MEEKER | The Meeker 4-H Achievement Night Oct. 26 at the fairgrounds provided good food (lasagna), good company, a Harry Potter themed costume contest and door prizes. More than 220 people attended: 4-H’rs and their parents, 4-H leaders, sponsors and county extension staff. The Rangely 4-H Achievement Night will be[Read More…]
Author: Reed Kelley
Fourth seat on Meeker school board still too close to call
MEEKER | Late night final vote counting at the county courthouse Tuesday left announcement of one of four winners of Meeker school board seats undecided, with 10-12 votes still out. Voters clearly returned incumbents Bud Ridings with 736 votes and Davey Smith with 730 votes to the board. Challenger Laurie[Read More…]
Utah air quality regulations could affect western RBC air quality
RBC | The Utah Division of Air Quality (DAQ) held a hearing on proposed new and amended regulations to modernize and improve the state’s oversight of oil and gas operation emissions on Oct. 25 in Vernal, Utah. A previous hearing was held on these rules in Salt Lake City on[Read More…]
County interests meet on river algae issue
RBC | More than three dozen people gathered at the sheriff’s office conference room in Meeker last Friday morning to continue addressing why we’re experiencing such bothersome summer algae blooms in the ecological heart of our community—the White River. Led by Rio Blanco Commissioner Si Woodruff, with Commissioner Jeff Rector[Read More…]
Honor society students host public forum for school board candidates
MEEKER | At the school board candidates’ public forum last Thursday, the candidates were there along with a couple former school board members and previous school board candidates, two principals, the superintendent, a few teachers, a district division director, a couple spouses, a reporter, a new-to-town educator, a couple members[Read More…]
RBC Farm Bureau holds annual meeting
RBC | J.D. Amick, president of the Rio Blanco County Farm Bureau, chaired the group’s annual meeting earlier this month at Kilowatt Korner and introduced guest speaker Shawn Martini. Martini is the vice-president of advocacy for the Colorado Farm Bureau (CFB) in Denver. He talked about federal and state legislative[Read More…]
Meeker School Board candidates respond to questions before forum
MEEKER | There are five candidates for four four-year terms on the Meeker Board of Education (BOE). These candidates are Bill deVergie, Bud Ridings, Davey Smith, Laurie Whiteman Simonsen and Todd Shults. Ridings is the current board president, Allen is vice-president and deVergie is secretary. deVergie served as board president[Read More…]
Gubernatorial candidate Johnston visits Meeker again
MEEKER | Former state senator Mike Johnston, 42, a declared Democratic candidate for governor in 2018, visited Meeker again Tuesday, meeting with a few folks at the Elk Mountain Inn café. Johnston’s next stop was to be an agricultural, farm and ranch forum in Craig. Folks attending in Meeker wanted[Read More…]
Meeker School Board seeking policy to address staff conduct
MEEKER | The Meeker Board of Education (BOE) is constantly reviewing policy. These policies are categorized by subject area and referenced by a series of alphabetical tags that aren’t even acronyms; they are just three to four or more letters, any group of which, with the same first letters, concern[Read More…]
MHS Homecoming Photos & Contest Results
MEEKER | The results of Meeker’s Homecoming spirit week contests were announced during last Friday’s football game against Monte Vista High School. The MHS Student Council, which was responsible for organizing and running Homecoming week except for the dance on Saturday, chose to honor the school’s three custodians: Brent Rowles,[Read More…]
RBC 4-H well-represented at state fair in Pueblo
RBC | Rio Blanco County 4-H’rs entered 12 animals for state fair competition in Pueblo at the end of August. Macy Collins took eight animals and came home with 10 ribbons and better. Her goats, Tipo Percy and Pacha Chaka, placed third and fifth in heavy weight market goats while[Read More…]
Meeker celebrates Homecoming week
MEEKER | This has been Homecoming week at Meeker High School, organized by the MHS Student Council. Prior to today activities have included a junior varsity football game vs. Coal Ridge High School and the annual Powder Puff (women’s) intramural football game pitting the senior and sophomore girls against the[Read More…]
