MEEKER I Morgan Neilson isn’t afraid to aim high. The senior-to-be at Meeker High School set her sights on becoming the state 4-H president.
Author: Jeff Burkhead
4-H Senior Profile: Meg Nieslanik
• How long have you been involved in 4-H? Ten years. • What is your favorite 4-H activity? I love raising my sheep and pigs.
Fair offers something for everyone, even a city boy
Whoever says there’s nothing to do in a small town, isn’t paying attention.
4-H Senior Profile: Megan Ridings
My favorite 4-H activity is grooming my animals for show. I spend hours getting my animals ready for the show, and I love it.
Trinity Project organizers see town’s interest growing
RANGELY I It may be a new group, but organizers of the Trinity Project are dealing with an old problem: drugs.
Fashion Revue kicks off 2009 Fair
Participating in the Rio Blanco County 4-H Fashion Revue last Thursday night
Local man builds new window for church
MEEKER I Jim Ruckman isn’t Catholic. And he’d never made a church window before.
Auditing County’s energy use
RBC | Jeff Schuster, president of Ennovate, of Aurora, right, conducted an energy audit July 15 of the Rio Blanco County Courthouse,
Donated buffalo will take place of honor at powwow
In Native American culture, the buffalo is sacred. That’s why the donation of a buffalo by the Northern Ute Tribe — for a meal during Meeker’s Smoking River Pow Wow in September — is such a symbolic gesture.
Madrid case continued
RANGELY I Luciano Madrid will have to wait awhile longer for a plea agreement.
Slide Show: CNCC Baseball Clinic
RANGELY | The CNCC Spartan summer scout team put on a baseball clinic July 14. The team is coached by Paul Fortunato.
Parks bonds out after 2nd arrest
RANGELY I John Parks was arrested for the second time in two months Friday. The latest arrest was for violating a restraining order.


