MEEKER | The 2022-23 school year commenced Monday in Meeker, and the school board gathered for its first meeting of the new year Monday evening. Sam Hightower and Finley Deming were recognized for their second place finish at the national FCCLA competition earlier this summer, and administrators acknowledged the success[Read More…]
Author: editor
Stuff, stuff and more stuff
“We live in an age when unnecessary things are our only necessities.” ~ Oscar Wilde The train that carries passengers into Denver from the west travels through the backyards of several suburban neighborhoods, both high- and low-end, and provides a glimpse into aspects of American life that are usually tucked[Read More…]
Town of Meeker, ERBM rec board hold joint work session
The Town of Meeker’s board of trustees and the Eastern Rio Blanco Metropolitan Recreation and Park District’s board of directors met in a joint work session Tuesday. They heard a presentation by Walt Proctor, director of the Yellow Jacket Water Conservancy District, regarding a proposed display at Circle Park that[Read More…]
“Set up a life you don’t need to escape from.”
It’s our birthday! This week’s edition marks the start of the 138th volume of this newspaper. Every year we reach this milestone with a sigh of relief. We made it another year, thanks mostly to all of you, our readers, advertisers and subscribers.Birthdays and anniversaries are a good time for[Read More…]
County Beat: August 9, 2022 Meeting
RBC Commissioners met at the courthouse in Meeker Tuesday and heard from Bill Mills, one of the White River Field Office field managers for the Bureau of Land Management. Mills congratulated BLM staff members Kyle Arnold, Tyrell Turner, Matt Dupire and James Roberts for “very successfully completing the largest horse[Read More…]
A Fair Lady
Collins celebrates 77 years of county fair entries Donna Collins—better known as DC—hasn’t missed entering something in the county fair for the last 77 years. If you’ve visited the Rio Blanco County Fair anytime in the last 30-plus years, you’ve seen DC’s name on various indoor exhibits and in the[Read More…]
Editor’s Column: Tick Tock
If your ego starts out, ‘I am important, I am big, I am special,’ you’re in for some disappointments when you look around at what we’ve discovered about the universe. No, you’re not big. No, you’re not. You’re small in time and in space. And you have this frail vessel[Read More…]
Changes coming to Meeker School District
Selle to take over as interim elementary principal; first day of school Aug. 22 With the start of the 2022-23 school year only a few weeks away, the resignation of Meeker Elementary School Principal Andi Murphy has precipitated a search for a replacement. Superintendent Chris Selle said the interview committee[Read More…]
Town of Meeker donates to BMS outdoor ed trip
Meeker’s Board of Trustees reviewed and approved additional revisions to the language in a professional services agreement with SWCA Environmental Consultants for the Circle Park Phase II project on Tuesday. The Eastern Rio Blanco Metropolitan Recreation and Park District is also reviewing the agreement. Trustees also approved a $1,500 donation[Read More…]
Everyone welcome for 110th annual dinner and dance
RBC Pioneers Association shifts gears to include newcomers, younger generations RBC | According to a brief note in the June 29, 1912, Meeker Herald, the pioneers of the White River Valley had been holding a summer reunion before that year, but 1912 is the official date given for the Rio[Read More…]
Rangely family grapples with ‘violation of trust’ by Montrose funeral home
RANGELY | Longtime Rangely residents Harry and Lillian Peacock died within a week of each other in 2013. Before his death, Harry had “shopped around” to find the best price for cremation services, according to his son Jeff. Harry made arrangements with Sunset Mesa Funeral Directors in Montrose, Colorado. When[Read More…]
New officers join department
MEEKER | Lt. Tom Dietrich and Officer Matt Spangler were sworn in to the Meeker Police Department on Tuesday. Dietrich brings 20 years of law enforcement experience, including with the Colorado State Patrol, and Spangler is returning to the Meeker department after about five years. Town trustees heard the annual[Read More…]
