Wendy Gutierrez always intended to own her own business. Thirty years later, after several reinventions and locations, she has advice for other small business owners as she reflects on what has worked and what she has been able to accomplish. MEEKER | Wendll’s, a beloved fixture in the Meeker and[Read More…]
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DAYS GONE BY – August 22nd, 2024
MEEKER 125 We live in an age of fact, not fiction; for every effect is assigned some simple and natural cause. The town authorities are doing a praiseworthy act in having the weeds in and around the park cut. The operation should be extended to the entire town. Rustling horses[Read More…]
RIO HAPPENINGS: Aug 11-17, 2024
ARRESTS 8/12/2024 A 42 year-old female was transported from Mesa County Detentions to jail on a warrant out of Rio Blanco County for Failure to Appear. 8/16/2024 A 20 year-old male was arrested by Rio Blanco County Sheriff’s Office for Domestic Violence, False Imprisonment and 2nd Degree Burglary. CALL SUMMARIES[Read More…]
Energy, roads and new resolutions discussed at RBC Commissioners meeting last week
RBC | The Rio Blanco County Commissioners held their regular meeting on Tuesday, Aug. 13 at 9 a.m. in Meeker, Colorado. All three commissioners were in attendance. Matt Solomon kicked off the session with a presentation on energy developments in Northwest Colorado. Solomon, who was appointed by Senator Rankin to[Read More…]
Anticipation builds for the 2024 Meeker Mustang Makeover: ‘From scared to paired’
MEEKER | Excitement and anticipation are reaching a fever pitch as the town of Meeker prepares to host the highly anticipated Meeker Mustang Makeover on Aug. 24, 2024. This remarkable event, held at the Rio Blanco County Fairgrounds, promises a day filled with awe-inspiring displays of horsemanship, community spirit, and[Read More…]
COMMUNITY CALENDAR – August 22nd, 2024
Upcoming concerts at The TANK RANGELY | Free, Aug. 24 Christian Carriere Installation 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Free, Aug. 31 Roomful of Teeth 8 p.m. Tickets, Sept. 21 Alan Mackwell Quartet 8 p.m. Free, Sept. 28 Ars Nova Singers, Open Rehearsal 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Free. Meeker Library[Read More…]
EDITOR’S COLUMN – The ‘Othering’
“You see us as you want to see us, in the simplest terms with the most convenient definitions. But what we found out is that each one of us is a brain, and an athlete, and a basket case, a princess, and a criminal.” ― The Breakfast Club Othering is[Read More…]
GUEST COLUMN: Youth Zone
Special to the HT B ack-to-school season is an interesting time in our communities. Transitioning between the long, empty days of Summer and the shorter days of Fall – which are packed with sports, extracurriculars, and academic obligations – can be positive for some and challenging for others. Each[Read More…]
LOOSE ENDS: Careful communication
Using nouns as verbs and verbs as adjectives are only two of the glaring changes in the English language. In a tense and highly-charged presidential election year, one word of choice that continues to be popular now is overwhelm. Previously it merely was used as a description of a feeling,[Read More…]
GUEST COLUMN: Book titles that will never be printed
Everyone has a book in them just waiting to be written. Some of these might not make it past the censors or editors, but we all have enough stories or insights to fill a book. I’d like to encourage you all with some suggested titles—subjects that need a book, if[Read More…]
MUSEUM MUSINGS: Letters from history, No. 61
Department of the Interior Office of Indian Affairs July 9, 1879 F. W. PITKIN, Denver, Colo.: The War Department has been requested to send troops, to bring the Utes back to their reservation. E. A. HAYT. Commissioner White River Agency, Colorado. July 10, 1879 Sir: Please send 200 sheets of[Read More…]
Obituary – Richard Lovel Nickson
Sept. 16, 1932 ~ Aug. 5, 2024 Richard Lovel Nickson, passed away on Aug. 5, 2024. at the age of 91, at the Rangely Community Medical Center. Richard was born on Sept. 16, 1932, to George and Lily Nickson in Bakersfield, California. He was the youngest, joining his sister Fern[Read More…]
