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Obituary: Marianna Raftopolous

Marianna Mahleres Raftopoulos passed away April 14, 2010, at her home in Craig after an 11-year battle with chronic lymphocytic leukemia. She was surrounded by her loving family and a few of her closest friends. Marianna was born on May 23, 1954, to Nick and Helen Mahleres, in Grand Junction.[Read More…]

DOW shooting, fishing event is May 22

MEEKER I The Northwest Colorado Outfitters Chapter, Colowyo Coal Company, Safari Club International and the Colorado Division of Wildlife will host a family “Cast ’n Blast” event on Saturday, May 22 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. The event will include shotgun and rifle shooting, archery, bait fishing and fly[Read More…]

Pearce awarded scholarship at Oklahoma

MEEKER I Matt Pearce is finishing up his first year working on his doctorate degree in environmental history at the University of Oklahoma at Norman. At the OU History Department’s annual banquet on April 24, Pearce was awarded the Donnell M. Owings Scholarship of $750, which goes to an outstanding[Read More…]

Old-timers celebration set for June 5

MEEKER | The 98th annual Rio Blanco County Old-timers Pioneers Association celebration will be Saturday, June 5 at the Fairfield Center. A social starts at 5:30 p.m. Dinner will be at 6:45 p.m. with dancing to follow.

Chambers name members of the week

RBC I This week’s Meeker Chamber Member of the Week is White River Community Association. To read the story, go to www.meekerchamber.com. This week’s Rangely Chamber Member of the Week is Don Rooks Sinclair Service. For more information, go to www.rangelychamber.com.

Meeker Locals

The month of May shivered on to the scene under a blanket of heavy, wet snow — enough to knock out electrical power to many households on Sunday morning. The “winter that never ends” might have a lot of us grumbling, but we can be glad we just have snow[Read More…]