Days Gone By
Days Gone By: July 23, 2020
The Meeker Herald | 125 years ago • Colonel Ben Price made one of his periodic visits to the city this week and reports a very annoying and unexpected happening from the Banana ranch. Early […]
Month: July 2020
Obituaries
Obituary: Paul Conrad Jr.
July 7, 1935 ~ July 14, 2020 Paul Conrad Jr. passed away on July 14, 2020, at the age of 85. Paul was born on July 7, 1935, to Virginia M. and Paul W. Conrad […]
County
Conservation Corner
Notes on Colorado Water Law Water is the lifeblood of our White River Community and is especially necessary in agriculture production. Do you know the basis for Colorado water law and why you hear the […]
Features
Meeker Classic cancels 2020 trials due to COVID-19
MEEKER | “It’s with heavy hearts and after months of great thought we have come to the conclusion that canceling this year’s event due to the COVID-19 public health pandemic is the safest, most responsible […]
Features
New business …
Meeker’s newest business, San Juan Backcountry Adventures, held a grand opening ribbon cutting and open house. Visit their shop in Wendll’s at 206 Market St., to rent ATVs, side-by-sides and Rungu e-bikes. Pictured from left […]
Opinion
Writers on the Range: The bomb and me, 75 years later
It’s been a decade since I reflected on radiation, both the kind emitted by nuclear tests and the radium inserted up my nose to shrink swollen adenoids. The nuclear bomb and I became senior citizens […]
Letters To The Editor
Letter to the Editor
Thanks for obituary reprint Dear Editor: This is a belated letter of thanks to the Rio Blanco Herald Times for your generosity in printing the beautiful obituary for my mother, Ida Elizabeth Pahlke. However, it […]
Opinion
Editor’s Column: Policy
The HT has had a social media presence for more than a decade. We were “early adopters” in the social media realm, and I’m mostly to blame. But in all the years we’ve been posting […]
Opinion
Loose Ends: They shoot rattlesnakes
RBC | “Are you still shooting rattlesnakes?” a high school classmate asked me after reconnecting on social media. Having moved to the western slope of Colorado so many years earlier, I’d forgotten my long letters […]
County
Trooper Tips: The Move Over law just added a little more to it
By MASTER TROOPER GARY CUTLER | Colorado State Patrol RBC | On Nov. 26, 2016, my friend, Trooper Cody Donahue, was killed by a truck that failed to move over while he was investigating a […]
County
Warranty Deeds
May 2020 Seller: Josh and Elizabeth DuboiseBuyer: Zachary BeanDescription: SAGEWOOD WEST PHASE I SUBDIVISION 207248 13 2 980 TANGLEWOOD LANETransaction Price: $133,460.00 Seller: White River Aggregates INCBuyer: Kevin BorchardDescription: 40 COUNTY RD 8Transaction Price: $150,000.00 […]
Features
Sounds of Meeker
Part 1: Wildfire MEEKER | First, we hear the multiple ringing of the local Meeker siren calling in first responders. Then, the scream of fire engines setting off to help somewhere. Now, it is the […]
