MEEKER | Think of a place you love in a town you’ve visited (or live in); a place that makes you feel welcome, happy and part of a community. It might be a sidewalk cafe or a downtown square, a park, or a local business.
Author: Niki Turner
Editor’s Column: How did we get here?
“Many a time freedom has been rolled back—and always for the same sorry reason: fear.” ~Molly Ivins. I don’t care what mainstream media corporate overlord or so-called online “news” pig trough you’re feeding from, it’s time for all of us to step back and try to remember who we are[Read More…]
County Beat: October 25, 2018
RBC | Two county departments are “98 percent” relocated from the second floor of Meeker Town Hall to the Fairfield Center as of Monday. Following a lengthy remodeling project of the office space on the east side of the Fairfield Center, once occupied by the library, and later by county[Read More…]
After today, drop off your ballot, don’t mail it!
RBC | After today, Colorado Secretary of State Wayne Williams is urging voters after today to drop off their ballots at a voting center or 24-hour drop box. That’s because postmarks don’t count — ballots must be in the hands of an election official by 7 p.m. Election Day, Nov.[Read More…]
Candidate Forum Q & A
RBC | Candidates for the two contested county races had an opportunity to answer questions prepared by members of the Meeker High School Student Council Monday. Due to extenuating circumstances for both the forum planners and one candidate, questions from the public were not taken, but questions can be submitted to[Read More…]
Commissioners choose Visionary to replace LAI
RBC | Rio Blanco County Commissioners named Visionary Broadband, which is a division of Visionary Communications, to replace Local Access Internet as the county’s second value-added reseller of broadband services after hearing interviews with Visionary and with Homestead Fiber Communications, owned by Jared Harvey of Meeker, and receiving recommendations from the[Read More…]
Bad habits? Anxiety? Chronic pain? ADHD?
MEEKER | What do you think of when someone says “hypnosis”? Most people’s experience with hypnosis is limited to Las Vegas-style entertainment where gullible volunteers are made to cluck like chickens in front of a laughing crowd. But what if the same kind of techniques that made your neighbor cluck[Read More…]
Meeker local opens new counseling office downtown
MEEKER | Like many young people who grow up in small towns, Kelli Garcia didn’t fully appreciate her hometown until she left. Now she’s back, and ready to give back to the community where her “roots run deepest” as a private counselor and psychotherapist. “I am ecstatic to be back[Read More…]
Funeral Notice for Spencer Wagner
Funeral services for Spencer Wagner of Rangely will be conducted on Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2018, at 11 a.m. at the Rangely LDS Chapel. Viewings for family and friends will be at the Blackburn & Sons Vernal Mortuary Tuesday from 6-8 p.m. and Wednesday at the Chapel in Rangley from 9:45-10:45[Read More…]
Walbridge ‘Wingnuts’ hold craft sale Friday
MEEKER | They’re not quite sure if they started getting together in 2006 or 2007, and they all credit the initial idea to different people, but the Walbridge Wingnuts are certain they enjoy what they do on behalf of the residents of the Walbridge Wing. Volunteers Pattie Terp and Ginny[Read More…]
Flash Flood Watch issued
From the National Weather Service: A Flash Flood Watch is in effect from Tuesday morning to Wednesday morning. Moisture and precipitation from the remnants of Hurricane Rosa will move across the area Monday through Wednesday. This will bring widespread showers and embedded thunderstorms. Areas of heavy rain are possible and high mountain snowfall[Read More…]
Editor’s Column: How big is your future?
Every week doesn’t include a baby shower and a funeral service. Last Saturday I attended a baby shower for a young woman I’ve known since birth. Monday I attended the funeral of a gentleman I had the privilege of working for more than a decade ago. Both events were celebrations[Read More…]
