Ads for 11/15/18 **ANNOUNCEMENTS** Retirement is boring so I’m reopening my shop for all your sewing needs. For an appointment call 970-878-3193 Lee Light (The Seamstress) Lodging Tax meeting, Elk Mountain Inn, November 20th @ 5:00 p.m. All welcome. The Rangely Food Bank is open on Saturdays from 12:00-2:00 p.m.[Read More…]
Author: Special to the Herald Times
Days Gone By: November 8, 2018
The Meeker Herald 125 years ago – Ed Sanderson is about to open up a tannery in Meeker, carpenter McKenzie being at work for some time past in making the vats and other necessary fixtures. All kinds of hides will be tanned. The Meeker Herald 100 years ago – Another[Read More…]
Letter: Elder resigns as water commissioner
Dear Editor: It’s is with great sadness and disappointment that I have to resign my job as a water commissioner for Rangely and Piceance Creek area due to health reasons. Last day is Nov 17. All calls after that will go to Shanna Lewis in Meeker until my job is[Read More…]
Holiday Meeker Market Dec. 7-8
MEEKER | Stop by to browse items from arts and crafts vendors, commercial and manufacturing vendors, direct sales and home party merchandisers, farmers market and food item vendors, traditional heritage trades, goat milk soaps and candles, health and wellness, woodworking. Friday, Dec. 7 from 12-6 p.m. and Saturday, Dec. 8[Read More…]
Enter the Parade of Lights
MEEKER | This year the festivities will begin Wednesday, Dec. 5 at 5:30 p.m. with the Courthouse Tree Lighting and Parade of Lights. Enjoy the Christmas choir, hot chocolate and cookies and more. Brought to you by the Chamber of Commerce, Pioneers Healthcare Foundation, White River Electric Assoc., and Horizons[Read More…]
(Fish) Shocking
MEEKER | The moment “fish shocking” is mentioned, ears perk up, and you have the full attention of young and impressionable 12-year-olds. The Highland Ditch fish salvage has been taking place since 2010 or 2011. “The goal is to reduce the impact to the mountain whitefish population from entrainment with[Read More…]
Ten meaty podcasts for hunters and hunting enthusiasts
RBC | You really can find whatever you want on the internet. The global information age has allowed hunters to learn the latest conditions, animal population numbers and hunting season outlooks just by typing in a few words. In the world of podcasts — digital audio recordings on whatever subject[Read More…]
Letter: Visionary says hello
Dear Editor: Hi to everyone Rio Blanco County. My name is Brian Worthen, CEO of Visionary Broadband. All of us at Visionary are excited to be joining your communities as an Internet provider. Its our goal to offer you fast and reliable Internet service so you can get online and[Read More…]
Weekly Call Review: Oct. 28-Nov. 4, 2018
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…]
Nov. 13 “Thanks, Birth Control” Day
RBC | Modern contraception methods are listed as one of the 10 great public health achievements in the 20th century by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The advent of safe, effective measures of birth control in the 1960s arguably changed the culture of the country by allowing men[Read More…]
LEAP launches new online application
Special to the Herald Times RBC Colorado’s Low-Income Energy Assistance Program (LEAP), will kick-off the 2018-19 season with a new online application process for individuals and families needing heating assistance. Enrollment for the 2018-2019 program starts Nov. 1 and continues through April 30. “With the new online application process, individuals[Read More…]
Obituary: Betty Jane ‘BJ’ Lahman
Betty Jane ‘BJ’ Lahman Sept. 3, 1927 ~ Oct. 26, 2018 Betty Jane “BJ” Lahman, 91, of Cleveland Heights, Ohio, passed away peacefully at home on Friday, Oct. 26, 2018. BJ was born Sept. 3, 1927, in Warren, Ohio, to the late John A. and Freda (Zeyfang) Schwartz. She was[Read More…]
