MEEKER | Meeker High School students attended the Monday’s regular school board meeting as part of their social studies curriculum, making it the largest group of students present at a meeting in recent history, according to board members present. MHS Principal Amy Chinn said the winter band concert has been[Read More…]
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Obituary: Michael Kip Cook
May 23, 1957 ~ Nov. 17, 2022 Michael Cook passed away Nov. 17, 2022, at Pioneers Medical Center in Meeker, Colorado, from complications of ALS. Born May 23, 1957, to Kenneth James (Jim) and Leota Laura (Jaeger) Cook in Brush, Colorado, the family later moved to Meeker when Jim and[Read More…]
Prevent holiday decoration fires this season
This holiday season, the American Red Cross encourages everyone to follow simple steps to prevent home fires from holiday decorations. Most home fires involving candles happen in December, when one in five home decoration fires also occur “As more of us light candles to celebrate the holidays, we want to[Read More…]
It’s a Way Of Life 4-H Club Report
MEEKER | This month the It’s a Way of Life 4-H Club talked about future community service chances and other activities. The district retreat will be March 31-April 2, 2023, in Colorado Springs. Members also discussed that all demonstrations will be due by April 1, 2023. The demonstration can be[Read More…]
VA Western Colorado to host COVID booster clinic
RBC | VA Western Colorado Health Care System is hosting a walk-in COVID-19 booster vaccine clinic to all eligible veterans on Saturday, Dec. 3 from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. at our main campus located at 2121 North Ave. in Grand Junction, Colorado. Given the fast spread of the Omicron[Read More…]
LOOSE ENDS: Zoom, Zoom
Traveling to see family during the holidays continues to be a number one priority for so many folks. This results in quite a few unexpected glitches — before, after, and in between travel of any sort. The gradual reopening of popular public destinations for both tourists and locals alike made[Read More…]
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Dec 1, 2022
Conservancy District’s lack of transparency troubling Dear Editor: The issues of water security for our community are too important to be decided behind closed doors. As a fiscally conservative citizen and owner of a local business and of water rights, I wonder what other Rio Blanco county citizens think about[Read More…]
‘TIS THE SEASON
Sunday, Nov. 27 marked the first Sunday of Advent season on the Christian calendar, with the illumination of the first “candle” for the season at St. James’ Episcopal Church in Meeker. | CAITLIN WALKER
EDITOR’S COLUMN: Comfortable history
History never repeats itself, but the Kaleidoscopic combinations of the pictured present often seem to be constructed out of the broken fragments of antique legends. ~ from the novel “The Gilded Age: A Tale of To-Day” by Mark Twain and Charles Dudley Warner, 1874 There’s something comforting about history, despite[Read More…]
My ancestor invented the Christmas card in England!
OK, I am stretching the truth a bit. Joseph Cundall was my first cousin five times removed and he didn’t design the first card. But he did print the first commercial Christmas postcard for Sir Henry Cole in London in 1843. So, I am almost famous! Old Joe recognized the[Read More…]
Call on the river goes into effect today
A call on the White River goes into effect today (Dec 1, 2022) following a decision by the Rio Blanco Water Conservancy District (RBWCD) board of directors last month to request administration of the river. As reported in the Nov. 17 edition of the HT, Colorado’s Division of Water Resources[Read More…]
The economic driver in the forest next door
A new report indicates that the White River National Forest directly and indirectly generates 22,230 jobs and produces a $1.59-billion contribution to the economy of central Colorado. The U.S. Forest Service recently released a report looking at the economic contributions of about 70 national forests and grasslands around the West.[Read More…]
