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Love for animals becomes a full-time cottage industry for Meeker woman

MEEKER | Amy Budd loves animals. She loves them so much she has devoted the last 15 years of her life to creating nutritious pet food she mixes and packages in her Meeker home and sells wholesale to retailers and online to individual consumers. She gets USDA quality proteins from[Read More…]

January 9, 2017 by editor Comments are Disabled

Spending, transparency priorities for Woodruff as commissioner

MEEKER | Si Woodruff has been at the heart of local and county affairs for 40 years. He started at the Meeker Police Department in 1977. He served as the Rio Blanco County Sheriff for 12 years, stepping down two years ago in January with the intention to run for[Read More…]

January 7, 2017 by editor Comments are Disabled

Rector hopes to keep focus on economic development and diversification

RANGELY | Jeff Rector will represent Rio Blanco County’s District 3 when he takes Jon Hill’s seat on the board of county commissioners after narrowly defeating Hill in the Republican primary last year. Rector isn’t the first member of his family to serve as county commissioner. His mother, Democrat Peggy[Read More…]

January 6, 2017 by Herald Times Staff Comments are Disabled

Former Rangely resident’s debut novel gets rave reviews

RANGELY | “I got really lucky,” is how former Rangely resident Erik Storey describes the release of his first novel, “Nothing Short of Dying.” It’s more than luck, though, based on the response from fellow authors and book reviewers. Jeffery Deaver, No. 1 international bestselling author of “The Bone Collector”[Read More…]

January 5, 2017 by editor Comments are Disabled

Cowboys host Grand Valley today at 6 p.m. …

Former Meeker High School graduate and four-time NCAA Division I All-American Joe LeBlanc offered a free wrestling clinic to wrestlers of all ages in Meeker. More than 25 wrestlers took advantage of the opportunity during the Christmas break. Meeker wrestling fans can watch Colorado’s 2A defending state champion Cowboys wrestle[Read More…]

January 5, 2017 by editor Comments are Disabled

King finishes cross-country run

January 2, 2017 by editor Comments are Disabled

Rangely’s TANK featured on CBS Sunday Morning

RANGELY | In the last few weeks the TANK Sonic Arts Studio has been featured by Denver’s Fox 31 news, Colorado Public Radio and on Christmas Day on CBS Sunday Morning’s national broadcast. While the unusual musical venue has been in the spotlight of state and local media multiple times[Read More…]

January 1, 2017 by editor Comments are Disabled

A real-life Christmas miracle

MEEKER | Once in a while you are lucky enough to see the real meaning of Christmas. This year was one of those times. There was a mother with three children whose sister fell ill with brain tumors. After several surgeries she had problems with reoccurring strokes and tumors and[Read More…]

December 30, 2016 by Special to the Herald Times 1 comment

Wrestling Clinic today …

December 29, 2016 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

Guest Editorial: Americans are right to worry about insurance

By Larry Hausner Special to the Herald Times RBC | Of all their concerns about healthcare, Americans are most worried about whether they can afford their insurance. That’s the key finding from a new Morning Consult survey of more than 20,000 people. It’s easy to see why Americans are so[Read More…]

December 26, 2016 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

CPW plans to reduce lions, bears to save deer

RBC | Colorado’s “mule deer factory” may be in trouble, and Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) has come up with a plan to try and save it by reducing predator numbers. The Piceance Basin supports the largest migratory mule deer population in Colorado for winter range. This area has been[Read More…]

December 25, 2016 by editor Comments are Disabled

Dinosaur, Ute Tribal Council revisit casino discussion

RANGELY | The mayor of Dinosaur, Colo., and several representatives from the Ute Tribal Council came before the Rangely board of trustees Dec. 13 seeking support for a proposed casino to be built in the Dinosaur area. Rumors have been flying, with some reports saying the casino will open April[Read More…]

December 24, 2016 by editor 1 comment