If you’re planning to travel soon, don’t delay making those reservations. Yesterday, I spent a very frustrating morning trying to make camping reservations for my husband’s birthday coming up in late April. I won’t reveal his age, but this is one of the special years to celebrate. To avoid the[Read More…]
Author: Special to the Herald Times
Guest Column – Capitol Update: Rural Colorado Issues
As a Senator that represents 10 rural and rural resort counties, I take the responsibility of ensuring that our communities’ unique needs are strongly heard and accounted for in a legislature dominated by metro-area legislators. We’re already making some big impacts this year for rural Colorado. Several of my bills[Read More…]
Museum Musings – Letters from history, No. 42
White River Agency, Colorado. May 19, 1879. Sir: I have just received two Moline plows, expressly ordered for breaking sod, but they are too light for our ground and will not stand. They are excellent, however, and we need them, as the two plows I got last year were well[Read More…]
Obituary – Thomas R. ‘Tom’ Cook
Aug. 16, 1939 ~ March 28, 2024 Thomas R. (Tom) Cook, 84, passed away at the Veteran’s Community Living Center in Rifle, Colorado, on March 28, 2024, after a battle with lung cancer. Tom was born on Aug. 16, 1939, in Yuma, Colorado, to Robert James and Daisy (Smith) Cook.[Read More…]
DEATH NOTICE – Marilynn Whiteman
Marilynn Whiteman of Meeker passed away on March 3, 2024 at her home. Services are pending at this time.
MHS GOLF
The lady Cowboys Golf Team went to Devils Thumb last Thursday in Delta. Vivian Brown played individual stroke play and shot a great 115. “It was another cold day, and super windy as it sits on a Mesa, but a fun new experience as we hadn’t played at Devils Thumb[Read More…]
RHS tracksters compete in Cedaredge
Rangely High School boys’ relay teammates hand off the baton at the Cedaredge Invitational last weekend. J’LYN WREN PHOTO RANGELY | The Rangely High School track and field teams were back in full force at the Cedaredge Invitational this past weekend. The Panthers had more than 30 athletes compete in[Read More…]
Colorado Arrow Busters compete at state indoor
MEEKER | The Colorado Arrow Busters competed on March 23, 2024, in Grand Junction at the Colorado S3DA State Indoor. Ten members from Meeker competed and all placed in the top six of their classes. The success of these archers led them to the 2024 S3DA Western Indoor National Championship[Read More…]
DAYS GONE BY – April 4th, 2024
Meeker Herald ~ 125 years ago The weather was more spring like during the past week. Word reached town yesterday that a man was found dead in a cabin on the east fork of Big Beaver. Coroner Niblock has gone up there to investigate. Dave Karren has bought the WH[Read More…]
DOWNTOWN GLOW UP
Town and WREA begin installation of 130 LED downtown outdoor street lighting luminaires. It’s been a long time coming, but with the replacement of the downtown street light fixtures, Meeker is one step closer to being “dark sky-friendly.” (Left) The old fixtures cast an eerie green glow on night photos.[Read More…]
RHS PROM ‘24
Rangely High School prom royalty for 2024 were Kobey Chism, Macy Morgan, Ronny Anderson, Kastyn Dembowski, Dalton LeBleu, Lauren Ward. Attendants were Eva Blackburn and Graham Young. KELSEY PETERS PHOTO
County Beat: Proposed legislative bills discussed by commissioners
RBC | The Rio Blanco County Commissioners met in Rangely Tuesday. Following regular business, the board and emergency and natural resources manager Eddie Smercina reviewed several bills proposed at the state level that, if passed, could negatively impact Rio Blanco County. Those proposed bills include House Bill 24-1346 which would[Read More…]


