RANGELY | This weekend the Panther wrestling team hosted its first home wrestling dual of the year competing against Dove Creek, Nucla and North Park. “Last weekend against Meeker I felt the men were lacking intensity,” commented head coach JC Chumacero, “but they had a really good week and practiced[Read More…]
Author: Special to the Herald Times
Meeker to host wrestling regionals this weekend
MEEKER | Cowboy wrestling has entered the postseason. This week Meeker High School will host the 2A regionals for the Western Slope. Teams attending this year are: Cedaredge, Dolores, Dove Creek, Hayden, Hotchkiss, Ignacio, Lyons, Mancos, Meeker, North Park, Norwood, Nucla, Olathe, Paonia, Rangley, Soroco and West Grand. Regional brackets[Read More…]
Panthers top West Grand, fall to Hayden and Soroco
RANGELY | The Rangely Panthers started their week with a match with West Grand on Tuesday, Feb. 23. It was definitely a defensive game with both teams coming out strong and holding each other to 20 points in the first half. In the third quarter the Panthers found their posts[Read More…]
Lady Panthers second in West Slope division
RANGELY | The Rangely lady Panthers took to the road this past week to take on two league foes: the West Grand Mustangs and the Soroco Rams. The West Grand game had been rescheduled due to weather. The 186-mile trip to Kremmling seemed to take a toll on the Panthers[Read More…]
NEWS BRIEFS: March 4, 2021
Peter Pan Jr. next weekend MEEKER | The Meeker Arts and Cultural Council are proud to present four showings of Peter Pan Jr. at the Meeker High School auditorium on March 11, 12 and 13. Evening performances are at 7 p.m., and Saturday’s matinee will be at 3 p.m. Tickets[Read More…]
Joy to play volleyball for Luther College
MEEKER | Addie Joy, a 2020 graduate of Meeker High School, is a freshman setter for the Luther College volleyball team. On Sept. 22, 2020, in response to directives from the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), the President’s Council of the American Rivers Conference (A-R-C), voted to move the fall[Read More…]
Writers On the Range: Restoration Economy
RBC | Farmington, a city of 45,000 in the northwestern corner of New Mexico, has run on a fossil fuel economy for a century. It is one of the only places on the planet where a 26-kiloton nuclear device was detonated underground to free up natural gas from the rock.[Read More…]
Trees for Conservation
The Conservation Districts’ Annual Tree Sales program is underway! The Conservation Districts, in cooperation with the Colorado State Forest Service Nursery, offer the seedling tree sales program to local farmers, ranchers, other landowners and land managers. This allows our constituents to obtain trees at a nominal cost to help achieve[Read More…]
Days Gone By: February 25, 2021
The Meeker Herald125 years ago A deadly explosion in the Vulcan mine in New Castle was reported after an explosion occurred. It is said that 50 men are reported dead so far. It is suspected that Meeker will endure a building boom this summer. This past week the weather has[Read More…]
BLM to gather excess wild horses in Piceance East Douglas area
RBC | The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) White River Field Office signed a decision to gather and remove excess wild horses from the Piceance-East Douglas Herd Management Area in northwestern Colorado. “The BLM is committed to sustaining an ecological balance in the Piceance-East Douglas HMA,” said White River Field[Read More…]
ITS A WAY OF LIFE …
The It’s a Way of Life Community Club met Feb. 16 at 6 p.m. The highlight of the meeting was the coffee cup suet bird feeders. Each member brought a coffee cup and the club supplied the materials for the STEM project. The club elected 4-H Council representatives Luke and[Read More…]
Upcoming RBC free legal clinic
RBC | Wednesday March 10, 2021 from 2-5 p.m. Contact your local library at 970-878-5911 to be added to the sign-up sheet. As a COVID work-around, instead of clinic patrons coming to your local public library (which has limited access), your local library staff will schedule all appointments. It is[Read More…]