January, 2014 | The Herald Times | Serving Meeker, Rangely, Dinosaur & Northwest Colorado

Rio Blanco County Days Gone By

The Meeker Herald — 125 years ago ♦ J. Kircher of Hayden favored The Herald with a visit yesterday. Mr. Kircher is here to meet his family, which had been back visiting relatives in Kentucky. ♦ Reinhold Hartke will open up a harness shop in the vacant room adjoining the[Read More…]

January 21, 2014 by Herald Times Staff Comments are Disabled

Letter to the Editor: Thanks from the Coulter family

Dear Editor: We would like to extend a special thank you to the Rio Blanco County Commissioners for approving the name change to Coulter Field at Meeker Airport.

January 21, 2014 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

Meekerite Carl Taussig inducted into PTK

MEEKER | Carl Taussig of Meeker was inducted into the Beta Rho Iota chapter of Phi Theta Kappa (PTK) at College of the Desert in Palm City, Calif., on Dec. 17.

January 21, 2014 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

Agencies working for countywide trail plan

RBC I Dozens of people attended the public meetings in Rangely and Meeker last week to discuss a master trails plan for Rio Blanco County. The plan, once carried out, would give residents and visitors access to approximately 1,000 miles of trails for motorized and non-motorized use county-wide.

January 21, 2014 by Heather Zadra Comments are Disabled

Meeker

Winter Blast…

About 70 sledders and pushers took part in the ERBM Recreation Center’s Winter Blast creative sled races Saturday at Paintbrush Park in Meeker.

January 21, 2014 by editor Comments are Disabled

Obituary: William Richard ‘Dick’ Green

William Richard “Dick” Green, 88, of Delta, Colo., passed away Jan. 7, 2014, at San Juan Living Center in Montrose, Colo. Dick was born Feb. 14, 1925, to Deyoe and Frances (Pearson) Green in Rifle, Colo. He served his country in the United States Marine Corps and was a veteran[Read More…]

January 20, 2014 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

RHS Panthers lose three in a row

RANGELY I The Rangely Panthers boys’ basketball team lost 50-47 to the Paonia Eagles at home last Friday, then lost 57-43 to the Bulldogs in Hotchkiss on Saturday. The Panthers played the Cowboys in Meeker on Tuesday and lost 65-52, now Rangely will host West Grand tonight, starting at 6[Read More…]

January 20, 2014 by Bobby Gutierrez Comments are Disabled

Rangely

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

MHS scores high in state, spends high

EDITOR’S NOTE: There are several Internet sites that track students’ educational progress in Colorado. Schooldigger.com is just one of those. The figures in this story have been confirmed through local school officials, but the Herald Times will continue to check other sites as well. MEEKER I According to Schooldigger.com, Meeker[Read More…]

January 20, 2014 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

Several RHS students named to Academic All-State teams

RANGELY I Several Rangely High School athletes have been named to the Colorado academic all-state teams by the Colorado High School Activities Association and one to the honorable mention list.

January 20, 2014 by Special to the Herald Times 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

Cowboys exciting on the court

MEEKER I The challenge of a high school basketball game is the ability to put together 32 minutes of good basketball. The Meeker boys’ basketball team is doing just that this season as they have proved time and time again they can play with good teams.

January 19, 2014 by Hallie Blunt Comments are Disabled