MEEKER | According to an update from the Rocky Mountain Area Complex Incident Management Team 3 on Tuesday morning, the Elk Fire has burned 7,750 acres and the Lee Fire has burned 13,025 acres. Team 3 assumed command of the Elk and Lee fires this morning at 6 a.m. (Note:[Read More…]
Breaking News
Additional evacuation and pre-evacuation orders issued for Lee Fire and Elk Fire residents
UPDATED: 2:02 p.m., 8/5 Elk Fire Evacuation Orders: County Road 8, MM 11-16: evacuation order in place GOSleepy Cat to Lake Avery- North side of the road – GOCounty Rd. 40 and 63 – GOCounty Road 49 evacuation order in place- GORecreationists near Yellow Jacket, Fawn Creek, Sleepy Cat Peak,[Read More…]
Elk Fire update: Monday, Aug. 4
MEEKER | Rio Blanco County officials held an emergency meeting Monday morning with updates on the Elk Fire, approximately 11 miles east of Meeker on County Road 8, following a “chaotic” day Sunday. County officials now confirm the Elk Fire at approximately 2,000 acres. Sheriff Anthony Mazzola reiterated that the[Read More…]
Elk Fire prompts emergency declaration, evacuation notice
MEEKER | A lightning-sparked wildfire that started Saturday, Aug. 2, approximately 10 miles east of Meeker in the Oak Ridge area along County Road 8, has grown to an estimated 600 acres according to the Rio Blanco County Sheriff’s Office, prompting a declaration of a local disaster emergency by the[Read More…]
Clark’s Market announces acquisition of Watt’s Ranch Market
MEEKER | Clark’s Market, a family-owned, Colorado-based company, is excited to announce that it will assume ownership of Watt’s Ranch Market in Meeker, Colorado, effective Monday, Aug. 26.“We are thrilled to expand our family of markets and serve the Meeker community,” said TomClark, Jr., Clark’s Market President and CEO. “We[Read More…]
My turn
Dear community: In October, nearly 200 people joined together to save the Herald through an absolutely WILD $40,000 donation drive. Six months later, we have tons of new subscribers, 2,000+ newsletter readers, and tens of thousands of visitors to the website each month. People read the paper, y’all. (Sure …[Read More…]
Where to find a paper now
In order to reduce expenses, we’ve limited the distribution of single copies to high-selling stores only. To ensure you get a paper every week in your mailbox, become a subscriber. To purchase extra print copies, call the newspaper office at 970-878-4017. Single-copy delivery to Rangely and Dinosaur has been discontinued[Read More…]
Community raises $20,000 in four days to help save the Herald
Last week, after the Oct. 12 edition had come out, the Herald was thrown into crisis-mode. Balancing the checkbook led to a discovery of an acute shortfall in cash flows and receivables. We had enough funds to publish two more issues, and that was it. Advertising sales, which generate 80-85%[Read More…]
Accident on CR 8 claims life of one Meeker teen, another hospitalized
MEEKER | A single-vehicle crash on County Road 8 at mile-marker 4 at approximately 9:20 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 14, resulted in one fatality. According to the Colorado State Patrol (CSP), a Pontiac Sunfire driven by a 16-year-old male from Meeker, was traveling westbound on CR 8. The driver swerved[Read More…]
FBI investigating wire fraud transfer scam involving Rio Blanco Water Conservancy District
RBC | According to a press release issued by the Rio Blanco County Board of Commissioners late Tuesday, Jan. 31, a “significant portion” of the $4 million grant awarded to the Rio Blanco Water Conservancy District last year to facilitate development of the proposed Rio Blanco Water Storage Project, AKA[Read More…]
No, she didn’t shoot the dog.
The real story on a viral social post claiming Congresswoman Boebert shot a neighbor’s pet “I don’t see anything other than this just being an October surprise to think it’s going to sway the vote. But the fact is, she didn’t shoot this woman’s dogs,” said Brady Hogan of Silt,[Read More…]
2022 Primary Preliminary Election Results
The last round of preliminary results was released after press time Wednesday. No races flipped, and no races are close enough to trigger an automatic recount (by Colorado law, that would be a winning margin of 0.5% or less of total votes cast, or 20 votes.) Doug Overton won the[Read More…]
