RBC | Gary Moyer, garnering more than 70 percent of the vote in the primary election against write-in candidate Mike Hoke, will move on to the general election as Republican candidate for Rio Blanco County commissioner. In the only contested county race in the primaries, Moyer received 1,064 of 1,441[Read More…]
Author: Niki Turner
Man who brought modern dentistry to Meeker retiring after 47 years
MEEKER | It’s been 47 years since Dr. Charles Vandiver hung out his shingle and opened Meeker’s first preventive dentistry. Since that time he has repaired countless teeth, raised a family, made lifelong friends and made Meeker home. After a lengthy career—the average American changes careers every five to seven years—Vandiver[Read More…]
Still no railroad, but Colowyo expansion extends life of mine
MEEKER | A century ago in the Meeker Herald, editor and publisher James Lyttle wrote, “Some of our citizens who put ‘this and that’ together and then drew satisfying conclusions, are of the decided opinion that the recent sale of the famous Collom coal mine property at Axial means a railroad[Read More…]
HOLE-Y MOLY …
Contractor Terry Goedert has been fielding plenty of public questions about his current project for the county. The site on the corner of the courthouse square at Sixth and Main will be the location of the three engineered fiberglass climbing rocks the county is installing. Goedert said public reaction has[Read More…]
K9 Donation …
Shannon and Doug Moody (right) of Moody Construction presented Rio Blanco County Sheriff Anthony Mazzola (left) and Deputy Davon Smith with a $25,000 donation to go toward the acquisition, training, care and maintenance of the department’s new K9, a six-month-old Belgian Malinois named Remmy. Deputy Smith said Remmy is currently[Read More…]
More mosquitoes? To be determined.
MEEKER | It could be a buggier summer than usual. Or not. Local pilot Lanny Coulter has reportedly told Mayor Regas Halandras he won’t spray for the town this year following public debate about aerial spraying. If the aerial spraying doesn’t take place—as it has for more than 45 years—will Meeker[Read More…]
RIBBON CUTTING …
Alex Plumb of Alpine West Properties, Meeker’s newest realty, cut the ribbon Friday at his new office with help from the Meeker Chamber of Commerce. Alpine West opened in March 2018. The new office at 643 Main St., (former location of Meeker Realty) will be open Monday through Friday from[Read More…]
Cook, Rogers honored at Oldtimers
MEEKER | Leota Cook and Marge Rogers were this year’s recipients of the Spirit of the Pioneers award at the 106th annual Oldtimers’ Reunion Dinner and Dance. The award, in its second year, honors those “hardy and determined individuals and families who exemplify special and long-term servant leadership representative of[Read More…]
Editor’s Column: Do we give a **** about our reputation?
Channeling a little Joan Jett there, but it’s a question to consider. Twenty-plus years ago one of my Glenwood friends was in an airplane on her way home from a church convention in Oklahoma. She struck up a conversation with her seat mate. Somehow the conversation came around to the[Read More…]
Memorial Day: What is it?
RBC | Memorial Day is considered the unofficial kick-off to summer vacation for a lot of people, a three-day weekend for others, and a good reason to enjoy a barbecue and time with friends and family for others. None of those things are the reason for Memorial Day. Following the Civil[Read More…]
“A good time was had by all.”
MEEKER | The statement, “A good time was had by all,” ended many a Meeker Herald report about the annual Oldtimers’ Reunion and Dance. Even though it’s a biased assumption made by the writer—who has no way of knowing if everyone attending had a good time—it must be mostly true. After[Read More…]
Sweet treats return to Meeker
MEEKER | At long last, Meeker has a bakery again, and residents have been very receptive. “The support from the community has been overwhelming. We’ve been so busy,” said Janice Millar. The White River Bakery, owned and operated by Millar and Mike McPherson, opened at the end of March in[Read More…]
