January, 2019 | The Herald Times | Serving Meeker, Rangely, Dinosaur & Northwest Colorado

County

CPW seeks public input on Big Game Season Structure

RBC | Colorado Parks and Wildlife seeks public input on the structure of the state’s big game hunting seasons for 2020 through 2024. The Colorado Parks and Wildlife Commission sets big game season structures in five-year increments, providing consistency for sportsmen, hunting-related businesses, landowners and communities. Colorado’s big game hunting[Read More…]

January 16, 2019 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

Days Gone By

Days Gone By: Jan. 10, 2019

The Meeker Herald 125 years ago – On Tuesday the new county officers stepped in and the old ones stepped out –the official metamorphosis taking place without ostentatious display or ceremony. Those two eminent members of “the ring.” Hay and Walbridge, succeed themselves as treasurer and clerk and recorder respectively;[Read More…]

January 16, 2019 by Herald Times Staff Comments are Disabled

TAG meeting postponed due to gov. shutdown

RBC | The White River and Douglas Creek Conservation Districts office announced last Friday that the County USGS Algae Study Technical Advisory Group (TAG) meeting they had scheduled for Jan. 8 had been postponed due to the federal government shutdown and multiple TAG members not being able to attend the[Read More…]

January 15, 2019 by Reed Kelley Comments are Disabled

Letters To The Editor

Letter: Fire district 1/2 mill holiday, admin building update

Dear Editor: Rio Blanco Fire Protection District (Meeker Fire Rescue) would like to thank our community for its tremendous support past, present and future. The board of directors voted a ½ mill holiday at for the 2019 budget. Similar ½ mill tax holidays have been approved by the Board since[Read More…]

January 15, 2019 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

Meeker

BUCK AND BULL …

The 2018 Barone Middle School Buck and Bull Contest is in the books. “This year we had the most entries ever, with a total of 12—11 bucks and one elk,” said Barone Middle School teacher Zach Clatterbaugh. This year’s winners were Spencer Gates with a buck that had a gross[Read More…]

January 15, 2019 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

Opinion

Guest Column: The science of climate change

RBC | This is the first in a series of articles on climate change. My purpose is to review the evidence that climate change is damaging ecosystems and disrupting the economy. Its costs are rising rapidly, and we have a very short time in which to prevent catastrophic effects on[Read More…]

January 14, 2019 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

Phelan named to Dean’s List at BHSU

MEEKER | Meeker’s Jacob Phelan has been named to the Dean’s List at Black Hills State University in Spearfish, S.D., for the Fall 2018 semester. Phelan is studying business administration. To make the Dean’s List, he had to maintain a grade point average of 3.5 or higher.

January 14, 2019 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

Volunteer for a local board or commission

RBC | This is the second in a three article series reviewing the purpose of 10 panels to which the Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) will be making appointments at its regular Jan. 28 meeting. Each of these 10 boards have vacancies. We also intend to provide some information as[Read More…]

January 14, 2019 by Reed Kelley Comments are Disabled

Obituaries

Obituary: Kathleen Marie Sands

Kathleen Marie Sands Aug. 22, 1939 ~ Dec. 25, 2018 K a t h l e e n Marie (Kay) Sands, née Mullen, 79, of Phoenix, Ariz., died on Dec. 25, 2018, in A l e x a n d r i a , Va., from complications of heart and[Read More…]

January 14, 2019 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

County

Personnel concerns topic of BOCC executive session

RBC | The Rio Blanco Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) called a special meeting Wednesday, Jan. 3, specifically to hear personnel-related concerns in an executive session. Commissioners Si Woodruff and Jeff Rector were in attendance, as well as outgoing Board Chair Shawn Bolton. As the meeting began, road and bridge[Read More…]

January 13, 2019 by Reed Kelley Comments are Disabled

Eskelson named to Dean’s List at CSC

MEEKER | Julia Eskelson of Meeker was one of 371 Chadron State College students who met requirements for the Fall 2018 Dean’s List by earning at least a 3.5 cumulative grade point average on a 4.0 scale. Students must be enrolled in at least 12 credit hours of coursework during[Read More…]

January 13, 2019 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

News Notes

Take your business online workshop

RANGELY | The internet has changed the way businesses reach their customers in so many ways that managing an online presence can feel overwhelming. Learn how to end the stress and create a digital marketing strategy that works for you. Friday, Jan. 25 from 12-1:30 p.m. at Rangely Town Hall.[Read More…]

January 13, 2019 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled