News across Rio Blanco County
DAYS GONE BY – October 1, 2026
Meeker Herald ~ 125 years ago It has been discovered that Boston baked beans come from California. Are we to have no traditional illusions left? Dr. Ketcham returns to the capital city with the hide of a black bear to his credit. The doctor intended to leave for Denver Monday…
EDITOR’S COLUMN – Remembering
Grief is like the ocean; it comes on waves ebbing and flowing. Sometimes the water is calm, and sometimes it is overwhelming. All we can do is learn to swim.” ~ Vicki Harrison When I go to the “big city” (in Meeker terms, that’s anything over 5,000 people), one of my [Read…
LOOSE ENDS – Finding our humor
Special to the HT Why is it some comedians are able to lighten our moods so easily, while others create discomfort or uneasy feelings that threaten to undermine our mental equilibrium? Most likely, the source of that general malaise and mistrust rests in that murky social miasma…
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR – October 1, 2026
Experience Dear Editor: How valuable is actual working experience in an assessor’s office prior to running for the assessors position? I am writing this letter in support of Stacey Gould being elected as Rio Blanco County assessor in November. She is a write-in candidate, and it…
Bear reports up 237.5% in Rio Blanco County
Bear activity is up sharply in Rio Blanco County this year, with Colorado Parks and Wildlife receiving 189 bear reports between Jan. 1 and Sept. 13. That compares with just 56 reports during the same period in 2025 — an increase of about 237.5%, according to Rachael Gonzales,…
OH HAIL NO
Hail pounded Meeker Saturday afternoon in the middle of the Mustang Makeover, with some stones measuring nearly the size of golf balls. Check out a video of the storm on TikTok @ht.1885 CAITLIN WALKER | HT PHOTO The post OH HAIL NO first appeared on The Herald Times .