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New ambulance for Meeker Fire

MEEKER | The Rio Blanco Fire Protection District has a new ambulance. The state-of-the-art 2017 vehicle includes a powered stretcher that can be loaded and unloaded at the push of a button, improving patient comfort and safety while protecting the well-being of first responders. The vehicle has four-point safety harnesses for[Read More…]

March 16, 2018 by editor Comments are Disabled

Rangely PD responds to potential school threat

RANGELY | Last Thursday Rangely parents took to Facebook to express concerns about an unusual level of police presence at the local schools. Later that day the Rangely Police Department (RPD) released the following statement on their Facebook page, “Early morning of March 8 the Rangely Police Department was contacted regarding[Read More…]

March 15, 2018 by Jennifer Hill Comments are Disabled

County’s new planner settles in

RBC | It’s been “about a month” since the Rio Blanco County Board of Commissioners named Rachel Gates as the new county planner. The county has contracted with Phil Vaughan of Rifle for several years to fulfill its planning needs and will retain his services as needed to assist Gates. Gates[Read More…]

March 13, 2018 by editor Comments are Disabled

Bear predation becoming a greater problem for livestock

RBC | The issue of increasing livestock predation by black bears has left Colorado officials looking for solutions to protect both livestock and wildlife. However, lawsuits filed by environmental activist groups are challenging Colorado’s predator control tactics. According to a presentation given by USDA Wildlife Services at Rangely and Meeker town[Read More…]

March 12, 2018 by Jennifer Hill Comments are Disabled

Bighorn sheep, wolves topics of discussion for woolgrowers

RBC | Colorado lamb is considered the “gold standard” in American lamb, according to Rio Blanco County Woolgrowers Association vice-president Tony Theos at the annual RBC Woolgrowers meeting March 2, and the price of wool continues to climb. But most of the discussion in the meeting revolved around other species: bighorn[Read More…]

March 11, 2018 by editor Comments are Disabled

Who let the dogs out …

Meeker local Kerri Schwartz was one of several mushers competing in the second annual Meeker Sled Dog Race last weekend at the C Lazy S Ranch next to the White River. The two-day event was sponsored by the Rocky Mountain Sled Dog Club and the Meeker Chamber of Commerce. Four,[Read More…]

March 10, 2018 by Bobby Gutierrez Comments are Disabled

Five candidates vying for three seats on Meeker Board of Trustees

MEEKER | There are five candidates for three four-year terms on the Meeker Town Board of Trustees: incumbent Scott Creecy and challengers Joe Beck, Bob Dorsett, Pat Turner and Scott Nielsen. The board has six members plus a mayor, with three trustees and the mayor up for election every two[Read More…]

March 10, 2018 by Reed Kelley Comments are Disabled

State award …

Rio Blanco County Emergency Manager Ty Gates received the Northwest Region Emergency Manager of the Year award from the Colorado Emergency Management Association. Present for the awards ceremony in Denver were Chuck Vale, regional field manager for the Department of Homeland Security Office of Emergency Management; Rachel Gates, Ty Gates,[Read More…]

March 9, 2018 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

How to kill your newspaper {Editor’s Column}

Most everyone I talk to agrees with me (at least to my face) about the importance of having a local newspaper, yet we’re often guilty of systematically destroying the very thing we say has value to our towns. I’m not talking about the mainstream media entities recently threatened by a[Read More…]

March 8, 2018 by editor Comments are Disabled

Get to know the candidates running for Rangely Town Council

RANGELY | On April 3, Rangely voters will go to the polls to choose three new town council members. *** Former Rio Blanco County Sheriff’s Deputy and Rangely Police Officer Rich Garner has decided to continue serving the community by seeking election. “I have a long history of serving the public,”[Read More…]

March 7, 2018 by Jennifer Hill Comments are Disabled

Halandras on ballot for third mayoral term

MEEKER | There will be only one name on the ballot for Meeker mayor in the April 3 municipal election. Regas Halandras is running for his third, and, due to term limits, final two-year term. Halandras is a Meeker native and a second generation Meeker mayor. His father, Gus, served as[Read More…]

March 6, 2018 by Reed Kelley Comments are Disabled

Guest Column – Violence: How do we deal with it?

By ANTHONY MAZZOLA Special to the Herald Times RBC | In the wake of the Florida school shooting, I have been approached by numerous citizens in the county. I have thought long and hard on the topic, too. The question I get the most is, “What are we going to[Read More…]

March 4, 2018 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled