Staff

If you would like to contact a member of the staff directly, the following is their e-mail information. You can also reach them at 970.878.4017 or 970.675.5033.

Sean McMahon, editor
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Janae Stansworth, subscriptions, classifieds, legal notices, display ads and billing
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Debbie Watson, classifieds, display ads and billing
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Tonya Morris, ad and page design, Colorado Hunting Club GM
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Niki Turner, Meeker town beat, proofreader, ad design
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Mitch Bettis, publisher
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Ag and Business Day offers something for everyone

MEEKER I Aug. 26 will be an educational and entertaining day for those who have any tie to agriculture — or not. Agriculture, general business education, the “State of the County” address and renowned livestock handler and autism expert Temple Grandin are all on slate during the day. Sponsored by the Meeker Chamber of Commerce […]

Regas Halandras sworn in as new mayor of Meeker

MEEKER I Lifelong Meeker resident Regas Halandras was sworn in Tuesday night as the new mayor of Meeker, having moved up from his termed-out seat on the Meeker Town Board, where he had served eight years. Halandras is a second-generation native of the area and the son of Gus and Christine Halandras of Meeker. He […]

Tessa Slagle, right, a senior at Rangely High School, meets with Colorado’s U.S. Sen. Michael Bennett, left, outside of the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington D.C. during a week spent in the nation’s capitol as one of two Colorado students chosen for a U.S. Senate-sponsored program to acquaint students with the workings of the federal government. At center is high school senior Chinmay Pandit of Fort Collins.

RHS senior Tessa Slagle represents state in D.C.; learns Washington ways

RANGELY I Rangely High School senior Tessa Slagle, one of two Colorado delegates chosen for the 2014 U.S. Senate Youth Program (USSYP), returned last month from “Washington Week,” part of a national initiative aimed at helping students understand the inner workings of the U.S. government and to encourage careers in public service. The program, begun […]

2013-2014 Miss Colorado Teen and The Pageant U.S. National Teen Alyssa Magalong, a sophomore at Colorado Northwestern Community College in Rangely stands behind locks of hair cut during the Pantene Beautiful Lengths ponytail cutting event March 20. Twenty-two donors gave a combined 247 inches of hair to the organization, which makes real-hair wigs for women with cancer. The event ties into Magalong’s pageant platform, Support for Cancer Patients.

22 donate hair to aid cancer victims

RANGELY I Twenty-two donors ages 6 to 43 donated a combined 247 inches of hair at the Pantene Beautiful Lengths ponytail cutting event on March 20 on the Colorado Northwestern Community College (CNCC) campus in Rangely. CNCC LeaderTrek students and 2013-2014’s Miss Colorado Teen and The Pageant U.S. National Teen Alyssa Magalong, a CNCC sophomore, […]

10th annual CNCC Foundation Dinner and Dance

Cary Baird, left, the community engagement specialist for Chevron, presents a check for $25,000 to Peggy Rector, president of the Colorado Northwestern Community College Foundation, left, and CNCC President Russell George, right, during the 10th Annual CNCC Foundation Dinner on Saturday night at CNCC. The check, dinner tickets and prolific bidders in the silent and […]

Paul Sheridan, president of the board at Pioneers Medical Center, welcomed more than 120 people to the groundbreaking ceremony Friday for the new hospital, to be built just off of Highway 13, about 2 miles north and east of Meeker.

Pioneers breaks ground on new hospital

MEEKER I On Friday afternoon, amid cloudy and breezy skies, more than 120 people attended the groundbreaking ceremony for the new Pioneers Medical Center, two miles northeast of downtown Meeker. The launch of the new healthcare facility is an exciting new chapter in the proud history of Pioneers Medical Center and the Walbridge Memorial Wing […]

Six Destination Imagination teams from Meeker qualified in Rifle recently for the state competition. In addition, The Seven Mischief Minions of the Mind and the Snack Attacks received Da Vinci awards, given to teams who have a unique approach to a solution. The Hepta-tectives team received the Renaissance Award, given for outstanding skill in the areas of design, engineering or performance. The six teams will head to the state tournament in April.

Six DI teams from Meeker headed to state

MEEKER I Meeker was well represented with 10 teams at the 2014 Western Slope Regional Destination Imagination Tournament in Rifle during the past weekend. Six of those teams will be going to the state competition in April. In the introductory level, there were two Rising Stars teams, the Silly Superstars (Tyler Sanders, Will Schwartz, Landin […]

County presents justice center concept plan

MEEKER I Roughly 90 people were present the evening of March 12 as the Rio Blanco County commissioners unveiled their concept drawing for turning the old Meeker Elementary School into a new justice center, which would hold the county jail, courts, sheriff’s office, county attorney and staff and court-related offices. Those present heard a 90-minute […]