A funeral for Patsy Nay will be held Friday at 10:30 a.m. at The Church at Meeker, 1032 Jennifer Dr., followed by interment at Highlands Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, please make donations in memory of Patsy Nay to either Focus on the Family or Valley View Foundation. Donations can[Read More…]
Author: Special to the Herald Times
Letter: Vote for Moyer
Dear Editor: I strongly support Gary Moyer for Rio Blanco County Commissioner. As a board member of both the Douglas Creek Conservation District and the Upper Colorado Environmental Plant Center, a small business owner and a longtime worker in the oil and gas industry, I have come to know Gary[Read More…]
Paranormal, creepy, just plain weird?
MEEKER | You’ve seen them on the Travel Channel. They’ve recently been to Montrose, Cripple Creek and other Colorado locations. Now Zak, Nick and Aaron of “Ghost Adventures” are coming to Meeker, and they need your help. When Hotchkiss Paranormal Investigators visited Meeker this spring, they encountered enough paranormal activity to warrant[Read More…]
Meeker Summer Rodeo Series Results: June 7
For more photos of this event, check out https://rioblancoheraldtimes.smugmug.com/Meeker-Summer-Rodeo-Series-June-7-2018 MEEKER | The first rodeo in the summer series provided plenty of thrills and spills. Below are results. The series continues Thursday, June 14 at 7 p.m. Ladies Breakaway (place, name, time) 1, Deena Norell, 3.6 2, Paula Cooper, 6.5 #8 Header (place,[Read More…]
Free concert at Downtown Plaza June 15
MEEKER | The first concert of the 2018 Summer Entertainment Series, hosted by ERBM Recreation and Park District, will be Friday, June 15 at the Downtown Plaza. The Matt Holliday Band will be playing from 5:30-8 p.m. Bring a chair or blanket to sit on and enjoy the music!
Flag Day – June 14
“We meet to celebrate Flag Day because this flag which we honor and under which we serve is the emblem of our unity, our power, our thought and purpose as a nation. It has no other character than that which we give it from generation to generation. The choice is[Read More…]
Weekly Call Review: May 28-June 3, 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…]
BMS GOES TO WASHINGTON …
Barone Middle School eighth-graders met with Meeker alumnus Sam Love, who works for Colorado Senator Cory Gardner, during their trip to Washington, D.C. KRIS CASEY PHOTO
Community group changes name
RBC | Brenda Bafus-Williams of Montrose is the institutional memory of the Western Colorado Congress. She has worked for the organization—which prides itself in empowering members to more effectively determine their own future and that of their communities—for more than 32 years. She writes that over her long stint with the[Read More…]
ALL-STATE …
Coach Brian Merrifield led his son Trapper and classmates in the senior all-state game last Saturday June, 2. Trapper Merrifield led off with a triple followed by teammate Chase’s walk and Doak Mantle’s out of the park home run to bring them all home. “Won first game 10-9 and dominated[Read More…]
RECOGNIZE THESE FELLAS?
These photos are from a camera found on West Miller Creek. If you are the owner of the camera, or recognize any of these gentlemen, please contact the Herald Times office at 970-878-4017 or email [email protected].
Just A Simple Soldier
Shared with the Herald Times by David Cole He was getting old and paunchy and his hair was falling fast, and he sat around the Legion, telling stories of the past. Of a war that he had fought in and the deeds that he had done. In his exploits with[Read More…]
