Show your local businesses some love this season! Shop at the establishments below Nov. 25 through Dec. 23 and enter to win $25 in Chamber Bucks at each place you visit! Fill out a paper slip or scan the QR code. One Meeker winner, one Rangely winner per week for[Read More…]
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NEWS NOTES: November 25, 2021
LoveMeeker Holiday Week MEEKER | Get ready for the LoveMeeker Holiday Week! There are lots of activities from Nov. 26 through Dec. 4 including Shop Local Bingo, Carriage Rides, Tree Lighting and Parade of Lights (Dec. 1), Chamber Annual Dinner (Dec. 3), Meeker Holiday Market (Dec. 3-4), Breakfast with Santa[Read More…]
COUNTY BEAT: Applications for county job openings down
Commissioners heard updates from various departments during work sessions Tuesday. Commissioner Jeff Rector was not in attendance for the meeting. Human Resources Director Laura Smith said there are currently seven positions open at the county. While the number of job openings has remained fairly consistent, the number of applications received[Read More…]
LIGHT IT UP
Horizons: help and hope for families since 1975
Little Points of Light virtual fundraiser Thursday, Dec. 2 “The course of true love never did run smooth,” according to Shakespeare. The same can be said of raising children, as every parent can attest, and in some cases, getting outside help makes all the difference in a child’s healthy development.[Read More…]
Bugsy Malone {PHOTOS}
Medical professionals talk COVID, testing and more
Skip ahead to 21:30 to watch the video above. With the return of cold weather, COVID cases are again climbing in Rio Blanco County and many areas of the state. Hospitalizations are also increasing, which is why 95% of the state’s ICU beds are full. “We’ve been having anywhere from[Read More…]
DAYS GONE BY: November 18, 2021
The Meeker Herald 125 years ago • Not until we know a man’s heart, have we any right to say that we know him. • Suffering often puts into the human voice a tone that seems divine. The Meeker Herald 100 years ago • The first issue of the MHS[Read More…]
County Beat: Nov 16 meeting report
PUBLIC HEALTH UPDATE Public Health staff workloads are “at the highest level we’ve seen” according to Director Alice Harvey, who updated the RBC Commissioners in Rangely this week. She said the department was spread thin between testing, vaccination clinics, answering phone calls, contact tracing and other pandemic-related work, in addition[Read More…]
News Notes: November 18, 2021
4-H happenings RBC | 4-H enrollment for 2021-2022 is now open. Visit https://v2.4honline.com to register. Alliance movie screening Nov. 22 RBC | The White River Alliance will screen the movie “Kiss the Ground” on Nov. 22 at the VFW in Meeker and a brief update from the Alliance’s committees. The[Read More…]
State redistricting maps finalized
CDPHE authorizes COVID boosters for all adults; pediatric vaccines now available
Due to Colorado’s high rate of COVID transmission, the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment has authorized boosters for any adult 18+ in the state, as long as it’s been six months since the initial mRNA series or two months since the initial Johnson & Johnson vaccine. Additionally, pediatric[Read More…]
