Meeker Herald — 100 years ago • Tuesday was Columbus Day. Nobody would have known or suspected it, if our banks hadn’t be closed for the day. This Day business is getting to be a good deal of d— –n farce.
County
Broadband project moves closer to completion
RBC I A crane visible on the top of Lobo Mountain in Meeker Friday marked another milestone toward the completion of countywide broadband optic internet access. The crane installed the framework for a new fiber-fed tower, which, when “lit,” will give residents within an eight-mile radius access to wireless broadband[Read More…]
News Briefs: Oct. 13
Trail closures at Lost Solar lifted
MEEKER I Recent snow in the Flat Tops Wilderness has cooled much of the Lost Solar Fire, enabling the White River National Forest to lift the safety closure that has been in effect since mid-September.
Weekly Call Review ~ Oct. 1-9
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 information as to[Read More…]
School districts announce 2016 ratings
RBC I Annually the Colorado Department of Education (CDE) accredits (or not) every public school district in the state. Last week, Meeker School District (MSD) Superintendent Chris Selle announced that CDE had issued its preliminary 2016 accreditation reports and that the Meeker District has earned a rating of “accredited with[Read More…]
BLM to gather Sand Wash horses in October
RBC | The Bureau of Land Management will begin gathering up to 50 wild horses from the Sand Wash Herd Management Area in October under a decision signed today. Beginning Oct. 21, the BLM will bait-trap wild horses in northwestern Colorado’s Sand Wash Basin in order to administer fertility control treatments[Read More…]
Scholarship Awards
MEEKER | The national FFA organization awarded a $5,000 Georgia M. Hellberg Memorial scholarship to Jacob Smith of the Meeker HS-FFA. The scholarship is sponsored by Georgia M. Hellberg Memorial Fund as a special project of the National FFA Foundation. Smith plans to use the funds to pursue a degree at[Read More…]
Days Gone By: October 6, 2016
Meeker Herald — 100 years ago It’s so, if you see it in the Herlad (sic). Watch the other fellows and profit by their mistakes. Willard Simms was escorting his Grandma Rees and Aunt Russell in town, Saturday. Fred Kracht of Oakridge park spent Saturday in town. Mr. Kracht is[Read More…]
Six RBC 4-H livestock judges named to all-state team
RBC | This years’ Colorado 4-H all-state livestock judging ceremony was held Aug. 27 at the Colorado State Fair. Junior and senior 4-H judges earn a spot on the respective all-state teams by finishing in the top 10 percent of the overall division in at least three of the eight judging[Read More…]
Hwy. 13 project should be done soon
RBC | Motorists traveling Hwy. 13 between Meeker and Rifle can look forward to the end of a six-month construction project at the end of October. The project, which began in April 2016, covered 2.1 miles of highway from milepost 20.7 to 22.8 north of Piceance Creek. The road was widened[Read More…]
Clarification
RBC | A point of clarification concerning the article in the Sept. 29 Herald Times titled “Taxing error, reduced valuation lead to 83 percent cut for conservation districts.” The article states that taxpayers will be paying a reduced amount in 2016. This statement only applies to those properties that are within[Read More…]