RBC | Dementia, a disease with profound effects on families, loved ones and caregivers, affects more than 55 million people globally, including 6 million in the U.S. New research shows people can reduce their risks by making even small changes in their daily routines, for example, through exercise and eating[Read More…]
Author: Special to the Herald Times
New mobile app makes it easier to check avalanche conditions
PRESS RELEASE RBC | Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) and the Colorado Avalanche Information Center (CAIC) have partnered together to add avalanche forecasts and warnings to the Colorado Trail Explorer (COTREX) mobile app to make checking avalanche conditions even more accessible to winter outdoor recreationists. Colorado is known for[Read More…]
IN MEMORIAM – Paul ‘Cody’ Crooks
Sept. 8, 1984 ~ Dec. 23, 2024 Paul “Cody” Crooks of Meeker passed away on Monday, Dec. 23, 2024. He served 9 1/2 years in the Navy. Survivors include his wife Kayla and stepchildren Ricky and Amihya, and Aspen, his dog. He met Kayla on Oct. 24, 2023 and proposed[Read More…]
Obituary – Paul ‘Cody’ Crooks
Sept. 8, 1984 ~ Dec. 23, 2024 Paul Cody Crooks was born on Sept. 8, 1984, in Ogallala, Nebraska to Larry R. Crooks and Virginia (Ginny) L. Shaw Crooks. He was welcomed home by his older brother, Robert Cade Crooks. Cody began his life in Julesburg, Colorado, and shortly thereafter[Read More…]
Obituary – Charlotte Adele (Counts) Douglas White
Sept. 27, 1932 ~ Dec. 8, 2024 Charlotte Adele Counts was born in Craig, Colorado, on Sept. 27, 1932. As the eighth child of parents Robert Taylor Counts and Lula Marie Lilly Counts, Charlotte was welcomed home by four big brothers: Robert, Charlie, James, and Gene; and three sisters: Mary,[Read More…]
Colorado has big dreams to use more water from the Colorado River. But will planned reservoirs ever be built?
Editor’s Note: We plan to republish this in-depth article from Aspen Journalism in several parts over the next few weeks. This is part one. RBC | Nearly two hours east of Grand Junction on a remote dirt road on the Grand Mesa is a nondescript, shallow, sage-brush-covered valley where two[Read More…]
Meeker High School awarded for being a finalist for Colorado High School of the Year
MEEKER | For the second year in a row, Meeker High School was selected as one of four accepted finalists for the 2024 Colorado High School of the Year by the Colorado Masonic Grand Lodge Scholarship Committee. Finalists are selected from High Schools who have graduating seniors apply for college[Read More…]
RIO HAPPENINGS: DEC 15-21, 2024
ARRESTS 12/19/2024- A 33 year-old male was arrested on a warrant for 2nd Degree Assault and Domestic Violence. He was taken to jail and bonded out on 12/21/2024. 12/20/2024- A 41 year-old male was arrested on a warrant for Contributing to Delinquency of a Minor and Child Abuse. He was[Read More…]
PARADE OF LIGHTS WINNERS
Better late than never, here are the winning entries from this year’s Parade of Lights: “It’s a Wonderful Life” Best of Show Award: Meeker Cyclery “Clark Griswold” Brightest Award: Miller Family and 4 Leaf Clovers (pictured) “Santa’s Elves” Choice Award: Meeker Skijor
Cricket abatement planning for 2025 gets underway; public meeting in Feb.
MEEKER | Local and regional officials met in December to discuss plans for Mormon cricket abatement in 2025. In 2024, aerial spraying was added to the use of bait on the ground in an effort to mitigate the cricket population. The plan for 2025 will be similar, with changes to[Read More…]
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR – December 26th, 2024
Books, books, books Dear Editor, I could not live in a world without books. Ever since I could read, probably about third grade, I loved the once-a-week visits to the school library. Students were limited to three books per week. Raggedy Ann and Raggedy Andy were popular then. I couldn’t[Read More…]
HISTORY LESSONS: Address books
MEEKER | My mother-in-law, Pat Hendrickson lived in Meeker about a year before passing at the age of 94. She didn’t get to meet most of you, so I would like to share some of her humor with you now. Her Christmas letters were hilarious stories of life. You will[Read More…]
