MEEKER | Annie Ellis, owner of Flora Bellas flower shop in Meeker, has known Gary Dunham and JR Lantz since she was a teenager. Finding out both had been diagnosed with cancer came as quite a blow. To help with their medical expenses, Ellis has organized a benefit dance. Tickets for[Read More…]
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Giving Tree applications due Oct. 31
MEEKER | The holidays can be a stressful time. Visiting family, tracking down gifts, planning around the weather, trying to find that obscure ingredient for Aunt Edna’s signature Christmas dish and juggling all of life’s regular responsibilities is often overwhelming. For families struggling to make ends meet, however, this time of[Read More…]
Building a prosperous Rio Blanco County
By Katelin Cook Economic Development Coordinator Special to the Herald Times PART ONE RBC | Recently the Herald Times covered a story about the Center for Outdoor Adventure being proposed for Meeker. This is great news, but this is only one aspect of a bigger plan; a plan where the sum[Read More…]
Understanding standardized testing in our schools
By Chris Selle Superintendent, Meeker School District Special to the Herald Times MEEKER | State testing. Those two words invoke strong feelings for many, and much conversation around the appropriate type and amount of state testing has occurred in Colorado in recent years. Over the past few weeks, we have[Read More…]
Prescribed fire planned for Aldrich Lakes
MEEKER | If the weather presents an opportunity in the next few weeks, the White River National Forest’s Upper Colorado River Fire Management Unit and partners Colorado Parks and Wildlife, the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation, Craig and Meeker chapters of the Habitat Partnership Program and private landowners will initiate a long[Read More…]
King family will visit for MHS track dedication Friday
MEEKER | Renovations to the football field and track at Starbuck Stadium are now complete. With this new facility, the school district will once again be able to host high school and middle school track meets. For pictures of the project, please view the Meeker School District website (www.meeker.k12. co.us) and[Read More…]
MHS 1991 Homecoming Court …
Lucky Ducks …
Rubber Ducky Race benefits schoolhouse project MEEKER | “I see them! Here they come!” Young voices rang out from the riverbanks below and atop Meeker’s Tenth Street bridge as little yellow rubber duckies came bobbing around the river bend. A bit of brisk and wet weather didn’t dampen the spirits of[Read More…]
Lost Solar Fire considered a natural process
MEEKER I Incident commander Jim Genung of the Upper Colorado River Interagency Fire Management Unit and Pat York, fire information officer from southern Illinois, spoke to a small group at the Meeker Regional Library Sept. 22 regarding the current status of the Lost Solar Fire in the Flat Tops Wilderness,[Read More…]
Pie, salsa and jam/jelly contest winners
MEEKER |The Mountain Valley Bank Fall Festival pie, salsa and jam/jelly contest was a huge success, despite some damp, chilly weather. Best overall pie and $100 went to Tawny Halandras; best fall festival pie and $100 went to Jay Johnson; best fruit pie and $100 went to Barb Vaughn; prettiest[Read More…]
2016 Fall Festival Photos
Meeker Town Board begins 2017 budget discussions
MEEKER I It’s budget season again. The Meeker Board of Trustees began discussion on a draft of the 2017 proposed town budget at the Sept. 20 meeting, following a tour around town to review street maintenance and repair needs and other capital projects. According to Town Administrator Scott Meszaros, a[Read More…]
