Hometown heroes Dear Editor, Thursday last I walked to the newspaper building to get a newspaper. On my way back to my apartment I fell over a piece of uneven sidewalk. It’s by the stop sign on the corner of Main and 3rd. Thank God for the wonderful people in[Read More…]
Author: Special to the Herald Times
LOOSE ENDS: Has the tradition of resolutions ended?
The time for making official New Year’s resolutions has passed. Yet, that doesn’t stop most of us from making some new intentions for 2025. It isn’t worth saying them aloud, as intentions remain unspoken and therefore never have to be accounted for. It is after the fact that someone claims,[Read More…]
HISTORY LESSONS: Letters from Bitter Creek
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…]
Guest Column – Prayers Unfolded
The following is a paid advertisement and the Herald Times assumes no responsibility for its content. This is the first of a series to encourage everyone to pray. Each will feature an example of a specific prayer and how it was answered. Please keep in mind that not all prayers[Read More…]
Ways to reduce risk of dementia revealed in new research
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…]
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…]
