Two hours into her first archery elk hunt, Beckey Dowker was searching for cell service to call her daughters, Paige and Britaney, to let them know she had just killed her first elk with a bow.
Author: Special to the Herald Times
Letter: Meeker Library is spoiling local patrons
Earlier this year while knocking around the downtown area of a much larger area city (which will go unnamed as I enjoy the restaurants and don’t wish to have ground glass mixed in my pasta), Cindy and I discovered what we thought was a branch library. I mean it had[Read More…]
Wedding Announcement: Rholl-Theos wedding
MEEKER | Mr. and Mrs. Vern Rholl and Mr. and Mrs. Angelo Theos are pleased to announce the marriage of their children.
Meeker whips West Grand, 56-0
MEEKER I Ask any football coach what he thinks about homecoming and you are likely to get mixed results.
Obituary: John Orris
John Edward Orris, Sr., 72, died Saturday, Oct. 3, 2009, in Durango.
Jr. high teams split contests
RBC I Rangely’s seventh-graders won in a shutout, 37-0, last week against Steamboat Springs, but the eight-graders lost a close one, 14-7. “It went down to the wire, as with most of our games,” coach Tim Webber said of the Rangely eighth-graders.
Results listed for ERBM Punt, Pass and Kick
MEEKER I Results for 2009 Punt, Pass and Kick competition, sponsored by the ERBM Recreation and Park District
Letter: Another example of political correctness
“When the white men killed the Indians, we called it a victory” has been quoted and re-quoted in the Herald Times.
Keeler wins DOW essay contest
RBC I The Colorado Division of Wildlife Hunter Outreach Program, in partnership with Silver Spur Ranch and Spur Outfitters, hosts one youth hunter to participate in a cow moose hunt each year. The hunter is selected from an essay competition with applicants writing a 1,000-word essay on a designated topic.[Read More…]
BMS volleyball splits pair of matches
By JEFF BURKHEAD [email protected] MEEKER I The Barone Middle School A and B teams combined last week to split with Hayden and Soroco. “We came out and missed some serves and we didn’t finish on our attacks,” said volleyball coach Jamie Rogers. “The girls tried to rally back, but we[Read More…]
High country rescue
John Dahlin of Oak Creek was transported Sept. 29 to St. Mary’s Hospital in Grand Junction after falling 25 feet from a cliff and rolling another 15 to 20 feet. According to Dahlins’ wife, Hope, he suffered head injuries and a broken kneecap, but is doing fine.
Rio Blanco County Days Gone By
The Meeker Herald — 50 years ago • The FBI reported on a skull found on the upper White River near the Lewis ranch and said it was possible the skull was that of Herman Park, who disappeared from the ranch nearly 30 years earlier.



