RBC | The federal Bureau of Land Management has published a new plan (https://eplanning.blm.gov/eplanning-ui/project/2018400/570) for managing public lands which will put oil and gas management in sync with Colorado’s big-game conservation policies. Suzanne O’Neill, executive director of the Colorado Wildlife Federation, said the proposed final plan, which will impact BLM-managed[Read More…]
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DAYS GONE BY – August 1st, 2024
Meeker Herald ~ 125 years ago Miss Percy Beard returned to Meeker last Saturday evening, after an absence of nearly two years, in attendance at Campbell University, Holton, Kansas. Miss Beard is in poor health, the result of over study. The general land office has finally permitted the Utah sheep[Read More…]
Meeker PD welcomes newest officer: K9 Dak
MEEKER | The Meeker Police Department recently added a new member to their team, but unlike the rest of the team, this member walks on four feet. The department’s latest recruit is a new K9 unit named Dak. Dak, a German shepherd, was born in Czechoslovakia and understands and knows[Read More…]
NATIONAL COMPETITOR
Last week, Meeker’s own Jessy Pelloni and her horse Fabs competed in the National High School Rodeo Finals in Rock Springs, Wyoming. She competed in the barrel racing event, finishing in seventh place in the fourth performance, and placing 13th in the nation of all high school barrel racers. Congratulations[Read More…]
Grammy winning vocal group returns to The TANK
RANGELY | 2017, the adventurous vocal octet Roomful of Teeth came to Rangely to give what is now a legendary performance in a thunderstorm, of which Alex Ross wrote in The New Yorker, “In my experience, music has never seemed closer to nature.” On Aug. 31, Roomful of Teeth return[Read More…]
RIO HAPPENINGS: JULY 14-20, 2024
ARRESTS A 40-year-old female party was arrested on a Rio Blanco County Felony Warrant for Dangerous Drugs on 7/18/2024. She was released 7/19/2024 on a PR Bond. A 28-year-old male was arrested on 7/22/2024 by Colorado State Patrol for Driving Vehicle While Under the Influence of Alcohol or Drugs or[Read More…]
Celebrate community and heritage at the 112th annual Pioneers Association Dinner and Dance
MEEKER | Not many parties last 112 years, but this one has. Beginning in 1912, the Rio Blanco County Pioneers Association, previously known as the Old Timers dinner and reunion, is an event to celebrate family, friends and community. This year it is scheduled for Aug. 10, and everyone is[Read More…]
Halandras, Keetch named to Honor Roll at Univ. of Wyoming
MEEKER | Halandras, Keetch named to President’s Honor Roll at University of Wyoming. The University of Wyoming lists Cyros Halandras and Mackenzie A. Keetch on the 2024 spring semester President’s Honor Roll. The President’s Honor Roll consists of regularly enrolled undergraduates who earned a 4.0 (“A”) grade-point average for the[Read More…]
COMMUNITY CALENDAR – July 25th, 2024
Meeker Public Library book club Aug. 12 MEEKER | The Meeker Public Library book club is reading “Just A Regular Boy” by Catherine Ryan Hyde. We will meet to discuss the book at the Meeker Public Library on Monday, Aug. 12, at 1 p.m. Extra copies are available for check[Read More…]
Introducing our new freelance reporter
MEEKER | Hello, my name is Jared Henderson. I recently graduated from Colorado Mesa University in Grand Junction, Colorado. I moved back to the town of Meeker, Colorado, at the start of July and began writing for the Herald Times. I am so excited to write more stories about Meeker[Read More…]
Editor’s Column – The parable of the two travelers
“Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedoms—to choose one’s attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one’s own way.” ― Viktor Frankl, “Man’s Search for Meaning” I came across this parable months ago, lost it, and just found it again.[Read More…]
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR – July 25th, 2024
Share your family story for history at the Pioneers Association dinner/dance Dear Editor: Everyone has a story. Every story is worth telling. And saving. You may think your story isn’t interesting, or that it doesn’t have enough history. But it IS interesting and it IS history, unless it hasn’t happened yet.[Read More…]
