MEEKER | At last Tuesday’s regular meeting for the Meeker Board of Trustees, held Nov. 5, trustees heard an update from Gayle Langley and Traci Stoffel, representing the Main Street Program for the Colorado Department of Local Affairs (DOLA), along with Meeker Chamber Director Stephanie Hanson. Langley and Stoffel highlighted[Read More…]
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Natural curtailment in the Colorado River Basin impacts users
RBC | The Colorado River Basin in the midst of a 23-year drought. Reduced precipitation, mostly in the form of snow in the western mountains, has caused water administrators at the federal, state, and local level to seek ways to cut back usage. But many of us in the high[Read More…]
DAYS GONE BY – November 14th, 2024
Meeker Herald ~ 125 years ago The south fork of the White River is now represented in town by families of Messrs. T.M. Bailey, Joe Peltier and Fred W. Kracht. They are here to take advantage of our excellent school facilities. Locally the elections passed off quietly. On the face[Read More…]
Soaring high…
U.S. White River National Forest Rangeland Management Specialist (corrected) Jedidiah Smith captured this photo of a soaring bald eagle over Scullion Gulch in Rio Blanco County last year. JEDEDIAH SMITH PHOTO
Rio Blanco County Unofficial 2024 Election Results
RIO HAPPENINGS: Oct 27-Nov 2, 2024
ARRESTS 10/28/2024- A 53 year old male was arrested for DUI by Meeker PD. He was released to a sober party. CALL SUMMARIES 10/28/2024 @ 5:22 pm. A truck went off the road near the 19 mile-marker on County Road 8 to avoid a head on crash with a semi.[Read More…]
Library Board discusses book policy, community concerns
MEEKER | The Meeker Public Library Board held its monthly meeting last Wednesday in the library’s community room. All five board members attended the meeting. The public comment period drew community members concerned about book banning and a draft collections policy up for review. Dr. Bob Dorsett expressed support for[Read More…]
Rio Blanco Water Conservancy District receives loan for turbine repair
RBC | The RBWCD board met on Oct. 30 at their regularly scheduled board meeting. Discussion included: Loan for Turbine Repair The board approved a loan for $2.5 million with a different vendor than the one that had been expected. General Electric had been expected to be the contractor to[Read More…]
COMMUNITY CALENDAR – November 7th, 2024
Archery practice shoots start Nov. 7 MEEKER | The Meeker Sportsman’s Club is hosting indoor archery practice shoots beginning Thursday, Nov. 7 from 6-8 p.m. through the winter (except Thanksgiving) in the 4-H building at the RBC Fairgrounds. Practice and have some fun! Bring your own bow, arrows, paper target[Read More…]
EDITOR’S COLUMN – Seek similarities, not differences
“The way to go from discord to harmony is to go from concentrating on differences to concentrating on similarities.” ~ Tony Robbins Human beings are so unique that no two individuals have ever been found to have matching fingerprints, according to the National Forensic Science Technology Center. Our genetic “fingerprint”[Read More…]
LOOSE ENDS: Keeping things running
By the time the election is over on Nov. 5 and this week’s print edition is in the mailboxes, most election results will be in. They will surely reflect some of the concerns voiced by the general public; the economy, foreign affairs, health care and immigration. We will also see[Read More…]
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Making bipartisanship normal again Dear Editor: I am writing in response to the recent article, HISTORY LESSONS: Death, taxes… and politics. The author mentioned the headstone of my grandparents, Bob and Margie Wilber. Before they passed, Margie designed the headstone and proudly included the inscription Born a Democrat, died a[Read More…]
