Hello dear readers!
It’s officially the week when we can’t tell what day … or year … it is. Date disorientation plus nose-hair freezing cold, a sprinkle of holiday drama, and some sad events have left me pretty *checks thesaurus* … phlegmatic? Listless? Apathetic? One of those.
HOWEVER, there’s been a fresh Herald every week for the past 7,219 weeks, and since we refuse to break that rather phenomenal streak, here we are!
If you’re also having a hard time with this season, I get it. I hope you find some little pockets of peace to soothe your soul. <3
Now, to the {mostly} good news!
But first, a rabbit trail!
Check out this FANTASTIC video by Annette Lyttle detailing our Herald history! We were supposed to show this at the Lyttle Project launch and I missed the email because technology hates me. 🙁 Still, it’s an amazing look at an AMAZING story!
The front page.
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Quick hits.
- As the Meeker Lions Club celebrated Christmas this year, they recognized Jim Joy for his outstanding contributions to the Meeker community.
- Here’s this week’s Community Calendar. These listings are FREE. If you’d like to add something, email [email protected].
- From this week’s Rio Happenings: 12/19/2023 @ 10:00 am. 51 cattle were stolen up Flag Creek sometime at the end of summer and fall. This investigation has been turned over to the brand inspector.
- Early Deadline Reminder: Please submit all items for the 1/4/24 edition by 5 p.m. 12/29.
- Barone Middle School band and choir students performed their Christmas concert under the direction of middle and high school band and choir teacher Raquel Neesham. Here are some photos from Samme Purkey.
- Missed the print deadline: CPW is hosting an in-person discussion about bison on January 3 in Rangely.
- Also missed the print deadline: Lauren Boebert announced she will switch congressional districts to improve her chances of winning in 2024. (Story from the Colorado Sun)
Skijor is this weekend at the Fairgrounds! We will be streaming the event on Facebook if you can’t make it in person.
Story previews.
These are some of our favorite stories from this week’s edition!
Sports digest.
On our radar.
Since wolves haven’t *technically* been released in our official area of news coverage, all we’ve published so far are CPW’s press releases.
We are keeping an eye on additional reporting, however, and have included links to additional reporting (AKA non-government press releases) below.
- Recently released wolves into Colorado come from depredating packs in Oregon (The Fence Post)
- Grand County ranchers, leaders concerned about wolf release and lack of notice (9News)
- Rules for lethal control of wolves are murky. Colorado ranches say that sets them up for big livestock losses. (The Colorado Sun)
- Cat Urbigkit: The Botched Optics of Colorado’s Wolf Release (Cowboy State Daily)
- Corey Hutchins also covered some mismanagement in how in his weekly
Happy New Year! Cheers to new beginnings.
Caitlin
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