Rangely High School senior Ryann Mergelmann, playing for the Meeker Cowboys softball team this season, has been named to the 3A all-state second team by the Colorado High School Activities Association.
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Days Gone By – November 2nd, 2023
The Meeker Herald ~ 125 years ago A light snow fell Tuesday night, but on the whole the weather has been lovely during the past week. Judge and Mrs. Walbridge came in from Steamboat Saturday evening. Mrs. W. will spend the winter here with the junior Walbridge family but the[Read More…]
Asterisk Season: how the Cowboys defied the odds
The Meeker Cowboys may have had a slow start to the beginning of the season, 0-4, but they finished second in the league, upset a higher seeded Brush at regionals, and qualified for the final 16 state tournament. “With a heavy heart it’s time to talk about the end of[Read More…]
Legal Notices: October 26, 2023
PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Dorothy May Baker, Deceased Case No.: 2023PR9 All persons having claims against the above-named estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Rio Blanco County, Colorado on or before February 26, 2024, or said claims[Read More…]
THIS IS HALLOWEEN!
Bill and Donna Wille have done it again with another outstanding spooky display at their home/ Antler Taxidermy on Market Street. Pictures don’t do it justice–go check out all the details for yourself (and enjoy the other great displays around town, as well!) CAITLIN WALKER photo
Lou Dean releases eighth book
Author Lou Dean of Dinosaur, Colorado, has released her eighth book, titled “Autumn of the Big Snow.” Dean is an award-winning writer of five memoirs, two young adult fiction novels, and countless magazine articles. “Autumn of the Big Snow” is Dean’s first foray into adult fiction. In the story, heavy[Read More…]
Getting a jump on the cricket problem
In 2023, crickets invaded nine different Western states, including northwest Colorado. Anabrus simplex, or Mormon crickets, don’t bite or sting, but they do cause crop damage as they eat their way across the landscape in droves. They’ve also been blamed for traffic accidents when they migrate across county roads and[Read More…]
RIO HAPPENINGS: OCT. 15-21, 2023
ARRESTS 38 year-old male arrested on 10/19/2023 on a Rio Blanco Warrant. He bonded on 10/19/2023 37 year-old female arrested on 10/19/2023 on a Garfield County warrant. She bonded on 10/19/2023 21 year-old male arrested on 10/23/2023 for harassment and child abuse. A PR bond was granted by Magistrate McConaughy[Read More…]
BOCC makes board appointments; interim administrator starts in Nov.
RBC | Rio Blanco County Commissioners met Tuesday, Oct. 24 in Rangely for work sessions and a regular meeting. The board conducted interviews with Steven Ray Rust and Rebecca Elder for the Fair Board, Michael Selle for the Historic Preservation Board, Ginny Love and Kay Bivens for the Meeker Colorado[Read More…]
Editor’s Column – October 25th, 2023
The misery quotient I don’t like being miserable, but I know some people who seem to revel in it, and that always makes me wonder why. I think we all have a “misery quotient” – the amount of distress or discomfort one is able to endure before taking the necessary[Read More…]
Loose Ends – The value of a library
When it comes to finding a good book, the shelves of the public library continue to be the best place to start. The libraries in many rural communities have moved forward with the times as they have expanded their services to their patrons by offering online check-out. This allows all[Read More…]
Guest Column – Saving the Herald: A call to action and history of U.S. journalism
Among the oldest continuously published newspapers in Colorado, the Rio Blanco Herald Times is in dire straits due to a lack of sustainable income and announced that the paper would close on Oct. 26 unless a sustainable source of income can be realized. [Ed. Note: Thanks to the generosity of[Read More…]