County

Precision awarded bridge bid

Precision Excavating of Hayden was awarded a $794,677 bid to replace a bridge by the Rio Blanco County commissioners. The commissioners also awarded another bid for a trailer, entered two agreements and heard reports from department heads.

May 14, 2011 by Bobby Gutierrez Comments are Disabled

VA to take program applications

New rules for the Caregivers and Veteran’s Omnibus Health Services will provide for additional support to eligible post-9/11 veterans who elect to receive their care in a home setting from a primary family caregiver.

May 13, 2011 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

Up and Down El Rio Blanco: No Secrets

Maybe 15 or 20 years ago, I remember a brochure distributed by the Meeker Chamber of Commerce with the tag line “Colorado’s Best Kept Secret.” Unfortunately (or some might argue fortunately), try as we might to get the word out, Meeker still might be Colorado’s best kept secret.

May 12, 2011 by Bobby Gutierrez Comments are Disabled

Loose Ends: A tree grows in Meeker

Someone should declare a do-over for the tree planting part of the Arbor Day celebration. While it was officially celebrated a week or so ago across the state, there has been no word about how the high-country communities still digging out from the long winter actually commemorated it.

May 12, 2011 by Dolly Viscardi Comments are Disabled

4-H Council

The regular monthly meeting of the Meeker 4-H Council was held on May 5, 2011, at the Extension Office Kitchen.

May 10, 2011 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

Values of child welfare practices

The relationship between parental rights and children’s rights is a fundamentally important issue to the field of child welfare.

May 10, 2011 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

Smart uses for your tax refund

RBC I Each spring, millions of Americans look forward to receiving a hefty income tax refund. And it truly is “hefty,” with the average federal refund in 2010 hovering around $3,000.

May 10, 2011 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

Foggy track

Bad weather cancelled track meets for RBC track teams last week and both teams will compete at Battle Mountain this Saturday. RBC 1600-meter runners recently ran through fog in Rifle. Bobby Gutierrez

May 10, 2011 by Bobby Gutierrez Comments are Disabled

Horizons receives grant for support program

Horizons Specialized Services announced it has received a $15,000 Daniels Fund grant to supplement funding for its five county Family Support Program.

May 9, 2011 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

Letter: Don’t be a bystander

You’re out, and you think you saw something. You’re not sure; maybe it was nothing. So, you simply keep walking. The next day you hear the news. Someone needed your help, but you didn’t know what to do.

May 9, 2011 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

D.I. to present challenge May 9

The Destination Imagination team, Six Brains are Better Than One, will host a public presentation of their team challenge May 9, at 6:30 p.m., in the elementary school cafeteria.

May 9, 2011 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

BLM seeks public input

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is seeking public comment on an environmental impact statement (EIS) that will evaluate the potential impacts of constructing the Gateway South 500-kilovolt (kV) alternating current (AC) transmission line project, which is proposed to cross portions of Colorado, Utah and Wyoming. The project is proposed[Read More…]

May 8, 2011 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled