Author: Herald Times Staff

News Briefs: Oct. 22, 2020

Live Chamber healthcare webinar MEEKER | Join the live webinar with Q&A on Tuesday, Oct. 27 at 8 a.m. to learn about the new Meeker Chamber of Commerce healthcare program. Our partners in the program, the Small Association Leadership Alliance (SALA), will be presenting an overview of this exciting healthcare[Read More…]

Days Gone By: Oct. 15, 2020

The Meeker Herald  | 125 years ago • Every man who goes wrong tries to shift the blame upon somebody else, and the greatest coward invariably selects a woman. • The Meeker-Rifle stage changed to winter schedule this week and now gets in close to five in the evening. •[Read More…]

Warranty Deeds: Aug.-Sept. 2020

AUGUST 2020 Seller: James HunterBuyer:Timothy DelgmanDescription: LA MESA P. U. D. REPLAT LT: 49&50 OF REPLAT 1 288873 49A 1390 LA MESA CIRCLE Transaction Price: $240,000.00Seller: Kenneth and Leslie Harman Buyer: Joseph AdamsDescription: MESA VIEW ESTATES SUBDIVISION 180026 4 1 100 MESA DRTransaction Price: $405,000.00 Seller: Michael and Aubrey JanowiczBuyer: Tonja[Read More…]

Days Gone By: Oct. 8. 2020

The Meeker Herald ~ 125 years ago • Collins, the jeweler, has moved from the Oldland store to the restaurant, two doors east. Good work and moderate prices are building up quite a business for Mr. Collins. • Collins, the jeweler, has moved from the Oldland store to the restaurant, two[Read More…]

Days Gone By: Oct. 1, 2020

The Meeker Herald | 125 years ago • Shoestrings were first used in England in 1797, and English buckle makers presented a petition to the throne asking that such an innovation be prohibited by law. A hundred years have passed and the untied shoestring is as much in evidence as ever. [Read More…]

Days Gone By: Sept. 17, 2020

The Meeker Herald |125 years ago • Asparagus is the oldest known plant that has been used for food. • The train robbers who held up the D. & R.G. Western at Crevasse a few days ago, must have been the same parties who held up the Meeker-Rifle stage some time ago,[Read More…]

Uinta Mining pulls open pit mine application

DINOSAUR I “Peace reigns in Skull Creek,” Moffat County property owner Lori Lazarus said last week by phone. Lazarus was one of the Skull Creek subdivision homeowners concerned about an application for an open pit frac sand mine submitted to the Colorado Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety last fall[Read More…]

What’s your emergency?

RBC | Emergency alerts can save lives, but in order to get them, citizens need to be sure they are registered with the county’s Swift911 alert system.  The fully-customizable program gives participants the opportunity to divulge as few or as many details as they’re comfortable sharing, and will give dispatchers[Read More…]

Nearly 103…

Happy birthday to former Meeker school teacher Ethel Stone Starbuck, who will turn 103 on Monday, Aug. 31. She’s pictured here with daughter Paula Starbuck Armstrong. Also pictured are Jim Cook, Marge Rogers, Johnnie Barton and wife Ginny. The Walbridge Wing in Meeker is hosting a drive-by birthday celebration for[Read More…]