January, 2020 | The Herald Times | Serving Meeker, Rangely, Dinosaur & Northwest Colorado

Public Notices

Public Notices: January 23, 2020

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Bureau of Land Management [LLCON05000.L71220000.EU0000.LVTFC1802900.18X; COC-78815] Notice of Realty Action: Segregation of Public Land for Proposed Sale in Rio Blanco and Garfield Counties, Colorado AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior. ACTION: Notice of realty action. SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is proposing to segregate[Read More…]

January 23, 2020 by Caitlin Walker Comments are Disabled

CPW reports additional confirmation of wolf pack in Northwest Colorado

RBC | Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) officials are confirming they have additional evidence that a group of wolves is now residing in northwest Colorado. On Jan. 19, CPW wildlife officers investigated the discovery of an animal carcass surrounded by large wolf-like tracks in the northwest corner of Moffat County.[Read More…]

January 22, 2020 by Herald Times Staff 1 comment

News Notes

Community networking Jan. 27

RANGELY | The Community Networking meetings will resume on Monday, Jan. 27 at the Weiss Conference Room on the Rangely CNCC campus from 12-1:30 p.m. John Leary, a restoration coordinator with RiversEdge West, will be presenting on the increase of non-native tamarisk and Russian olive trees that “increase the risk[Read More…]

January 22, 2020 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

Meeker

“Leash Cutting”: Pet Wants Western Slope

The Meeker Chamber of Commerce hosted a “leash cutting” party last week at the Meeker Coworking space for new chamber member Yvette Waller and Pet Wants Western Slope. Pet Wants sells various pet food products, treats and homemade pet products. Visit https://www.petwants.com/WesternSlope/home or call (970) 987-6069 for more information. Courtesy[Read More…]

January 22, 2020 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

RANGELY NUGGETS …

The Rangely Rec Center had the pleasure of hosting the local competition of the Denver Nuggets Skills Challenge. We had one of the largest turnouts this year, with 20 kids ages 6 to 13. The Challenge tests kids on their passing, dribbling and shooting abilities. Winners in each age division[Read More…]

January 21, 2020 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

MEEKER NUGGETS …

ERBM Recreation and Park District hosted the local round of the Denver Nuggets Skills Challenge on Friday, Jan. 10. The following youth won their division locally and will advance to the sectionals. The Denver Nuggets Basketball Skills Challenge is a basketball competition that allows youngsters to showcase their talents in[Read More…]

January 21, 2020 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

Ducey appointed to RSD board

RANGELY | The Rangely School District Board of Education called a special meeting to order at 6:15 p.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 7. Samuel Tolley, Jason Cox, Sarah Nielsen, Todd Low and Superintendent Matt Scoggins were present at this meeting. The only business at this meeting was to interview the candidates[Read More…]

January 21, 2020 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

Opinion

OPED: MSD’s Emergency Operations Plan

MEEKER | While we are fortunate to live in the extremely safe community of Meeker, Colorado, it is still a necessity to prepare for a variety of emergencies in our school system. Meeker School District’s Emergency Operations Plan is intended to address these emergencies, and it is important for the[Read More…]

January 21, 2020 by Special to the Herald Times 1 comment

Loose Ends: Goal setting

RBC | I am getting messages from my phone about my failure to meet goals. It first started doing this shortly before the end of the year when it let me know that I had not reached my exercise goal of the week. Apparently I was not only doing less[Read More…]

January 21, 2020 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

County

Weekly Call Review: Jan. 6-12, 2020

WEEKLY CALL REVIEW AT THE RIO BLANCO COUNTY SHERIFF’S DISPATCH CENTER Jan. 6-12, 2020 Meeker Dispatch Center administered 363 phone calls last week including seven 911 calls, 55 calls for Meeker Police Department and placed 103 outgoing calls. A total of 149 calls for service were created, 94 for the[Read More…]

January 21, 2020 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

Meeker rides again!

MEEKER | What do Saint Moritz, Switzerland, Saratoga, Wyoming and Nadym, Russia have in common with Meeker, Colorado? A love of horses, lots of snow and on Feb. 22 of this year skijoring! The name skijoring is derived from a Norwegian word which means ski driving. The sport has a[Read More…]

January 20, 2020 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

DERBY …

ERBM Recreation and Park District hosted the annual Cardboard Derby on Saturday, Jan. 4 at Paintbrush Park. The hill was filled with cardboard creations as they slipped, crashed, and flew down the hill to the finish line. Results are as follows with age group first. Most Creative: 2 and under[Read More…]

January 20, 2020 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled