The Meeker Herald — 125 years ago • The “84” yellow cabins on Yellow Creek caught fire about 10 a.m. Monday and burned to the ground in less than two minutes. • Tim Breene arrived on Piceance Wednesday from Leadville. He will make Piceance his permanent home.
Author: Special to the Herald Times
RHS students do well at extravaganza
RANGELY I Two Rangely students came out on top at the Mesa State Math Extravaganza on Thursday, Feb. 10. Andrew Morton and William Scoggins tied for first place along with a few others in the individual math contest taken by 150 students from across the Western Slope. McKale Pennel of Rangely[Read More…]
Five compete in tourney
MEEKER I Five Meeker wrestlers traveled to St. George, Utah, to compete in the Jacobs Challenge National tournament and all five placed, including one champion. Barone Middle School seventh-grader TJ Shelton has amassed a 47-10 record since last fall and added another national title to his resume, pinning all three[Read More…]
Cowboys fall to Eagles, beat Rams
MEEKER I Usually when you beat a good team in any sport it gets tougher to beat them again the second time you play. The Meeker Cowboy boys’ basketball team found this to be true as they traveled to Paonia for a rematch with the Paonia Eagles.
RMS finishes second, fourth
RANGELY I Traveling to Meeker for their tournament, the Rangely seventh-grade girls met up with Steamboat for their first game. The young Lady Panthers took an early lead and held it easily to win the game 17-9. Scrappy defense and some great teamwork kept this team gaining the whole game.[Read More…]
VFW Post 5843 now meets at Kilowatt Korner
MEEKER I Have you noticed that the home of our local VFW Post 5843 is no longer co-located with AC’s Bar? Our records, plaques and signs have all been removed. For quite some time now, your local VFW has been meeting at Kilowatt Korner on the second Monday of each[Read More…]
Kenney hopes v’ball furthers education
RANGELY I Local teen Dakota Kenney has been playing volleyball since the third grade. Now a senior at Rangely High School, Dakota has been recruited to play with the Split Mountain Volley Ball (SMVB) Club in Vernal, Utah, along with classmate Torie Slagle. SMVB is sanctioned by the USA Youth[Read More…]
BMS 8th-graders win tournament championship
MEEKER I After defeating Steamboat Springs in the semifinals Saturday at the new Meeker Elementary School, the Barone Middle School eighth-grade girls battled for a 20-19 victory over Craig to win the league championship.
Hayes humble about generosity
RANGELY I “She was a wonderful neighbor and is a wonderful person,” Hazel Edwards said of Loyann Hayes. They were neighbors in Rangely and raised their children together. “She is just the kindest person alive, and was so good to my kids.” Loyann’s kindness seems to be common knowledge in[Read More…]
Kinney leaves sheriff’s office, hires on with Rangely P.D.
RANGELY I After 20 years of service, Roy Kinney has retired from the Rio Blanco Sheriff’s Department. Kinney has always been dedicated to the people of the county and his retirement has not changed that. Kinney retired from the department Jan. 8 and accepted a job as lieutenant of the[Read More…]
Meeker Locals
A very happy 70th birthday to Dan Wood on Feb. 17, as well as a happy 44th anniversary to Dan and his wife, Jean, on the same day! We wished Curll Kline a very happy Jan. 28 birthday in the Jan. 27 edition but neglected to pass on the greetings[Read More…]
Letter: Crab Crack a huge success
The 2011 Rangely Area Chamber of Commerce Crab Crack was a huge success! This is because of the following volunteers and organizations as well as all of the people who purchased tickets and attended this very fun and worthwhile event.
