Rollins heading to state competition. Meeker’s cross country team traveled to Dolores for the 2A Region 4 meet on Friday. Telluride was the host school this year, and held the meet on the Boggy Draw trails. The girls raced first, and Haylee Steele managed the course in 29:03, finishing 68th[Read More…]
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BLESSED
People and their pets gathered on the lawn at St. James’ Episcopal Church for the annual Blessing of the Animals service in honor of the feast day for St. Francis of Assisi. Multiple dogs and a single cat present, as well as a handful of pets represented virtually, received a[Read More…]
Meeker opposes Prop HH, discusses parking, lighting
MEEKER | Meeker’s Board of Trustees approved a resolution opposing Proposition HH on Tuesday. The resolution states, in part, “…the Town of Meeker relies on property tax revenue to provide street maintenance, snow plowing, infrastructure improvements, police protection, and code enforcement. Fire, ambulance, health, and other critical services in Meeker[Read More…]
MHS Give Back Day a success
Meeker | On Friday, Oct. 13 Meeker High School put on their second annual Give Back Day. More than 80 students showed up to aid elderly and disabled members of the community. Student Council organized the event. Volunteers arrived at Meeker High School at 8:30 a.m. to receive their team[Read More…]
Pioneers Medical Center receives $600K Coal Transition grant
PRESS RELEASE MEEKER | Governor Polis, the Office of Just Transition (OJT) within the Colorado Department of Labor & Employment, and the Office of Economic Development & International Trade (OEDIT) have partnered to fund pivotal economic development projects in Meeker and Yampa, Colorado. These Coal Transition Community grants are intended[Read More…]
Accident on CR 8 claims life of one Meeker teen, another hospitalized
MEEKER | A single-vehicle crash on County Road 8 at mile-marker 4 at approximately 9:20 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 14, resulted in one fatality. According to the Colorado State Patrol (CSP), a Pontiac Sunfire driven by a 16-year-old male from Meeker, was traveling westbound on CR 8. The driver swerved[Read More…]
How to keep carved pumpkins fresh (and fierce) for Halloween
RBC | This year my fella and I carved a pumpkin a bit too early, the poor thing probably won’t see this weekend, let alone Halloween. In our defense, we did know it wasn’t going to make it that long, but he was leaving on a longer job and we[Read More…]
Home Fire
kim ekstrom photo Meeker Fire and Rescue was paged at 6:18 a.m. on Monday, Oct. 9 for a fire on a porch on County Rd. 36. “We arrived to heavy smoke and fire with extension into the house. The fire was knocked down within a few minutes, but the fire[Read More…]
Jury convicts Meeker man on felony sexual assault charges
MEEKER | Meeker resident Joey Dean Muir, 35, was convicted by a 12-person jury in Rio Blanco County District Court on Oct. 5, 2023. Muir had pleaded not guilty to two felony charges of sexual assault, including assault with no consent and assault with a 10-year age difference. Muir was[Read More…]
Meeker School District meeting report: Oct. 9th, 2023
MEEKER | Meeker School District Board of Education met Monday, Oct. 9 for a short special meeting followed by work sessions. During the special meeting the board approved personnel hires of Nicole Baldwin as a classified substitute (custodial) and Kevin Borchard as a Middle School Boys Basketball assistant coach. They[Read More…]
Reviewing HoCo 2023
BY OPAL MUNGER Special to the Herald Times RBC | Homecoming Week of 2023 happened this past week, it was quite busy. A fierce competition between the four classes commenced between dress-up days, Coin Wars and the parade. The students chose Family Game Night as the Homecoming theme this year.[Read More…]
Oktoberfest 2023 Schedule of Events
