RBC | The Colorado State Fair activities in Pueblo start this week and continue through next week. According to our the Rio Blanco County Extension office, exhibitors expected to be taking animals to state fair include Macy Collins, Marryn and Hayden Shults, Kolbi and Kaden Franklin, Samantha Lapp, Ryan Mergelman[Read More…]
Features
Back to school …
New staff for Rangely schools
Three rodeos remaining in the summer series
MEEKER | Grand Junction radio station disc jockey Ty Morgan (Moose 92.3) gives the play-by-play for Meeker’s summer rodeo series. He will be back at it at 7 p.m. today at the county fairgrounds as the summer rodeo series, produced by Farris Bucking Bulls from New Castle, goes into its[Read More…]
Community Calendar: August 17, 2017
– Pool shutdown. The Meeker Rec Center pool is closed for maintenance Aug. 7-20. Call 878-3403 or visit meekerrecdistrict.com. – The Meeker Library Book Club meets at 1 p.m. the second Monday of each month (excluding holidays). All interested readers are welcome. Stop by the Meeker Library for details. –[Read More…]
Classifieds: August 17, 2017
Ads for 8/17/17 **ANNOUNCEMENTS** Membership Drive for Meeker VFW Auxiliary Post 5843 We invite anyone who may be a husband/wife, father/mother, brother/ sister, son/daughter, grandfather/grandmother or grandson/ granddaughter of a Veteran of a Foreign War. Based on their service in the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force or Coast Guard.[Read More…]
Guest Column: How can we make RBC the healthiest county in Colorado?
By Julie Drake Special to the Herald Times RBC | My children got me started playing the online game “Clash of Clans” recently. While I find it entertaining when I have time to kill, I am terrible at it. I like having a pretty “Town Hall,” but don’t care about[Read More…]
Days Gone By: August 10, 2017
The Meeker Herald — 100 years ago – Flora-Derma Beauty Treatment: Our unnoticeable enamel, applied as directed, gives a transparent look to the face. – M.M. Weller of Strawberry, was placed under arrest Thursday by Sheriff Lyon, charged with cattle rustling. – The Needle Club met with Mrs. Babcock and[Read More…]
Rangely considers helping museum with repository plan
RANGELY | Tuesday the Rangely Town Council met for their regular meeting and a work session with the Rangely Development Corporation (RDC). The RDC met to discuss a request from the Rangely Outdoor Museum for $17,500 to partner with the Dominguez Archeological Research Group (DARG), a group out of Grand[Read More…]
What the last eclipse tells us about the 19th-century West
By Ben Goldfarb High Country News Special to the Herald Times RBC | On Aug. 21, 2017, the moon will ride its elliptical orbit precisely between Earth and sun, plunging the land below into the crepuscule of a total solar eclipse. Beginning at around 10 a.m. Pacific Time, the dark[Read More…]
Promotion …
Connie Theos named Colorado Wool Grower of the Year
MEEKER | Connie Theos of Meeker was named the Colorado Wool Growers Association (CWGA) Wool Grower of the Year at the association’s summer convention last month in Montrose. CWGA underscored Theos’ lifelong love of sheep, her dedication to protecting ranchers, both large and small, and tirelessly advocating for the roots[Read More…]
