Reserve booths for annual craft/gift show MEEKER | The 2020 Annual Craft and Gift Show will be Friday, Nov. 6 from 4 to 8 p.m. and Saturday, Nov. 7 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the RBC Fairgrounds. Please email: [email protected] or call Michelle Weston at 970-878-5563 to request[Read More…]
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RBC ballots will start going out this Friday, Oct. 9
RBC | Colorado’s 64 county clerks will start mailing ballots Friday for the Nov. 3 election. With national concern about the integrity of mail-in ballots, Colorado is getting national attention for its system. Colorado began statewide vote by mail in 2013, although some counties adopted mail ballots before that. We[Read More…]
SafeCare Colorado brings free parent support program to county
RBC | SafeCare Colorado brings free parent support program to Rio Blanco County SafeCare Colorado, a program of Northwest Colorado Health, is expanding to serve families in Rio Blanco County. The free, voluntary program works with parents to build a solid foundation supporting children’s growth during key development years. SafeCare[Read More…]
Donated differential …
RBC | Students of the college’s automotive program will have a new differential to use in their training after the donation of the part by Trapper Mine. George Miner, a mechanic at Trapper Mine, proposed donating the differential describing why it would benefit the program. Glenda Bellio, a member of[Read More…]
Days Gone By: Oct. 8. 2020
The Meeker Herald ~ 125 years ago • Collins, the jeweler, has moved from the Oldland store to the restaurant, two doors east. Good work and moderate prices are building up quite a business for Mr. Collins. • Collins, the jeweler, has moved from the Oldland store to the restaurant, two[Read More…]
BMS runners finish season
MEEKER I This weekend the middle school runners finished their season on the course that started their season. “They all improved their times and had great runs! All the coaches were incredibly proud of their effort and dedication this season,” said head coach Kris Casey. The boys ran first this[Read More…]
Mountain lion caught on home security camera
By CAITLIN WALKER | [email protected] RBC | Although Rio Blanco County is in the heart of mountain lion territory, in-person sightings in populated areas are exceedingly rare, happening only once or twice a year at most. With more residents investing in affordable and reliable home security systems, however, the cat[Read More…]
Days Gone By: Oct. 1, 2020
The Meeker Herald | 125 years ago • Shoestrings were first used in England in 1797, and English buckle makers presented a petition to the throne asking that such an innovation be prohibited by law. A hundred years have passed and the untied shoestring is as much in evidence as ever. [Read More…]
Interview with Bob Rankin
By LUCAS TURNER | [email protected] RBC | Bob Rankin is seeking re-election to Colorado’s 8th Senate District, after being appointed to the seat by a vacancy committee in 2019. Before the appointment he served three terms as the representative for Colorado House District 57. In 2020 he sits as a[Read More…]
Colorado River District webinar highlights long drought, rising temps as major threats to Western Slope water
Special to the Herald Times RBC | Rising temperatures in Western Colorado are reducing average runoff from snowpack, robbing the Colorado River system of water, and forcing farmers and water providers to plan for a new reality that includes less water from the Colorado River. In the third session of[Read More…]
Q & A No. 5 with RBC Public Health
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Hwy. 64 resurfacing complete
The Colorado Department of Transportation and contract partner United Companies is pleased to announce the completion of the resurfacing project on Colorado Highway 64. The project took place on CO 64 from Mile Point 43 and continued for 18 miles to MP 61 west of Meeker. As part of CDOT’s[Read More…]



