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

Rangely

Pinewood Derby…

February 24, 2015 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

Meeker cagers win two more

MEEKER I The Meeker High School boys’ basketball team won two more games over the weekend, beating Caprock Academy on Friday and Vail Christian on Saturday.

February 24, 2015 by Hallie Blunt Comments are Disabled

RBC I The next Community Networking Group meeting will be held at noon on Feb. 24 in the Weiss Conference Room on the Colorado Northwestern Community College campus in Rangely. Guest speaker for the February meeting will be Elyse Ackerman, the northwest regional manager for the state Department of Local[Read More…]

February 23, 2015 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

Douglas Creek Conservation District annual meeting and banquet Feb. 28

RANGELY I The Douglas Creek Conservation District will hold its annual meeting and banquet in Rangely on Feb. 28. Activities will take place at the Weiss Conference Room on the Colorado Northwestern Community College campus in Rangely. The business portion of the meeting will center on “Water Issues that Affect[Read More…]

February 23, 2015 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

Guest Editorial: Easy entitlement access undermines nation’s work ethic

RBC I “Our greatest primary task is to put people to work.” — Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1933. Although sometimes considered the father of the American entitlement state, FDR understood that our sense of achievement and self-sufficiency comes from our work.

February 23, 2015 by editor Comments are Disabled

Rangely boys’ basketball team falls to Meeker and Paonia

RANGELY I The Rangely High School boys’ basketball team lost two league games last week, one to Meeker, 64-40, and another to the Paonia Eagles 57-43.

February 23, 2015 by Bobby Gutierrez Comments are Disabled

County

Thin ice…

February 23, 2015 by Sean McMahon Comments are Disabled

MEF hosts ‘Snowfest’ and dinner

MEEKER I The public is invited as the Meeker Education Foundation hosts its inaugural Snowfest and Dinner, full of outdoor fun and food on March 1.

February 22, 2015 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

Birth: Clayton Rundberg

February 22, 2015 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

One Man’s Opinion: Bad facts cloud reality about fracking

RBC I The American Southwest is undergoing a spike in seismic activity. A new U.S. Geological Survey shows that a small basin on the New Mexico-Colorado border experienced 20 times more serious earthquakes between 2001 and 2011 than it had during the previous 30 years.

February 22, 2015 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

Rangely girls set for last league game

RANGELY I The Rangley High School girls’ basketball team is preparing for a big weekend as members prepare to play SoRoCo on Thursday then play Caprock Academy at home Friday for the last league game.

February 22, 2015 by Hallie Blunt Comments are Disabled

Meeker

MES reading challenge ends with goat kisses

MEEKER I January was book-crazy at the Meeker Elementary School Library. It was an entire month of fun things focused around the library, and this year the theme was STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math).

February 22, 2015 by editor Comments are Disabled