Caitlin Walker | The Herald Times

Home sales tick up

RBC | “2020 sucks,” is a universal mantra these days, but despite pandemics, wildfires, disasters and election season, it’s not all bad news. One bright spot? Colorado’s housing market. According to the Colorado Realtors Association (CRA), buyers are snapping up homes in Colorado as fast as they can, pandemic be darned,[Read More…]

September 18, 2020 by Caitlin Walker Comments are Disabled

Watch the Meeker Mustang Makeover LIVE!

September 11, 2020 by Caitlin Walker 1 comment

Meeker

‘Year of firsts’ for Scholastic Gold Key competitors

MEEKER | The 2019-2020 school year was another winning year for students in Ben Quinn’s art program at Meeker High School, including the first national medal winners in the Scholastic Art competition. “It was a year of firsts for our Meeker High School Scholastic Art winners,” Quinn said via email.[Read More…]

September 9, 2020 by Caitlin Walker Comments are Disabled

Human trafficking myths and misconceptions

RBC I The “worst-case scenario” is not something we like to dwell on. When it happens to us, we’re forced to think about it, of course, but when it happens to someone else? Not so much. And when it happens to someone else and it’s concealed in the rougher folds[Read More…]

September 7, 2020 by Caitlin Walker 1 comment

No deal on 1% sales tax increase to fund local dispatch

RBC | The idea of a sales tax to pay for local dispatch is dead in the water, at least for this year. Commissioners heard unanimous support for keeping dispatch local Monday and Tuesday, and one community member suggested the idea of a sales tax. With the deadline for adding[Read More…]

September 4, 2020 by Caitlin Walker 1 comment

Smoke gets in your eyes…

A huge smoke cloud has blanketed Rio Blanco County this week, triggering multiple air quality alerts. Above, smoke hovers over downtown Meeker. According to the CDC, inhaling wildfire smoke can trigger coughing, wheezing, shortness of breath, chest pain, stinging eyes, runny nose, irritated sinuses, tiredness and a rapid heartbeat. Recommendations[Read More…]

August 14, 2020 by Caitlin Walker Comments are Disabled

School protocol documents for COVID-19

August 5, 2020 by Caitlin Walker Comments are Disabled

Easy riders…

July 20, 2020 by Caitlin Walker Comments are Disabled

Opinion

Millennial Musings: Un-zombied

It’s been one month since I deleted my Facebook page, and I have never felt better. I’ve taken breaks before, but somehow I’d always end up logging back in. I made a billion excuses about why I needed it: work, “connecting” with family and friends, finding takeout menus, keeping track[Read More…]

July 19, 2020 by Caitlin Walker Comments are Disabled

Feeling green …

Slimy green gunk has begun to coat the bottom of the White River again this year. Filamentous green algae, also known as cladophora or the more poetic ‘rock snot’, has been a recurrent issue in the waterway. A USGS study is underway to determine the cause, with results expected next year,[Read More…]

July 18, 2020 by Caitlin Walker Comments are Disabled

Ortho opening…

Colorado Advanced Orthopedics officially opened last Wednesday, with a ribbon cutting ceremony and tours of the site. The expansion of Pioneers Medical Center adds new clinical space, two operating rooms, three recovery rooms and six inpatient hospital rooms, and allows orthopedic patients to be kept separate from the rest of[Read More…]

July 17, 2020 by Caitlin Walker Comments are Disabled

Public Notices: July 16, 2020

RIO BLANCO COUNTY NOTICE OF FINAL CONTRACTOR SETTLEMENT RIO BLANCO COUNTY 2020 CHIP SEAL PROJECT NOTICE is hereby given that on the 11th day of August, 2020 at Meeker, Colorado, final settlement will be authorized by the Rio Blanco County Board of County Commissioners with Oldcastle SW Group, Inc. dba[Read More…]

July 16, 2020 by Caitlin Walker Comments are Disabled