MEEKER | Lease negotiations between the Town of Meeker and the Eastern Rio Blanco Metropolitan Recreation and Park District (ERBM) regarding parks maintenance have ended with ERBM’s board voting to terminate the lease agreement, returning responsibility for maintenance of the Town’s multiple park properties to Town staff. ERBM has managed[Read More…]
Author: Niki Turner
EDITOR’S COLUMN – ‘Tis the season… of obligations, expectations and resentments
“Trade your expectations for appreciation and the world changes for you.” – Tony Robbins By the time you’re reading this, you’ll either be prepping for Thanksgiving or cleaning up and noshing on leftovers. Hopefully either way, you’ll be filled with joy and peace and have a wonderful holiday. But some[Read More…]
EDITOR’S COLUMN – If the problem isn’t the what or the who, it’s the how, and that can be resolved
If you can get people to shrug off their labels long enough to have an open conversation, you’ll find that almost without fail, we share commonalities in what we want for ourselves, our families, our communities, our nation, even the world. While you may encounter a psychopath or sociopath here[Read More…]
Looking at the land through the lens of fire and flood
MEEKER | Water has always been a priority in the Josephine Basin — the broad valley southwest of Meeker named for the draw where Josephine Meeker and the women of the White River settlement were held captive after the 1879 uprising. The basin depends on rainfall and spring runoff, both[Read More…]
CAMPAIGN STOP
Greg Lopez, who is making a third bid for the governor’s office on the Republican ticket, stopped by the Herald Times while out on the campaign trail with his daughter, Christina, and campaign staffer Mary Gomez (not pictured) on Friday. Lopez most recently served as Colorado’s 4th Congressional District Representative[Read More…]
EDITOR’S COLUMN – Judgment exposes our fear
“Every judgment hides a mirror. What you despise in another is the abandoned face of your own Self.” ~ J. Mike Fields The simpler version of this quote is: “You spot it, you got it,” or “every accusation is a confession.” Whichever version you choose is ouchy, if you’re brave[Read More…]
‘A community that shows up’: Ashes to Action highlights recovery, resilience after Lee and Elk Fires, updates on damages incurred
MEEKER | Last Saturday’s Ashes to Action gathering brought nearly 90 residents together for an update on post-fire recovery efforts from multiple agencies. Rio Blanco County Commissioner Doug Overton opened the meeting with a brief account of the unified response to the Lee and Elk fires. “We are a county[Read More…]
EDITOR’S COLUMN – Our annual ‘state of the paper’ report, and a heartfelt thank you
“Every time a newspaper dies, even a bad one, the country moves a little closer to authoritarianism.” ~ Richard Kluger One hundred and thirty-six weekly newspapers closed their doors in 2025 in the U.S. The HT was not one of them, thanks entirely to all of you — supporters, subscribers,[Read More…]
Discussion continues regarding town/rec lease agreement for parks maintenance
MEEKER | Meeker’s Board of Trustees and the Eastern Rio Blanco Metropolitan Recreation and Parks District (ERBM) held another joint meeting to discuss the situation with the parks lease agreement last Tuesday, Oct. 28. Town Administrator Mandi Etheridge presented the final budget review for the recently completed Circle Park Riverfront[Read More…]
On the ballot…Propositions LL & MM
RBC | If you haven’t already cast your vote, sort that stack of unopened mail and find your 2025 ballot. It’s a pretty simple one for Rio Blanco County residents this year, with just two items to deliberate: Propositions LL and MM. Both propositions have to do with free public[Read More…]
EDITOR’S COLUMN – On being present in the present
“The magic in your childhood wasn’t because you were a child, it was because you were living in the present.” ~ Unknown I read that quote somewhere this week and it gave me pause. My childhood wasn’t perfect (no one’s childhood is perfect), but as an adult, looking back to[Read More…]
EDITOR’S COLUMN – How can we get on the same page if we aren’t even reading the same book?
“The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.” ~ George Orwell, ‘1984’ I have been watching with interest a dialogue online between two of my high school classmates about the current political situation. They’re both being respectful of[Read More…]
