Author: Herald Times Staff

Community Calendar: Jan. 31, 2019

– Learn to swim at the Rangely Rec Center. Lessons for age 6+ Tuesdays and Wednesdays between 4 and 6:15 p.m. depending on level. $30 per person. Registration deadline Feb. 1. Contact Camilla Kennedy at 675-8211 to determine level. – MHS Cheer Clinic Feb. 1, 9:30 a.m. to noon at[Read More…]

Community Calendar: Jan. 24, 2019

– Cribbage Tournament Jan. 27, 1 to 6 p.m. at the Meeker VFW. Bring your own board and 20 for entry. Percentage of tourney proceeds will go to the top three winners and the remainder will be donated to the VFW. ERBM Recreation & Park District 970-878- 3403. – Escape[Read More…]

Classifieds: Jan. 24, 2019

**ANNOUNCEMENTS** Open Range Cowboy Church of Meeker First Worship Service on Sunday Evening 6:00 PM, March 3 at the Farigrounds Exhibit Hall Tom 260-6820 The Rangely Food Bank is open on Saturdays from 12:00-2:00 p.m. at 204 E. Rio Blanco. To donate, please call 970-620-2407. ATV, Boat and Snowmobile Owners![Read More…]

Legal Notices: Jan. 24, 2019

Board of County Commissioners of Rio Blanco County, Colorado Rio Blanco County Historic Courthouse 555 Main Street, 3rd Floor Hearing Room Meeker, Colorado 81641 Tentative Agenda January 28, 2019 Public Comment: Any member of the public may address the Board on matters which are within the jurisdiction of the Board.[Read More…]

Days Gone By: Jan. 17, 2019

The Meeker Herald 125 years ago – The Meeker Bank received a new typewriter the other day and now everybody from the manager down to Vic is too busy and preoccupied to say “How-dydoo” – Sheriff Searles of Uintah County, Utah, arrived in town in the early part of the week in[Read More…]

OPED: Finding joy in 2019

MEEKER | What do you do when you have company coming over, piles of laundry everywhere, dishes in the sink and absolutely no motivation whatsoever to tackle the ever looming and neverending chore monster? There is the old trick of throwing the clean laundry in the closets or hiding dirty dishes[Read More…]

Community Calendar: Jan. 17, 2019

– Friday craft class for middle school through high school teens hosted by Meeker Public Library. Each Friday in January will feature a jewelry making class beginning at 1 p.m. Space is limited to 10 participants. Call or come in to sign up now. 970-878-5911 – Youth Open Gym Basketball[Read More…]

Public Notices: Jan. 17, 2019

INVITATION FOR BIDS CLOSING BID DATE- February 5, 2019 TOWN OF MEEKER 345 Market Street MEEKER, CO 81641 Sealed BIDS to furnish and install approximately 20,000 pounds of hot-pour, Deery American Super stretch 974, in the Town of Meeker, contact Town Hall for Specifications. Please bid as follows: Clean cracks,[Read More…]

Classifieds: Jan. 17, 2019

**ANNOUNCEMENTS** The Rangely Food Bank is open on Saturdays from 12:00-2:00 p.m. at 204 E. Rio Blanco. To donate, please call 970-620-2407. ATV, Boat and Snowmobile Owners! You can now renew your Colorado OHV registrations on line at: www.parks.state.co.us RIO BLANCO Masonic Lodge #80 meets 2nd and 4th Thursday, 7:00[Read More…]

Days Gone By: Jan. 10, 2019

The Meeker Herald 125 years ago – On Tuesday the new county officers stepped in and the old ones stepped out –the official metamorphosis taking place without ostentatious display or ceremony. Those two eminent members of “the ring.” Hay and Walbridge, succeed themselves as treasurer and clerk and recorder respectively;[Read More…]

Community Calendar: Jan. 10, 2019

– Meeker Public Library is hosting a Friday craft class for middle school through high school teens. Each Friday in January will feature a jewelry making class beginning at 1 p.m. Space is limited to 10 participants. Call or come in to sign up now. 970-878-5911 – TOPS Open House[Read More…]

Days Gone By: Jan. 3, 2019

The Meeker Herald 125 years ago – On Saturday evening, Dec. 30, 1893, to the wife of David Smith, a daughter. Mother and child are doing nicely, while David is being besieged with the usual congratulations, in which The Herald most cordially joins. – Bill George of Powell Park, is now[Read More…]