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Colorado State Patrol putting the brakes on speeding

Can you go 10 mph over the speed limit without getting a ticket? One of the most common traffic infractions motorists commit is driving above the posted speed limit. Despite signs sending drivers reminders along each roadway, motorists push past the limits often with little concern and a lot of[Read More…]

February 21, 2024 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

Dinner for LEOS

Members of Emmanuel Baptist Church provided dinner for local law enforcement officers during training on April 7 and April 9, 2023. In the spirit of National Police Week, May 12-16, 2023, Emmanuel Baptist Church would like to take the time to recognize those serving on the Meeker Police department. Rio[Read More…]

May 17, 2023 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

SIGNED …

Abe Maupin signed his letter of intent last Thursday. Maupin will be wrestling next season for Colorado State University at Pueblo. Maupin is pictured with his mom, Kim Maupin, and little brother Cooper Maupin. Maupin plans on studying secondary education, specializing in math and is also looking to coach. |[Read More…]

April 5, 2023 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

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Avoid trailer sway

Seeing a camper, boat or trailer swiftly moving side to side as it is pulled down the road can put the fear into most passing motorists for good reason, it can be deadly. Ensuring that a vehicle is hitched safely, distributing the weight on the trailer or camper properly and[Read More…]

August 13, 2022 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

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Trooper Tips: Buckle up the little ones

I talk a lot about seatbelts and how they save lives, and that is true. Using your seatbelt is quite simple, you grab the strap, pull it over you and click the buckle. It makes sure you survive in a crash. But when it comes to securing your little ones[Read More…]

November 4, 2021 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

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Is it winter driving season already?

RBC I I guess it’s that time of year to make sure everyone is ready for the impending snow season. This is mostly a list of making sure you haven’t taken anything out of your vehicles that you may need when you are traveling this winter. Let’s go over the[Read More…]

September 24, 2021 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

Letters to the Editor: Oct. 22, 2020

Be a good neighbor Dear Editor: At this point your readers might have learned that the number of COVID-19 diagnoses in Colorado and in the nation is on the way up and I do not need to repeat the facts and numbers… COVID-19 kills or at least it is not[Read More…]

October 22, 2020 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

RBC Dispatch switch more complicated than expected

RBC | Transferring dispatch services from the Communications Center in Meeker to the Colorado State Patrol’s (CSP) regional call center in Craig won’t be as easy as simply signing a contract and pushing a button, RBC Commissioners learned Tuesday in a work session with Jeff Davis, director of CSP’s communications[Read More…]

September 26, 2020 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

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Trooper Tips: Always know where you’re going

RBC | Our vehicles today seem to have everything we can possibly want in them. We can connect to the internet, talk on our phones through the vehicle’s system, and of course use our GPS. Doesn’t seem as if there is anything else we could possibly need for a road[Read More…]

August 28, 2020 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

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Trooper Tips: The Move Over law just added a little more to it

By MASTER TROOPER GARY CUTLER | Colorado State Patrol RBC | On Nov. 26, 2016, my friend, Trooper Cody Donahue, was killed by a truck that failed to move over while he was investigating a crash. This is a story we hear all too often. Prior to that crash, there[Read More…]

July 24, 2020 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

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Trooper Tips: ‘Yielding’

The word “yield” has many meanings throughout the English language. You can yield to the next speaker, or the land can yield food from the garden. But today I bring up yield as in the road sign. Too often I find that drivers treat a yield sign as a free[Read More…]

June 20, 2020 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

Trooper Tips: Living in a new world

RBC | As the effects of the Covid-19 Pandemic continue to hit not only the United States, but the entire world, I know that it is affecting everyone’s mental health. It’s hard not to focus on anything but what is plaguing us. But there are still things going on that[Read More…]

April 21, 2020 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled