RANGELY | The Rangely School Board met Tuesday night to listen to quick updates from district staff and discuss the upcoming mill levy override election. The current mill levy partnership between the school and recreation districts is in its final year and the board is planning to ask for a[Read More…]
Features
Encana sells Rangely field, affecting 26 employees
RANGELY | Last week Encana Oil and Gas announced the sale of the Rangely based Douglas Creek Field to SWEVCO-SABW. Doug Hock, Encana Manager of Media Relations, said on Monday “Encana Oil and Gas (USA) Inc. has reached an agreement to sell its Douglas Creek Arch operations, Dragon Trail processing[Read More…]
Winter Blast 2017 Photos
Cheering for the girls…
Yoga studio opens in downtown Meeker
MEEKER | A new yoga studio is opening in Meeker on Monday. Mountain Charisma proprietor Brittney Shonk is excited to introduce the community to a practice that has had a dramatic impact on her own life. A Meeker native, Shonk (neé Ducey) returned home “to be closer to family” after[Read More…]
Editor’s Column: Pioneering
We pride ourselves in this part of the country on our pioneering spirit. Many of us can trace our family heritage back to well before Colorado became a state in 1876, and some of us even before it was officially a territory. We’re familiar with the term “pioneer” as someone[Read More…]
Joy Surveying Company joins forces with SGM
MEEKER | Long-time Meeker business Joy Surveying Company (JSC) recently announced it is joining forces with SGM, an engineering, surveying and consulting firm based in Glenwood Springs. JSC is proud to have provided responsive survey, mapping and GIS services throughout its 45-year history and is excited to bring cutting edge[Read More…]
Uncertainty and opportunity in 2017
By REP. Bob Rankin State House District 57 Special to the Herald Times RBC | I’m having a hard time getting my mind around the fact that it’s 2017 and the start of my fifth session in the Colorado House of Representatives. Thank you for the opportunity. It looks like[Read More…]
‘Father of Glenwood Canyon’s I-70 project’ recalls experience
MEEKER | To say that the contribution of Meeker resident R. A. “Dick” Prosence to Colorado has been enormous would be an understatement. A former civil engineer for Colorado Department of Highways (CDOH, which became CDOT in 1991), Prosence was among a cadre of gifted engineers who built the 180[Read More…]
2017 Ice Fishing Photos …
Support group for female veterans and military wives starts Jan. 17 in Meeker
MEEKER | Female veterans and wives of veterans can face a different set of challenges than their male counterparts. For that reason, the Grand Junction Vet Center will begin hosting a women’s support group every other Tuesday from 1:30-2:30 p.m. beginning Jan. 17 at the Meeker V.F.W. (290 Fourth St.).[Read More…]
‘The Chosin Few’ of the Korean War
By Wes Eubanks Meeker VFW RBC | By mid-1950 after the successful landing at Inchon by the U.S. X Corps and the subsequent destruction of the Korean People’s Army, the Korean War appeared to be all but over. United Nations (U.N.) forces advanced rapidly into North Korea with the intention[Read More…]
