MEEKER I Eastern Rio Blanco Metropolitan Recreation & Park District will host the Meeker High School Football Clinic on Tuesday at the Barone Middle School practice field.
Month: August 2016
Make sure students have current vaccinations
RBC I As your children get ready to head back to school, make sure they have the protection they need. Colorado students are required to have a number of vaccines for school attendance. Children, from preschoolers to middle schoolers to college students, need vaccines.
Sen. Gardner hears ag concerns on trip to Meeker on Tuesday
MEEKER I Colorado’s junior U.S. senator, Cory Gardner (R-Yuma), visited Meeker on Tuesday to attend a breakfast session at Mountain Valley Bank hosted by the Rio Blanco County (RBC) Farm Bureau as the Colorado Farm Bureau is hosting the senator’s agricultural tour of the state. RBC Farm Bureau members JD[Read More…]
Letter to the Editor: Paper apparently doesn’t care about Rangely
Dear Editor: I realize how hard it must be to “please” everyone. I wish I could say your staff has done a great job representing Rangely and Meeker in your paper, but unfortunately I can’t do that when the bias is so clear on every page in the Herald Times[Read More…]
Rangely Hurricanes win seventh small team state championship
RANGELY I The Rangely Hurricanes Swim Team won its seventh Colorado State Championship for small teams at the Seasonal Club State Championship Swim Meet hosted in Craig’s 25-meter pool this past weekend.
Letter to the Editor: Thanks to those who showed kindness in our time of need
Dear Editor: Walter and I would like to thank all the people who showed such kindness and support after the loss of our house due to fire. It is people like you who I see as angels, doing what’s in your heart, and we have a lot of people with[Read More…]
Reconstruction…
Analysis: Oil and gas issues costly to state economy, jobs
RBC I A new economic impact analysis confirms that the proposed ballot initiative for 2,500 foot setbacks of oil and gas wells would have a dramatically negative impact on the Colorado economy. The study, commissioned by the Metro Denver Economic Development Corp. and completed by the Business Research Division at[Read More…]
Birth…
86 years later: Skull in mystery death is returned to family members now in Iowa
MEEKER I Sometimes when we lose a loved one, closure thankfully comes quickly—with the body in the family’s possession. Sometimes, unfortunately, real closure never comes—as the body is never recovered. And sometimes, closure comes after 86 years, such as in the case of Herman Leroy Parks, nicknamed “Hermie,” who was[Read More…]
Correction on July 28 photo
RANGELY I A photo of Page 7A of the July 28 edition of the Rio Blanco Herald Times incorrectly stated that the annual Senior Picnic held at Elks Park in Rangely on July 21 was hosted by the WRBM Recreation and Park District. Correctly, the picnic, held to show appreciation[Read More…]
4-H means pretty ribbons, life lessons, bovine bullies
RBC I Trophies and purple ribbons are pretty. They also collect dust. However, standing in the championship finals is an awesome feeling.