Niki Turner | The Herald Times

New in-home care option in Meeker

MEEKER | Whether it’s the privilege of growing old or a disability that strikes in the prime of life, you or a loved one will likely need help with some of the most personal aspects of daily life at some point. Western Slope In-Home Care, which opened in 2017, provides[Read More…]

July 5, 2018 by Niki Turner Comments are Disabled

Grant takes over Vandiver dental practice

MEEKER | In much the same way his predecessor, Dr. Charles Vandiver, did 47 years ago, Dr. Trevor Grant will be elevating the quality of dental care in Meeker when Grant Family Dentistry officially opens its doors on July 10. Dental care that Meeker residents have had to go out of[Read More…]

July 2, 2018 by Niki Turner Comments are Disabled

What a CLG can do for you

RBC | CLG stands for “Certified Local Government.” What is a Certified Local Government, and do we want to have one? The Rio Blanco County Historical Society (RBCHS) has asked the county commissioners to consider a resolution to become a CLG. What will that mean? For the commissioners it means approving[Read More…]

July 2, 2018 by Niki Turner Comments are Disabled

County

County Beat: June 28, 2018

BETTER CITY The county will let its contract with Better City lapse at the end of July. Both towns still have money remaining in their contracts, but will focus on smaller, local projects instead of big countywide projects. “My recommendation is to let these contracts expire, then regroup and figure[Read More…]

July 2, 2018 by Niki Turner Comments are Disabled

Opinion

Editor’s Column: Why don’t we vote?

I’ve got a few elections under my belt now as editor and I’m seeing a disappointing trend. As the newspaper, we’re less concerned with WHO you vote for (which is why we don’t endorse candidates), and more that you actually cast your VOTE. Once again in this primary election—the first[Read More…]

June 30, 2018 by Niki Turner 2 comments

County

Moyer wins commissioner primary

RBC | Gary Moyer, garnering more than 70 percent of the vote in the primary election against write-in candidate Mike Hoke, will move on to the general election as Republican candidate for Rio Blanco County commissioner. In the only contested county race in the primaries, Moyer received 1,064 of 1,441[Read More…]

June 28, 2018 by Niki Turner Comments are Disabled

Man who brought modern dentistry to Meeker retiring after 47 years

MEEKER | It’s been 47 years since Dr. Charles Vandiver hung out his shingle and opened Meeker’s first preventive dentistry. Since that time he has repaired countless teeth, raised a family, made lifelong friends and made Meeker home. After a lengthy career—the average American changes careers every five to seven years—Vandiver[Read More…]

June 22, 2018 by Niki Turner Comments are Disabled

Still no railroad, but Colowyo expansion extends life of mine

MEEKER | A century ago in the Meeker Herald, editor and publisher James Lyttle wrote, “Some of our citizens who put ‘this and that’ together and then drew satisfying conclusions, are of the decided opinion that the recent sale of the famous Collom coal mine property at Axial means a railroad[Read More…]

June 14, 2018 by Niki Turner Comments are Disabled

Meeker

HOLE-Y MOLY …

Contractor Terry Goedert has been fielding plenty of public questions about his current project for the county. The site on the corner of the courthouse square at Sixth and Main will be the location of the three engineered fiberglass climbing rocks the county is installing. Goedert said public reaction has[Read More…]

June 12, 2018 by Niki Turner Comments are Disabled

County

K9 Donation …

Shannon and Doug Moody (right) of Moody Construction presented Rio Blanco County Sheriff Anthony Mazzola (left) and Deputy Davon Smith with a $25,000 donation to go toward the acquisition, training, care and maintenance of the department’s new K9, a six-month-old Belgian Malinois named Remmy. Deputy Smith said Remmy is currently[Read More…]

June 10, 2018 by Niki Turner Comments are Disabled

Meeker

More mosquitoes? To be determined.

MEEKER | It could be a buggier summer than usual. Or not. Local pilot Lanny Coulter has reportedly told Mayor Regas Halandras he won’t spray for the town this year following public debate about aerial spraying. If the aerial spraying doesn’t take place—as it has for more than 45 years—will Meeker[Read More…]

June 9, 2018 by Niki Turner Comments are Disabled

Meeker

RIBBON CUTTING …

Alex Plumb of Alpine West Properties, Meeker’s newest realty, cut the ribbon Friday at his new office with help from the Meeker Chamber of Commerce. Alpine West opened in March 2018. The new office at 643 Main St., (former location of Meeker Realty) will be open Monday through Friday from[Read More…]

June 9, 2018 by Niki Turner Comments are Disabled