MEEKER | In last week’s Editor’s Column, we stated the Town of Meeker discontinued publication of the monthly vouchers in 2011. That date was incorrect, according to former Town Manager Sharon Day. The town continued publishing the vouchers up until October 2012. Day retired in May 2012.
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Meeker board gets Classic stats
MEEKER | The Meeker Town Board of Trustees held a brief regular meeting Tuesday in which they approved the preliminary step toward annexing property east of town along Hwy. 13 that currently houses Valley Hardware and the former BLM building. There will be an April 3 public hearing on the annexation.[Read More…]
County, historical society receive state award for preservation of Coal Creek School
MEEKER | On Jan. 31, 2018, at History Colorado in Denver the 2018 Stephen H. Hart Award for Historic Preservation was presented to the Rio Blanco County and Rio Blanco County Historical Society for the restoration of Coal Creek School. The room was packed with a couple hundred people. History Colorado[Read More…]
Weather observers …
John Kyle (right), from the National Weather Service (NOAA/NWS) office in Grand Junction presented the Meeker BLM a 25-year length of service award to mining engineer and official weather observer Paul Daggett (left) and BLM field manager Kent Walter (center). The BLM office in Meeker has been taking daily weather[Read More…]
Thelen named to dean’s list at Fort Lewis College
MEEKER | Nishiko Thelen was named to Fort Lewis College’s dean’s list for the Fall 2017 semester. Thelen’s major is business administration. To be eligible for the dean’s list, a student must carry a semester GPA of 3.6 or better in no fewer than 15 credit hours of graded college[Read More…]
Museum curator retires after 19 years
By Doc Watson Special to the Herald Times MEEKER | After 19 years as the curator of the White River Museum, Ardith Douglass is retiring at the end of February. Having moved to Meeker from Yuma, Colo., in 1970 and raising her family here, she started working at the museum[Read More…]
Scholarships for students pursuing a healthcare career available through Pioneers Healthcare Foundation
MEEKER | Pioneers Healthcare Foundation is excited to announce the 2018 Healthcare Scholarship Applications are available. Deadline for Healthcare Scholarships is Friday, March 30. Applications are available at http://pioneershealthfoundation.org/about-us/news/ There are several scholarship opportunities; if you are a high school senior starting your college career and are pursuing a degree in[Read More…]
Paranormal investigative team returning to Meeker
MEEKER | A team of paranormal investigators is returning to Meeker for another round of investigations. Last weekend Hector Zeferino, the founder of Hotchkiss Paranormal Investigators (HPI), returned to Meeker to investigate potential paranormal activity in some of Meeker’s buildings. The HPI team last visited Meeker in 2016 for an[Read More…]
LeBlanc debuts Gnar Bike prototype in White River Rumble
MEEKER | God and gnarly are not usually used in the same conversation, unless you are conversing with Barney LeBlanc about his patent-pending Gnar Bike. LeBlanc rode the snow bike competitively for the first time in the third annual White River Rumble cross country snowmobile/snow bike race held last Saturday[Read More…]
Meeker school board accepts Hemingson’s resignation; approves replacement plan
RBC | At a special meeting held prior to their work session Tuesday night, the Meeker Board of Education accepted the resignation of Barone Middle School and Meeker High School choir and band director Jeff Hemingson. Hemingson delivered his letter of resignation, “effective immediately,” on Jan. 24. Hemingson, who is[Read More…]
No operators come forward for Meeker Adventure Center
MEEKER | The much contested Meeker Adventure Center seems to have fizzled out after a second request for qualifications for a general operator failed to return any official responses. However, that doesn’t mean the process hasn’t created forward momentum that could greatly benefit the community’s economic development goals. “It’s just[Read More…]
Brownie Troop …
Meeker’s Girl Scout Brownie Troop #1645 would like to thank Mountain Valley Bank and everyone in the community who supported its booth at the Fall Festival. They used some of the money raised to go to the rock climbing gym in Grand Junction and had a great time: Avarie Caufield,[Read More…]
