Special to the HT MEEKER | The Barone Middle School track and field team wrapped up its season with a strong stretch of meets, building on a midseason surge that featured multiple school records, relay wins and standout individual performances across several weeks of competition. The momentum began in Rifle,[Read More…]
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DEATH NOTICE – Russell D. Purkey
March 20, 1957 ~ May 15, 2026 Graveside services will be held in Meeker at a date to be announced. A full obituary will be published in an upcoming issue.
Historical society welcomes traveling Smithsonian exhibit to museum
Special to the HT MEEKER | Community members gathered at the White River Museum last week to celebrate the opening of “Americans,” a Smithsonian traveling exhibit now on display in Meeker. The May 15 reception and marked the beginning of several weeks of programming connected to the nationally recognized exhibition.[Read More…]
Colorado teens ages 14-19: The state legislature needs your advice
Apply by June 5 for the Colorado Youth Advisory Council Special to the HT RBC | The state legislature’s nonpartisan Colorado Youth Advisory Council (COYAC) seeks new members, ages 14-19, for the 2026-27 term. Applications close on June 5, and COYAC will host a virtual information session on Sunday, May[Read More…]
DAYS GONE BY – May 21st, 2026
Meeker Herald ~ 125 years ago John F. Wilson of Thornburg says 13 feet of snow fell during the past season on Wilson flat tops and adjacent ridges of the Milk Creek and Morapos watersheds. Strehlke and Givens received a beautiful soda fountain Tuesday, and the City Drug store will[Read More…]
Legislative Town Halls with Roberts, Lukens planned for Thursday, May 21
RBC | State Representative Meghan Lukens, House District 26, and State Senator Dylan Roberts, Senate District 8, are inviting you to attend a Rio Blanco County Legislative Town Hall in Meeker Thursday, May 21, at noon at the Meeker Library, or in Rangely at 5:30 p.m., at 209 East Main[Read More…]
Commissioner candidate forum hosted by White River Alliance
MEEKER | The White River Alliance is hosting a candidate forum focused on questions about water for the candidates running for Rio Blanco County Commissioner on Monday, May 18 from 5:30-7:30 p.m. in the Meeker Chamber Business Center meeting room (Town Hall, 345 Market St., second floor.)
RESCUE MEOW: MISSION SUCCESSFUL
Meeker’s Community Service Officer Melissa Fellows received a call Monday from a concerned resident on Water Street about a cat being stuck in a tree since Saturday, May 9. All of the neighbors spent the last couple of days trying unsuccessfully to coax the cat down. Fellows called Chase Rule,[Read More…]
Coulter, Krueger win hospital board election in unofficial results
Special to the HT MEEKER | Voters narrowly selected Danette Coulter and decisively chose Dr. Albert Krueger in the May 5 special mail ballot election for the Eastern Rio Blanco County Health Service District board, according to unofficial results released after the Herald Times had gone to press. The election[Read More…]
Distinguished Barber Studio expands with new Meeker location
‘As long as hair grows, there’s opportunity.’ MEEKER | After months of bringing his black-and-white mobile barbershop to Meeker on weekends, barber Chris Mattox is officially putting down roots in the community that welcomed him from the start. Mattox, owner of Distinguished Barber Studio, recently opened a permanent shop location[Read More…]
Commission weighs term limits, wolves policy, fairgrounds concession control
RBC | Rio Blanco County commissioners worked through a full agenda last week, taking public comment on term limits for elected officials, approving budget changes and wildlife policy letters, updating land-use rules for natural medicine healing centers, and discussing control of the fairgrounds concession stand used by the Meeker Lions[Read More…]
Town plans emergency access route between Robert St. and Sanderson Dr.
MEEKER | The Town of Meeker Board of Trustees discussed plans for an emergency access connector between Robert Street and Sanderson Drive at the May 5 meeting. The board approved a 20- to 24-foot-wide emergency access road with gates. Town Manager Margie Joy presented trustees with several possible scenarios for[Read More…]
