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

MHS principal candidates set for interviews this Monday

MEEKER I Meeker School Superintendent Mark Meyer announced Tuesday that the three finalists for the Meeker High School principal position will be interviewed Monday, and one of the three is Meeker High School Athletic Director Brett Steinacher.

April 25, 2015 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

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Highway 13 crash traps pregnant woman; mother, baby doing well

MEEKER I On Friday at about 3 p.m., a rainy and slushy spring storm asserted itself, allegedly causing a medium-sized SUV to leave the road and roll over into a deep ravine on the side of Highway 13, just south of Meeker. Of the two occupants, a pregnant woman was[Read More…]

April 25, 2015 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

Road possible to fight area coal fire

RBC I The Bureau of Land Management is working closely with the Colorado Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety to extinguish a coal seam fire burning in the long-abandoned Black Diamond Mine above Meeker.

April 24, 2015 by Sean McMahon Comments are Disabled

All-inclusive MHS prom set Saturday at Fairfield Center

RBC I The 2015 Meeker High School Junior/Senior Prom is an all-inclusive event beginning at 6:30 p.m. on Saturday and running until 1 a.m. on Sunday at the Freeman E. Fairfield Center in downtown Meeker.

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

After-Prom Party…

There will be a free After-Prom Party at the Meeker Recreation Center following the Meeker High School Junior/Senior Prom on Saturday. Doors open at midnight and close at 1:45 a.m. with festivities running until 3 a.m. There will be no entry or re-entry allowed after 1:45 a.m. All Meeker High[Read More…]

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

IOOF building turns 118, celebrates year on National Register

Reprinted from the May 1, 1897 edition of the Meeker Herald MEEKER I Last Monday was a great day for Meeker Odd Fellows, as it will mark an important epoch in the history of the local society. The day was the 78th anniversary of the establishment of the fraternal order[Read More…]

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

From My Window: Eggs have great uses; incentives good for business; IOOF and quakes

I was looking out my window and everything I looked at appeared scrambled. Then I looked again and realized that the window I looked at was filthy from the wind and rain storm last week and not only couldn’t I see out my windows at home, but the windows on[Read More…]

April 23, 2015 by Sean McMahon Comments are Disabled

9Health Fair in Meeker on Saturday

MEEKER I Pioneers Medical Center and Channel 9 TV in Denver will host the annual 9Health Fair on Saturday from 7 a.m. to 11 a.m. at Meeker Elementary School, where a series of low-cost screenings and tests and free health checks will be offered to those attending.

April 23, 2015 by Sean McMahon Comments are Disabled

Meeker Young Timers hike scheduled today

MEEKER I The Meeker Young Timers will meet at Sanderson Park at 6:30 p.m. today to go for a hike. The weather forecast looks to be great for a hike, and those who are interested are urged to wear good walking shoes or hiking boots. For more information, contact Danyel[Read More…]

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

Meeker’s IOOF building turns 118; on National Register for one year

MEEKER I The building that now houses Mountain Valley Bank in Meeker has a long and colorful past, having started out as the home of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows Lodge, Valentine Lodge No. 47. Now, 118 years later, it serves as the home of the bank. It had[Read More…]

April 23, 2015 by Sean McMahon Comments are Disabled

Classifieds: April , 2015

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April 23, 2015 by Herald Times Staff Comments are Disabled