MEEKER | T.J. Casey, “Montana’s Singing Cowboy,” performed Saturday during Community Appreciation Day, sponsored by Eastern Rio Blanco Metropolitan Recreation and Park District.
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Slide Show: Celtic concerts brings fun, music to courthouse lawn
MEEKER | The Celtic band Canned Haggis performed before an estimated 250 people on the courthouse lawn.
Slide Show: Club holds cake demonstration
MEEKER | Members of the 4-H Cake Decorating Club held a cake demonstration June 10 at the Clock Plaza in Meeker.
Opinion: Rio Blanco County economy shows signs of improvement
Other than the rain we had been having, the topic that seems uppermost on people’s minds is the economy.
Engineering a road to the future
RBC I After questioning who actually has ownership of the existing Ute Road, the Meeker School District — with the town of Meeker as a co-applicant — is seeking a revised $925,000 energy impact grant from the Colorado Department of Local Affairs to build a new road leading to the[Read More…]
Local protest
Pipeliners from Local Union 798 gathered along Highway 64 last week to protest hiring practices by Sterling Construction, a Wyoming-based company, which has a Meeker office.
Outstanding caseworker
Darcy Roach, a caseworker for Rio Blanco County Department of Social Services, was honored for “outstanding case practice.”
Truck pulls down power lines, cuts off Meeker power
The lights went out in parts of Meeker on Saturday afternoon when two high-voltage power poles were pulled down on First Street, next to Stage Stop, turning the power off in the downtown district as well as at other businesses and residential neighborhoods in the area.
PMC recruiting 2 physicians after Bullard ‘leaves’
MEEKER I Pioneers Medical Center is stepping up its recruiting efforts to fill two positions on the medical staff. The positions were formerly held by Drs. Victor Mihal and Branch Bullard.
Ridin’ & ropin’
Teresa Anderson of Meeker was one of the participants in a roping event May 30 at the Rio Blanco County Fairgrounds. Bill Sixkiller of Craig watches the action at the fairgrounds arena while waiting his turn to compete.
CNCC Basketball Action
Meeker’s Trey Morris waits to be signaled in to the game during summer action Saturday at Colorado Northwestern Community College in Rangely.
Slide Show: Williams Gas Plant Tour
Williams Gas Co. employess lead a group of local officials on a tour of the construction site of the company’s new gas plant in the Piceance Basin.
