Meeker School District Superintendent Chris Selle accepted a $10,000 check on behalf of the district from Chevron representative Chris Archuleta for the promotion of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) education. REED KELLEY PHOTO
Author: Reed Kelley
MHS names student government leaders
MEEKER I Apparently believing that all are tired of extended campaigning, Meeker High School held student government class elections the first day of school last week. Class officers and student council representatives now join the student council officers elected in the spring in forming MHS student governance.
BLM holds open house briefing on travel plan
RBC I The White River Field Office (WRFO), Bureau of Land Management, hosted a Meeker meeting last Tuesday at the public library to discuss BLM’s travel management plan. Six members of the public were there to meet with four BLM representatives. BLM staff admitted they missed the deadline to get[Read More…]
Student with local roots speaks at national convention
RBC I Kersi Latham spent much of her youth, especially summer times, in western Rio Blanco County with her aunts, uncles, cousins and grandparents on the Twin Buttes Ranch south of Rangely.
Conservation districts take tour of major water issues around Rio Blanco County
RBC I Last week’s Natural Resources Water Tour of the White River Valley began Thursday with a reception and dinner featuring a presentation by John Stulp, who is Gov. John Hickenlooper’s water projects and permit coordinator.
Meeker woman chosen as ambassador for int’l women’s hiking organization
MEEKER I A Meeker wife, mother, grandmother, dutiful daughter-in-law, dental assistant, receptionist and entrepreneur has been chosen to be an ambassador for the international Hike Like a Woman (HLAW) organization. Jill Norcross Dunbar announced on Facebook on Aug. 1 that she has been selected to “be a part of this[Read More…]
MSD to carry over roughly $875,000
MEEKER I Meeker School District Superintendent Chris Selle says it wasn’t totally unexpected, but the amount of the dollars leftover from the 2015-2016 school year is “significantly more than we thought it would be.”
MSD hires, transfers…
County seeks new budget director and bookkeeper
RBC I As folks may have seen in the Herald Times classifieds the last few weeks, Rio Blanco County is advertising for a new budget and finance director as well as a bookkeeper for accounts payable. What’s happened?
Sen. Gardner hears ag concerns on trip to Meeker on Tuesday
MEEKER I Colorado’s junior U.S. senator, Cory Gardner (R-Yuma), visited Meeker on Tuesday to attend a breakfast session at Mountain Valley Bank hosted by the Rio Blanco County (RBC) Farm Bureau as the Colorado Farm Bureau is hosting the senator’s agricultural tour of the state. RBC Farm Bureau members JD[Read More…]
Habitat program got its start in White River valley
RBC I The state habitat program the Herald Times reported on two weeks ago was initiated in 1990 through a partnership between the Division of Wildlife (now Colorado Parks and Wildlife) and the Colorado Cattlemen’s Association (CCA).
CPW: Fee increases needed to maintain and improve programs, services
RBC I Representatives of Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) held a briefing in Meeker on Monday night to present and discuss the division’s projected funding needs and ask for public comment Speaking for CPW were Meeker area wildlife manager Bill deVergie and Northwest Regional assistant manager Dean Riggs from Grand[Read More…]
