the Colorado Council on the Arts and Humanities.

March 22, 2013 by Heather Zadra Comments are Disabled

Meeker

Boys’ YBA basketball…

Meeker had two fifth- and sixth-grade youth basketball teams this year and Meeker II beat Meeker I to advance to post-season play in Rifle on Saturday, where they lost to New Castle.

March 21, 2013 by Bobby Gutierrez Comments are Disabled

From my window… First week on the job interesting in county

Through my window, my first week working at the Herald Times was a most interesting time. Other than putting out my first newspaper edition in Colorado in more than 35 years, I had the opportunity to meet almost all county government leaders and department heads as well as several folks[Read More…]

March 21, 2013 by Sean McMahon Comments are Disabled

Ducey joins Meeker board

MEEKER I Town native Bryce Ducey was chosen Tuesday evening to fill the vacant seat on the Town of Meeker Board of Trustees.

March 21, 2013 by Sean McMahon Comments are Disabled

Meeker

The circus is coming

MEEKER I Clark and Barnes’ Magic Land Circus is in Meeker today at the Rio Blanco County Fairgrounds.

March 21, 2013 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

RBC planning project looks toward future

RBC I Input from county residents will be increasingly important in the next couple of months as the Rio Blanco County Board of Commissioners begins a strategic planning project to seek public input on how board members should proceed regarding direction for the future.

March 21, 2013 by Sean McMahon Comments are Disabled