Opinion

Letter to the Editor: Thank you

Dear Editor: The family of Bus Norell would like to thank the Piceance Creek ladies and all the friends and family who brought food to his service.

March 28, 2012 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

Letter to the Editor: Exported fuel cause of price increases

Dear Editor: The increase in gasoline prices is not attributable to worldwide supply problems. Threats by Iran to close the Strait of Hormuz are partly responsible for the increased prices, but another culprit is our oil industry.

March 27, 2012 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

Meeker Locals

A huge congratulations to hometown hero Joe LeBlanc for his fourth All-American win at the NCAA wrestling championships last week in St. Louis, Mo. Your hometown is proud of you, and with good reason. Up for a really strange spring vacation? You can sign up for a 100th anniversary of[Read More…]

March 27, 2012 by Herald Times Staff Comments are Disabled

Letter to the Editor: Thanks for Irish band

Dear Editor: I want to thank the Rec. District for bringing an Irish band to Meeker for Saint Patrick’s day and the Meeker Hotel for hosting this community event.

March 26, 2012 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

Letter to the Editor: Yellow Jacket budget

Dear Editor: To Yellow Jacket Water Conservancy Board president Coryell and members of the board of directors: I am writing out of concern for the future of the Yellow Jacket Water Conservancy District and respect for the work you have invested. While I view any significant allocation of public assets[Read More…]

March 24, 2012 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

Letter to the Editor: Turn the other cheek

Dear Editor: In my home office where I do the paperwork for the Safehouse/Victim Services and the Rangely Cemetery, I have a sign. It is a quote from St. Augustine, “God loves each of us as if there were only one of us.”

March 23, 2012 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

Facts and figures about oil shale development

RBC I BLM is accepting public comment on its Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement for oil shale development in Colorado, Wyoming, and Utah, including the Piceance Basin. I would like to offer the following observations, based on review of the available research. BLM and the communities in northwest Colorado must address[Read More…]

March 22, 2012 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

Loose Ends: Horn hunting

Visitors to northwestern Colorado talk about its natural beauty as a revelation: the wildlife, the scenery and the outdoor way of life. There are some who find beauty in the cast-off antlers shed each spring. The big bucks that graze in yards all over town drop their horns in all[Read More…]

March 17, 2012 by Dolly Viscardi Comments are Disabled

Letter to the Editor: Help our troops

Dear Editor: I am writing to ask for some help from the town of Meeker. I know that this town is amazing when it comes to those in need.

March 17, 2012 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

Meeker Locals

While the warm weather of the past week has been wonderful, does anyone else have that “waiting for the other shoe to drop” feeling? You know, that little warning that says, “Don’t put away the snow shovel, the ice scraper, or the boots and gloves just yet.” Ah, springtime in[Read More…]

March 16, 2012 by Herald Times Staff Comments are Disabled

Letter to the Editor: Thank you

Dear Editor: The families of Cynthia L Blanco wish to thank the people of Rangely and others for all their hospitality, thoughts and prayers during our time of loss.

March 16, 2012 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

Up and Down El Rio Blanco: Gumption

Rio Blanco County republicans held their annual general assembly last Saturday in Rangely on the CNCC campus with 51 delegates attending. I admire what republican chairman David Smith called the “gumption” it takes to “step up” and run for office.

March 15, 2012 by Bobby Gutierrez Comments are Disabled