MEEKER | Sandy Shimko of Meeker is this week’s “home of” honoree.
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Up and Down El Rio Blanco: Merry Christmas
Merry Christmas, everyone. We may not get a white Christmas this year, as the forecast is for blue skies and sunshine Christmas day. Hopefully everyone’s celebrations will be as warm and bright as the weather.
New arrival: Tiernan Houser
Tyler and Kristen Houser of San Antonio, Texas, welcomed Tiernan Vern Houser Oct. 8, 2011. He weighed 7 pounds and was 20 inches long.
Blessed in the giving
MEEKER I “I love everything about it, helping families and knowing what we are doing is good,” Patti Arrington said about the Giving Tree project she helps spearhead.
Letter to the Editor: Return to sender
Dear Editor: You don’t know me, but I’m the little birthday card that got lost. I was mailed here in Meeker to a 90-year-old lady who has lived here all of her life.
Letters open a window in time for son of WWII pilot
MEEKER I The box that came to Sandy Munro a few months after his mother passed away in 2007, was a virtual time machine into the past. The love story that emerged from the correspondence between Munro’s father and mother is now available as a book titled, “Finding Uri,” published[Read More…]
Campground closed due to lion
DINOSAUR I Dinosaur National Monument has closed the Split Mountain Campground, picnic area and Green River access effective immediately due to mountain lion activity.
New arrival: Madi Cojucaru
RBC I Nick and Tara Cojocaru of El Paso, Texas, are the proud parents of a new baby girl.
Douglas Pass repairs under way
RANGELY I The Colorado Department of Transportation will repair two sections of damage to the shoulder on SH 139 on Douglas Pass.
Days Gone By
The Meeker Herald — 100 years ago – If Theodore Roosevelt doesn’t want to run for president, why does he keep insisting so often and so publicly that he doesn’t? – From the Yampa Leader: “Occasionally one will hear the remark, ‘I wish I was out of this town!’ and[Read More…]
RBC proud to furnish Capitol Christmas Tree tree
RBC I Rio Blanco County commissioner Kai Turner joined Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper, Under Secretary of Agriculture Harris Sherman, and representatives from the U.S. Forest Service last Friday in Denver for the official announcement that the 2012 Capitol Christmas Tree will be provided by the White River National Forest. RBC[Read More…]
Classifieds: Dec. 22, 2011
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