Opinion

Letter to the Editor: Many thanks for helping hands

Dear Editor: I wish to thank the small community of Rangely for all your blessings and prayers sent out to God for the recovery of Jimmy and Judy Bristol through their bad accident on Feb. 27, 2011.

April 19, 2011 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

Letter to the Editor: Water district needs input from taxpayers

Dear Editor: The Yellow Jacket Water Conservation District needs input from taxpayers and community leaders within our district. Water districts in our state can greatly benefit the people within their district and ours can too.

April 18, 2011 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

Letter to the Editor: Reader acknowledges friendship

Dear Editor, I want to thank my friends for prayers, flowers, cards, hospital visits, phone calls and food. I had no idea I would be laid up for so long.

April 17, 2011 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

Meeker Locals

You’ve got three extra days to file your income taxes, thanks to a little-known Washington, D.C., holiday that happens to fall on April 16 this year.

April 15, 2011 by Herald Times Staff Comments are Disabled

Up and Down El Rio Blanco: Keep the momentum

“I think we have momentum,” Katelin Cook said after a recent public meeting about economic development in Rio Blanco County. “The rubber meets the pavement in the way the information is dealt with; is it ignored or embraced?” asked Peter Brixius, Rangely town manager, after a public meeting concerning the[Read More…]

April 14, 2011 by Bobby Gutierrez Comments are Disabled

Loose Ends: Pioneer pines

Picking up errant pine cones littering the driveway, the woman suddenly saw them in a new light. The stately old trees were planted by a pioneer family in the 1880s, not long after the original settlement of the former camp on White River.

April 14, 2011 by Dolly Viscardi Comments are Disabled

“Does My Generation Have a Role in America’s Future?”

The following essay is the Colorado state winner for the Voice of Democracy essay contest. Shane Baumgardner of Colorado Springs, Colo., won a $1,000 scholarship.

April 12, 2011 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

Letter to the Editor: Holiday Bowl dancers

Dear Editor: The girls who attended the Holiday Bowl in San Diego in December recently received the video of their performance and training.

April 12, 2011 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

Letter to the Editor: Horse, rider lucky

Dear Editor: On March 12, 2011, I brought my horse to Meeker to ride with the local riding club at the fairgrounds. After riding for a couple of hours and leaving the arena, when I headed back into the arena something happened (which only my horse knows!), and my horse,[Read More…]

April 12, 2011 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

Letter to the Editor: America must lead

Dear Editor: The Libyan people rose up against their dictatorial and murderous president and asked for world help to overthrow the tyrant and establish a democracy in Libya but the world, including the U.S., delayed taking any action. The western world wanted to study the situation.

April 11, 2011 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

Letter to the Editor: Letters of nomination

Dear Editor: To the dear friends of the Meeker Arts and Cultural Council: Due to unavoidable complications, the April 8 MACC meeting that was to be held at Kilowatt Korner at 6:30 p.m., has been postponed.

April 10, 2011 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

School districts face cuts

As the legislature meets to balance next year’s budget, nearly $350 million in additional cuts to our children’s education are being proposed. Considering that we spend approximately $6,500 annually to educate a child in Colorado and $30,000 to incarcerate a person, these cuts call for careful reflection. In a fundamental[Read More…]

April 10, 2011 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled