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Guest Column: Water Solutions are a Priority

By DYLAN ROBERTS State Senator We all know that out here in Western Colorado, water is life. It sustains our agriculture, powers our outdoor recreation economy, and is the keystone of the beautiful environment we all cherish. All of us also know that our state’s water future faces immense challenges; from[Read More…]

October 11, 2023 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

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Guest Column: The first agency

This June a new sign was placed along RBC County Road 8. If you are traveling east toward Buford and Trappers Lake you will pass right by it. Look for it just past the 6-mile marker on the right-hand side. It is worth the time. The sign is a culmination[Read More…]

September 27, 2023 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

Guest Column: Sweet Sisters

Headline in the Steamboat Pilot May 22, 1947: RANGELY OFFICER WANTS LARGE SUM FOR ALLEGED LIBEL. Town Marshal John Howlett alleged in the complaint that an article published in the Rangely News was libelous and “brought great shame, humiliation and mortification to the plaintiff.” The article in question was published[Read More…]

September 20, 2023 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

Letter to the Editor: Gratitude for help during difficult time

Dear Editor, The family of Susan Fredrickson would like to take this opportunity to express our profound gratitude to so many dear people after the passing of our beloved wife, mother, grandmother, sister, aunt, and friend. The sympathy and compassion expressed to us through calls, cards, texts and flowers was[Read More…]

September 13, 2023 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

Letter to the Editor: CSP partners with Georgetown U for ABLE Project

Dear Editor, As the Chief of the Colorado State Patrol, I am excited to announce a partnership with the Georgetown University Law Center for Innovations in Community Safety (CICS) to implement the Active Bystandership for Law Enforcement (ABLE) Project. Law enforcement officers frequently face high-stress, high-stakes decisions as they fulfill[Read More…]

September 13, 2023 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

Guest Column: Lost

By ED PECK All who wander are not lost. Except guys. We get lost, we are not just wandering. Of course, we claim we are taking “the scenic route,” but we are lost. Part of the creed written on the back of our “Man Card” says, “Never Stop and Ask[Read More…]

September 13, 2023 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

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Loose Ends: Revolutionizing the wake-up call

By DOLLY VISCARDI Smart watch wearers say that one of the reasons they sport a version of this arm jewelry 24/7 is that the device reminds them to remember to perform some essential daily duties, like waking up. Apparently hitting the phone snooze button one too many times has become[Read More…]

September 6, 2023 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

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Guest Column: Camp Hale

By ED PECK WHAT!? I joined the Army to fight the Japanese Imperial Army and you want me to strap two barrel slats on my feet and slide down a snow pile in Colorado?! I want transferred…er, Sir? You may occasionally see a Colorado license plate with the shield of[Read More…]

September 6, 2023 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

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County Fairs: A Celebration

By REP. MEGHAN LUKENS Whether you are a fan of prize pigs, storytelling quilts, or junior livestock auctions, there is something for everyone at the Northwest Colorado County Fairs. Like the agricultural heritage that our region celebrates, county fairs are central to our modern experience in this part of the[Read More…]

September 6, 2023 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

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Guest Column: Hazen’s Daughters

By ED PECK George Hazen’s daughters did well also in Meeker. Miss Agnes Hazen was teaching at the Mesa School on May 4, 1889. Her sister, Grace Evangeline Hazen Adams, also taught school in Axial about 1892. According to the April 7, 1894, Meeker Herald, Agnes was the assistant principal[Read More…]

August 30, 2023 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

Our Founding Fathers: Part One

No, not George Washington, our first President, but George S. Hazen, one of Meeker’s founding fathers. One of our earliest settlers and owners of the Meeker Town Company. Our George may not have been as colorful as Washington. I do not know if he owned any wooden false teeth or[Read More…]

August 16, 2023 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

Guest Column: Legislative action on wildfire

By Dylan Roberts | State Senate District 8 Even after a winter with substantial snowfall and a spring and early summer full of considerable rain and cooler temperatures, we now enter August and the Fall with drier conditions and an increasing risk of wildfire. As of this writing, several fires[Read More…]

August 9, 2023 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled