Meeker Herald ~ 125 years ago
Those lately through the country near the head of Piceance pronounce the gold excitement there simply a stake craze, the locators each trying to get 160 acres, says the Aspen Times.
The weather for the past week has been exceptionally fine. No snows nor storms, but bright, sunshiny days.
Five lions and four bob cats are said to be to the credit of the Roosevelt party for the first five days after leaving Meeker.
Meeker Herald ~ 100 years ago
It has been a busy week for the high school debate team. They will be debating in Glenwood this upcoming weekend.
If you like dancing, be sure to see those in the operetta, Friday, February 5th, Dunham hall.
The coldest night of the winter was last Sunday night when the mercury registered 21 below zero.
Meeker Herald ~ 50 years ago
The warm weather has been hurting the ice skating program lately but School Board members felt the response from the public has been good this year and voted Monday to fund the remainder of the ice rink behind the Jr. High School.
Nick Theos, prominent Meeker area rancher, was named chairman of the new Colorado Multiple Use Advisory Board.
Mrs. Jerome Carroll returned a week ago Saturday from Aberdeen, S.D. where she visited over the Christmas and New Year Holidays with her daughter Patricia Whiteley and family.
RANGELY TIMES ~ 50 years ago
Rangely got a new ambulance. The new ambulance is a 1975 Dodge, Beck-Rank, fully equipped with the latest in emergency and extrication equipment.
The Future Homemakers of America will hold their annual box supper, a fundraising event on January 27th at 7:30 in the High School.
A recently-issued socioeconomic impact study of oil shale development in the Uintah Basin projected a population impact of 12,535 people in two Utah counties and Rio Blanco County, Colorado.
RIO BLANCO HERALD TIMES ~ 25 years ago
Young John Mack Sheridan and Kaylee Turner were recently skating on the ice rink at the City Park in Meeker.
Decreased enrollment, reduced tax levy, and a loss of dual enrollment for high school students have all severely impacted the community college in Rangely.
The seventh and eighth grade girls from Barone Middle School opened their season against the Rangely Panthers at Meeker High School. The BMS seventh graders lost their only game while the eighth graders split with the Panthers.
Fruita’s Peter Frigetto to secure a team victory for the Cowboys.
