**ANNOUNCEMENTS** Fair Board – 2019 Fair Input Meetings Meeker September 19, 2019 at the NEH Building, 6:00 P.M. The 2019 Annual Craft & Gift Show will be Friday, Nov. 1st from 4:00 to 8:00 PM and Saturday, Nov. 2nd from 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM at the RBC Fairgrounds. Please[Read More…]
Author: Special to the Herald Times
News Brief: Battle of Milk Creek Anniversary
Battle of Milk Creek anniversary Please join us to celebrate three significant developments of the Milk Creek Battlefield Park on the 140th anniversary of the battle on Saturday, Sept. 28 beginning at 11:30 a.m. at the Milk Creek Battlefield Park. There will be a presentation of the colors by the[Read More…]
Days gone by
The Meeker Herald 100 years ago n Governor Bamberger and a party of Utah people again visit Meeker arouse much interest in railroad prospects. n Meeker and Rio Blanco County had a good representation at Rifle on Apple Pie Day. Friz Ebler took first money in the free-for-all horse race,[Read More…]
USFS honors Arthur Carhart’s legacy with 100th anniversary events
One hundred years ago, Trappers Lake, 50 miles east of Meeker, looked much as it does today because its unique beauty inspired a young Forest Service employee to take action. In 1919, the Forest Service dispatched its first landscape architect, Arthur H. Carhart, to Trappers Lake with instructions to survey[Read More…]
News Brief
Farm Bureau picnic, meeting Sept. 15 RBC Farm Bureau Membership Appreciation picnic and annual meeting on Sunday, Sept. 15, at 12:30 p.m., Meeker Town Park Pavilion for RBCFB members and their families. Meat, buns, beans and beverages furnished. Potluck salads and desserts welcomed. Q&A with guest speaker Zack Riley, CFB[Read More…]
Loose Ends: Sheepdogs and the end of summer
Most folks in the White River Valley were sure the dog days of summer were over until they either volunteered or attended another successful Meeker Classic Sheepdog Championship. For the past 33 years, our community’s different kind of dog days—the Meeker Classic—has heralded the end of summer. Watching the handlers[Read More…]
News Brief
Rodeo Royalty Clinic Sept. 28 All girls interested in participating in rodeo royalty are invited to join Hailey Frederiksen, Lady-in-Waiting, Miss Rodeo Colorado 2020 at the Western Slope Rodeo Royalty Clinic Sept. 28, 2019, in Battlement Mesa. A fun and informative one day clinic open to all girls 10 years[Read More…]
Obituary
Henry M. ‘Mick’ Carter 1945 ~ Sept. 7, 2019 Henry M “Mick” Carter, 74, went home to the Lord on Saturday, Sept. 7, 2019, due to cancer. He died peacefully in his home in Delta, Colorado, with his loving wife, Linda, by his side. A lover of the Western Slope,[Read More…]
View the Kokanee salmon spawning in Sheep Creek
For the price of a tank of gasoline you can take the whole family to experience a true circle of life phenomenon. Autumn marks the transition from summer to winter and for Kokanee salmon the beginning of their most important and final journey. One of the nearest and handicap accessible[Read More…]
Canyon Pintado Hill Climb attracts fans of all ages
Another Rangely Canyon Pintado Hill Climb is in the books! The Colorado Hill Climb Association racers kicked off the weekend with a community racer meet and greet at the Rangely Automotive Museum on Friday evening. Between the event on Friday and walking around the pit area after a race day, these racers[Read More…]
Letters to the editor
From Wild to Mild: the Meeker Mustang Makeover Dear Editor: Amidst all the excitement surrounding the Meeker Sheepdog Classic this weekend, the rodeo stands were jam-packed at the first inaugural Meeker Mustang Makeover held this past Friday at the Rio Blanco County Fairgrounds in Meeker, Colorado. Gate receipts showed more[Read More…]
UPDATE: Hunt Fire 10% contained as of Wednesday
Firefighters from the Northwest Colorado Interagency Fire Management Unit continue to manage the Hunt Fire on Bureau of Land Management land about 26 miles southwest of Meeker in Rio Blanco County. Lightning ignited the fire on Thursday, Sept. 5. It is remotely located, burning in thick brush on ridges and[Read More…]
