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Failing grade for voter turnout {Editor’s Column}

“Elections belong to the people. It’s their decision. If they decide to turn their back on the fire and burn their behinds, then they will have to sit on their blisters.” ~ Abraham Lincoln Thirty-five percent. For just a moment, imagine if only 35 percent of your body was functioning[Read More…]

April 6, 2018 by editor Comments are Disabled

Towns elect new trustees

RBC | The towns of Meeker and Rangely elected new trustees to their boards Tuesday. Citizens of the Town of Rangely cast 417 ballots out of 1,201 that were mailed (of those, 42 were returned with no forwarding address). Andy Shaffer received 343 votes in his unopposed bid for mayor. The[Read More…]

April 6, 2018 by editor Comments are Disabled

WRBM Easter Festivities {Photos}

The WRBM pool Easter egg hunt took place Thursday, March 29. Seventy-three kids attended the event. There was a total of $550 in the pool. WRBM would like to give a big “thank you” to Ed Miller and his family for the donation of $150 in gold coins. We could[Read More…]

April 6, 2018 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

Propane tanker truck accident closes CR 7 for almost 12 hours

RBC | Emergency crews responded to an accident about a mile and a half north of Hwy. 64 on County Road 7 Monday after a propane truck went off the road and the 11,500 gallon tank detached from the truck bed and rolled at least once, releasing the pop-off valve and[Read More…]

April 5, 2018 by editor Comments are Disabled

Commissioners determined to resolve flooding problems below airport

RBC | Rio Blanco County Commissioners revisited an unresolved problem with flooding on the properties surrounding the Meeker Airport Monday. Since the airport update was completed, property owners below the airport have reported repeated trouble with flooding and subsequent road damage following heavy rain or runoff. “We’re flooding people out,” said[Read More…]

April 1, 2018 by editor Comments are Disabled

Local rodeo team brings home big win from Las Vegas competition

MEEKER | Six local cowboys traveled to Las Vegas, Nev., in March to participate in the World Series of Team Roping super qualifier, otherwise known as the Perfect 10, with a goal to reach the December finale. Meeker’s Cody Edinger and Travis Anderson came in first out of 425 teams with[Read More…]

April 1, 2018 by editor Comments are Disabled

Town of Meeker hears results from historic district study

MEEKER | Carl McWilliams, consultant, presented the results of a multi-year study to designate a National Historic District within the Town of Meeker to the town’s board of trustees March 20. The study qualifies Meeker to be included on the National Register of Historic Places. The nomination is “pending” in Washington,[Read More…]

March 31, 2018 by editor Comments are Disabled

Algae tech group approves USGS research plan

RBC | The 14 agency representatives on the county’s White River algae technical sub-group met March 21 and, after considerable discussion, approved a nearly $130,000 U.S. Geological Survey research work plan for the rest of this year. The White River Conservation District (WRCD), in the person of their executive director, Callie[Read More…]

March 31, 2018 by Reed Kelley 2 comments

Commissioners determined to resolve flooding problems below airport

RBC | Rio Blanco County Commissioners revisited an unresolved problem with flooding on the properties surrounding the Meeker Airport Monday. Since the airport update was completed, property owners below the airport have reported repeated trouble with flooding and subsequent road damage following heavy rain or runoff. “We’re flooding people out,” said[Read More…]

March 30, 2018 by editor Comments are Disabled

Rangely council agrees to reduce speed limit, waits on stop sign

RANGELY | Tuesday the Rangely Town Council again discussed the recommendation from Police Chief Vince Wilczek that the speed limit on Kennedy Drive, south of the intersection with College Loop Drive and La Mesa Circle, be reduced from 40 mph to 25 mph and that the current yield sign at the[Read More…]

March 30, 2018 by Jennifer Hill Comments are Disabled

Change in election legislation cuts candidate out of petition process

RBC | Gary Moyer will be inducted as the new county commissioner as of January 2019, filling Shawn Bolton’s seat. At the Republican county assembly March 17, Moyer received 47 of 53 delegate votes, earning a place on the ballot. Mike Hoke, who entered the Republican race late, received six votes.[Read More…]

March 29, 2018 by editor Comments are Disabled

Participant numbers up for annual racquetball tourney

By Heather Zadra Special to the Herald Times RANGELY | Rangely’s annual racquetball tournament saw participant numbers up from last year as players from Colorado Springs, the Denver area, Grand Junction, Montrose and Vernal joined local athletes to compete, among them several Colorado Northwestern Community College students and faculty. Locals who[Read More…]

March 27, 2018 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled