Niki Turner | The Herald Times

Livestock virus spreading across Western Colorado

RBC | Vesicular stomatitis, or VS, is a virus that primarily afflicts horses and but can also affect pigs, sheep and goats. Flies and midges are the primary vector for the virus, which causes mouth ulcers and can cause lameness if it affects the coronal band, among other symptoms. It[Read More…]

August 17, 2019 by Niki Turner Comments are Disabled

Editor’s Column: Technology: tyrant or tool?

As a member of Generation X, in our lifetime we’ve witnessed a rapid acceleration in technology that has taken us from computers that were programmed by cassette tapes and used televisions for monitors and cell phones the size of bricks, to computers in our pockets that double as phones. Remember[Read More…]

August 16, 2019 by Niki Turner Comments are Disabled

Back to the drawing board for building code resolution

Resolution passed in July did not meet statutory requirements RBC | A resolution passed in July by the board of county commissioners “amending the building code to recognize the importance of private property rights” has been deemed null and void because the resolution failed to comply with a state statute[Read More…]

August 15, 2019 by Niki Turner Comments are Disabled

County

CDOT hosting telephone town hall Aug. 15 to discuss transportation in Intermountain and Northwest Colorado

RBC | The Colorado Department of Transportation will seek input on transportation issues of importance to residents in the Intermountain and Northwest regions of Colorado during a telephone town hall on Thursday, Aug. 15, at 7 p.m. The conversation is part of the agency’s Your Transportation Plan initiative that began[Read More…]

August 14, 2019 by Niki Turner Comments are Disabled

Ya-Ya’s thrift and consignment shop now open in Meeker

MEEKER | Lacey Richardson Morales is no stranger to running a thrift and consignment shop. She started helping her great-grandmother Lena Richardson in her thrift shop in downtown Meeker almost 30 years ago. That experience is part of the inspiration behind the name of Meeker’s newest thrift and consignment shop:[Read More…]

August 13, 2019 by Niki Turner 1 comment

Meeker

Town discusses future of recycling center

MEEKER | Meeker’s Board of Trustees held a workshop after the regular board meeting to discuss the future of the town’s recycling center on Third Street. The center has been subsidized to some degree by the town since its inception. The board agreed that they don’t want to lose the[Read More…]

August 12, 2019 by Niki Turner Comments are Disabled

Editor’s Column: It’s not all black and white

On occasion, the esteemed former editors of the HT seem to speak to me when I’m going through the archives, and their words of wisdom are always timely. This week it was a brief note from 100 years ago by Meeker Herald editor and proprietor James Lyttle. “Many a good[Read More…]

August 9, 2019 by Niki Turner Comments are Disabled

Social Security scam calls hit RBC

RBC | No, your Security Number has not been suspended. Scam calls, which may appear to come from the Social Security Administration, have increased significantly in the last few months. The goal of the imposter callers? To scare you into giving them your personal information or sending them money. Government[Read More…]

August 8, 2019 by Niki Turner 6 comments

CNCC wants to hear from you

CNCC wants feedback from residents about its community education program on Tuesday, Aug. 6 from 5-7 p.m. at the CNCC Center at 345 6th St. and Wednesday, Aug. 7 in Weiss Conference Room in Rangely. Light refreshments will be served. Every 30 minutes there will be a short presentation about[Read More…]

August 2, 2019 by Niki Turner Comments are Disabled

Interested in teaching a CNCC class?

Come find out what it takes to teach a class for CNCC Community Education during Adjunct Instructor Recruitment Day. In Meeker from 2 to 4 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 6 at the CNCC Center at 345 6th St. and Wednesday, Aug. 7 at the Weiss Conference Room in Rangely.

August 2, 2019 by Niki Turner Comments are Disabled

Opinion

Editor’s Column: Value

I remember the word value being applied to sales and discount flyers and those “blue light specials” at K-Mart (the analog version of Prime Day). Value was also used in political terms to define candidates or platforms. Value is one of those words that can function as a noun and[Read More…]

August 1, 2019 by Niki Turner 1 comment

Opinion

Editor’s Column: Undercurrents

Our dog-walking journeys often take us to Town Park along the river. Having grown up within 15 yards of the Roaring Fork, I’m well aware that the river changes daily. This year that may be even more true than in “normal” years. Watching the river, with its highs and lows,[Read More…]

July 26, 2019 by Niki Turner Comments are Disabled