MEEKER | Pioneers Medical Center Home Health will be offering its monthly Foot Clinic on Tuesday at 10 a.m. at the Pines Apartments, 875 Water St. in Meeker.
Month: February 2014
Grants available to cut local fire risk
RBC I The Colorado Department of Natural Resources is accepting applications for a second round of awards under the Wildfire Risk Reduction Grant Program.
Cowboys host dual meet tourney Saturday
MEEKER I The No. 2-ranked 2A Meeker Cowboys wrestling team will host seven teams Saturday for a dual meet tournament, starting at 9:30 a.m. All the Cowboys got on the mat last week, when they wrestled in Palisade against the host Bulldogs and the Hotchkiss Bulldogs, losing to the former[Read More…]
Lady Cowboys remain unbeaten in league play
MEEKER I The Meeker High School girls’ basketball team continued their unbeaten league play as they defeated Soroco by 29 points and Hayden by 45 points over the weekend.
Panthers travel for competition
RANGELY I The Rangely High School wrestling team has been traveling the state and eastern Utah for unfamiliar competition this season, and that trend will continue this weekend. The Panthers traveled to the southwest corner of the state last weekend and will travel near to the southeast corner this weekend[Read More…]
Stockgrowers’ …
Bill Ekstrom, the Rio Blanco County agricultural Extension Service agent, was the first speaker during the public portion of the annual Rio Blanco Stockgrowers’ Association’s annual meeting on Saturday at the county courthouse in Meeker. Several other government spokesmen and ranchers spoke at the meeting regarding agricultural issues in Northwest[Read More…]
Pediatric Clinic open house Friday
MEEKER | Pioneers Medical Center’s Pediatric Care Clinic will hold a public open house on Friday afternoon.
Friday is deadline for chamber directory
MEEKER I As a Meeker Chamber of Commerce member, you can list your business in the local membership directory, include a coupon and reserve your ad space in the 2014 Meeker Booklet, which is created and distributed annually by the Chamber of Commerce. The deadline for this year’s booklet is[Read More…]
Colorado Northwestern athletes give back to community
RANGELY I While Colorado Northwestern Community College athletic teams use their experiences on the court, field or arena to hone skills and spur on improvement, the teams’ community efforts speak to a different kind of drive.
Public input on Colorado water sought in Rangely today and Meeker Feb. 24
RBC I Colorado is developing a water plan that will affect everyone, and roundtable discussions in Meeker and Rangely in February will help residents learn what they need to know and how to help shape the future of Colorado water.
JBC may assist with $476,366 of MSD’s funding shortfall
MEEKER I On Jan. 28, the Colorado State Legislature’s Joint Budget Committee (JBC) refined its decision to cover mid-year shortfalls for three rural school districts in the state, including Meeker, DeBeque and Pawnee.
In addition to the routine, county road and bridge eyes busy year
RBC I Each year, Rio Blanco County staff members identify priority road and bridge projects for the coming year, and, officials say, the county road system will receive a new bridge, asphalt overlays, drainage improvements, a wildlife crossing and intersection improvements during 2014.