New Meeker fire chief says town is ‘a hidden gem’

MEEKER | In the four weeks since Terry Skidmore has been at the helm of the Meeker Volunteer Fire and Rescue Department he’s responded to a structure fire at a home on Water Street, a tractor-trailer rollover accident in the Piceance Basin, and a three-day search and rescue operation in the high country, and he couldn’t be more pleased about the people he’s working with.
“It’s amazing for a small town,” he said. “I want…