Features
Phone scam costs local woman thousands
MEEKER | A Meeker woman fell victim to a phone scam last Monday and lost several thousand dollars. She received a call stating she was due for a “rebate” on computer tech and was that […]
Articles by Niki Turner
Features
Editor’s Column: Troll fatigue
I’m tired. I’m tired because we just got a puppy and she’s on a baby’s sleep/wake schedule, but that’s a good kind of tired. Her name is Nellie (after Nellie Bly the famous journalist, not […]
County
Building code meeting draws standing room only crowd
RBC | A public input meeting about building codes and code enforcement in unincorporated Rio Blanco County resulted in a standing room only crowd in Meeker Monday. Rio Blanco County Commissioner Jeff Rector addressed the […]
Opinion
Editor’s Column: Why do we believe what we believe?
Voltaire, writer and philosopher during the French Enlightenment, said, “Anyone who has the power to make you believe absurdities has the power to make you commit injustices.” Who has that power over you? It’s a […]
Opinion
Editor’s Column: “You learn nothing from life if you think you’re right all the time”
I don’t know who said it, and it really doesn’t matter. We all tend to live in our own little filter bubbles, accepting only input that agrees with our preconceived notions and past experiences. In […]
Meeker
Circle Park, Better City discussed by board
MEEKER | The town’s board of trustees heard an update on the Circle Park pond project from ERBM Recreation and Park District Executive Director Sean VonRoenn Tuesday. The rec district is waiting on consideration and […]
Opinion
Editor’s Column: Prepare to die, and read the fine print
If you’re reading this on Thursday, I hope we’ll see you tonight at the Meeker Coworking Center for our “Own Your Story” event. We’ll be sharing information about setting up a will, writing your own […]
Opinion
Editor’s Column: The politics of fear
Fear is a terrible—and terribly effective—way to manipulate people. If you can make a people group afraid, you can make them react, and if you can make them react, you can control them. If there’s […]
Opinion
Editor’s Column: Anonymous returns
It’s been nearly a year since I lambasted the author of an anonymous flier distributed just prior to the rec district board election. I still believe if you want to share your opinion you should […]
Opinion
Editor’s Column: It’s your right to know
I found myself in yet another journalistic quandary this week. I received an inflammatory letter from one elected official accusing another elected official and an employee of making a unilateral decision to spend taxpayer dollars to […]
County
Commissioners hire former Archuleta County Attorney
RBC | One week after terminating their contract with former County Attorney Kent Borchard, RBC Commissioners approved a contract agreement with attorney Todd Starr, who resigned as Archuleta County Attorney last summer. Discussion about the county […]
Features
Editor’s Column: Open meetings demand open discourse
Are the commissioners, returning and new, abiding by Colorado’s Open Meetings Act, aka the “Sunshine Laws”? Based on video and audio recordings, and comments from all three commissioners after Monday’s meeting, it would appear that […]
