RANGELY I Mother Nature may not approve, but the 2022 high school baseball season is underway for the Rangely High School Panthers. Although the team has only been able to step foot on their home field one time this season, they have put in plenty of work on the asphalt[Read More…]
Author: Special to the Herald Times
Colorado unveils new license design
RBC I After almost two years of development, over 55,000 votes and more than 400 entries by 119 Centennial State artists, the Colorado Division of Motor Vehicles (DMV) unveiled the state’s newest driver license and identification (ID) card. Governor Jared Polis revealed the Iconic Credential and announced the new card[Read More…]
4-H Club meeting report: March 13
MEEKER I The It’s Showtime 4-H Club met on Sunday, March 13 at 4 p.m. First, we did a fun “Icebreaker” to warm up. There were three lines of kids. Each kid had a piece of paper taped to their back and the last person started to draw on the[Read More…]
CPW launches new app
RBC I Colorado Parks and Wildlife launched a new smartphone application that will make purchasing hunting and fishing licenses and state park passes easier. My CPW is the official mobile application for CPW’s license and pass purchasing system, IPAWS, and it is available to all CPW customers (residents and nonresidents).[Read More…]
DONATION …
The owners of Marvine Ranch have donated $275,000 to the Rio Blanco County Sheriff’s Office as a “thank you” for duties performed by Undersheriff Travis Mobley and others in the department following the abduction of a female employee from Westlands (property owned by Michael Bloomberg) in February. The woman was[Read More…]
State of the River meetings return; local events to highlight various issues
RBC I After two years of virtual and hybrid gatherings, the Colorado River District will once again host in-person State of the River events across the West Slope throughout spring 2022. Twelve events across the 15-county River District will bring District staff, local partners, hydrologists, and water users together to[Read More…]
GRAND OPENING …
Mtn Made Trading Company, Meeker’s newest business located at 610 Main St., celebrated its grand opening and open house on Friday, March 11. Owners Kaysyn Davis and Mayda Southern opened Mtn Made Trading Company to provide a variety of handmade and small business associated retail items. The Meeker Chamber of[Read More…]
PMC orthopedics program shows strong performance
Colorado Advanced Orthopedics, Sports Medicine and Spine at Pioneers Medical Center in Meeker, Colorado is proud to announce strong data and performance numbers coming out of the national release of 2021 surgical patient data by Stryker, creator of the Mako SmartRobotics™ System. The data compiled by Stryker reveals that Colorado[Read More…]
NEWS NOTES: March 17, 2022
Free community dinner tonight MEEKER| Free Community Dinner at the Meeker V.F.W. / American Legion, 290 4th Street, Thursday, March 17 from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. Victory Motors hosting broadcast CRAIG | Victory Motors in Craig has been chosen to host a live television broadcast on RFD-TV during the 2022[Read More…]
SMOKING RIVER …
Monday, March 14, also known as National Napping Day (thanks, Daylight Saving Time), national Pi Day (3.14), National Potato Chip Day, National Write Your Story Day, and coincidentally, International Day of Action for Rivers, was also Really, Really Beautiful Sunrise on the White River Day. But maybe that’s every day[Read More…]
CNCC rodeo at second event of season
RANGELY I The CNCC cowgirls had another great rodeo, their second of the spring rodeo season. This past weekend, they completed in Twin Falls, Idaho, at the “CSI” indoor rodeo. It is a very well-produced rodeo, and a fun one to attend. In the long go-round of the barrel racing,[Read More…]
Letter: Book Cliffs Highway debacle
Dear Editor: It has been over 30 years since the inception of the idea of running a highway through the Book Cliffs to connect to I-70. The original talking point was that this highway was needed to support the gas and oil industry in the transport of fossil fuels out[Read More…]
