RBC | To ensure that friends and family serving in the military overseas receive their care packages from home on time, mailers are reminded to ship their holiday gifts no later than Dec. 9 for the best rates. For other international destinations, it’s best to have your mail on its[Read More…]
Author: Special to the Herald Times
Guest Editorial: Remember those who lost their lives at Pearl Harbor, and in the days that followed
By Wes Eubanks Meeker VFW Post 5843 Special to the Herald Times RBC | Every year since that fateful day Americans have honored the memory of those who made the ultimate sacrifice for their nation. We remember also the survivors who would bear terrible scars both physical and mental. We[Read More…]
Elf on the Shelf Scavenger Hunt
RANGELY | The elf will be located throughout the town at different businesses every day through Dec. 10. Once you find the elf, you must take a selfie with him and post it on the Rangely’s Elf on the Shelf Facebook group page. Once you do this, you will be[Read More…]
Candle lighting ceremony Sunday
MEEKER | A formal candle lighting event for parents who have lost children will be held in Meeker on Dec. 11 in the Mountain Valley Bank community room at 400 Main St. (use the door on Fourth Street or in the back of the building). The Meeker event is part[Read More…]
Christmasfest tonight through Saturday
RANGELY | Christmasfest judging for the Light Up Rangely contest will be Dec. 8. Enter at the WRBM Rec Center and leave your lights on! Free sleigh rides downtown starting at Town Hall from 5-8 p.m. Dec. 9 (don’t forget to tip Absolute Prestige). Saturday, Dec. 10 enjoy Breakfast with[Read More…]
Community Calendar: December 8, 2016
– Winter Wonderland Party. Swimming party at the Meeker Rec Center pool Friday, Dec. 9. Call 878-3403 or visit meekerrecdistrict.com. – Free monthly movie, “Trumbo.” 1:30 p.m. at the Meeker Rec Center multipurpose room. Call 878-3403 or visit meekerrecdistrict.com. – The Meeker Library Book Club meets at 1 p.m. the[Read More…]
Classifieds: December 8, 2016
Ads for 12/8/16 **ANNOUNCEMENTS The Rangely Food Bank is open on Wednesdays from 5:00 p.m.- 6:00 at 204 E. Rio Blanco. To donate, please call 970-620-2407. ATV, Boat and Snowmobile Owners! You can now renew your Colorado OHV registrations on line at: www.parks.state.co.us 44444 The Rio Blanco Herald Times accepts[Read More…]
Compassionate Friends candle lighting ceremony Sunday, Dec. 11 in Meeker
Special to the Herald Times Meeker | The Compassionate Friends (TCF) Worldwide Candle Lighting unites family and friends around the globe for one hour to honor the memories of their sons and daughters. As candles are lit at 7 p.m. Local time, hundreds of thousands of people commemorate and honor[Read More…]
Community Networking Meeting Dec. 20
RANGELY | CNCC President Ron Granger has agreed to be the speaker for the next Community Networking Meeting on Tuesday, Dec. 20 in the Weiss Conference Room from noon-1:30 p.m. Granger will give insight on the college and the past few months since he began his tenure as CNCC president.[Read More…]
BLM’s NW advisory council meets Dec. 8
RBC | The Bureau of Land Management’s Northwest Resource Advisory Council will meet Thursday, Dec. 8 in Grand Junction at the Courtyard Marriott, 765 Horizon Dr. The meeting runs from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. and is open to the public, with public comment periods related to items on the[Read More…]
County forges new paths with broadband system
By Josh Jackson Special to the Herald Times RBC | Welcome to the 21st century of broadband internet in Rio Blanco County. The county is not just coming into the modern age with typical broadband internet, but instead, it is forging a new path by being in the top tier[Read More…]
Days Gone By: December 1, 2016
The Meeker Herald — 100 years ago – Wall Street is now complaining about there being too much gold in the land. In other words, Wall Street wants a limited amount of coin, and that in the keeping of Wall Street. – Miss Stella Calvin, formerly with McLearn’s at Rifle,[Read More…]
