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

School board seats, tax override, pot tax issues on ballot

RBC I The 2015 election season will quickly be wrapped up in Meeker, Rangely and Rio Blanco County with ballots due to the county clerk’s office by 7 p.m. Tuesday. While issues on this year’s Rio Blanco County ballot are few, featuring only one statewide initiative, the Rangely and Meeker[Read More…]

October 29, 2015 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

County

Two county residents earn state-level education awards

RBC I Meeker High School science teacher Michelle Selle, and Rio Blanco Board of Cooperative Educational Services (BOCES) Executive Director Teresa Bandel-Schott of Rangely received state-level awards last week.

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Classifieds: October 29, 2015

Ads for 10/29/15 **ANNOUNCEMENTS Rangely Self Storage If storage unit 43 is not paid in full by November 6, 2015 the contents will be sold. Rangely Self Storage If storage unit 8 is not paid in full by November 6, 2015 the contents will be sold. MEEKER GIFT & CRAFT[Read More…]

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Highway traffic through Glenwood Canyon returning to normal now

RBC I The Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) reopened the westbound lanes of Glenwood Canyon on Tuesday from mileposts 117 to 126. Striping operations have been completed in the westbound lanes, allowing crews to dismantle the traffic control out of the head to head formation it has been in since[Read More…]

October 28, 2015 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

CPW changing fees for camping beginning Nov. 1

RBC I To assure the continued high quality of Colorado’s State Parks, Colorado Parks and Wildlife announces increases to basic, electric, full hook-up and cabin/yurt camping fees at the 33 parks where camping is available, effective Nov. 1. This is the first increase in camping fees since 2010.

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Letter to the Editor: In support of ballot question 3A

Dear Editor: I am writing in support of Rangely RE-4’s ballot question 3A. This question is asking for community support for a .9633 mil increase in property taxes to raise $430,000 for Rangely school programs.

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Obituary: David Elmer Allen

David Elmer Allen, the third child of David Thornton and Julia Maudlin Allen, was born Dec. 21, 1925. Dave passed away peacefully on Oct. 10, 2015, at Pioneers Memorial Hospital in Meeker, Colo.

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Rangely

Halloween a’coming…

A dressed-down skeleton lounges on a bench, ready to welcome visitors to a home on South White Avenue in Rangely. The decoration is one of many around town heralding the coming of Halloween.

October 28, 2015 by Heather Zadra Comments are Disabled

Funds set to help fight tamarisk, Russian olive

RBC I Earlier this year, the Colorado General Assembly passed House Bill 15-1006, which appropriated funds for the Invasive Phreatophyte Control Program. The purpose of the program is to provide cost share assistance to eligible entities to control or eradicate Tamarisk (salt cedar), Russian olive, Siberian/Chinese elm or other invasive[Read More…]

October 27, 2015 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

Sage grouse lawsuits may be just the beginning

RBC I Last month’s long-awaited decision about the greater sage grouse – that it does not need Endangered Species Act protections – was no surprise to anyone who’s been following the bird’s saga. The federal Fish and Wildlife Service was looking for every reason possible to avoid putting the wide-ranging[Read More…]

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Meeker

Big buck…

Usually the big bucks know when rifle seasons start, but this high-scoring mule deer buck must have forgot to check the calendar as he was out Saturday afternoon walking up Miller Creek Road about a mile from the bridge that crosses the White River, oblivious to the fact it was[Read More…]

October 27, 2015 by Sean McMahon Comments are Disabled

Before winter arrives, it is best to prepare for the worst

RBC I Winter Weather Preparedness Week runs through Saturday as proclaimed by Gov. John Hickenlooper. Before winter weather arrives in earnest, it is highly recommended that drivers prepare vehicles for winter travel.

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