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

County Beat: Aug. 20, 2020

Term limits for some county officials will be on Nov. ballot RBC | Commissioners passed a resolution Tuesday in Rangely to approve re-establishing term limit questions to the November ballot for the offices of assessor, clerk and recorder, county commissioner, coroner, sheriff and treasurer to two consecutive terms of office.[Read More…]

August 22, 2020 by Niki Turner Comments are Disabled

Obituaries

Obituary: Joe Sullivan

Feb. 10, 1948 ~ Aug. 11, 2020 Joe Sullivan, 72, of beautiful downtown Winnie, Texas, passed away on Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2020. Joe was born in Hayden, Colorado, on Feb. 10, 1948, to John Francis Sullivan and Carolyn Evelyn Sullivan, and was one of four children. Joe grew up in[Read More…]

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

Opinion

Guest Column: Fire! Evacuate!

MEEKER | This is an unexpected “smells of Meeker” story addition to the “Sounds of Meeker” series. On Friday afternoon, I started smelling “campfire” smoke, meaning, smoke nearby, not the less intense odors from the ongoing western Colorado wildfires. It seemed like it was coming from just outside our door,[Read More…]

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Guest Column: Aug. 20, 2020

A community with no local newspaper? That’s bad news. By DEAN RIDINGS | CEO, America’s Newspaper RBC | What would my town be without a newspaper? If you haven’t asked yourself that question, perhaps it is time to consider just what the newspaper means to this community. Because the doleful[Read More…]

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

Letter to the Editor: Aug. 20, 2020

Fire is beneficial to the range Dear Editor: I was very excited to read BLM Deputy Director William Pendley’s article in last week’s HT about the value of fire to our western ranges and his claim that the BLM was using fire as a land management tool. He even cited[Read More…]

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

Editor’s Column: Conference calls?

We dwell in a county with what may be the very best broadband access in the state, and yet our remote access to public meetings is limited — with few exceptions — to conference call numbers with crazy feedback, white noise, and the inability to hear anyone who isn’t within[Read More…]

August 22, 2020 by Niki Turner Comments are Disabled

News Briefs: Aug. 20, 2020

MSD not offering transportation services MEEKER | In an ongoing effort to put in place appropriate COVID-19 precautions, the Meeker School District will not be offering transportation service inside Meeker city limits. There will be no in-town bus stops to start the 2020-2021 school year. We apologize for any inconvenience,[Read More…]

August 22, 2020 by Herald Times Staff Comments are Disabled

Villalpando receives $1,000 scholarship

MEEKER | The Meeker Classic Scholarship is awarded to Meeker High School graduates who continue their education in a two-year trade school, two-year associate degree or four-year college or university. The award is made to students in the second year of their studies. Recipients are awarded based on their community[Read More…]

August 22, 2020 by Special to the Herald Times 2 comments

Fennessy new county judge

By NIKI TURNER |[email protected] RBC | Meeker attorney Joe Fennessy has a new role in our local courtroom, that of county judge. He replaces longtime Judge Laurie Noble, who retired in July 2020 after 28 years in Rio Blanco County courts. The HT sent a list of questions to Fennessy[Read More…]

August 22, 2020 by Niki Turner Comments are Disabled

Close call…

Meeker resident Bob Tobin noticed smoke as he was pulling into his driveway near the top of Seventh Street Friday, Aug. 14. “I thought, ‘well, that can’t be good,’ and ran up to check it out. I was the first one on scene at the fire,” he said. He called[Read More…]

August 22, 2020 by Herald Times Staff Comments are Disabled

Rally Town, USA …

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Meeker

Tri-State looks to future with EVs

Tri-State looks to future with EVs MEEKER | “The Jetsons,” a 1960s and ‘70s era Saturday morning cartoon, was set in the year 2062. In 2020 we’ve seen some of those creative innovations come to pass, like video calling, but we have yet to see flying cars. We’re getting a[Read More…]

August 20, 2020 by Niki Turner Comments are Disabled