RBC | Associated Governments of Northwest Colorado (AGNC) has submitted a Colorado Open Records Act (CORA) request to determine if the Colorado Parks and Wildlife Commission and the Governor’s office are planning to “fast-track” the reintroduction of wolves into the state. In an opinion piece on Colorado Politics (https://www.coloradopolitics.com/opinion/opinion-wolf-initiative-will-come-back-to-bite-us/article), AGNC[Read More…]
Year: 2021
MHS students start fundraiser
MEEKER | Meeker High School students Ainsley Selle and Savannah Mendenhall have recently created a program called Hope for Healing Hands, designed to give back to healthcare workers, EMTs, school staff and administrators, and law enforcement. The idea started when the two students saw how COVID-19 has impacted those on[Read More…]
Town considers code changes
MEEKER | In the first official Board of Trustees meeting for 2021, the town reviewed a proposed assessment and design of the White River corridor through town, completed in conjunction with the Eastern Rio Blanco Metropolitan Recreation and Park District and SWCA Environmental Consulting out of Broomfield, Colorado. The study[Read More…]
Editor’s Column: Maybe politics shouldn’t be a profit game
Anyone who thought politics was a slow-moving game, or dreadfully dull, has had that idea challenged this year. Now almost every political race is a neck-and-neck battle to the finish line (if a finish line can ever be agreed upon… how I miss those simpler times). It’s exciting when a[Read More…]
Loose Ends: Resolutions
MEEKER | Are you tired of making resolutions year after year, only to watch them fade away shortly after making them? According to a study done by social scientists, most of us are not tired of this tradition. The majority of us continue to try to make a new start[Read More…]
Barber on the run
MEEKER | Jason Boudreaux has a lot of stories to tell. Whether you catch him outside the local Go-Fer Foods, run into him on the street, or sit down for a haircut in his barber chair, you’re sure to hear at least one of them. Growing up in Lafayette, Louisiana,[Read More…]
Letters to the Editor: Jan 7, 2020
PMC’s column Dear Editor:Authors generally attach their names to their publications. A series of Guest Columns in your newspaper related to COVID-19 carries the byline “Pioneers Medical Center Providers.” Who is writing these articles? And what is their purpose? The articles say that we should not trust the experts. Is[Read More…]
Snowy Snaps
Obituary: Vena Meb Smith Wardell
April 9, 1924 ~ Dec. 28, 2020 Vena Meb Smith Wardell of Rangely, Colorado, passed away peacefully on Dec. 28, 2020, at the age of 96. She was born April 9, 1924, in Riverton, Utah, the first of five children to Clifton and Alma Rasmussen Smith. She was the last[Read More…]
Obituary: Kirk A. Womack
April 21, 1952 ~ Dec. 30, 2020 Meeker resident, Kirk Womack, passed away surrounded by family on Wednesday afternoon. He was 68. Kirk was born to Jack and Nyda Womack in April 1952. During his childhood he lived and attended schools in Lovington, Tatum, and Hobbs, New Mexico. He ran[Read More…]
Obituary: Sue Ann Smith
April 15, 1934 ~ Dec. 30, 2020 Sue Ann was born April 15, 1934, to George Jr. and Eileen (Hite) Elliott at her grandparents’ farm home in Phillipsburg, Kansas. Throughout her childhood, she lived and attended schools in many places before settling in Meeker, Colorado, for her junior and senior[Read More…]
Days Gone By: Dec 7, 2020
The Meeker Herald – 125 years ago Some folks, like tug boats, seldom accomplish anything without a great deal of puffing and blowing; but unlike tug boats, they often puff and blow without accomplishing anything. The skating pond has proved a popular attraction and is drawing large crowds of merrymakers[Read More…]