PRESS RELEASE The Town of Dinosaur and the Town of Rangely are coordinating on an intergovernmental agreement (IGA) to cover dispatch services and non-emergent calls and assist officers in need. The agreement has been in the works for a while, according to Rangely Police Chief Ti Hamblin, who updated the[Read More…]
Author: Special to the Herald Times
CPW to randomly survey 6,000 elk hunters about over-the-counter elk license regulations
As Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) wraps up its review of the current Big Game Season Structure, staff are reaching out to hunters about current over-the-counter (OTC) elk license regulations. CPW will be emailing surveys to 6,000 elk hunters who received an elk license in Colorado in 2018 or 2022[Read More…]
DAYS GONE BY – December 7th, 2023
Meeker Herald ~ 125 years ago While branding stock at the Sheridan ranch, A.Y. Cook had a leg broken. Dr. French set the injured member. If the blizzards turned out so far in the East a fair sample of what is to come, the predictions of a hard winter will[Read More…]
WRCD recognizes student conservation posters
BY OPAL MUNGER Herald Intern At the Meeker School District board meeting on Nov. 27, members of the White River Conservation District (WRCD) recognized sixth-grade students from Barone Middle School for a poster-designing competition. The students were tasked with designing a poster promoting water conservation. The Colorado Association Water District[Read More…]
RIO HAPPENINGS: NOV. 19-25. 2023
ARRESTS A 32 year-old male was arrested on 11/23/2023 for domestic violence, harassment and criminal mischief. A 47 year-old male was arrested on 11/26/2023 for violation of protection order. CALL SUMMARIES There were a total of 6 car vs deer accidents this week in Rio Blanco County. 11/19/2023 @ 11:57[Read More…]
COMMUNITY CALENDAR – November 30th, 2023
Mountain Valley Bank Charity Challenge MEEKER | The Mountain Valley Bank Charity Challenge will be held from Dec. 4-8. Each employee chooses a local charity and decorates their office/area to showcase the charity. We encourage the community to make donations to our charities. The bank will match up to $150[Read More…]
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Thank you from Muxlow family Dear Editor, We sincerely want to thank this amazing community for the outpouring of love and support during this dark and difficult time. Not only this community but surrounding communities have reached out and offered support by any means necessary. To every single person who[Read More…]
Pat’s Christmas Letters, Part 1
My mother-in-law, Pat Hendrickson lived in Meeker about a year before passing at the age of 94. She didn’t get to meet most of you, so I would like to share some of her humor with you now. Her Christmas letters from Bartlett, Kansas, population 69, were hilarious stories of[Read More…]
Loose Ends – Write this down
Listening to an old familiar tune on a country music radio station with the repetitive verse “Write This Down” will continue to be played on countless playlists across the country. It speaks to so many of all ages and it speaks to anyone who has lived life fully. It doesn’t[Read More…]
Guest Column – Special session on property taxes
By SEN. DYLAN ROBERTS Colorado Senate District 8 Last week, the Governor called the legislature back for a special session to address property taxes. After meeting for four days, we passed several bills that will help reduce the increase in property taxes and set up a process to find a[Read More…]
Museum Musings – Letters from history, No. 25
White River Agency, Colorado. February 17, 1879 Sir: Yours of the 3d instant, (Colorado, “M. 132, T. 237, ‘79”,) giving me authority to purchase three span of mules, and a ton of grain for “seed”, is received. I wish you would correct by dropping “for seed” as I asked simply[Read More…]
Vital Awareness LLC is nine years strong
Margaret Granzella, owner of Vital Awareness LLC, has provided the Meeker community with professional massage, movement therapy, and holistic lifestyle coaching for nine years. After several years upstairs in the Hugus Building, last spring she relocated to a new space at 685 Main St., Suite #5A. The new space is[Read More…]
