March 2 was the birthday of Theodor Seuss Geisel, otherwise known as Dr. Seuss. He was born in 1904 and died in 1991. In celebration of Dr. Seuss’ birthday last week, readers’ theater productions by Kathleen Kelley’s Meeker High School speech class were presented to students at the Meeker Elementary[Read More…]
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Bighorn sheep, wolves topics of discussion for woolgrowers
RBC | Colorado lamb is considered the “gold standard” in American lamb, according to Rio Blanco County Woolgrowers Association vice-president Tony Theos at the annual RBC Woolgrowers meeting March 2, and the price of wool continues to climb. But most of the discussion in the meeting revolved around other species: bighorn[Read More…]
Meeker candidate forum March 13
MEEKER | The Chamber of Commerce is hosting a forum open to the public to meet the town board candidates Tuesday, March 13 at the Fairfield Center at 6 p.m. The candidates will each give a brief presentation and answer questions provided to them before the forum. The Chamber is[Read More…]
Meeker PD Report: February 2018
– A Meeker man is out about $10,000 on a scam starting with a caller wanting to reduce interest on victim’s credit cards. – A Meeker woman is out $300 on an IRS scam. Caller threatened her arrest if she did not pay. Woman was asked to purchase Apple cards from[Read More…]
Snow pack update for NW Colo.
By KENDALL SMITH Special to the Herald Times RBC | Your local NRCS offices (Steamboat Springs, Craig, and Meeker) work hard to collect data from four different snow courses that effect the Yampa/White River drainage area. These include Butterhill (north of Columbine, Yampa View, 3/4 of the way up Rabbit Ears),[Read More…]
Obituary: Tommy Brister
Tommy Brister Feb. 24, 1941 ~ Feb. 28, 2018 Tommy Brister, 77, a former resident of Grand Junction and Meeker, passed away quietly at his home in Rangely, Colo., on Feb. 28, 2018. He is survived by his wife, Angela, of Rangely, and one son, James, of Bena, Va. Cremation[Read More…]
Who let the dogs out …
Meeker local Kerri Schwartz was one of several mushers competing in the second annual Meeker Sled Dog Race last weekend at the C Lazy S Ranch next to the White River. The two-day event was sponsored by the Rocky Mountain Sled Dog Club and the Meeker Chamber of Commerce. Four,[Read More…]
Shanghaied by the attention engineers {Millennial Musings}
RBC | Have you ever heard of attention engineers? They are technological geniuses hired by big tech companies like Google, Facebook and Twitter whose sole purpose is to get you to spend as much time as humanly possible using their product. As the adage goes, nothing is really free. We pay[Read More…]
Five candidates vying for three seats on Meeker Board of Trustees
MEEKER | There are five candidates for three four-year terms on the Meeker Town Board of Trustees: incumbent Scott Creecy and challengers Joe Beck, Bob Dorsett, Pat Turner and Scott Nielsen. The board has six members plus a mayor, with three trustees and the mayor up for election every two[Read More…]
CNCC flight team seeks donations to attend national competition
RANGELY | Following a strong performance at regionals Colorado Northwestern Community College is preparing to send their Flight Team to the National Intercollegiate Flying Association Competition in Indiana this spring. Earlier this fall the team placed second at the regional competition coming in behind the U.S. Air Force Academy team. They[Read More…]
Letter: Piceance Mustangs group encourages dialogue
Dear Editor: The expansive statistics and detailed history of the land cited in Feb. 22 Letter to the Editor from Marybeth Devlin in Miami include good insights for consideration. Perhaps it will invigorate dialogue among concerned interests. However, the new Piceance Mustangs group is a volunteer 501(C)3 organization made up[Read More…]
‘Screenagers’ documentary March 12
MEEKER | Meeker School District will host a special screening of the documentary “Screenagers” on March 12 at 7 p.m. in the MHS auditorium. All parents and community members are invited. Screenagers reveals how tech time impacts kids’ development and offers solutions on how adults can empower kids to best navigate[Read More…]
