Dear Editor: CDOT and their contractor, Elam Construction, completed a nice improvement to 3-plus miles of SH13 south of Meeker last fall. Unfortunately, due to expensive roadside barriers and retaining walls, the cost of the project exceeded $3 million a mile. That a simple two-lane rural highway in a lightly[Read More…]
Opinion
Letter to the Editor: Pet Rock Challenge
Dear Editor: I am writing you with a story I feel is worth printing in your paper. My 10-year-old twins with cerebral palsy are raising $5,000 to get a service dog. Mary’s Wondrous Things at 110 East 3rd St., Suite 101, Rifle, Colo., 81650, (970) 625-8555 and Wendll’s Wondrous Things[Read More…]
Letter to the Editor: Customers, thanks!
Dear Editor: I would like to say thank you to all the customers I had the privilege of serving at Strata Networks (formerly NC Telecom/UBET Wireless) for the past 7 years and 11 months.
Letter to the Editor: Trust keeps people happy
Dear Editor: Eyes from our courthouse. Why is there no trust from our law officials in our small little town and Rio Blanco County Sheriff’s Office? Why can a person call from way east of here and see what is going on down Main Street? I hear this was a[Read More…]
Letter to the Editor: Governor reaching out for your input
Dear Editor: Many times we hear citizens “complaining” about government and their processes. Many times these concerns are legitimate, and Governor Hickenlooper is reaching out to Coloradoans to seek their input!
Up and down el Rio Blanco: Locals are key to our survival
The main purpose of a business is to make a profit and the way that is accomplished is by providing quality products and services to customers at competitive prices.
Letter to the Editor: Disgruntled, but always a fan
Dear Editor: To whom it may concern affiliated with the NFL: I have been a football fan big-time for a long, long time and being a Denver native, the Broncos are number one team in my book and I will always be a big fan.
Letter to the Editor: Mother thanks daughters for party
Dear Editor: I want to thank my four daughters, Linda Cox, Kim LeBleu, Jo-Dee Padilla and Tina Carstens for my 70th birthday party.
Letter to the Editor: Farewell, Thank you
Dear Editor: It is with both sadness and excitement that I am writing this letter. With sadness we are leaving Meeker to move back to Texas.
Loose Ends: Once a Westerner…
Most everyone’s view of the west is based on the romanticized, gussied-up version of this region of the country.
Meeker Locals
Spring has sprung, arriving officially on Sunday, March 20 at 5:21 p.m. What does that mean around here? Not much, as the last frost of the season probably won’t occur until sometime in May and that’s if we’re lucky.
Up and down el Rio Blanco: Getting the paper out
Every Thursday morning Ray Castle Sr. drives to the south end of Rifle to pick up more than 2,000 copies of the Herald Times.