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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.

Bobby Gutierrez, editor
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Deb Pettijohn, 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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Recent Popular Stories

CNCC Foundation Dinner raises more than $39,000

Roughly 170 persons attended the annual Colorado Northwestern Community College Foundation fundraising dinner Saturday at the Weiss Activities Center on campus. The amount of money raised at the event, which included dinner, a no-host bar and an auction, was $39,646, which goes to the foundation. Several awards were presented and gifts given by CNCC President [...]

The second doubleheader between Rio Blanco County’s two high school baseball teams was supposed to be played in Meeker, but, because of a wet field, the games were played in Rangely on Saturday, when the Panthers won both as they did in the first doubleheader. Playing for the Panthers this year are, in back, coach Gary Denny, coach West Torsell, Chad Bolding, Gabe Garcia, Cameron Enterline, Bryson Palacios, Layne Mecham, Jimmie Sherman, Tobie Gasper, Josh Bolding, coach Jeremy Lohry and coach Paul Fortunato. In front, Fredy Ruiz, Manny Madrid, Kelton Elam, Kiki Ruiz, Jessy Powell and Kaulan Brady.

Panthers take out Cowboys, twice

RBC I On Saturday, the Meeker baseball team played what was supposed to be the first home games of the season against the Rangley Panthers, but the games were moved to Rangley after the Meeker fields were subject to rain and snow. The first game was played by Meeker starters Alex Smith, Tanner Matrisciano, Jeremy [...]

Dressed in their Sunday finest are Mary Ann, Sally and Pauline Wilbur. All three girls have fond and vivid memories of family life growing up and the hard work that was involved in getting by without a lot of money to spend.

Work ethic, good sense, class define Wilbur family

MEEKER I Many people in Meeker are fortunate to have homesteaded land passed down through generations. The work it took to turn those homesteads into real homes is difficult to comprehend, but many of those homesteading families have maintained that work ethic and history for generations. These families have held fast to the foundational beliefs [...]

April 27: Drug take-back and bike auction

MEEKER I Meeker Police Department, in conjunction with several state health and law enforcement agencies, will join many cities and towns across the nation with its National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day on April 27. As part of the drug take-back event, the MPD will also hold a bicycle auction in which 14 refurbished bikes will [...]

Ten Meeker-area women portrayed members of the area’s pioneer families during the “Pioneer Women in Rio Blanco County” presentation put on by the Rio Blanco County Historical Society on Sunday at Kilowatt Korner in Meeker. Roughly 75 persons attended the program.

Program highlighted area pioneers

MEEKER I The Rio Blanco Historical Society’s “Pioneer Women of Rio Blanco County” program drew more than 70 persons Sunday to enjoy the telling of tales dating back at least decades in county history. The event, which was the historical society’s quarterly meeting, featured a smattering of business, a potluck luncheon and the history presentation [...]

Children’s music recording artist Lois LaFond spent time making music in the tank last week with several Rangely children (from left: Drew Zadra, Zane Wiley and Caleb Wiley). The Friends of the Tank successfully raised more than $46,000 in three weeks to secure and restore the unused water tank for the next generation of sound-makers.

Campaign raises more than $46,000 to save tank

RANGELY I The “Save the Tank” campaign may be over, but the task of saving the tank is just beginning. One year ago, the empty 60-by-30-foot water tank west of Rangely, a recording and performance space for musicians and composers for more than three decades, looked like it would be sold and taken down. By [...]

Sammi Wade, 22, has been listening to artists make music in the tank since she was a child. Last summer, she recorded “Sammi’s Song” with Friends of the Tank organizer Bruce Odland and other musicians. Listen to the clip online at www.tanksounds.org on “The Tank Channel.”

Locals try to save old Rangely tank

RANGELY I When musician and composer Bruce Odland first came to Rangely in 1976, it was the last stop of the Chautauqua Tour, a traveling arts festival funded by the Colorado Council on the Arts and Humanities. Odland carried sound equipment around town for three days, recording the sounds of pump jacks and big rigs, [...]

State champion…

Meeker High School activities director Brett Steinacher, who is a member of the Colorado High School Activities Association (CHSAA) wrestling committee, shakes hands with Meeker freshman TJ Shelton before presenting him with his gold medal and championship bracket at the 2013 Colorado State Wrestling Championships. Shelton is the first freshman from Meeker High School to [...]

Rangely chamber hosts annual Crab Crack

A record 306 tickets were sold for the annual Crab Crack, sponsored by the Rangely Area Chamber of Commerce last Saturday, filling the Colorado Room in the Weiss Center on the CNCC campus. Awards were announced by emcee Tim Webber and presented by RACC executive director Brooke Loshe. Sudexo catered the prepared 600 pounds of [...]

The Meeker Arts and Cultural Council in cooperation with the ERBM Recreation and Park District will present a dinner theatre production based on Aesop’s Fables, Saturday, Feb. 23 at the Fairfield Center. The cast includes local community actors and members of the school drama club. Pictured are Faye Peterson, Michelle Smith, Kalene Weinholdt, Katerine Eliasen, Mariah Jensen and Ohana Mataeia stand around Jason Hightower. Not pictured are Stephy Joos, Caleb Jensen and McKenna Kummer. Contact the WRBM at 878-3403 for tickets, which must be purchased in advance.

Dinner theater in Meeker Feb. 23

MEEKER I The Meeker Arts and Cultural Council (MACC) in cooperation with the ERBM Recreation and Park District will present a dinner theatre production based on Aesop’s Fables on Saturday, Feb. 23 at 6 p.m. at the Fairfield Center. This hilarious production stars local community actors and high school drama club members who have been [...]

Meeker resident Nettie Faye Modlin thanks Frank Cooley for taking her son Larry (pictured with his wife Becky) skiing as a boy in Meeker. She’s proud her son “pays it forward.” As owner of Alpine Haus in Greeley, Larry ran a ski bus service to resorts near Greeley six times a year and was known as “one of northern Colorado’s leaders of recreation.”

Larry Modlin “pays it forward”

MEEKER I Larry Modlin, a Meeker High School alumnus and son of Nettie Faye and the late Lon Modlin, is retiring after 47 years of running his own businesses. At 67 he looks forward to skiing with his twin grandsons who also live in Greeley. Modlin grew up in Meeker and lived at the top [...]

Patty as a baby, held by her mother Annie, with her father Dallas Collins and brothers Dick and Joe.

Life lessons from the Andersons

MEEKER I Imagine if people learned at least one thing, if not more, from one conversation every day. That was the case in a conversation with Harold and Patty Anderson. They not only had history to share, as Harold is often referred to as “a walking history book,” the couple’s words and honest wisdom are [...]

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CNCC Foundation Dinner raises more than $39,000

Panthers take out Cowboys, twice

Work ethic, good sense, class define Wilbur family

April 27: Drug take-back and bike auction

Program highlighted area pioneers

Campaign raises more than $46,000 to save tank

Locals try to save old Rangely tank

State champion…

Rangely chamber hosts annual Crab Crack

Dinner theater in Meeker Feb. 23

Larry Modlin “pays it forward”

Life lessons from the Andersons

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