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Town says its calculations for water usage are probably wrong

MEEKER | Chasing the consumers of 62 million gallons of town water in June broke down to 31 million gallons used by town commercial and residential users, which left another 31 million gallons, give or take, riding on the property owners whose land is crossed by the town’s water line[Read More…]

August 23, 2018 by editor Comments are Disabled

Evacuees from Cabin Lake Fire return home

CABIN LAKE FIRE (current as of press time Wednesday) Started: July 29 Cause: Unknown and Under Investigation Where: 16 miles SE of Meeker Acres: 5,967 acres Containment: 71 percent RBC | Thanks to welcome rains and cooler temperatures, Rio Blanco County will be moving from stage 2 to stage 1 fire[Read More…]

August 23, 2018 by editor Comments are Disabled

Rangely council talks manager, water and more

RANGELY | Interim Town Manager and Job Search The council unanimously agreed to appoint Town Clerk Lisa Piering as the interim Town Manager following the departure of Peter Brixius at the end of August. Piering’s added role will come with a pay increase to $87,000 annually and mileage expenses. Brixius[Read More…]

August 20, 2018 by Jennifer Hill Comments are Disabled

Meet the new teachers at Rangely School District

RANGELY I Rangely School District’s 2018-19 year features some fresh faces at both Parkview Elementary School and Rangely Junion/Senior High School. Below are short bios of eight new teachers. Heather Zadra will be taking on a full-time job teaching the fourth grade students this year at Parkview Elementary. She[Read More…]

August 19, 2018 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

ROAR …

There were 14 OHV rodeo participants at the Rangely OHV Adventure Rally rodeo last Friday for the barrels race, flags, pole bending, key hole and cowhide races. An unnamed Parachute resident won flags, key hole and pole bending. Melissa Dembowski won the barrels, she also took second in the[Read More…]

August 19, 2018 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

Meeker fire chief resigns during executive session Aug. 9

MEEKER | Meeker Fire Chief Terry Skidmore turned in his resignation during an executive session of the Meeker Fire Board last Thursday. The resignation was effective immediately. Board president Doug Overton said he was unable to comment on the reasons for Skidmore’s resignation.

August 18, 2018 by Niki Turner Comments are Disabled

County Beat: August 16, 2018

RBC | During workshops Monday prior to the regular board of county commissioners meeting, the commissioners heard from Communications Director Cody Crooks regarding the audit of Local Access Internet, one of the two internet service providers. The county has used LAI’s Quickbooks info and traced everything back from deposits. Crooks[Read More…]

August 18, 2018 by editor Comments are Disabled

Sasquatch Sighting …

Meeker’s inaugural hosting of Rinehart’s R100 Tournament (and their life-size sasquatch target, above) was a hit, with 461 participants taking on the 100 target course on Sulphur Creek last weekend. The site coordinator said the event will return next year, likely earlier in the summer to avoid the heat. For[Read More…]

August 17, 2018 by Caitlin Walker Comments are Disabled

Where’s the water going?

MEEKER I Since reports of record-breaking Meeker water usage came to light last month, questions have ensued.

August 17, 2018 by editor Comments are Disabled

First day of school …

Rangely’s students headed back to school last week. For short bios of Rangely School District’s eight new teachers, see page 6A. Meeker schools start Monday. CONRADO QUEZADA ESCANDÒN PHOTO

August 16, 2018 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

Reviewing the Better City contracts, three years later

RBC | After three years with Better City the town of Rangely and Rio Blanco County have both chosen not to renew their contracts while Meeker prepares to adopt a new, independent contract with the company. With the joint economic development effort changing directions each entity has reviewed the project,[Read More…]

August 14, 2018 by Jennifer Hill Comments are Disabled

Sole bid for Meeker water project $310,000 over budget; divided trustees voice concerns

MEEKER | The board of trustees reviewed the second bid received for the second phase of the town’s water project at the Tuesday meeting. The previous bid was incomplete, and the board asked to go out to bid again. The bid came in more than $310,000 over the $1 million[Read More…]

August 14, 2018 by editor Comments are Disabled