Dear Editor: President Obama, try to comprehend this: For heaven’s sake please wake up.
Author: Special to the Herald Times
Free legal clinics set to begin in Meeker Jan. 5
MEEKER I A free legal clinic for parties who have no attorney, will be featured from 2 to 3 p.m. on the first Tuesday of each month at Meeker Public Library, located at 490 Main St. in Meeker.
Winter weather means new hours, rules at Dinosaur National Park
rbc I The recent snowfall and arrival of winter at Dinosaur National Monument brings changes to visitor access and services.
Rangely’s Rens-Moon is promoted
RANGELY I Congratulations to Amanda Rens-Moon. She is moving from her current job as administrative assistant to her new assignment as the program specialist for the Alpine Area Agency on Aging for the Northwest Colorado Council of Governments (NWCCOG).
‘Wizard of Oz’ auditions set Jan. 5
RBC I The Meeker High School Drama Club and International Thespian Society Troupe No. 1284 will present the classic musical “The Wizard of Oz” in April, MHS Drama Club directors Gary and Laurie Zellers announced on Tuesday.
Don’t forget about our military families
RBC I Most troops have returned home from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Fewer than 10,000 U.S. soldiers remain in Afghanistan, down from a peak of more than 100,000 in June 2011. Only about 3,000 remain in Iraq, down from more than 166,000 in October 2007. But life isn’t[Read More…]
More lighted homes adorn Meeker, Rangely streets
Early-season snowfall short; El Niño snows still coming
RBC I On April 1 this year, a snow survey in California’s Sierra Nevadas near Echo Peak had to be conducted on bare grass, an unprecedented April Fool’s joke from Mother Nature. Fast forward to December, and the same area has had modest improvement—now at 53 percent of normal—but go[Read More…]
Lottery season opens for those waiting to obtain river permits
RBC I The open lottery season for noncommercial high-use season river permits runs from Dec. 1, 2015 to Jan. 31. All lottery applications must be submitted by 10 p.m. Mountain Standard Time on Jan. 31. The lottery allows boaters to compete for the 300 permits that are available for the[Read More…]
District of the Year…
Board members of the White River Conservation District attended the Colorado Association of Conservation Districts annual meeting in Beaver Creek on Nov. 16-19. The district was presented with the “District of the Year” award by the Colorado State Board of Conservation for the members’ hard work and dedication to the[Read More…]
Letter to the Editor: An old-fashioned Christmas
Dear Editor: This is an open letter to your readers on having an old-fashioned Christmas season.
ERBM Volleyball…
The ERBM Recreation and Park District offered a youth volleyball program in Meeker for the first time this fall. A combined third- and fourth-grade team played in-house games with the combined fifth- and sixth-grade team, split into two teams, traveled and played in New Castle and Rifle. The fifth- and[Read More…]
