RBC | During the 2018 holiday season this year, Colorado had a wakeup call. Starting Christmas Eve, and continuing through the next 72 hours, Colorado lost a total of nine lives in seven crashes. Those killed ranged from teenagers all the way to grandparents. The news talked about the loss[Read More…]
Author: Special to the Herald Times
Days Gone By: Jan. 24, 2019
The Meeker Herald 125 years ago – The bounteous snows of the past few weeks has caused the elk to seek lower altitudes, and as a consequence, some of their citizens are replenishing their larders. The Meeker Herald 100 years ago – As usual, hundreds of suckers throughout the state[Read More…]
Weekly Call Review: Jan. 14-20, 2019
The following information is a weekly review of the calls for service that were reported to the Rio Blanco County Sheriff’s Communications Office. If you have any questions or would like an explanation of the call types listed please call 878-9600. We will not regularly post any information as to[Read More…]
Historic preservation conference Feb. 4-7
RBC | Colorado Preservation in collaboration with History Colorado will present the 2019 Saving Places Conference at the Sheraton Denver Hotel, Feb. 4-7. The conference theme is “The Next Generation of Preservation.” Drawing historic preservationists and experts from throughout Colorado, the nation and even internationally, more than 800 conferees will[Read More…]
RJSHS first semester honor roll
RANGELY | Honor roll for the first semester of the 2018-2019 school year at Rangely Junior Senior High School is as follows. – 6TH GRADE STRAIGHT “A”S Clay Allred, Miley Chism, Alyssa Coker, Kaitlyn Cox, Ashlynn Ducey, Angelina Fortunato, Jade Miller, Emmeree Wagner, Emma Winder, Miah Wren A-B HONOR ROLL[Read More…]
Letter: Community support during difficult time
Dear Editor: Although the sadness of losing my sister Sue will last the rest of my life, so too will the memory of the warmth and kindness of the people in this small town. I feel like I’ve been wrapped up in a warm, fuzzy blanket on a below zero[Read More…]
Ice Tower …
Accommodating weather conditions have permitted the ice tower at the CNCC campus in Rangely to rise to its 50 foot height for Outdoor Recreation Program students to attempt to scale. CNCC supplies boots, crampons, ice tools, helmets and harnesses as well as instruction to students interested in trying ice climbing.[Read More…]
It’s Showtime Livestock Club update
MEEKER | The It’s Showtime Livestock Club has just started the new year with the first meeting and the election of officers. The president is Tatum Kennedy. If she is gone vice president Mary Baylie will fill her spot. Keeping the club’s records is secretary Hadley Franklin. Handling the club’s[Read More…]
Water expo and annual meeting held Jan. 17
MEEKER | One hundred twenty-five people attended the White River Conservation District annual meeting and Water Expo in Meeker on Jan. 17, to learn more about the “Big River” issues and how they will impact water rights and uses in the White River Basin. The District partnered with the Colorado[Read More…]
Meeker Rumble coming Feb. 2
MEEKER | Sign up online for the backcountry snowmobile and snowbike race off County Road 8 near Buford on Saturday, Feb. 2 at mssrxc.com, or register Friday, Feb. 1 at the Blue Spruce Inn from 6:30-8:30 p.m.
NUGGETS …
Gracie Coker, Carmella Fortunato, Kaitlyn Cox, Angelina Fortunato, Aubrianna Tapia, Alivia Green, Jesse Barger and Breyann Barger participated in this year’s Nuggets Skills Challenge at the Rangely Recreation Center on Jan. 11. Coker, Fortunato, Fortunato and Barger won their age groups and can go on to participate in the sectional[Read More…]
OPINION: Evidence for climate change
MEEKER | The two previous articles in this series examined the science behind our understanding of Earth’s climate and presented evidence that climate change threatens to destabilize ecosystems, disrupt food and water supplies, and destroy infrastructure. In this article, I present evidence for effects of climate change closer to home.[Read More…]



