Author: Herald Times Staff

Public Notices: November 9, 2023

PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Dorothy May Baker, Deceased Case No.: 2023PR9 All persons having claims against the above-named estate are required to present them to the Personal Representa​tive or to the District Court of Rio Blanco County, Colorado on or before February 26, 2024, or said claims[Read More…]

Community Calendar: November 2, 2023

Backgammon night at Blanco Cellars MEEKER | Every Wednesday with Happy Hour food and drink menu from 4-8 p.m. All backgammon skill levels welcome! Bring your board or use ours. 317 E. Market St. Free legal clinic MEEKER | A free legal clinic for parties who have no attorney will[Read More…]

Where to find a paper now

In order to reduce expenses, we’ve limited the distribution of single copies to high-selling stores only. To ensure you get a paper every week in your mailbox, become a subscriber. To purchase extra print copies, call the newspaper office at 970-878-4017.  Single-copy delivery to Rangely and Dinosaur has been discontinued[Read More…]

Colorado Grand coming Tuesday

The Colorado Grand returns to Meeker on Tuesday, Sept. 12, combining classic cars and philanthropy for 34 years. This remarkable event has contributed more than $8.3 million to Colorado charities to date. Approximately 150 cars will start rolling onto Main Street around 11:30 a.m. and stay through lunch. The drivers[Read More…]

Days Gone By: August 10, 2023

The Meeker Herald ~ 125 years ago Several wagon loads of fruit have come in from Grand River within the last week or two, but the quality is not what it was a year ago.  The apple crop of Garfield county bids fair to be an abundant one this year,[Read More…]

Days Gone By: August 3, 2023

The Meeker Herald ~ 125 years ago Two trout poachers, Charles Harrison and Edward Gorman, were nailed at Trappers Lake, on Tuesday, with 77 pounds of trout in their possession, by a Glenwood deputy game warden. They pleaded guilty, and now languish in jail in default payment of $67.50 fine[Read More…]

Days Gone By: July 20, 2023

The Meeker Herald ~ 125 years ago A typical “Wandering Willie” went through town Monday, walking in from Rifle and going north at a two-mile-an-hour aint. “Ragged Jack” wasn’t in it.  Water Commissioner Moog reports less trouble with ranchmen as the summer advances. Not on account of rain, but because[Read More…]

Days Gone By: July 6, 2023

The Meeker Herald ~ 125 years ago Reverend Davis took M.E. Sunday school students at Robertson place to a picnic in Powell Park with a turnout of 33 students. This inspired Reverend Handel of St. James Episcopal church to do the same. Thomas F. Dunn, brother of John, of Big[Read More…]

Days Gone By: June 29, 2023

The Meeker Herald ~ 125 years ago A man in Virginia, rode 40 miles to Fairfax Station, for the express purpose of getting Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy, and took home with him a dozen bottles of medicine.  Another old landmark began to disappear this week. The adobe where Judge Hazen once[Read More…]