January, 2015 | The Herald Times | Serving Meeker, Rangely, Dinosaur & Northwest Colorado

Meeker

White River Museum offers something for everyone; exhibits show life in early days

RBC I Visitors to Meeker’s White River Museum seem to find a favorite piece or area that takes them back to a different time and place, when and where they are filled with the wonder of what life was like for the area’s pioneers.

January 9, 2015 by editor Comments are Disabled

Cagers, grapplers of Meeker, Rangely getting back in action

RBC I Winter sports for Rio Blanco County high schools will begin the 2015 portion of their winter sports schedules tonight with wrestling and home court basketball action in Meeker and Rangely on Friday.

January 8, 2015 by Bobby Gutierrez Comments are Disabled

From My Window… Skiing requires money tree; museum impresses; sports return

I just looked out my window and you know what I didn’t see? Not in any direction did I see a single tree with money growing from the branches. I didn’t notice any bills hanging from the trees during the summer, either. But someone must know where they are.

January 8, 2015 by Sean McMahon Comments are Disabled

County retirement party Friday

RBC | The Rio Blanco County Clerk and Recorder’s Office will host a retirement party on Friday for County Clerk Nancy Amick and assistant Jackie Brennan. Amick is retiring Jan. 13 and Brennan is retiring Jan. 16. The party is open to the public to share cake and punch. The[Read More…]

January 8, 2015 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

Rangely VFW hosts officers tonight

RANGELY | Rangely Post No. 5261 of the Veterans of Foreign Wars will hold its next meeting at Rangely Library at 7 p.m. tonight under the direction of Cmdr. John “Hoot” Gibson. District and state officers have been invited, and also present will be a service officer to answer questions.[Read More…]

January 8, 2015 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

Meeker woman wins competition, awards for her dancing at sea

MEEKER I Elaine Jordan enjoys her dancing, and she is good enough at it that she won a cruise line competition tied to Dancing with the Stars, including making it to the finals for the competition.

January 8, 2015 by editor 1 comment

Classifieds: January 8, 2015

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January 8, 2015 by Herald Times Staff Comments are Disabled

Rangely

Hunting rabbits…

Siblings Corbin (10), Brielle (4) and C.J. Lucero (14) are among the Rangely residents taking advantage of a good rabbit hunting season this year. A good cover of snow makes it easier to see rabbit tracks.

January 7, 2015 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

Guest Opinion: Fact that Colorado River water reached Gulf of Mexico a good sign

RBC I It’s been nine months since a coalition of scientists, water managers and lawmakers from the U.S. and Mexico opened the Morelos Dam at the Arizona border, releasing a massive, one-time pulse into the parched Colorado River Delta.

January 7, 2015 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

Obituary: Michael Lee Rice

Michael Lee Rice, 59 of Rangely, Colo., died peacefully surrounded by his family on Nov. 21, 2015, in Salt Lake City, Utah, of acute myeloid Leukemia.

January 6, 2015 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

Meszaros on Dean’s List

MEEKER I Lexie Meszaros, the daughter of Scott and Stacey Meszaros of Meeker, has been named to the Dean’s List in her first semester at the University of Louisiana—Monroe.

January 6, 2015 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

RBC gets $21,262 grant toward historic district

MEEKER I History Colorado’s State Historical Fund Director Steve W. Turner announced that the Town of Meeker, in collaboration with the Rio Blanco County Historical Society’s (RBCHS) National Historic District Task Force, has been awarded a $21,262 grant to fund a professional historical consultant.

January 6, 2015 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled