January, 2021 | The Herald Times | Serving Meeker, Rangely, Dinosaur & Northwest Colorado

News Briefs: Jan 14, 2021

Details on today’s vaccine clinic RBC | Today’s community COVID vaccination clinic will be open to the remainder of Tier 1A citizens, health care workers with less direct contact with COVID-19 patients and 70+ individuals only. Please bring proof of residency. See PAGE 6A for further details. This change is[Read More…]

January 13, 2021 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

Meeker Driver’s License Clinic Dates

MEEKER | Meeker Driver’s License pop-up clinic dates will be as follows Afternoons: 1-4:30 p.m. Mornings: 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Appointment required – no walk-ins allowed. Call 720-295-2965 or go to the website: mydmv.colorado.gov for an appointment. Jan. 14 afternoon and Jan. 15 morning Feb. 11 afternoon and Feb.[Read More…]

January 9, 2021 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

County

Conservation Corner: Colorado Wolf Introduction Process Needs Your Input

With Proposition 114 narrowly passing in November, you may be asking “how can I make a difference at this point?” NOW is your opportunity to help hold the State accountable to following through on the actual language of the ballot initiative. Per the ballot initiative, the State is required to,[Read More…]

January 9, 2021 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

County

Let’s Make Tracks

Growing up in Meeker in the ‘70s, I always looked forward to winter because it was a great time for outdoor activities. In those days, snowmobiles were just becoming popular, but were still a little financially “out of reach” for many of us. As a result, we had to come[Read More…]

January 8, 2021 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

County

AGNC submits CORA about potential “fast-track” of wolves

RBC | Associated Governments of Northwest Colorado (AGNC) has submitted a Colorado Open Records Act (CORA) request to determine if the Colorado Parks and Wildlife Commission and the Governor’s office are planning to “fast-track” the reintroduction of wolves into the state. In an opinion piece on Colorado Politics (https://www.coloradopolitics.com/opinion/opinion-wolf-initiative-will-come-back-to-bite-us/article), AGNC[Read More…]

January 8, 2021 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

Meeker

MHS students start fundraiser

MEEKER | Meeker High School students Ainsley Selle and Savannah Mendenhall have recently created a program called Hope for Healing Hands, designed to give back to healthcare workers, EMTs, school staff and administrators, and law enforcement. The idea started when the two students saw how COVID-19 has impacted those on[Read More…]

January 8, 2021 by Sophia Goedert Comments are Disabled

Meeker

Town considers code changes

MEEKER | In the first official Board of Trustees meeting for 2021, the town reviewed a proposed assessment and design of the White River corridor through town, completed in conjunction with the Eastern Rio Blanco Metropolitan Recreation and Park District and SWCA Environmental Consulting out of Broomfield, Colorado. The study[Read More…]

January 8, 2021 by Niki Turner Comments are Disabled

Editor’s Column: Maybe politics shouldn’t be a profit game

Anyone who thought politics was a slow-moving game, or dreadfully dull, has had that idea challenged this year. Now almost every political race is a neck-and-neck battle to the finish line (if a finish line can ever be agreed upon… how I miss those simpler times). It’s exciting when a[Read More…]

January 8, 2021 by Niki Turner 1 comment

Loose Ends: Resolutions

MEEKER | Are you tired of making resolutions year after year, only to watch them fade away shortly after making them? According to a study done by social scientists, most of us are not tired of this tradition. The majority of us continue to try to make a new start[Read More…]

January 8, 2021 by Dolly Viscardi Comments are Disabled

Barber on the run

MEEKER | Jason Boudreaux has a lot of stories to tell. Whether you catch him outside the local Go-Fer Foods, run into him on the street, or sit down for a haircut in his barber chair, you’re sure to hear at least one of them. Growing up in Lafayette, Louisiana,[Read More…]

January 7, 2021 by Lucas Turner Comments are Disabled

Letters to the Editor: Jan 7, 2020

PMC’s column Dear Editor:Authors generally attach their names to their publications. A series of Guest Columns in your newspaper related to COVID-19 carries the byline “Pioneers Medical Center Providers.” Who is writing these articles? And what is their purpose? The articles say that we should not trust the experts. Is[Read More…]

January 7, 2021 by Special to the Herald Times 1 comment