2017 | The Herald Times | Serving Meeker, Rangely, Dinosaur & Northwest Colorado

Rangely Chamber’s Crab Crack Feb. 11

Rangely | The Rangely Area of Commerce will host their annual Crab Crack on Saturday, Feb. 11 at 6:30 p.m. in the Weiss Center’s Colorado Room at CNCC. Tickets go on sale Jan. 9 to chamber members and can be purchased at the chamber office at 255 E. Main St.,[Read More…]

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Meeker Education benefit Jan. 29

Meeker | On Jan. 29 (the Sunday before the Super Bowl), the Meeker Education Foundation will hold its third annual benefit dinner and auction. The evening’s proceeds will help fund the foundation’s grant award program for the coming school year which provides staff/student grant awards for academic/activity enrichment opportunities and[Read More…]

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Days Gone By

Days Gone By: January 5, 2017

The Meeker Herald — 100 years ago – We have noted that many business houses whose cry is “Patronize Home Trade,” send out to some big jobbing house for their stationery, etc., and in the meanwhile, the home newspaperman becomes a John D. Asterbilt from fighting Montgomery Roebuck & Co.[Read More…]

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Coal Creek School starts ‘125 Challenge’

MEEKER | Coal Creek School is happy to start 2017 with the completion of its exterior restoration and ready to begin the Coal Creek School 125 Challenge. The school has been successfully weather-proofed for the winter. The stone walls have been restored to their original 1892 appearance. New trusses have[Read More…]

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Opinion

Meeker schools receive high score

By Chris Selle Special to the Herald Times MEEKER I The purpose for which schools exist is to help students learn. Given this truth, how do we determine the level of student learning occurring in the Meeker School District? Student learning cannot be simply reduced to a singular number or[Read More…]

January 10, 2017 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

District Support …

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Love for animals becomes a full-time cottage industry for Meeker woman

MEEKER | Amy Budd loves animals. She loves them so much she has devoted the last 15 years of her life to creating nutritious pet food she mixes and packages in her Meeker home and sells wholesale to retailers and online to individual consumers. She gets USDA quality proteins from[Read More…]

January 9, 2017 by editor Comments are Disabled

Books the cat…

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News Notes

CNCC registration for spring classes open

Meeker | Registration is open for Spring 2017 and many January classes are starting very soon. Basic computers (Jan. 10): important for anyone with computer questions. Machine quilting (Jan. 11): individualized instruction and a fun time. Computer programming (Jan. 12): credit or non-credit opportunities. iPad basics workshop: learn the basics[Read More…]

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County

Conservation program applications available

MEEKER | Apply NOW, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) will accept and process applications for enrollment in the Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP), the nation’s largest conservation program. NRCS has made several updates to the program this year to help producers better evaluate their conservation[Read More…]

January 9, 2017 by editor Comments are Disabled

Meeker Police Dept. trained to administer life saving overdose reversal drug

MEEKER | Meeker Police Department received training to administer Narcan to suspected overdoses through a nasal spray. Each officer carries Narcan in their patrol vehicle. Meeker Police is one of just a few agencies who have received this training on the Western slope. Narcan, or naloxone, is a fast-acting drug[Read More…]

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Meeker

Western Exposures welcomes new broker

MEEKER | Western Exposures Realty LLC proudly announces that Carolyn Plumb has joined its team as an associate broker. Plumb has successfully owned and operated three retail businesses and been the co-owner and treasurer of Lumberco, Inc. with holdings that included a lumberyard and Ace Hardware Building Material Center. She[Read More…]

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