Dear Editor: Absolutely incredible season, Mustangs 3-4 grade were undefeated. Excellent team, good job boys! Thanks coaches all over Chris Williams, Dan Chinn, Brandon Sanders and Todd Shults. Extra: they won by mercy rule every game! First undefeated Mustangs team in 10 years! Arturo Rodriguez Meeker

Dear Editor: This community has been very fortunate to have a substantial tax base created by the oil and gas industry in Eastern Rio Blanco County.  These funds have allowed the development of infrastructure completed in the last years with the construction/remodeling of medical facilities, justice center, airports, cemetery, recreational[Read More…]

Dear Editor: I am writing to you as the CEO of Cimarron Telecommunications LLC.  We are the largest distributor of wireless and fiber services in the county.  We realize there is a great deal of anxiety or confusion regarding how to change to a new service provider from the former[Read More…]

Dear Editor: As co-chair of the Citizens for Meeker Schools Bond Campaign Committee, I welcome this chance to share my support for the Meeker School District’s 4A Bond initiative. A Vote for 4A will fund the District’s redevelopment of Meeker’s existing high school. This project will address critical infrastructure needs[Read More…]

Dear Editor: We are endorsing Emma Vaughn in the upcoming clerk and recorder election.  Emma and her family were neighbors of ours on Piceance Creek.  At an early age Emma showed the work ethic that we all admire.  Emma has continued to show us that the qualities she possesses qualify[Read More…]

Dear Editor: I owe a couple big thank you notes to some amazing people who helped me pull off the first ever bipartisan meet and greet for Rio Blanco County candidates. First of all my appreciation goes to Mr. John Strate for his role as teacher and mentor in providing[Read More…]

Dear Editor: Bev and I traveled up to Ripple Creek Divide last Saturday, the 29th, to enjoy fall colors. I have observed fall colors in many locations, but these were some of the very best. It’s a great year for color. Along the way we visited old haunts at the Himes Peak[Read More…]

Dear Editor: As many of you are now aware, an unaffiliated candidate will be opposing me on the November general election ballot. Therefore, it may be necessary to reassure the voters of Rio Blanco County that my following positions have and will remain consistent throughout this campaign and term in[Read More…]

Dear Editor: I would like to endorse Ms. Emma Vaughn for the elected position of Rio Blanco County Clerk and Recorder. I have known Emma and her family for more than 25 years. Emma was born and raised in the heart of Rio Blanco County. She was blessed to be[Read More…]

Dear Editor: The Meeker Herald, Sept. 27 edition reported on river management workshop highlights ways and means for improving river health.” The information contained in said article was informative, until it came to “Grazing and Riparian Area Management” by Paul Meiman with Colorado State University Extension. Meiman made the statement[Read More…]

Dear Editor: I’d like to thank everyone who supported me during the recent WREA election. I’d also like to wish the current WREA board of directors the best of luck in the coming year. Thanks, Scott Kracht Meeker

Dear Editor: Listening to county residents about how our county government can better support and improve their lives is a primary concern of my campaign and will be a primary tenet of my public service if I am elected one of your county commissioners. Within the limits of our financial[Read More…]