MEEKER | ERBM Recreation and Park District’s unofficial election results are as follows: Travis Mobley (incumbent) – 104 Kent Walter (incumbent) – 76 Chris Lockwood – 61 Chance Walker – 47 Voters were encouraged to utilize absentee ballots this year, and Designated Election Official Cathy Kiser had stated previously more[Read More…]
Author: Herald Times Staff
Days Gone By: April 30, 2020
The Meeker Herald 125 years ago – The North Side round-up will meet at Wolf creek on Wednesday, May 15. The South Side round-up will meet at Rangely on Thursday, May 30. – The laterals around town were put in shape this week to receive water from the town ditch,[Read More…]
HT editor receives Carolyn C. Mattingly Award for Mental Health Reporting
RBC | HT editor Niki Turner and editor Susan Greene of The Colorado Independent have received the Carolyn C. Mattingly Award for Mental Health Reporting by the National Press Association for their 2019 work on “Through the Cracks: a stranger, a police shooting, and a rural town’s silence.” “Through the[Read More…]
Construction work in Piceance Creek area and County Road 8 starts in May
RBC | Rio Blanco County has issued “Cone Zone Reports” for the Piceance Creek Area and North Fork Road. Details are listed below.
What to watch?
There’s a whole lot of TV watching going on right now. But with all this time and so many channels and options it’s hard to know what to watch, and when and where to find it. Searching for a favorite program can take as much time as watching that program[Read More…]
Days Gone By: April 16, 2020
The Meeker Herald 125 years ago – On Monday Thos. H. Iles passed through Meeker on his way to Utah, where he will purchase a large bunch of young stock and ship them in with a bunch belonging to J.L. McHatton. – A former Meeker resident, S.R. Arnold, is reported[Read More…]
CHSAA makes decision to cancel spring sports, activities through June 1
RBC | Rio Blanco County schools had already determined they would remain closed and use distance learning to finish out the school year, but Gov. Polis made that official for all Colorado schools this week. Following that announcement, the Colorado High School Activities Association (CHSAA) made its decision to cancel[Read More…]
Days Gone By: April 2, 2020
The Meeker Herald 125 years ago – The meadow-lark is around these days, but he is wrapped in a fur-trimmed overcoat and is not saying much. – Two new stores for Hugus & Co. are in course of erection — one at Hayden, the other at Fourmile, both in Routt[Read More…]
Lion Fire burns 229 acres, structures and vehicles; full containment expected today
UPDATED 9:30 a.m. Wednesday, April 8 MEEKER | Fire crews from the Meeker Volunteer Fire Department, BLM, the Rio Blanco County Sheriff’s Office and the state’s Division of Fire Prevention and Control responded to a fire in Lion’s Canyon about 3 miles west of Meeker at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday. The[Read More…]
Public Notices: April 2, 2020
RESOLUTION 02–2020 A resolution declaring a local disaster pursuant to C.R.S. Section 24-33.5-701 regarding COVID-19 WHEREAS, pursuant to the Colorado Disaster Emergency Act, C.R.S. Section 24-33.5-701, et seq., the Town of Meeker (“Town”) has identified a local disaster now designated COVID-19 that the imminent threat of widespread occurrence can cause[Read More…]
Public Notices: March 26, 2020
PUBLIC NOTICE TOWN OF DINOSAUR MUNICIPAL ELECTION APRIL 7, 2020 TO: THE ELECTORS OF THE TOWN OF DINOSAUR, COLORADO: NOTICE is hereby given that a regular municipal election for the Town of Dinosaur will be held on Tuesday, April 7, 2020, between the hours of 7:00 A.M. and 7:00 P.M.[Read More…]
Days Gone By: March 19, 2020
The Meeker Herald 125 years ago – The attention of the public is called to the add of Frederick Ouimet, which appears in this issue. Mr. Ouimet will open a new blacksmithing and wagonmaking shop, half a block west of the old Bergh stand, on Monday. Give him a call.[Read More…]
