**ANNOUNCEMENTS** Open Range Cowboy Church of Meeker First Worship Service on Sunday Evening 6:00 PM, March 3 at the Farigrounds Exhibit Hall Tom 260-6820 The Rangely Food Bank is open on Saturdays from 12:00-2:00 p.m. at 204 E. Rio Blanco. To donate, please call 970-620-2407. ATV, Boat and Snowmobile Owners![Read More…]
Month: January 2019
Legal Notices: Jan. 24, 2019
Board of County Commissioners of Rio Blanco County, Colorado Rio Blanco County Historic Courthouse 555 Main Street, 3rd Floor Hearing Room Meeker, Colorado 81641 Tentative Agenda January 28, 2019 Public Comment: Any member of the public may address the Board on matters which are within the jurisdiction of the Board.[Read More…]
Days Gone By: Jan. 17, 2019
The Meeker Herald 125 years ago – The Meeker Bank received a new typewriter the other day and now everybody from the manager down to Vic is too busy and preoccupied to say “How-dydoo” – Sheriff Searles of Uintah County, Utah, arrived in town in the early part of the week in[Read More…]
Weekly Call Review: Jan. 7-13, 2019
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 call types listed please call 878-9600. We will not regularly post any information as to[Read More…]
Slow December for Meeker PD
MEEKER | Either it was really cold in December or everyone was in the Christmas spirit, based on the number of calls to the Meeker Police Department. Police Chief Phil Stubblefield said the department had 160 calls in December. “That’s probably the lowest we’ve had in years. December was really slow[Read More…]
Scripps National Spelling Bee coming back to Meeker in 2019
MEEKER | Every year, students from all walks of life and from all over the country participate in the Scripps National Spelling Bee, one of the nation’s oldest and most iconic competitions, a tradition 90 years in the making. The 2018 Spelling Bee was the first that the Meeker School District[Read More…]
Denver Nuggets Skills Challenge Results
RBC | Twenty-one youth participated in the Denver Nuggets Basketball Skills Challenge competition local round hosted by ERBM Recreation and Park District on Friday, Jan. 11. Six youth have captured honors in the Denver Nuggets Basketball Skills Challenge local round and will advance to the sectionals. The following earned first place[Read More…]
OPED: Climate models and global warming
RBC | In this article, I summarize scientific consensus on the state of the global climate and explain the basis for climate predictions. Climate projections are based on computer models, and few people in the general population understand how the models work. If there’s been a failure in climate science, perhaps[Read More…]
Appointments to be made to county boards Jan. 28.
RBC | This is the third article in a series reviewing the purpose and function of 10 panels to which the board of county commissioners (BOCC) will be making appointments at its regular Jan. 28 meeting. Each of the 10 boards have vacancies. The BOCC urges anyone interested in appointment to[Read More…]
Big game season structure topic of Meeker meeting
MEEKER | Approximately 50 people gathered at Mountain Valley Bank in Meeker Jan. 7 as participants in Colorado Parks and Wildlife’s (CPW) public involvement meeting about what the five-year big game season structure beginning in 2020 should look like. Rio Blanco County outfitter and CPW Commission member Marie Haskett, and CPW[Read More…]
Henderson completes Sea Year training
MEEKER | Midshipman John C. Henderson, son of Kristen and George Henderson, of Meeker recently completed Sea Year training at the United States Merchant Marine Academy (USMMA) at Kings Point, N.Y. Henderson was nominated to the elite federal service academy by Congressman Scott Tipton and is a graduate of Meeker[Read More…]
More snow needed to make up last year’s deficits
RBC | After a below normal December, Colorado’s snowpack is approaching a pivotal point during the winter. Snowpack in the Yampa, White and North Platte basins is above normal at 104 percent of the median.Precipitation for December was 64 percent of average and water year-to-date precipitation is 101 percent of average.[Read More…]
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Feel like you're always "putting out fires" instead of doing the important things? https://www.theheraldtimes.com/editors-column-differentiating-the-urgent-from-the-important/opinion/
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A Celebration of Life will be held by the family "when the weather warms up and the work is all done this spring," according to Kay's wishes.
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Three finalists for county administrator were interviewed by the commissioners last Tuesday. https://www.theheraldtimes.com/commissioners-interview-administrator-candidates/rio-blanco-county/
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The RBC Livestock Judging team competed in Sterling. https://www.theheraldtimes.com/rbc-livestock-judging-team-earns-multiple-awards-in-sterling/rio-blanco-county/
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MHS Drama presented "Emma: A Pop Musical" for its spring performance in April, to rave reviews. https://www.theheraldtimes.com/another-stellar-performance-by-mhs-drama-program/meeker/
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The Meeker Mustang Makeover of 2024 kicks off on Saturday with pick-up day. https://www.theheraldtimes.com/from-scared-to-paired-mustang-journey-starts-saturday/rio-blanco-county/
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With community help, Rangely High School track debuted the pole vault event at their home meet.
https://www.theheraldtimes.com/panthers-debut-pole-vault/sports/
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