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DEATH NOTICE: Paulette Ann Comstock

Paulette Ann Comstock, 72, of Montrose passed away at Penrose Hospital on Aug. 7, 2023. Crippin Funeral Home and Crematory is assisting Mrs. Comstock’s family. A complete obituary will be published in coming weeks.

Celebration of Life

Please join us in celebrating Herb Hughley (1936~2023) on Saturday, Aug. 19, 2023 from 1-3 p.m. at Meeker Town Park. Come casual, have a bite to eat and share a memory.

EDITOR’S COLUMN: Happy Birthday, HT!

“By the absence of an irreverent press, Europe for a thousand years has existed merely for the advantage of half a dozen seventh-rate families called Monarchs, and some hundreds of riffraff sarcastically called Nobles. Our papers have one peculiarity — it is American — it exists nowhere else — their[Read More…]

LOOSE ENDS: Winding Down

The full bloom of summer is over, as the the summer’s annual festivities and celebrations end. Officially summer is not over but once the fair finishes and the school year starts, it feels done. Barbecues, musical gatherings, and special parties wind down, yet the taste of summer lingers for quite[Read More…]

Our Founding Fathers: Part One

No, not George Washington, our first President, but George S. Hazen, one of Meeker’s founding fathers. One of our earliest settlers and owners of the Meeker Town Company. Our George may not have been as colorful as Washington. I do not know if he owned any wooden false teeth or[Read More…]

HOME COOKIN’

Meeker’s newest restaurant, Caroline’s Louisiana Kitchen, opened Friday, Aug. 11 at 7t23 Market St. An interview with the chef will be published in next week’s paper. | LUCAS TURNER PHOTO

BIG FISH

A big community cast put on three productions of Big Fish over the weekend. Meeker Arts & Cultural Council’s community theater program continues to grow each year. | CAITLIN WALKER Special to the Herald Times

COUNTY BEAT: Aug. 8 work sessions

RBC | Here’s additional reporting on the county commissioner work sessions from Aug. 8 COVID VACCINATIONS RBC Public Health Director Makala Sheridan and Public Health nurse Karen Dinwiddie told the county commissioners, convened as the Board of Health, that the public health department does not want to provide vaccinations for[Read More…]

RIO HAPPENINGS: #26

ARRESTSA 41 year-old female was arrested on 8/8//2023 on a Rio Blanco County warrant. She was issued a PR bond on 8/9/2023 CALL SUMMARIES 8/6/2023 @ 11:38. While a trailer was being unloaded it proceeded to roll down the hill and took out a stop sign at 5th/Hill St. in[Read More…]