Support for Gates campaign Dear Editor:I am writing to express my support for Ty Gates for Rio Blanco County Commissioner. I have known Ty for nearly 30 years. He grew up in Meeker and worked in the family businesses of ranching and guiding and outfitting. He continues to be involved[Read More…]
Tag: Letters To The Editor
Letter to the Editor: Thanks for using common sense
Thanks for using common sense Dear Editor: I want to thank everyone who is using common sense in social distancing and mask wearing. Please remember to use masks carefully and keep them washed. If used improperly, they can be more of a hazard than a help. Thank you to everyone making masks[Read More…]
Letters to the Editor: April 23, 2020
Please clean up Dear Editor: I really love where I live in Rangely and in Rio Blanco County, but I would like to bring something to everyone’s attention: certain residents who reside on County Road 101. Because you don’t pay attention to your Dumpsters and trash cans I am continually[Read More…]
Letter: Proud to be a Boomer
Dear Editor: I find it fascinating that Generation Z think they are so knowledgeable to come up with the idea that Boomers are “Wrecking their futures” with some of the policies and ignorance that goes on in today’s world.” Going by the definition of Generation Z, the oldest this generation[Read More…]
Letter: Nielsen announces bid for commissioner
Dear Editor: I, Scott Nielsen, am announcing my candidacy for Rio Blanco County Commissioner. As many of you know I was born and graduated in Meeker. I joined the United States Army shortly after graduating and have an Honorable Discharge. After working in Colorado, Oklahoma and California I returned to[Read More…]
Letter to the Editor: Please be patient and trust the process
Dear Editor: This is a request to all of my amazing customers and community: Meeker Drugs will be changing hours and processes just for the next 8 weeks. My staff will do their very best to maintain customer satisfaction and continue to provide the level of service you deserve however,[Read More…]
Letter: What is Club 20?
Dear Editor: We at Club 20 are pleased to have been included in your news report on the Rio Blanco County Commissioners’ meeting in Rangely Sept. 18. You reported that RBC commissioner, Si Woodruff, told the board Reed Kelley had been “nominated to represent RBC at Club 20 as a[Read More…]
Letter to the Editor: Surprise from Barone StuCo appreciated
Dear Editor: Recently, we attended a Barone Middle School assembly where we presented the Patriot’s Pen Award to Kolbi Franklin. We were asked to remain at the front while the Barone Student Council presented us with an envelope containing proceeds from their sale of refreshments at sporting events during the[Read More…]
Letter to the Editor: Letter from a pilot on Germanwings tragedy
Dear Editor: “It’s OK that I am away from my family to take you to yours. It’s my job, my pleasure, my passion, my life as a pilot.
Letter to the Editor: WREA thanks electric linemen, apologizes for oversight
Dear Editor: White River Electric Association would like to acknowledge an oversight in its recognition of Lineman Appreciation Day in the April 9, 2015, Rio Blanco Herald Times. White River Electric inadvertently left Dusty Allen’s name out of the listing of White River Electric Linemen.
Letter to the Editor: Opposed to county use of old school
Dear Editor: Destruction of the old elementary school for a jail? An article in the Rio Blanco Herald Times [April 25 edition] indicated that the Board of County Commissioners and the Meeker Town Council had met on April 22 and discussed turning the old elementary school over to the county[Read More…]
Letter to the Editor: The train to Auschwitz II is waiting at the station
Dear Editor: The mainstream media will deny tactics by the Obama administration that includes arrest and execution of our citizens without due process of law. The 2013 National Defense Authorization Act, signed into law on Jan. 2, 2013, by President Obama allows the arrest and indefinite military detention of U.S.[Read More…]