The Meeker Herald 125 years ago – A band of gypsies are camped at the edge of town, and they are ever on the alert for stray sheckels. Besides telling fortunes (for which they ask from $2 to $20) they are ready to match horses with any and all comers.[Read More…]
Author: Special to the Herald Times
It’s electric!
White River Electric Association (WREA) celebrated the ribbon cutting for its two electric vehicle (EV) charging units on Monday, June 24. The Charge Point Level II and Level III DC Fast Charge units are located at Fifth and Market streets (Bank of the San Juans parking lot) and are open[Read More…]
Phelan named to Dean’s List at Black Hills State University
MEEKER | Jacob Phelan, business administration major, has been named to the Dean’s List at Black Hills State University in Spearfish, South Dakota. Students must earn a 3.5 or higher GPA to be listed.
NEW BUSINESS …
New Business Profile: Taylor Electrical Services, LLC J.D. Taylor, owner and operator of Taylor Electrical Services, has worked in the field of residential and commercial electrical services for more than 18 years. After years of working for other large electrical companies, Taylor opened the doors of his own business in[Read More…]
12U softball …
Meeker 12U softball (pictured) placed at the Delta tournament last weekend. Courtesy Photo
Thelen named to Fort Lewis College Dean’s List
MEEKER | Nishiko Thelen, of Meeker, Colorado, was named to Fort Lewis College’s Dean’s List for the spring 2019 semester. Thelen’s major is business administration. To be eligible for Dean’s List, a student must carry a semester GPA of 3.6 or better in no fewer than 15 credit hours of[Read More…]
RBC to get $584,028 in PILT funds this year
RBC | U.S. Secretary of the Interior David Bernhardt announced that 56 local governments in Colorado are receiving a total of $39.9 million under the 2019 Payments in Lieu of Taxes (PILT) program. Rio Blanco County will receive $584,028 this year, a slight increase from 2018’s $569,036. “Payments in lieu[Read More…]
Take the time to be heard: Attend a local conservation meeting
MEEKER | The USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) in Rio Blanco County and the White River Conservation District cordially invites the public to attend their Fiscal Year 2019 Local Working Group (LWG) meeting July 10, from 7:30-9 p.m. The purpose of this annual LWG meeting is to bring together[Read More…]
Rangely Area Chamber’s Board of Directors questions hospital about mill levy presentation
RBC | Rangely Community Medical Health and Wellness Center (formerly Rangely District Hospital) CEO Nick Goshe and Hospital Board Director Stephen Petersburg gave their presentation about the need for a mill levy increase at the Rangely Area Chamber of Commerce board meeting on June 20. Currently the hospital provides several[Read More…]
Rangely Open tourney results
RANGELY | Twenty-eight golfers endured chilly, unseasonable temperatures Saturday at Cedar Ridges Golf Course in Rangely to compete in the Rangely Open. 1st Flight n 1st Gross – Matt Burke, Vernal Utah, 75 Gross n 2nd Gross – JC Watt, Meeker 76 Gross n 1st Net – Mark Skelton, Rangely,[Read More…]
Despite reports, Mind Springs Health not closing doors
RBC | Mind Springs Health is not “closing down all our doors and ceasing all services,” following a change in the state’s crisis policy, said vice-president Chriss P. Flynn via email Monday, following a story published in several western slope newspapers last week. In a press release, Mind Springs Health,[Read More…]
Guest Column: Gardening challenges in Colorado
MEEKER | Gardening this year seems like the Greek story of Sisyphus continually rolling a rock up hill only to have it constantly descend. Here we are at end of June in Meeker, Colorado, with one third of the summer gone. It has rained endlessly along with nearly frozen nightly[Read More…]
