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

Births: Andrew and Zachary Allred

February 21, 2015 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

Much to be done before Meeker area receives National Register tag – Part Two of Two

MEEKER I EDITOR’S NOTE: Last week we looked at the plan for the possible inclusion of part of downtown Meeker on the National Register of Historic places and the lack of forced restrictions on any property owner within the proposed district. This week, we look at the process, the grants[Read More…]

February 21, 2015 by editor Comments are Disabled

Stockgrowers: Variety of topics discussed, arena named to honor C.W. ‘Bill’ Brennan

RBC I Rio Blanco County Commissioner Shawn Bolton announced to the Rio Blanco Stockgrowers on Feb. 7 that the county is naming the indoor arena at the Rio Blanco County Fairgrounds the C.W. “Bill” Brennan Arena in honor of the late former county commissioner and Piceance Creek cattle producer.

February 21, 2015 by editor Comments are Disabled

Lady Cowboys win two cage tests

MEEKER I The Meeker High School girls’ basketball team won two more games last week, dominating the Vail Christian Saints by a wide 73-41 margin, then pounding the Caprock Academy Eagles 84-9, in a game that saw everyone on the Cowboy roster score.

February 21, 2015 by Bobby Gutierrez Comments are Disabled

Meeker

A hot time in the ol’ town…

February 21, 2015 by editor Comments are Disabled

From My Window: Two events offer sense of community during long winter

The visibility has been darned clear for the past weeks, interrupted briefly on Sunday as snow fell intermittently high on County Road 8 during the annual “I Ride With James” Poker and Snowmobile Run. It was too darned clear on the way up to Lost Creek Trailhead, about a mile[Read More…]

February 20, 2015 by Sean McMahon Comments are Disabled

Death Notice: Laurie Lynn Munger McCrory

Laurie Lynn Munger McCrory died on Sunday, Feb. 15, 2015. Services will be held at 2 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 21, 2015, at Advantage Aurora Chase Chapel, 1095 Havana St., Aurora, Colo. 80010.

February 20, 2015 by Special to the Herald Times 1 comment

MSD forum addresses public issues

MEEKER I Meeker School Superintendent Mark Meyer and the Meeker School Board held an open forum Feb. 3, and several members of the public took advantage of the occasion to present several questions to the officials. The forum opened with Superintendent Mark Meyer surprising almost everyone in the room by[Read More…]

February 20, 2015 by editor Comments are Disabled

Bolton urges residents to fight proposed OHV bill

RBC I The Colorado State House of Representatives is currently considering a bill that would impact OHV operators statewide, including a change that would require an OHV operator to have a state-issued driver’s license in order to operate any Off Highway Vehicles (OHV) including ATVs and side-by-sides.

February 20, 2015 by editor Comments are Disabled

Meeker

‘I Ride With James’…

February 20, 2015 by Sean McMahon Comments are Disabled

Obituary: Artie Parr

Artie L. Parr, 88, died Saturday Feb. 7, 2015. She died at home, surrounded by her sisters and children, just as she would have wanted. She was born Jan. 25, 1927, in Grand Junction, Colo., to Greek immigrants Hariklia Roufoulas and Louis J. Eliopulos. She was the fifth of six[Read More…]

February 19, 2015 by editor Comments are Disabled

Rangely man gets nine years for rape

RANGELY I At a sentencing hearing on Feb. 6 at the Rio Blanco Courthouse and as a result of a plea bargain, 21-year-old Rangely resident Michael Miner was sentenced to nine years in the Colorado Department of Corrections for the July 2014 rape of a 12-year-old Rangely girl.

February 19, 2015 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled