**ANNOUNCEMENTS** The Rangely Food Bank is open on Wednesdays from 5:00 p.m.- 6:00 at 204 E. Rio Blanco. To donate, please call 970-620-2407. ATV, Boat and Snowmobile Owners! You can now renew your Colorado OHV registrations on line at: www.parks.state.co.us The Rio Blanco Herald Times accepts all major credit cards.[Read More…]
Features
Days Gone By: December 7, 2017
The Meeker Herald — 100 years ago – “Now is the winter of our discontent,” as Richard III remarked on one occasion. But (to use another classical expression) we have no kick coming We have had a long and delightful fall, and Old Man Winter can now come along and[Read More…]
3D Mammography …
Rangely Sunset …
You can recycle those cans of old paint at Rangely True Value; no charge for drop off
RANGELY | Residents of Rangely and surrounding towns now have a new convenient option to recycle their unwanted paint. Rangely True Value, located at 105 W. Main St. in Rangely, is now accepting unused and unwanted paint from the community. There is no charge to drop-off paint. The paint recycling[Read More…]
Dept. of Agriculture approves hemp seed
RBC | On Monday the Colorado Department of Agriculture (CDA) announced the approval of four industrial hemp seed varieties to be produced by the Colorado Seed Growers Association and receive the CDA Approved Certified Seed label. The seed types Beniko, Tygra, Elite and Bialobrzeskie have each passed the statewide THC[Read More…]
Bright Lights …
Axial school house moved to Wyman Museum
By Allie Willey Special to the Herald Times MEEKER | The old Axial school house, now located at the Wyman Museum right outside of Craig, Colo., is a rich piece of history. The school was founded by William Taylor in 1892 and continued in operation until 1963 when the school[Read More…]
Independent film makers coming to Meeker Dec. 10, 17
MEEKER | Meeker is headed for the silver screen, thanks to two independent filmmakers who came to visit and fell in love with the town. Tanner Kalina and Joe Duca are living out their childhood dreams of making movies. Kalina, originally from Texas, has been working in the industry for[Read More…]
Updates to Meeker water system long overdue
MEEKER | In November Meeker’s board of trustees voted to reject the lowest bid on a project to update the town’s water system, with some trustees expressing concerns that the lowest bid on the project was close to $100,000 lower than the next highest bid, which was submitted by a[Read More…]
Rangely Development Authority, town council revisit Better City vision, “Working to Make Rangely Great Again”
RANGELY | Tuesday the Rangely Development Agency and town council met for a combined goals and strategy meeting facilitated by the Department of Local Affairs. The meeting was attended by town council members Lisa Hatch, Andy Key and Andy Shaffer, along with 10 RDA members. Kimberly Bollen, DOLA regional manager,[Read More…]
Meeker School District desperately seeking bus drivers
MEEKER | Tuesday night was the first work session of the newly re-constituted Meeker Board of Education. Just elected and re-elected board members Bill deVergie, Bud Ridings and Laurie Simonsen joined hold-over members Tom Allen, Kevin Amack and Bob Dorsett in the effort. Re-elected member David Smith was unable to[Read More…]
