Dear Editor: By now, many of you have heard about the outdoor shooting facility that will be built in Cameo, outside of Palisade, Colo. With a recent media blitz, the announcement came out last week that the Town of Palisade purchased property where the range will be built. At last[Read More…]
Opinion
Editor’s Column: Perspective
This week is National Newspaper Week, highlighting the value and importance of local newspapers as repositories and dispensaries of information. It’s been a month since I’ve stepped into this role as editor and publisher and I’ve had several people ask me if I feel that social media has devalued the[Read More…]
Letter: Greetings from Dale and Pat Jens
Dear Editor: We read with interest your “50 years ago” in last week’s paper. We lived in Meeker for 35 years, and knew all of the boys listed, 16 of which played in the Meeker High School Band! In 1965 we sent a picture of the Meeker High School Band[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…]
Letter: Webber thanks community for help, support of 36th annual Septemberfest celebration
Dear Editor: It turned out to be a beautiful weekend this year for the annual Septemberfest activities and fun was had by all who attended and participated. I can’t begin to thank enough, all of the volunteers and the Western Rio Blanco Metropolitan Recreation & Park District Staff who are[Read More…]
Editor’s Column: Saying the Pledge of Allegiance a reminder of who we are and who we want to be
I’m writing this while watching the first presidential debate between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton. Social media today was full of suggested drinking games for adult viewers to help them endure the ongoing insanity of this race for the White House, including imbibing every time someone says “believe me” or[Read More…]
Tracy hopes to represent northwest Colorado in Senate District 8 seat
By Emily Tracy Special to the Herald Times RBC I Who are the people of northwest Colorado? We are motivated, working to keep our rural and small town economies healthy, and striving to make it possible for our children and grandchildren to stay in our communities. We are small business[Read More…]
Letter: Support for libertarian ticket Johnson/Weld
Dear Editor: The libertarian ticket of Johnson for president and Weld for vice president provides a huge amount of executive experience acquired when they were governors. I believe governors are the most qualified politicians to ascend to the presidency. With this ticket we have a former governor available to assume[Read More…]
Editor’s Column: Just the facts, ma’am, just the facts
Although the phrase is commonly attributed to the Joe Friday character on Dragnet (a popular TV show in the 1950s), it was actually coined as part of a Dragnet parody. Nevertheless, it makes for a good rule of thumb in journalism. On any given day, emails and phone calls (and[Read More…]
Letter: Senior parents thankful
Dear Editor: The senior parents would like to thank Rocky Mountain Orthopaedic and total joint repair, identity graphics, Shelby Burke and Zach Clatterbaugh for supporting the seniors in sports this year. We appreciate you. MHS Senior Parents Meeker
Editor’s Column… So much potential for good things
Last weekend my husband and I and moved into an antique house in Meeker. I’ve always wanted to live in an old house, and this one qualifies. It was built in 1912, and I’m itching to dig into public and historical records and find out about its history. That said,[Read More…]