Veterans welcome at BMS lunch Nov. 11 Dear Editor: The Barone Middle School Student Council Activities Committee would like to serve our local veterans lunch at BMS on Thursday, Nov. 11, 2021. The lunch will be provided by the Chamber of Commerce. The committee will help serve the lunch. On[Read More…]
Author: Special to the Herald Times
Don’t forget to breathe…
Just like a wildflower, Tarrah and Josh Patch’s quaint little floral shop that sprouted out of a crack in the wall at 101 South White Ave. back on Oct. 24, 2021, has sprouted a mural. The mural is an anniversary gift of sorts for the shop and will be finished[Read More…]
News Notes: Nov. 4, 2021
Water PAC meeting MEEKER | The Planning Advisory Committee (PAC) will be meeting on Tuesday, Nov. 9 at the Rio Blanco Fire Protection Building in Meeker from 6-8 p.m. A virtual link or call-in number will be provided upon request. Please email [email protected] to request a link for the virtual[Read More…]
Loose Ends: Sorry, not sorry.
“May I speak to Janet? “You have the wrong number, sorry.” “Well, while I have you on the phone … blah, blah, blah.” “Important issues in your …” I didn’t wait to hear the rest of the spiel. I hung up; well, I tried to hang up to shut off[Read More…]
THIS IS HALLOWEEN …
Everybody make a scene! Rio Blanco County put on their spookiest, silliest and most creative outfits for Halloween weekend. Two Rangely churches — the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and New Creation Church — held “Trunk or Treat” events on Oct. 30. >>> Click here for more photos[Read More…]
Loose Ends: All for mom, apple pie and the American flag
So many of my conversations lately have involved the word freedom and how all of us come to different understandings of the word. Our individual right to “live free” is debated daily on the news. It doesn’t matter if you get news from social media, television, or radio. There are[Read More…]
Letters to the Editor: Oct. 28, 2021
Thanks from Hejl/Noel families Dear Editor: We would like to thank everyone who helped us with our graveside service and celebration of life at the Elks Lodge for Pat Hejl, and who sent cards, flowers and sympathy. We will miss Pat, but our great memories will bring us healing and[Read More…]
Guest Opinion
Nice people finish first RBC I Chances are that you’ve heard the expression, “nice guys finish last.” Nothing could be further from the truth. This statement is used by many to justify less than ethical treatment of others. Under the guise of not wanting to finish last, people engage in[Read More…]
Writers on the Range:
This rancher has radical ideas about water RBC I If Jim Howell, a fourth-generation rancher in Western Colorado, has a guru, he’s Allan Savory, the champion of intensive cattle grazing even on semi-arid land. Howell, 52, says Savory’s methods, which require moving cattle quickly from pasture to pasture, enable him[Read More…]
Obituary: Rebecca Starr Corbett
Rebecca Starr Corbett was born in Delta, Colorado, on Jan. 19, 1979, to Juanita Corbett Edwards and Sam Shirley. Rebecca was raised in Paonia, Colorado. She worked at City Market in Hotchkiss for a few years, then moved to Grand Junction and worked for Lowes. She held multiple jobs that[Read More…]
CDOT extends public comment period for proposed transportation air pollution reduction planning standards
RBC I Coloradans will have additional time to weigh in on proposed bold new transportation pollution reduction planning standards that will reduce pollution and greenhouse gas emissions from the transportation sector, improve air quality, reduce smog and provide more travel options for Coloradans. CDOT is extending the original 60-day comment[Read More…]
Meeker elk bugling/camouflage contest results
MEEKER I Thank you to judges Jeff McGuire, Austin Seely and Jarrett Waldref. GRAND CHAMPION BUGLER REAGAN CLATTERBAUGH FIRST GRADE 1ST PLACE – CARTER MAES 2ND PLACE – KADEN KRUEGER 3RD PLACE – ELLIE ANNE RUNDBERG SECOND GRADE 1ST PLACE – AVERY COLEMAN 2ND PLACE – ZEELI HAYES 3RD PLACE[Read More…]
