Special to the Herald Times RBC | The Bureau of Land Management is seeking comments from the public before beginning the environmental analysis for a proposed 364-mile off-highway vehicle trail system primarily in Rio Blanco County. Rio Blanco County’s proposed Wagon Wheel West OHV Trail System would use mostly existing[Read More…]
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CNCC hosts Fun, Fact and Fitness Fair
RANGELY | CNCC and the Colorado Workforce Center will be hosting a Fun, Fact and Fitness Fair on Aug. 24 between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. This fair is to help CNCC students find out more about what Rangely and surrounding areas have to offer them, i.e: services, shops, food,[Read More…]
ERBM annual shutdown through Aug. 20
Meeker | The Meeker Recreation Center will be running its annual shutdown in August. The pool will be closed Aug. 7-20 and the center will have a full shutdown Aug. 17-20. Both will resume normal hours on Monday, Aug. 21. Each year the center must close for critical maintenance that[Read More…]
Protect your vision during Monday’s solar eclipse
EDITOR’S NOTE: If you picked up eclipse glasses at the Meeker Library, DO NOT use them. The glasses received by the library have been recalled by Amazon.com. No matter where you got your eclipse glasses from, double check to make sure they haven’t been recalled and that they meet the[Read More…]
Get ready for eclipse traffic
Traffic going to Wyoming and Nebraska for Monday viewing is expected to be very heavy through the weekend RBC | The Colorado Department of Transportation is doing everything it can to ensure folks who are driving to Wyoming or Nebraska to view the totality of the solar eclipse on Monday[Read More…]
Free performance at the TANK Aug. 19
RANGELY | Visiting artist Christina Hildebrandt will demonstrate and perform with crystal singing bowls in The TANK Saturday, Aug. 19 from 12-1 p.m. Admission is free. Everyone is welcome. (This demonstration/performance will happen in the last hour of Open Saturday at The TANK.)
Wagon Wheel OHV club ride Aug. 19
MEEKER | Greetings four-wheelers, we have our August Club Ride scheduled for Saturday, Aug. 19. We planned a Saturday so those who choose to do so could attend church, and hopefully get a good, lively group together. We will meet at the Miller Creek OHV parking lot at 9 a.m.[Read More…]
2017 Rio Blanco County fair results
RBC | The Colorado State Fair activities in Pueblo start this week and continue through next week. According to our the Rio Blanco County Extension office, exhibitors expected to be taking animals to state fair include Macy Collins, Marryn and Hayden Shults, Kolbi and Kaden Franklin, Samantha Lapp, Ryan Mergelman[Read More…]
Community Calendar: August 17, 2017
– Pool shutdown. The Meeker Rec Center pool is closed for maintenance Aug. 7-20. Call 878-3403 or visit meekerrecdistrict.com. – The Meeker Library Book Club meets at 1 p.m. the second Monday of each month (excluding holidays). All interested readers are welcome. Stop by the Meeker Library for details. –[Read More…]
Mileage compensation for VA care
RBC | Attention Rio Blanco County Veterans: Veterans may be eligible for mileage reimbursement for travel costs to receive VA medical care. If you do not currently receive VA travel compensation please contact the Rio Blanco County Veterans Service offices. Rangely: John ‘Hoot’ Gibson, 970-878-9695. Meeker: Joe Bob Dungan, 970-878-9690.[Read More…]
Days Gone By: August 10, 2017
The Meeker Herald — 100 years ago – Flora-Derma Beauty Treatment: Our unnoticeable enamel, applied as directed, gives a transparent look to the face. – M.M. Weller of Strawberry, was placed under arrest Thursday by Sheriff Lyon, charged with cattle rustling. – The Needle Club met with Mrs. Babcock and[Read More…]