Dear Editor: Can individual acts make a difference? You bet.
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Community forum set for Meeker on Jan. 25
MEEKER I A citizens’ forum on economic development for Rio Blanco County will be held on Jan. 25 from 1:30 to 4 p.m. in the Meeker Hotel dining room.
Rio Blanco County Days Gone By
The Meeker Herald — 125 years ago ♦ J. Kircher of Hayden favored The Herald with a visit yesterday. Mr. Kircher is here to meet his family, which had been back visiting relatives in Kentucky. ♦ Reinhold Hartke will open up a harness shop in the vacant room adjoining the[Read More…]
Agencies working for countywide trail plan
RBC I Dozens of people attended the public meetings in Rangely and Meeker last week to discuss a master trails plan for Rio Blanco County. The plan, once carried out, would give residents and visitors access to approximately 1,000 miles of trails for motorized and non-motorized use county-wide.
Obituary: William Richard ‘Dick’ Green
William Richard “Dick” Green, 88, of Delta, Colo., passed away Jan. 7, 2014, at San Juan Living Center in Montrose, Colo. Dick was born Feb. 14, 1925, to Deyoe and Frances (Pearson) Green in Rifle, Colo. He served his country in the United States Marine Corps and was a veteran[Read More…]
Year in Review, July-Dec ~ Pt. 3
♦ Ace Trucking of Rangely entered the 2013 Coed League tournament undefeated and the No. 1 seed, but lost in the semifinals, forcing them to come back and defeat the defending champs, Rangely True Value Hardware, twice in a row to win the title. ♦ A mural that now adorns[Read More…]
Year in Review, July-Dec. ~ Pt. 2
♦ The Milk Creek Fire, 15 miles northeast of Meeker and 3.5 miles east of Yellowjacket Pass, was reported July 4. Attack resources responded immediately.
From My Window… Avoid the flu; Looking at life with terminal cancer
EDITOR’S NOTE: Sometimes the old window gets a little foggy, and stories, columns and features that show up do more justice to journalism than I ever could. Below are two health-related columns. The first is written by Margie Joy, the development and community relations manager at Pioneers Medical Center in[Read More…]
Year in Review, July-Dec. ~ Pt. 1
RBC I The Rangely Board of Education named Matt Scoggins the next RE-4 district superintendent after a hiring process that lasted more than a month narrowed the field to two candidates, Scoggins and Paul Jebe of La Junta, Colo.
Letter to the Editor: Amick announces retirement in 2015
Dear Editor: This is an open letter to all Rio Blanco County voters. Jan. 13, 2015, will mark the end of my sixth term as Rio Blanco County Clerk, a position I’ve been honored to serve in over the past 23 years. I do want to let the voters of[Read More…]
Flu cases in county; get your flu shots
RBC I There are confirmed flu cases in Rio Blanco County, the top county health official and the county’s two hospitals report, but the numbers are not high.
Year in Review – Pt. 5
• Three Meeker Destination Imagination teams qualified for the Global Finals in Knoxville Tenn., in May. The third-grade team is in the front row; the fifth-grade team in the middle row; and the sixth-grade team in the back row. Meeker has three of the four teams representing the Western Slope[Read More…]
