MEEKER I The Eastern Rio Blanco County Health Service District — the special taxing district established in 2006 through which Pioneers Medical Center receives funding — will continue to operate with a five-member board following a court hearing on Tuesday, April 19. The district was initially established with a seven-member[Read More…]
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PMC monthly update–April
Pioneers Medical Center (PMC) was recently listed as one of the best hospitals for patient experience in the Western US. The list, compiled by the prestigious Becker’s Hospital Review, includes 27 facilities in Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming. “We’re honored to be included[Read More…]
WACKY WEATHER
In true Rocky Mountain spring fashion, Rio Blanco County experienced massive wind gusts, temps in the seventies, temps in the 30s, sunshine, snow and everything in between–all in the course of a few days. We could do without the wind, but the wacky weather hasn’t phased the county’s fluffier residents,[Read More…]
NEWS NOTES: APRIL 21, 2022
Water Initiative meetings in April RBC | The White River Integrated Water Initiative is holding its next round of public meetings in April. We will be discussing priority projects for each segment of the White River. All meetings are from 6-8 p.m. Upper Reach April 19 at the Buford School, [Read More…]
Sand Wash horses meet Steve Mantle for mustang clinics
RBC I The Sand Wash Basin wild horses are a little like the Beatles–they have a huge following of fans. A number of these beautiful wild horses were gathered as a result of the lack of feed from years of drought. The Meeker Mustang Makeover will pair 20 of these[Read More…]
UNTIL NEXT YEAR, EASTER BUNNY …
Rio Blanco citizens celebrated Easter in fun ways this past weekend. (Right) the Easter Bunny rode in style to the annual egg hunt Saturday in Meeker, courtesy of the Meeker Volunteer Fire Department. (Left) kids in Rangely collected eggs and earned prizes at the annual Rangely Rec Center pool egg[Read More…]
DAYS GONE BY: April 14, 2022
The Meeker Herald 125 years ago • Victor Dikeman discovered the lair of a mountain rat in one of the Hugus warehouses a few days ago. Vick thought the occurrence was extraordinary, but when we told him that we had known them to carry off grindstones over in Park County,[Read More…]
Obituary: Stephen Charles McSweeney
Dec. 24, 1949 ~ March 18, 2022 Stephen Charles McSweeney, accomplished software engineer, voracious reader, dog lover, mountain biker, tennis player, skier, hunter, fisherman, rancher, Civil War history enthusiast and master of comical storytelling, passed on March 18, 2022, the day after he celebrated his favorite holiday, St Patrick’s Day. [Read More…]
Obituary: Thomas F. Pessel
Nov. 28, 1925 ~ April 6, 2022 Thomas F. Pessel, 96, of Sea Girt, New Jersey, passed away Wednesday, April 6, 2022, at his home. Born Nov. 28, 1925, in Princeton, New Jersey, Tom grew up in Hopewell, New Jersey. He enlisted in the United States Marine Corps and proudly[Read More…]
You may not have a Mayflower ancestor, but chances are, your ancestors stepped off a boat to get here
Which leads into a very popular subject, “How do I find my family in Ellis Island records? I heard they changed their names there!” A popular misconception is that all immigrants sailed by the Statue of Liberty to get to America. The second misconception is that Port Authorities anglicized names[Read More…]
Letter: Moyer all about ‘I, me and my’ not ‘YOU’
Dear Editor: After reviewing the Gary Moyer Recall Ballot online, I came across some issues I must address concerning his statement: First: Moyer states “They are not concerned with the cost of the election or the impact on the stability of our county.” Why was it that in 1987, it[Read More…]
Letter: Old Timers future plans
Dear Editor: The organizational meeting originally planned for April 20 has been postponed until April 27, Wednesday at 6 p.m. The meeting will be held Wednesday April 27, at 6 p.m. at the White River Museum meeting center, (old mortuary room). Please plan to attend if you can provide input[Read More…]
