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Overton returns as owner of Meeker Auto Parts

MEEKER | Steve Overton is back in town as owner of Meeker Auto Parts, formerly owned by Bob Coquoz. Steve, who for the past five years has been doing commercial construction in Gilbert, Ariz., used to own the NAPA auto parts store with his brother Doug, from 1982 to 1998.

January 1, 2009 by Herald Times Staff Comments are Disabled

Hailee Hernandez

Meeker couple is thankful for their daughter, even as health and developmental issues make her life, and theirs, a daily challenge Their daughter has had four surgeries. The first one when she was eight days old. Then, when she was 21 days old, Hailee Hernandez had open heart surgery. About[Read More…]

November 27, 2008 by Jeff Burkhead Comments are Disabled

Breakfast with Santa is Dec. 6 in Meeker

MEEKER — No doubt about it, the season is officially underway after you eat breakfast with Santa. The whole family can do just that on Saturday, Dec. 6 at the Rio Blanco County fairgrounds extension building during the free ERBM Rec. and Park District-sponsored event “Breakfast with Santa.”

November 27, 2008 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

She’s Not Horsin’ Around

MEEKER — It wasn’t Beijing, but, for Susie Mihal, it might as well have been. “This is like the Olympics for the horse world,” Mihal’s friend Lori Farris said of the Grand National and World Championship Morgan Horse Show in Oklahoma City. “This is the championship for the United States[Read More…]

November 20, 2008 by Jeff Burkhead Comments are Disabled

Ladies Night Out at Meeker Rec Center

MEEKER — Ladies Night Out at the Meeker Rec Center pool will be Sunday, Nov. 16. From 5-6 p.m. only ladies age 21 and older will be admitted to the pool.

November 13, 2008 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

Meeker’s Lisa Belmonte is truly a marathon woman

Lisa Belmonte’s idea of fun is running long distances — 26.2 miles, to be exact. Belmonte runs marathons. She ran the Portland Marathon on Oct. 5, finishing 11th out of 639 in the women’s 35-39 age division and 44th overall out of 3,900 women. And, most importantly, her time qualified[Read More…]

November 6, 2008 by Jeff Burkhead Comments are Disabled

Brady Ross starts Meeker businesses

MEEKER — Brady Ross, formerly a loan officer with First National Bank of the Rockies in Meeker, has recently left employment with the bank to start two new businesses here in Meeker; RosKen, LLC and Rosken-Equipment, LLC.

November 6, 2008 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

Mountain lion blamed in dog’s death

MEEKER — John and Sherri Purkey lost one of their Chihuahuas on Sunday night. The Purkeys think the dog was the victim of a mountain lion attack. “We have heard of some sightings in our area,” Sherri said. “But we haven’t seen any ourselves.”

October 30, 2008 by Jeff Burkhead Comments are Disabled

MEEKER’S FAVORITE HAUNT: Willes’ Halloween display is back with a vengeance

Headhunters Haunted House is back. After a two-year break for personal reasons, Bill and Donna Willes’ front yard on Market Street is once again a veritable collage of the creepy, the spooky and, in some cases, the hauntingly humorous. To say the Willes enjoy Halloween would be an understatement.

October 30, 2008 by Jeff Burkhead Comments are Disabled