RANGELY I Rangely volleyball coach Jimmie Mergelman “was pleased with the weekend,” as her team traveled to Glenwood Springs for a tournament. The team gave their coach plenty to be excited about, winning two of four matches and forcing a tough Denver Christian School to three games.
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Mental health trainees sought
RBC I Mind Springs Health, formerly known as Colorado West Regional Mental Health (CWRMH), has been selected to participate in the 2013 class of the National Council for Community Behavioral Healthcare’s “Adoption of Trauma-Informed-Practices Learning Community.”
Letter to the Editor: Postmaster moving on, says thanks
Dear Editor: This is an open letter to the Meeker Community. I have accepted a transfer and will be leaving the Meeker Post Office as of Sept. 1.
4-H Outdoor Adventure Group…
On July 31, the 4-H Outdoor Adventure group joined with the Bureau of Land Management to install a sign and bench on the Dorcas-Jensen/BLM Trail above Meeker.
10 free trees to residents for Arbor Day
RBC I Everyone from Colorado who joins the Arbor Day Foundation in September will receive 10 free trees as part of the Foundation’s Trees for America program.
Letter to the Editor: Aghast over plan for old elementary school
Dear Editor: Addressing the article on the Rio Blanco County Commissioners published in the local newspaper on Aug. 22, I was simply aghast to read of their plans and or ideas (regarding the old Meeker elementary school).
Pioneers excited about hospice plan
MEEKER I A local group of volunteers, Pioneers Medical Center and Pioneers Healthcare Foundation (PHF) are excited to announce a newly formed hospice-related partnership with HopeWest.
Vendors wanted for Holiday Bazaar in Nov.
RANGELY | Vendors are wanted for the Epsilon Sigma Alpha (ESA) Annual Holiday Bazaar in Rangely on Nov. 17.
4-H members do well at state fair
RBC I Rio Blanco students in 4-H and FFA fared well at the Colorado State Fair in Pueblo the past few weeks, led by Meeker’s Macy Collins, who, according to her mother, Kathy Collins, “just returned from a very successful state fair.”
Letter to the Editor: Treated well in Meeker
Dear Editor: My father, Roy Green, was born in Meeker, Colo., in 1919. He is no longer living, but I wanted to visit Meeker, where I was also born.
Severance taxes released for use by state counties
RBC I Colorado U.S. Sens. Michael Bennet and Mark Udall welcomed the announcement Thursday by the U.S. Office of Management and Budget (OMB) stating that the Department of the Interior would, in fiscal year 2014, restore mineral leasing revenues to Colorado communities that depend on those funds to help run[Read More…]
Correction
MEEKER I Gerald Morris of Meeker was incorrectly identified as Gerald Miller in an Aug. 29 article on Page 1 regarding his personal input on the future use of the old Meeker elementary school. The Herald Times regrets the error.
