MEEKER | Cowboys wrapped up their final duals of the varsity regular season on Saturday in Palisade after wrestling both Thursday and Friday nights at home. The season was to consist of 20 regular season duals before entering the postseason. The Meeker Cowboys were fortunate that they were able to[Read More…]
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First home dual Friday for RHS
RANGELY | The Panthers only had one dual last week, and that is when they traveled to Meeker last Thursday. “Meeker is a tough team,” said head coach JC Chumacero, “I’m not disappointed in how we wrestled, but I did feel we looked a little sluggish.” Kobey Chism pinned Jake[Read More…]
Letter to the Editor: Hard work by Public Health staff
Dear Editor: One of the many reasons I feel blessed to live in Rio Blanco County is our local Public Health Department. A pandemic is never easy to navigate, but our community is in a healthier position, because of the hard work of Alice Harvey RN, Sarah Coker RN, and[Read More…]
Kaye’s Corner: Gardening plans
MEEKER | Our continued snowy and cold days in Meeker make me that much more eager for spring and gardening season. Enduring winter days means time to search seed catalogues and start planning. I learned in 2020 that COVID caused shortages of toilet paper, yeast, and … seeds. Flocks of[Read More…]
Days Gone By: Feb 18, 2021
The Meeker Herald125 years ago If the eleven counties of the western slope of Colorado are ever to become great, they must unite upon one plan, and through cooperation work out their own salvation. The James brothers (Thomas and Walter) of Axial, were in town the other day and report[Read More…]
Loose Ends: Shop at home first
MEEKER | Supporting small businesses has always been a part of community life. That is, it was the underpinning of a healthy local economy, until the economic upheaval caused by COVID-19 threatened to make shopping for the necessities of life more difficult. The bloating of the corporate conglomerates such as[Read More…]
New History and English teacher at Meeker High School
MEEKER | Meeker High School English and history teacher Stryker Lane teaches only freshman for six periods a day. After those long days he continues to help students but this time through wrestling. Mr. Lane, as the students call him, only moved to Meeker this summer, but has effectively worked[Read More…]
CPW Hosting Virtual Wolf Reintroduction Planning Workshop Wednesday Morning
DENVER | The Colorado Parks and Wildlife Commission will discuss topics related to the the wolf restoration and management planning process including educational sessions, the format of public listening sessions, the application process for the Stakeholder Advisory Group, and the meeting schedule for the remainder of 2021 at a virtual[Read More…]
Rough-drafting history is slow going
Local newspapers are often referred to as the “rough draft of history.” This last year has been an interesting one to scribble about. In the decades to come, as science and reason and history come together and find agreement with legitimate data that emerges, it will be interesting to see[Read More…]
COUNTY BEAT: February 18, 2021
A note on last week’s meeting: The HT has submitted Colorado Open Records Act requests for documents pertaining to “hospital administrators expressing grave concern” about the public health department, as stated by County Attorney Todd Starr last week. We also submitted requests for county records regarding COVID outbreaks at both[Read More…]
Thanks from Wendll’s
Dear Editor: Thank you to Sophia Goedert, Lucas Turner and all the staff at the Rio Blanco Herald Times, for the wonderful front-page article in last week’s newspaper. We are excited about our new coffee roasting venture and thankful to others for supporting our fun adventure like: Watt’s Ranch Market,[Read More…]
Hope for Healing Hands thanks donors
Dear Editor: Hope for Healing Hands wants to thank all of our donors for their donations towards our cause. As a final project, we plan on getting cheese trays for school district employees. This will include the bus garage, admin building, and all three schools. In the past, we have[Read More…]
