MEEKER | The Meeker School Board had its first meeting of the school year Monday. Many topics were on the agenda regarding COVID-19 related items. One of the main topics discussed was the new tobacco tax that will be on the ballot in November. This tax will hopefully bring more[Read More…]
Month: August 2020
2020 Summer Rodeo Results
MEEKER | That’s a wrap on the 2020 Meeker Summer Rodeo Series season. Last Thursday some of the top cowboys and cowgirls in the series competed in the finals. Over 30 bull riders showed up to compete for cash that had stacked up over the past couple weeks when no[Read More…]
Panthers continue to prep for season
RANGELY | The Rangely Panthers cross country team isn’t wasting any time as they prepare for the upcoming season. In just their second week of practice, the young Panthers began testing themselves with a 1,600-meter time trial on Tuesday night and then got their first taste of competition at a[Read More…]
HERE’S YOUR SIGN …
Work continues on a Dollar General on Rangely’s Main Street. The store is still on schedule to open in October. —ROXIE FROMANG PHOTO
Days Gone By: Aug. 27, 2020
The Meeker Herald | 125 years ago • An editor who has been dealing with the average mankind, draws the following conclusion: “A few complimentary notices will often puff a man up like a balloon, and often swell his head so big that everybody can notice that he is overconscious of[Read More…]
Area Agency on Aging offering COVID grants
RBC | The Area Agency on Aging (AAA) received emergency funds through the COVID-19 CARES Act to help in the delivery of services to older adults in Garfield, Mesa, Moffat, Rio Blanco and Routt Counties during COVID-19. The AAA has $100,000 available with grant awards being capped at a maximum[Read More…]
Cowboy Classic …
Although Cowboy football will not be playing until February, the Cowboy Kickoff Classic took place on schedule last Friday at the Meeker Golf Course. Ten teams competed for the top two spots to help support Cowboy football in their largest fundraiser of the year. This year the top spot went[Read More…]
Three more tourneys for Cowboy linksmen
MEEKER | MHS Cowboy golf has three additional tournaments under their belts. The teams, which are chosen by a golf-off, have five members traveling the courses of western Colorado. “We have seen good improvement from Montrose,” commented head coach Willy Theos. “I’m seeing some great shots and some good holes[Read More…]
Cowboy cross country hosts scrimmage
MEEKER | Meeker hosted Rangely and Soroco in an early season scrimmage on Saturday, Aug. 22. The races started and finished on the field at Sanderson Hills Park, with two laps of approximately 1.5 miles on the lower trails. Twenty-one boys started, seven of whom were Cowboys. Colby Clatterbaugh was[Read More…]
More Fair…
RBC | Rebecca Elder and daughter Rachel participated in the RBC Fair horse show this year. (Bottom) Rachel says goodbye to her 4-H sheep after the livestock show. Full fair results and official photos were not available by press time.
Back in session…
RBC | Meeker and Rangely schools started the new year on Monday, Aug. 24.
Clean-up operations underway on oil spill near Parkview Elementary School
RANGELY | Last week a concerned citizen informed the Herald Times about a potential oil spill just to the south of Rangely’s Parkview Elementary School. Images submitted to the HT showed an unknown volume of what appeared to be oil near the base of large storage tanks on the site.[Read More…]