
Month: January 2018


Stockshow …
COURTESY PHOTOS Kaden and Kolbi Franklin participated at the 2018 National Western Stock Show. (Top) Kaden was second in class and made it to the champion drive in Junior Showmanship. He also was second in class […]

Hometown Heroes
By Wes Eubanks Special to the Herald Times RBC | Jake Lewis officially became a U.S. Marine 17 Sept. 2001, less than a week after the terrorist attack on our nation. His inner drive and […]

Days Gone By: January 25, 2018
The Meeker Herald — 100 years ago – If we lose the war what difference will it make whether we have woman suffrage or prohibition? The kaiser would then regulate that. It is the patriotic […]

Weekly Call Review: January 15-21, 2018
The following information is a weekly review of the calls for service that were reported to the Rio Blanco County Sheriff’s Communications Office. If you have any questions or would like an explanation of the […]

RDA discusses future options
RBC | The Rangely Development Agency met quickly last week for updates and to discuss the future of the RDA. The board received an update from Keely Winger with the County Economic Development Department regarding […]

Meeker: Project 45 meeting Feb. 13
MEEKER | The next Main Street—Meeker: Project 45—meeting will held Feb. 13 at noon at the courthouse conference room (west door, bottom floor). With the new year, the Main Street committee is developing new projects […]

County Sheriffs of Colorado will award $500 scholarship to an RBC student
Special to the Herald Times RBC | Sheriff Anthony Mazzola has announced that County Sheriffs of Colorado, Inc. (CSOC), the state Sheriffs Association, will award a $500 scholarship to a deserving Rio Blanco County student […]

Letter: Thanks for help with Operation Bring a Smile
Dear Editor: I believe that happiness and laughter are good for everyone. I also believe in respecting my elders. Operation Bring a Smile rolled into the Walbridge Wing of Pioneer Medical Center on Saturday, Jan. […]

{Guest Column} Teacher to class: ‘Can you hear me now?’
By JOYCE RANKIN Special to the Herald Times RBC | “It’s just common sense.” How many times have you heard this phrase and thought “If only more people would just use common sense”? I was […]

Obituary: Hannah Rachel Caldwell Palmer
Hannah Rachel Caldwell Palmer Jan. 24, 1933 ~ Jan. 14, 2018 Hannah Rachel Caldwell Palmer passed away Jan. 14, 2018, at her home in the Walbridge Wing in Meeker, Colo.; one day short of the […]

“I Ride With James” poker run comes to an end, scholarship fund remains
MEEKER | “From something this tragic, we need to come up with something good to do,” Mike Sizemore told his wife Kathy the night they learned their son James, 19, had been killed in an […]