MEEKER — Only six wrestlers from Barone Middle School had the required nine practices needed to compete in the first tournament of the season last Saturday at Craig Middle School. Although extra wrestlers from other teams wrestled with the young Cowboys, they did not win any of the duals but[Read More…]
Author: Bobby Gutierrez
Eagles crush Panthers 81-34
RANGELY — The district semifinal game between Rangely and the Paonia Eagles started well for the Panthers but ended in a crushing 34-81 defeat to end the season for the Panthers.
Cowboys lose in semis to defending state champions
MEEKER — The challenge was huge for the Meeker boys’ basketball team: play the defending state champions in the semifinals game of the district tournament, a must win for the Cowboys.
Paonia ends season for lady Cowboys in double overtime
MEEKER — “They played so hard, the final score was not indicative of the game,” Meeker girls head basketball coach Hallie Blunt said of the district semifinal game her team played against the Eagles in Paonia last Friday. The Eagles ended the season for Meeker with a 70-55 victory. The[Read More…]
Correction: March 6, 2008
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Commissioners approve Williams gas plant project
RBC — Rio Blanco County Commissioners approved a Special Use License (SUL) for Williams Field Services Company for the construction, operation and maintenance of the Willow Creek Gas Plant Project in the Piceance Basin last Monday.
Four RBC wrestlers finish second in the big show
RBC — “It was the first time I got to walk out of the tunnel,” Rangely head wrestling coach Jeff LeBleu said of the parade of champions, a ceremony where coaches and/or fathers walk out of the four tunnels and onto the floor of Pepsi Center with wrestlers before the[Read More…]
Meeker defeats Plateau Valley Cowboys to advance to semis
MEEKER — A 59-44 win over the Plateau Valley Cowboys in the quarterfinal round of the district tournament advances the Meeker Cowboys to the semifinals this Friday in Paonia. Meeker will play the No. 1 seeded and defending state champion Grand Valley Cardinals.
Meeker girls team end season for lady Panthers
RBC — The two Rio Blanco County girls basketball teams played against each other in the final week of the regular season and were matched up in the first round of the district tournament. The second game was closer but the outcome was the same. Meeker defeated Rangely 47-35 last[Read More…]
Lady Cowboys end regular season with two wins
MEEKER — The Meeker girls basketball team finished the regular season on a winning note and earned a home game in the quarterfinals of the district tournament.
Cowboys send four to state wrestling in Denver
MEEKER — Josh Prescott has been on Meeker’s varsity wrestling team all four years of his high school career and and has qualified for the “big show” all four years but never as a regional champion.
BLM hosts open house
MEEKER — Although commercial oil shale development on federal lands is many years away, the Bureau of Land Management held an open house last Thursday to inform the public about the draft resource management plan amendments and Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (PEIS) for oil shale and tar sands in Colorado,[Read More…]
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The Barone Middle School track team competed and placed well in the meet in West Grand last weekend. The eighth grade boys won the overall meet. Read the recap online at ht1885.com.
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The Meeker Preschool Roundup will be held this Friday, April 26th from 8am to 4pm!
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Gear up for an unforgettable adventure with the 2024 Ride The Rockies Route, set to unfold from June 9th to 15th! Read all about this new and exciting adventure visiting Meeker this year in this week’s edition and online at ht1885.com.
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Rangely Panther Kobey Chism (#22) has been selected to play in the 2024 8-man football all-state game. He’s sponsored by the Bleed Green Lancaster #17 Foundation. Story at ht1885.com.
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The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and the Rio Blanco Fire Protection District (RBFPD) will begin work on a firebreak northwest of the Town of Meeker this month. Read about it online at ht1885.com.
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You can always find a reason to laugh... start with yourself. Hear from our Editor in her column this week online at ht1885.com.
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The amount of money reported lost to fraud and scams in the United States nearly tripled from $3.5 billion in 2020 to $10 billion in 2023, according to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). Learn the tricks to help protect yourself and your family in this week’s edition and online at ht1885.com.
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About 80 Meeker Elementary Students participated in the reading competition. Prizes were distributed according to the most minutes read by each student. Story at ht1885.com.
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