The Meeker High School Art Department had its best year yet in the Colorado Regional Scholastic Art Awards. Meeker had 28 entries for Meeker High School out of 3,000 statewide entries. This is the most rigorous art contest statewide and nationally and is the equivalent of a state championship in[Read More…]
Author: Special to the Herald Times
Royalty …
Mr. and Miss RHS are voted upon by the staff of Rangely Jr/Sr High school for the individuals who have made the greatest impact on the school for their volunteer and leadership. The 2023-2024 RHS staff voted Ryann Mergelman and Landon Williams as the recipients for the award.
Water forecast: declining streamflows, earlier runoff
BY HEATHER SACKETT | Aspen Journalism This story is provided by Aspen Journalism, an independent, nonprofit news organization. For more, visit http://aspenjournalism.org. Scientists predict with high confidence that Colorado’s future spring runoff will come earlier; soil moisture will be lower; heat waves, droughts and wildfires will be more frequent and[Read More…]
Routt, Moffat, Rio Blanco nonprofits welcome to apply for UWYV grants
United Way of the Yampa Valley (UWYV) is thrilled to announce the beginning of their Grant Cycle 2024, providing local health and human service nonprofits in Routt, Moffat, and Rio Blanco counties with funding for agency programs. The application period opens on Jan. 22 with a deadline of Feb. 16,[Read More…]
RMEF supported two projects in RBC in 2023
From research focused on the cause of declining elk numbers to projects aimed at enhancing wildlife habitat and supporting hunting heritage, the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation (RMEF) and its conservation partners supplied $2,176,597 to Colorado in 2023. “The more verified, scientific information we can gather about elk and habitat usage,[Read More…]
RIO HAPPENINGS: JANUARY 7-13, 2024
ARRESTS A 38 yr old female turned herself in on 1/11/2024. She is in Moffat County Jail awaiting a sentence. A 49 year old male was arrested 1/11/024 for violation of protection order and transported to Moffat County Jail. He was issued a PR bond on 1/12/2024. A 42 year[Read More…]
Community Calendar: January 18, 2024
Annual and quarterly RBCHS gathering Jan. 21 MEEKER | The annual meeting and quarterly gathering of the Rio Blanco County Historical Society will be held at the Heritage Culture Center at 1 p.m. on Jan. 21, 2024. Enjoy a potluck lunch, hear what the RBCHS is doing, and renew (or[Read More…]
Letter: BMS girls b-ball thanks anonymous donor for warm-up shirts
Dear Editor, The Barone Middle School girls’ basketball team would like to thank the anonymous donor who purchased warm-up shirts for the entire team. It is greatly appreciated. Sincerely, Barone Middle School 7th and 8th grade girls basketball team and coaches
Loose Ends: We still need local news
Looking forward to Thursday to pull the current edition of the newspaper out of the postal box in town or the mailbox outside one’s home will continue for a while longer. “According to the paper” our weekly print edition of our local paper will remain. Those three words are overheard[Read More…]
Guest Column: Aerobic Gift
This was written years ago by my late mother-in-law Pat Hendrickson. She had a wondrous gift of humor which I would like to share. This is for all of us who have put on pounds during the holiday and bought gym memberships on impulse. This is dedicated to every woman[Read More…]
Museum Musings: Letters from History, No. 31
Department of the Interior, Office of Indian Affairs, Washington, March 31, 1879. Sir: I am in receipt of your letter of the 8th instant, in which you state that the chiefs and headmen of your agency, in [counsel] assembled, fully indorse the action of their representatives while in Washington last[Read More…]
Obituary: Charles Edwin Vandiver
Charles Edwin Vandiver Dec. 18, 1943 ~ Jan. 11, 2024 Charles Edwin Vandiver, 80, of Meeker, Colorado, passed away on Jan. 11, 2024. Dr. Vandiver was born in Monahans, Texas, on Dec. 18, 1943. He went through all 12 public school grades in Hobbs, New Mexico, and played on the[Read More…]
