MEEKER | During the past weeks younger generations such as the Gen Zs (born between 1995 and 2015) and some Millennials (1980-1994) started using the phrase “OK, Boomer.” It started trending on social media and soon it wasn’t just the younger generations using the term. People seem to have mixed[Read More…]
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CNCC Corner: New personnel energize CNCC campuses
RBC | Welcome to the first monthly update for Colorado Northwestern Community College. Over the next several months we will share more about what is happening at CNCC while spotlighting our outstanding programs, personnel and students. I want to begin by thanking all our local communities for the support they[Read More…]
{OPED} Loose Ends: A teacher or a writer?
MEEKER | “So, which are you, a teacher or a writer? The blunt question took me aback for a minute. I had only been teaching in this community (and anywhere else for that matter) for a couple of years. When I accepted the part-time teaching position, I was working in[Read More…]
Editor’s Column: News isn’t always what you want to read, or what we want to print
If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.” ~George Orwell We are wildly blessed to live in a place where 95% of the time we can share good news, report on happy stories and applaud awards achieved and[Read More…]
Sophia’s Soapbox: New MHS programs started by honor society
MEEKER | The transition from eighth grade to freshman year is one of the hardest to make. Not only do classes and grades drastically change, so does the whole social atmosphere. To help accommodate with the big jump, Meeker High School’s National Honor Society (NHS), has created a program to[Read More…]
OPED: Colorado journalism needs public support
RBC | There was a time, not so long ago, when the two of us were foes in a “newspaper war.” We thought that the winner would be in a position to thrive as the sole surviving major newspaper in the Denver metropolitan area. Were we ever wrong. John’s Rocky[Read More…]
{OPED} Loose Ends: The Real West
MEEKER | “Do you ever get over the blueness of the sky?” is a question that has been asked by more than a few visitors to our house over the years. Most of them are from another section of the country and used to seeing gunmetal grey over their heads.[Read More…]
(OPED) Peer Perspective: Blocking out the sun
RBC | Have you ever considered the really amazing illusion of whether or not a dime can completely block out the sun? I can picture it onstage in Las Vegas with a world-famous magician trying to dazzle an audience with such a feat! Well, to see how this might look[Read More…]
{OPED} High School: Under Construction
MEEKER | Many in the community know what’s happening with the construction of the new high school, but what many don’t know is how the students and staff are currently feeling with everything going on. Porter Hossack, currently a Meeker High School sophomore says he’s excited for “things to be[Read More…]
OPED: Meeker School District ‘accredited with distinction’ for a fourth year
MEEKER | The Meeker School District has been Accredited with Distinction four years in a row! The Colorado Department of Education annually releases a District Performance Framework (DPF) for each school district in the state. The DPF contains a score derived from the tests required by the State of Colorado[Read More…]
Loose Ends: Rebuilding the bridge between cultures
MEEKER | “Where did the Indians go?” continues to be a commonly asked question from first time visitors to this area. The White River Utes were removed to a desert reservation from their homeland in 1879 after Indian Agent Nathan Meeker and the other men working with him were killed.[Read More…]
Loose Ends: ‘S’pose you youngsters could use a little help’
MEEKER | “S’pose you youngsters could use a little help.” This warm, western, welcome from an area resident has continued throughout our years of living in this rural community and continues to be extended whenever we travel throughout the state. After traveling many miles from home, someone who has heard[Read More…]