Chalk it up to “eclipse energy,” or Mercury in retrograde, or summer exhaustion, or back to school madness, but last week was a rough one for errors. My logical brain knows that’s going to happen from time to time. Major newspapers devote entire sections to corrections every day. There are[Read More…]
Opinion
Guest Column: Under the Dome – What’s coming up for the state’s Joint Budget Committee
By Bob Rankin Special to the Herald Times RBC | I don’t know what to write about this month. Every time I get focused on a task somebody sends me a new email and off I go on another quest for truth and justice. There is certainly no lack of[Read More…]
Letter: Public meeting and open house for new water storage project on White River
Dear Editor: The Rio Blanco Water Conservancy District (RBWCD) is hosting a public meeting and community workshop on Aug. 22 and want individuals interested in our White River Storage project to attend. As many of your readers are aware, in March of 2015 the RBWCD completed a feasibility study with[Read More…]
Guest Column: Public health director gets a healthy impression of Rangely
By Julie Drake Special to the Herald Times RBC | When I was in high school we dreaded the bus ride to Rangely for sports. It was a long ride from South Routt County (Soroco) where I was from. Unfortunately, my peers and I complained so much it tainted my[Read More…]
Editor’s Column: Whose flag are you flying?
I said the Pledge of Allegiance twice this week. Both times I couldn’t help pondering the Nazi and Confederate flags brazenly displayed at the protests in Virginia. Here’s my question: how does one declare allegiance to the flag of the United States of America—one nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty[Read More…]
Letter: Public meeting and open house for new water storage project on White River
Dear Editor: The Rio Blanco Water Conservancy District (RBWCD) is hosting a public meeting and community workshop on Aug. 22 and want individuals interested in our White River Storage project to attend. As many of your readers are aware, in March of 2015 the RBWCD completed a feasibility study with[Read More…]
Guest Column: How can we make RBC the healthiest county in Colorado?
By Julie Drake Special to the Herald Times RBC | My children got me started playing the online game “Clash of Clans” recently. While I find it entertaining when I have time to kill, I am terrible at it. I like having a pretty “Town Hall,” but don’t care about[Read More…]
Letter: Thank you to Cook Chevrolet for donation to Meeker Sportsman’s Club
Dear Editor: On behalf of the Meeker Sportsman’s Club I would like to express my sincere appreciation to Cook Chevrolet of Craig for their recent $300 donation to the Meeker Sportsman’s Club. The club is continuing its fundraising efforts toward our goal of $175,000 to purchase the range property. We[Read More…]
Editor’s Column: On learning…
Anyone who stops learning is old, whether at 20 or 80. Anyone who keeps learning stays young.” ~ Henry Ford That applies to all areas of life, from spirituality to spelling and from politics to perception. There’s always something we can learn and in our modern world a multitude of[Read More…]
Guest Column: Public Health is Changing
By Julie Drake RBC Public Health Director Special to the Herald Times RBC | I was flattered when I was accidentally identified in last week’s newspaper as a new public health nurse. Nurses are some of my favorite professionals. Nurses are vital and important keys to good healthcare. Not only[Read More…]
Letter: Some advice from ‘Uncle Al’ might be good for the river
Dear Editor: Sidney Korshak, a legendary attorney active in Chicago in the 1930s, was famous for his negotiating skills, particularly in labor and union affairs. He did favors for his friends and he had many. Some people thought some of his friends were gangsters, but it could not be proved.[Read More…]
Letter: Searching for a lost landing net on the White River
Dear Editor: I experienced a heartbreaking loss. While releasing a fish in the middle of the White River at Sizemore’s above Buford on July 30, I bone-headedly failed to secure my landing net and watched it float away. Thought about swimming after it but its head start was too big.[Read More…]