By Chris Selle Special to the Herald Times RBC | For several months, the Meeker School District has investigated the possibility of developing a facilities master plan. In doing so, a request for qualifications (RFQ) document was developed in cooperation with the Capital Construction Assistance Division at the Colorado Department[Read More…]
Opinion
Guest Editorial: The necessity of protecting our economic drivers
By Jay Sullivan, Ph.D. Special to the Herald Times RBC | It is easier to criticize than it is to create. It is easier to destroy than it is to build. It is almost always easier to say no than it is to say yes when you need to get[Read More…]
Letter: More concerns about the cemetery
Dear Editor: I have had the opportunity to work for the local mortuaries in Meeker for the past 10 years. This puts me in the position to have a close relationship with the cemetery here in Meeker. I have recently retired but I am not willing to remain quiet about[Read More…]
Letter: Liked what the old cemetery board did
Dear Editor: Wow, the new cemetery board sounds like a real mess. That’s too bad, I thought the old board, Art, Mike and everyone else working there were doing an incredible job. Our cemetery had never looked better. Dave Stewart Meeker
Letter: An open letter to Joyce Rankin
Dear Editor: An open letter to Joyce Rankin: While I am sure that parents in our community appreciate your comments on school choice, your recent article in the Rio Blanco Herald Times raises several concerns about the distribution of public funds and questions regarding points of fact. There is no[Read More…]
Letter: Thanks from Kylen Wilder’s family
Dear Editor: We the family of Kylen Cole Wilder would like to thank each and every one for the phone call, cards, flowers and prayers for the passing of our son, grandson, brother, uncle, cousin. He will be greatly missed and we are so glad to have had him in[Read More…]
Editor’s Column: Those Pesky Legal Notices
Some papers call them public notices. We call them legal notices. They’re in the classifieds section, before the stuff like what’s for rent and who’s having a yard sale this weekend. Most of us ignore the legal notices, because they tend to be written in legalese. (I’m dating myself here,[Read More…]
Guest Editorial: Under the Dome: It’s all about taxes and spending
By Bob Rankin Special to the Herald Times RBC | The hot issues at the state capitol this session seem to all be about taxes and spending. Or maybe my perspective is skewed by being a member of the Joint Budget Committee with the constitutional responsibility of balancing the budget[Read More…]
Guest Editorial: Across the Street: School choice
By Joyce Rankin Special to the Herald Times RBC | School choice is a term for K-12 public education options describing a wide array of programs offering students and their families’ alternatives to those publicly provided schools assigned based on the location of their family residence. Two popular school choices[Read More…]
Letter: Thank you to the Meeker community
Dear Editor: Dear Meeker, thank you for being such a wonderful and caring community. The several months before Dianne passed away were extremely difficult but your care, well wishes and prayers made the unbearable bearable. We are blessed to have in our community a very caring health care community that[Read More…]
Letter: 2017 WRCA Buy/Fly Tournament
Dear Editor: The 13th annual White River Community Association Buy/Fly Fishing Tournament hosted eight wonderful teams who competed for prizes, enjoyed good food and caught the whitefish needed for the Community Fish Fry this year. We had great weather March 11 and 12, both days of the tournament. Final weigh-in[Read More…]
Editor’s Column: It’s adventure time! But please wear your seatbelt
In case you haven’t heard, we’re changing the “branding” of our annual spring/summer magazine, formerly known as the Northwest Colorado Summer Recreation Guide. The new magazine is titled Adventure Colorado and will be published twice a year. Why, you might ask, would we go to the trouble of creating a[Read More…]
