Dear Editor: An engineering firm and common sense has determined our new Meeker elementary school to be “unsafe” for our children and teachers. The taxpayer now has an $18,000,000 white elephant.
Opinion
Letter to the Editor: A privilege to call this area “home”
Dear Editor: Thanks so very much to those involved this past week who helped, perhaps even putting your own lives, schedules and careers in jeopardy, to eliminate a very serious potential hazard that had to be dealt with.
Letter to the Editor: Giving away our great outdoors
Dear Editor: U.S. Representative Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) has proposed legislation that opens tens of millions of acres of pristine lands to corporate polluters.
Loose Ends: Words, like clothes, go in and out of fashion
“Dude” is one old-fashioned word that has become modern.
Letter to the Editor: Apology from Neenan
Dear Editor: I am deeply disappointed and concerned about the structural engineering issues at Meeker Elementary School. I personally apologize to the Meeker community, students and parents for putting you in this position.
Letter to the Editor: A rainbow after the storm
Dear Editor: My wife, Toni, just began working for the Meeker Elementary School.
Up and Down El Rio Blanco: Transparency
I’ve noticed a few more gray whiskers in my goatee recently. It doesn’t bother me to have them, there are just more of them these days. Maybe it’s because of my age (some of my same-age friends have quite a bit of gray hair) or maybe stress is squeezing the[Read More…]
Commissioners say thanks for support
Dear Editor: The Rio Blanco County Commissioners would like to thank the following people for their assistance in completing the new 4-H Building in time for the 2011 County Fair.
Thank you for the support
Dear Editor: Thank you for your support for the Colorado Woolgrowers Association’s raffle for the Polaris Ranger. The winner was Raftopoulos Ranches of Craig. Colorado Woolgrowers Association
Scouts demonstrate community service
Dear Editor: The Bureau of Land Management’s White River Field Office would like to extend our sincere thanks to the Rangely Boy Scout Troop 150 and Scoutmaster David Morton for their service in performing a trash clean-up Aug. 9 of Texas Beach along the White River, west of Rangely.
Morris’ grateful for Meeker community
Dear Editor: The Todd Morris family would like to thank Meeker’s Volunteer Fire and Rescue for the outstanding job they did when Todd and Taylor had their accident July 26.
Loose Ends: The art of saying hello
“We are so glad to be able to hello each other” the editor of the Meeker Herald noted more than 100 years ago, shortly after the telephone lines were connected between Meeker and Buford.