County

Club 20 challenges district boundary interests

Club 20 has long advocated that communities of interest should remain intact as boundaries are drawn during redistricting efforts. Many congressional district boundary proposals introduced to the public today by the Joint Select Committee on Redistricting do anything but keep communities of interest intact.

May 4, 2011 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

Making a referral to the Department of Social Services

The child welfare agency responds to a variety of concerns about children and their families. The response by the agency begins when a referral, or request for information or services is made, usually by telephone. The child welfare agency takes the information and decides whether to refer the caller elsewhere[Read More…]

May 3, 2011 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

Days Gone By

The Meeker Herald — 125 years ago n Arbor Day was observed in Meeker in a truly public, spirited way. Our citizens, both ladies and gentlemen, turned out in force. Ninety-two trees were planted in two lines east and west parallel and 15 feet apart each way across the park[Read More…]

May 3, 2011 by Herald Times Staff Comments are Disabled

Opinion: Keep the Western Slope whole

Last week, the General Assembly’s 10-member redistricting committee released their proposed maps outlining Colorado’s new Congressional boundaries. The maps offered by the Democrats and Republican members of the committee are as different as night and day.

May 3, 2011 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

RBC teams play for playoffs

Rio Blanco County’s high school baseball teams met in Rangely yesterday after press time for a doubleheader, which are the final games of the regular season for Meeker and will have district playoff implications for both teams.

May 3, 2011 by Bobby Gutierrez Comments are Disabled

County Cup swim dual set for May 6

The County Cup Swim team dual meet will take place Friday, May 6, at 4 p.m., in the Eastern Rio Blanco Metropolitan Recreation and Parks District’s aquatics center. It will be the first swim meet in the two-year-old facility.

May 3, 2011 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

Horse adoption database available

Equidopt.org has been launched by the Colorado Unwanted Horse Alliance (CUHA) and allows people interested in adopting a horse to search an online database of horses that are available from equine rescues in Colorado by criteria like breed, age, gender, discipline and region.

May 2, 2011 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

Letter to the Editor: Troester’s view of nuclear incident

Dear Editor: Do you remember me? Donna and I operated the Meeker Herald and Rangely Times from 1995 to 2000.

May 2, 2011 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

Man sentenced in moose case

A hunter from Highlands Ranch, Colo., pleaded guilty April 1 to a felony and several misdemeanors in a case that highlights a growing concern for Colorado wildlife managers — hunters who fail to correctly identify big game animals.

May 1, 2011 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

Fee-free days set for BLM public lands

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM), in conjunction with other agencies within the Department of the Interior, will waive recreation-related fees for visitors to the National System of Public Lands

April 29, 2011 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

Up and Down El Rio Blanco: Perseverance

“Endeavor to persevere,” said Lone Watie, the Indian character in the 1976 movie “The Outlaw Josey Wales.”

April 29, 2011 by Bobby Gutierrez Comments are Disabled

County

Harmon honored for child support enforcement work

John Bernhart, director of the Colorado Division of Child Support Enforcement, drove to Meeker from his Denver office to present Andrea Harmon with a certificate of excellence award at the Rio Blanco County Board of County Commissioners’ meeting held Monday in Meeker.

April 28, 2011 by Bobby Gutierrez Comments are Disabled