Enter the July 4th Parade! MEEKER | The theme of the 2020 parade is “FREEDOM”. The annual parade is hosted by the Meeker Chamber of Commerce and is held downtown Meeker on Main Street starting at 10 a.m. Anyone can enter the parade — whether you are an individual, an[Read More…]
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Potential wolf sightings increase
With warmer weather and decreasing restrictions, more people are recreating in the outdoors, and Colorado Parks and Wildlife is seeing an increase in the number of sightings of potential wolves in the state. “Public reporting vastly increases our ability to know what’s happening across the state,” says Dan Prenzlow, Director[Read More…]
3rd positive COVID-19 case in RBC
Rio Blanco County Public Health announced a third positive COVID-19 case in the county Thursday. Director Alice Harvey said this case is not related to last week’s positive case and is under investigation. “Rio Blanco County reports our third laboratory confirmed case of COVID-19. We affirm the individual has been[Read More…]
Conservation Corner
As we end our trilogy on the who’s, why’s, and how’s of the “Land and Natural Resources Plan and Policy” (Plan) here in the Conservation Corner, you may be wondering, how is it used? Since the Plan’s inception in 2016, it has been referenced numerous times on issues addressing “wild”[Read More…]
County Beat: June 16, 2020
How to divvy up funding from the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES) between the county and both towns was the topic of a commissioners’ work session Tuesday as the three entities reviewed an intergovernmental agreement. The funding is designated for expenses related to the coronavirus pandemic. Meeker[Read More…]
Traffic Update: Hwy. 64 resurfacing starts today
The Meeker west rural resurfacing project begins at Mile Point 43 east of Rangely and continues for 18 miles. Motorists can expect east and westbound one-lane alternating traffic, 20-30 minute delays, 35 mph speed limit, and 10 ft. width restriction Monday through Friday, June 26 from 7 a.m. to 7[Read More…]
RMEF receives $1,576,300 GOCO grant to conserve portion of Buffalo Horn Ranch
The Great Outdoors Colorado (GOCO) board awarded a $1,576,300 grant to Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation (RMEF) to conserve 12,684 acres of Buffalo Horn Ranch, located northwest of Meeker in Moffat and Rio Blanco Counties. This grant is part of GOCO’s Special Opportunity Open Space grant program, which funds high-value conservation[Read More…]
Days Gone By: June 18, 2020
The Meeker Herald — 125 years ago • The agricultural department has decided that a peanut is a pea, not a nut. This is the worst roast that popular edible ever got. • A heavy frost visited these parts on Monday and Tuesday nights, which did considerable damage to fruit[Read More…]
Weekly Call Review: June 8-14, 2020
Meeker Dispatch Center administered 470 phone calls last week including 30 911 calls, answered 41 calls for Meeker Police Department (MPD) and placed 124 outgoing calls. A total of 208 calls for service were created, 81 for the Sheriff’s Office, 71 for MPD. Note the department breakdown of calls may[Read More…]
Trooper Tips: ‘Yielding’
The word “yield” has many meanings throughout the English language. You can yield to the next speaker, or the land can yield food from the garden. But today I bring up yield as in the road sign. Too often I find that drivers treat a yield sign as a free[Read More…]
Happy Father’s Day!
Give dad some personalized reading material this Father’s Day! Print and complete, and then share it with us on social media @heraldtimes1885. Let’s celebrate Rio Blanco County dads!
Jiminy crickets!
Rio Blanco County has an outbreak of Mormon crickets The ground looks like it’s alive at the McKee ranch northwest of Meeker, where an outbreak of “Mormon crickets” is on the march. In the late afternoon and early evening, the insects, which are up to 3 inches long, cover the[Read More…]
