– Mountain Valley Bank will be doing a “Lobby Blitz” every Wednesday to provide customers with a one on one online banking and mobile banking mini course. Our staff are eager to assist our community and banking family with the information available to them 24/7. – The Meeker Library Book[Read More…]
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Classifieds: March 9, 2017
Ads for 3/9/17 ****ANNOUNCEMENTS**** Reminder: Farm fresh, free range hen berries are in at Wendll’s Wondrous Things. Don’t miss out on these perfect protein, locally produced goodies. The Rangely Food Bank is open on Wednesdays from 5:00 p.m.- 6:00 at 204 E. Rio Blanco. To donate, please call 970-620-2407. ATV,[Read More…]
Crocheting for a cause…
Guest Column: Dear Miss Know It All
By Laurie Ward Special to the Herald Times RANGELY | EDITOR’S NOTE: Laurie Ward is a fifth grader at Parkview Elementary in Rangely. Ward has been producing an advice column titled Miss Know-It-All. She was inspired to create the column by the book “Dork Diaries.” Ward says she responds to[Read More…]
Meeker native returns with new business
MEEKER | T Rose Etc. LLC today announced that it is ready for business in Meeker. This business moved nearly 3,000 miles from Cape Coral, Fla. T Rose Etc. LLC is owned and operated by Teresia “Terri” Ruckman-Reed, who is originally from Meeker. T Rose Etc. LLC offers a full[Read More…]
St. Pat’s Day Festival to support MS
MEEKER | The first annual Saint Pat’s Day Festival in Meeker is set for March 17. Schedule: Enjoy dining specials at local restaurants all evening. Kids’ activities at the Hugus Building from 6:30-8 p.m. Dance with drinks and dessert at the Hugus Building, 8-11 p.m. After party at Chippers, 10[Read More…]
Learning to live with MS
MEEKER | Tisha Joslin Reiger comes out to greet me on her front porch with a warm welcome. She leans on a cane and moves with the kind of painful caution you’d expect from an elderly woman. But Reiger is only 44. “I had thought that after my kids graduated[Read More…]
Update on fiber internet installation progress
By Josh Jackson Special to the Herald Times RBC | Experts might say that we’ve had an unseasonably short and warm winter. Whatever the facts say, those of us who have been waiting for fiber internet to make it to our homes feel like it has been an eternity. High[Read More…]
Meeker residents turn out for public hearing on Better City proposals
MEEKER | The public meeting Feb. 22 in Meeker was well-attended, with about 75 people meeting at the Fairfield Center to hear more about the proposed Meeker Adventure Center. Representatives from Better City provided background information and detailed information about how the center will be funded. Meeker Mayor Regas Halandras[Read More…]
Community Calendar: March 2, 2017
– Free monthly movie March 6 at 1:30 p.m. in the Meeker Rec Center MP room. Featured film: Florence Foster Jenkins. Call 878-3403 or visit meekerrecdistrict.com. – Free legal clinic at Meeker Public Library for parties who have no attorney from 2-3 p.m. on March 8. Call 970-878-5911 to be[Read More…]
Classifieds: March 2, 2017
**ANNOUNCEMENTS** The Rangely Food Bank is open on Wednesdays from 5:00 p.m.- 6:00 at 204 E. Rio Blanco. To donate, please call 970-620-2407. ATV, Boat and Snowmobile Owners! You can now renew your Colorado OHV registrations on line at: www.parks.state.co.us The Rio Blanco Herald Times accepts all major credit cards.[Read More…]
Affordable Care Act has high cost for local hospital
RANGELY | Since the passage of the Affordable Care Act in 2010 budget struggles have been nothing new for Rangely District Hospital. Dwindling Medicaid payments coupled with booming Medicaid participants exacerbated those financial challenges. The hospital budget operates under a variety of revenues. There are two mill levies associated with[Read More…]
