The Meeker Herald 125 years ago – The truck and other appliances appertaining to the fire department outfit recently purchased by the town council, was brought in from the railroad on Wednesday by E.M. Reed. The layout is from the Fire Extinguisher Manufacturing company of Chicago, and is a very substantial,[Read More…]
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Weekly Call Review: October 11, 2018
WEEKLY CALL REVIEW The following information is a weekly review of the calls for service that were reported to the Rio Blanco County Sheriff’s Communications Office. If you have any questions or would like an explanation of the call types listed please call 878-9600. We will not regularly post any[Read More…]
Historical Society open house Oct. 21
MEEKER | Open to the public from 2-5 p.m. No membership required! Come on in and see what the Rio Blanco County Historical Society and the White River Museum have been up to. Tour the museum; a few things have changed! Come in to see the progress made on the[Read More…]
Commissioners choose Visionary to replace LAI
RBC | Rio Blanco County Commissioners named Visionary Broadband, which is a division of Visionary Communications, to replace Local Access Internet as the county’s second value-added reseller of broadband services after hearing interviews with Visionary and with Homestead Fiber Communications, owned by Jared Harvey of Meeker, and receiving recommendations from the[Read More…]
Murder Mystery Fundraiser Oct. 20
RANGELY | CNCC Athletics is hosting a Murder Mystery Fundraiser Oct. 20 from 6:30 to 9 p.m. in the Colorado Room at CNCC. If you have never been to a murder mystery before it is like a large game of Clue. You will be your own detective to try and[Read More…]
The ballots are coming! Be an informed voter.
By BRIAN EASON | COLORADO SUN Special to the Herald Times RBC | This time two years ago, Colorado voters “raised the bar” in a bid to shrink the state’s ballot and keep potentially devastating policies out of the state constitution. Two years later? In the first test of the new requirements,[Read More…]
Several 4-H events in Oct., Nov.
RBC | Meeker 4-H Enrollment Night will be Tuesday, Oct. 16, in the 4-H Community Building from 5-8 p.m. There will be a chili dinner available and leaders will be available to discuss their clubs with parents of existing and new members. 4-H is open to anyone between the ages[Read More…]
Candidate forum for contested races
MEEKER | There will be a candidate forum Monday, Oct. 15 at 7 p.m. in the Meeker High School auditorium for the two contested county races that will be on the ballot: one county commissioner seat and the county clerk and recorder. The forum is hosted by the MHS Student[Read More…]
NRCS announces application cutoff date for 2019 state and national EQIP enrollment
Submit your paperwork by Friday, October 19 RBC | Colorado landowners have until Friday, Oct. 19 to submit an application for enrollment into the Natural Resources Conservation Service’s (NRCS) Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP). Eligible applications received after the cutoff period may be considered during a later time and will be[Read More…]
Community Ed Classes starting soon
MEEKER | CNCC’s Social Media Marketing class will help get the word out regarding your business on social media platforms: Monday, Oct. 15-Nov. 11, 6:30-8:30 p.m. GED Prep will begin Oct. 22. For further information or to register, call 878-5227, email [email protected] or stop by the office at 345 Sixth[Read More…]
CORRECTION
MEEKER | The names of the other four Rangely Karaoke Club members were not included in last week’s article. They are: Brynn Wagner, Jami Jaramillo, Chris Hielman and Dani Kinney, along with club founder Steve Osborn, whose name we inadvertently added an “e” to. We regret the error.
Shults honored for 25 years of livexstock judging coaching
MEEKER | Clint Shults, Rio Blanco County 4-H Livestock Judging Coach of 23 years (25 total) was honored last Thursday as Leader of the Year at the Meeker 4-H Achievement night. Shults began his judging career in 1983 in Texas, moved back to Meeker in 1984 under the direction of Brent[Read More…]
