RBC | Lauren Boebert’s first job was at McDonald’s when she was still a teenager. Getting those first paychecks — and being able to provide for herself — had a deep impact on her perspective of government and personal responsibility. “I grew up in a Democrat home,” Bobert says of[Read More…]
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Community Calendar: Jan. 2, 2020
– Membership Blitz at the Meeker Recreation Center, Jan. 2–15. Get your annual membership for 50% off during the Blitz! Discount runs from 5 a.m. Jan. 2 though 8:30 p.m. on Jan. 15. No exceptions. Call 970-878-3403 for more info. ERBM Recreation and Park District – Cardboard Derby at Paintbrush[Read More…]
Days Gone By: Dec. 26, 2019
The Meeker Herald 125 years ago – Travelers who pass up or down the road leading to Oak Ridge Park say that upon reaching Jim Burch’s place they are ordered to dismount and follow the genial Jimmy into the house and there imbibe copiously of a decoction known in the[Read More…]
New Year’s Eve Dance Party
MEEKER | Dress to impress for a formal New Year’s Eve celebration on Dec. 31 from 8:30 p.m. to 12:30 a.m. Jan. 1 at the historic Hugus Building, 594 Main Street, in downtown Meeker. Enjoy live music and classic and modern dance music, heavy appetizers from local restaurants and a[Read More…]
Mending Hearts grief group
MEEKER | Mending Hearts is a grief group that is free and open to anyone coping with the death of a loved one. Sessions are held Mondays, Jan. 6 – March 9 from 5:30-6:30 p.m. at the VFW Building in Meeker (290 4th St.). Although each person’s grief is unique,[Read More…]
County Beat: Commissioners wrap up 2019 at Dec. 17 Rangely meeting
RBC | Prior to the regularly scheduled Rio Blanco County Board or County Commissioners meeting, a work session was held on Dec. 17 with Department of Human Services (DHS) Director Barbara Bofinger in Rangely. Bofinger told commissioners that child welfare was now fully staffed in case workers. The newest case[Read More…]
New WSCOGA director
RBC | Following a regional search by its board of directors, West Slope Colorado Oil & Gas Association (WSCOGA) today named Fruita native Chelsie Miera as the organization’s new executive director. She will have strategic and operational responsibility for the organization and will jump right in to navigating the rulemakings[Read More…]
Clarification
In the Dec. 19 article about skijoring (page 1A) we have been asked to clarify comments made during the board of trustees meeting. The skijoring horses do not “run on asphalt” as originally stated. When races are held on city streets, the race course is snowpacked.
New attorney for county DHS cases
MEEKER | Don Steerman has been practicing law in Lamar, Colorado, on the eastern plains, for 27 years. Now he brings his experience and expertise to Rio Blanco County as the attorney for the Department of Human Services (DHS). Steerman is a 1981 Meeker High School alumnus. His family moved[Read More…]
Community Calendar: Dec. 26, 2019
– Meeker Recreation Center Holiday Hours: closed from noon Dec. 24 (open swim will begin at 8:30 a.m.) through Dec. 26 for the Christmas holiday. Normal hours resume Dec. 27. MRC will also close at noon Dec. 31 (open swim will begin at 8:30 a.m.) through Jan. 1 for the[Read More…]
Days Gone By: Dec. 19, 2019
The Meeker Herald 100 years ago – The first continuous oil shale retort of commercial size ever operated in the United States was started on Tuesday on the property of the Continental Oil and Shale Mining and Refining company on Piceance Creek, about two and a half miles from Rio[Read More…]
Weekly Call Review: Dec. 9-15, 2019
WEEKLY CALL REVIEW AT THE RIO BLANCO COUNTY SHERIFF’S DISPATCH CENTER Dec. 9-15, 2019 Meeker Dispatch Center administered 377 phone calls last week including 14 911 calls, 55 calls for Meeker Police Department (MPD) and dispatchers placed 112 outgoing calls. A total of 140 calls for service were created. Note[Read More…]
