MEEKER | Colorado Parks and Wildlife is holding a public meeting to discuss the management of the fisheries population in Rio Blanco Lake west of Meeker. The meeting will be held on Tuesday, Oct. 26 at 6 p.m. at Mountain Valley Bank in Meeker. With current drought conditions and a[Read More…]
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Cowboys looking for league championship
MEEKER I Coming off of a fantastic win over the North Fork Miners, the Cowboys turned their sights to the Gunnison Cowboys. In a battle deemed “Range Wars” by the announcer in Gunnison, Meeker took the lead early and didn’t let it go. “Gunnison has a good bunch of kids,”[Read More…]
Cowboys place 10th as a team in Rifle
MEEKER I The Rifle Creek Golf Course was once again the venue for the Rifle Invitational cross country meet on Wednesday, Oct.13. Meeker’s Brighton Bair had a good start in the girls race, and stayed with the front runners, placing 10th out of 59, in 21:26. The boys race also[Read More…]
Rangely harriers close regular season in Rifle
RANGELY I The Rangely High School cross country team ran their last regular season meet on Wednesday, Oct. 13, in Rifle, Colorado. The course was a 5K (3.1 miles) on the front nine of the golf course. It is known to be a fast and pretty flat course. The Panthers[Read More…]
Meeker Cowboy volleyball secures league championship
MEEKER I Meeker Cowboy volleyball had a successful weekend, beating Grand Valley and two more league opponents and now have only two more league matches to go. “After two fun and exciting weeks the girls are looking forward to having the weekend off and to get some rest,” commented head[Read More…]
PANTHER FOOTBALL …
On the coldest night of football to date this season, The Panthers fired off 38 first half points, before winning 46-0. Zane Varner rushed for 125 yards, followed by Keihlan Myers who had 71 yards rushing. Justin Cudo caught two passes for 47 yards and a touchdown. On defense, Marsten[Read More…]
Lady Panthers split volleyball sets; JV improves record
RANGELY I The Panthers played West Grand at home on Oct. 15. The JV team won in three sets. The first set was a close loss, 22-25. The second set was won 26-24 and the third set was 15-12. Lexi LeBleu led the team kills with seven and Miah Wren[Read More…]
MHS softball team headed for state
MEEKER I In her first year as head coach Kendal Bergman has taken Meeker Cowboy Softball to state. “What an awesome experience for an awesome group of girls,” began Bergman, “I’m so proud of this team for their fight and never giving up throughout the entire season.” On Friday the[Read More…]
72 active COVID cases, 7 confirmed deaths in Rio Blanco County
RBC I As of Tuesday, Oct. 19, Rio Blanco County Public Health is reporting 1,002 total cases of COVID-19 in the county since the start of the pandemic. Case rates have been rising in the past weeks with multiple outbreaks countywide. There are currently 23 active cases in Meeker and[Read More…]
Herald Times chosen for #newsCOneeds fundraising campaign
We’re thrilled to announce that we are one of the 26 newsrooms selected to participate in the @co.mediaproject #newsCOneeds matching challenge— a campaign that drives membership and contributions to homegrown, Colorado newsrooms (like us!). More details to come on how readers like you can play a significant role in helping[Read More…]
White River Alliance members rev up their chainsaws
RBC I White River Alliance members created a loud chainsaw concert as they got to work felling, girdling, and applying herbicide to the fast spreading and thirsty invasive Russian olive as they worked to clear these invasive trees from another property in Meeker starting behind the Vet Clinic. One of[Read More…]
Mustangs …
Meeker’s pint-size players are faring quite well this football season. (Top) the third and fourth grade Mustangs team remains undefeated. (Bottom) fifth and sixth grade players lost to the Glenwood Springs Demons.
