I spent a few days last week near San Clemente, California, on a quick family vacation. We missed Tropical Storm Hilary and a minor earthquake by mere hours. (I would be perfectly fine never hearing the word “unprecedented” ever again.) Every trip to a new place has a breathtaking moment[Read More…]
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Loose Ends: What did you do this summer?
Funny stories, we all have them. Some are funnier than others. During this back-to school transition period, so many of the stories that tumble out before beginning a new year together are hilarious; others not so much. Most of tales that include kid’s antics are the best. The adult stories[Read More…]
Guest Column: One of Meeker’s Founding Fathers: George Hazen, Part 2
Part 1: Our Founding Fathers: Part One At the suggestion from George’s brother, Col. William B. Hazen, the post office appointed George Stillwell Hazen postmaster of Meeker, Summit County, Colorado on Oct. 4, 1880. George had some experience in this job. He was the civilian postmaster at Fort Buford, Dakota[Read More…]
Letter: Concerns about Public Health
Dear Editor, Your BOCC report last week included statements from the County Board of Health (i.e. the Commissioners) indicating that the County Health Director believes covid vaccines are dangerous and that the County no longer will provide those vaccines. Doing so relinquishes $58,000 funding that otherwise goes to vaccination programs.[Read More…]
New CPW director discusses conservation, recreation, wolves and winter-kill at White River Alliance meeting
RBC | Colorado Parks and Wildlife’s (CPW) newest director, Jeff Davis, joined RBC residents at the White River Alliance (WRA) monthly meeting via Zoom last week. WRA members met at Smoking River Brewery to hear Davis detail his focus and goals as director of the state agency. They also asked[Read More…]
RBC 4-H archers make top 15 in state
RBC | The Rio Blanco County 4-H shooting sports archery team traveled to Pueblo this last weekend to compete against the top archers in the state. The junior compound limited team consisted of Eli Bennet, Auri Murray, Dawn Arnold, Jemma Bair, Taylor Kirkpatrick, and Heath Bennet, they came home as[Read More…]
RBC Fair Results 2023
Days Gone By: August 24th, 2023
The Meeker Herald ~ 125 years ago Boyd Walbridge left Thursday morning for Steamboat Springs to visit his parents there. He took Frank Sheridan along to drive his team. Several wagon loads of fruit have come in from Grand River within the last week or two, but the quality is[Read More…]
Northwest region seat open on CPW roundtable
RBC | Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) is accepting applications from hunters, anglers and trappers in the Southeast and Northwest regions to join the statewide Colorado Sportsperson’s Roundtable. The application period is open through Friday, Sept. 22, 2023. Representatives will serve two-year terms from October 2023 through September 2025. The[Read More…]
DAYS GONE BY: August 16, 2023
The Meeker Herald ~ 125 years ago Another band of wandering gypsies struck town this week, and they put in a good part of their time in tormenting our residents to have their fortunes told and begging. B.C. Howey has lost nearly a dozen head of cattle recently from unknown[Read More…]
Letters from History, No. 9
The White River Museum has a collection of letters that Meeker founding father Thomas Baker kept for many years. There are letters from Nathan Meeker and prominent figures like Chief Ouray, ex-Indian Agents, and the violently anti-Indian Colorado Governor Pitkin, as well as various Army officers from 1874-1879. The letters[Read More…]
COMMUNITY CALENDAR: August 17, 2023
Help clean up the White River MEEKER | Meet up with the White River Alliance this Saturday, Aug. 19 from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. for a White River clean up day. Starting at the Lake Avery spillway, we’ll work our way down to Circle Park. Bags, pick-up sticks, and[Read More…]
