“All I can say right now is I’m going to do my best to make things right. Our county is too special a place to be ruined by bad decisions,” said Dave Morlan during the Rio Blanco County Board of Commissioners regular meeting Tuesday. In his public statement, Morlan responded[Read More…]
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CPW Commission approves three-year wolf introduction plan
Conservation Corner: Last week’s Colorado Parks and Wildlife Commission (Commission) virtual meeting included six hours of presentation, discussion, and comments on the process of wolf introduction. Many eyes and ears were fully focused on them. The voters of Colorado have spoken and forced introduction of wolves will occur in Colorado.[Read More…]
Tri-State notes achievements of Responsible Energy Plan one year after implementation
RBC | In a press release issued late last week, Tri-State reflected on its achievements in 2020 and upcoming efforts for 2021 and beyond, as it marks the one-year anniversary of its Responsible Energy Plan (REP), the most transformative change in the 68-year history of the cooperative. From the commencement[Read More…]
Days Gone By: Jan 21, 2021
The Meeker Herald – 125 years ago A social dance will be given at the Coal Creek school house on Friday evening, Jan. 31, 1896. All are cordially invited. By order of Committee. Most of the cattlemen are paying their wolf tax very promptly and as a result the war[Read More…]
Buffalo Horn decision issued
RBC | It’s been a lengthy process, but the Bureau of Land Management, White River Field Office, has issued a decision to approve a land exchange with Buffalo Horn Properties, LLC. The parcels are in the Strawberry Creek and Smith Gulch areas in Rio Blanco and Moffat counties. In 2011,[Read More…]
AIR FORCE …
RIBBON CUTTING …
Meeker School District hosted a ribbon cutting for the renovated high school last Thursday.
4-h Achievement Night …
Letters to the Editor: Jan 21, 2021
Stop misquoting Constitution Dear Editor:To the American public, please stop misquoting the U.S. Constitution! The Second Amendment reads: “A well-regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.” It does not say you have[Read More…]
Editor’s Column: Changing our minds
The man who never alters his opinion is like standing water, and breeds reptiles of the mind. ~ William blake Change is hard, and perhaps no kind of change is more difficult than that of changing our own minds. Our opinions are rooted in what we believe, and we are[Read More…]
Coming alongside COVID
MEEKER | Nearly a year has gone by since COVID-19 became active in Colorado. Somehow, most of us have survived it, but not without much anguish and many adjustments. Ahead lies the hope that vaccines will provide a safety net. If somehow, there is enough vaccine for our country and[Read More…]
No more ‘new normal’
MEEKER | Is there anyone among us who can claim to know “what’s what“ anymore? Recently a famous actor appeared in a television advertisement that urged viewers to take his advice by obtaining a reverse mortgage. He (and his commercial sponsors) count on his familiarity, as well as his successful[Read More…]