Author: Special to the Herald Times

NEWS BRIEFS: October 22, 2016

Broadband and economic development meeting Oct. 27 at Mountain Valley Bank MEEKER | Please join Rio Blanco County and the Colorado Office of Economic Development and International Trade on Oct. 27 from 9-11 a.m. at Mountain Valley Bank. Utilization of broadband service for economic development efforts will be discussed. Please[Read More…]

COMMUNITY CALENDAR – October 20, 2016

– Discover the Parks Oct. 25 from 9:30-11 a.m. at Town Park. Call 878-3403 or visit meekerrecdistrict.com. – The Meeker Library Book Club meets at 1 p.m. the second Monday of each month (excluding holidays). The next meeting will be Nov. 14. We will be discussing “The Little Paris Bookshop”[Read More…]

Hunters offered private land hunts in GMU 23

MEEKER I Colorado Parks and Wildlife and the Collins Mountain Ranch in Meeker offer big-game hunters an opportunity to apply for a limited number of private property, elk and mule deer hunts this fall. There is no cost associated with the application.
 Five hunts will be available to those who[Read More…]

Onyett

RANGELY I Colton Onyett of Rangely tied for sixth place in bareback riding at a recent rodeo competition at Panola College in Carthage, Texas. Onyett is riding for the McNeese State University rodeo team.

CNCC rodeo ranked No. 4 regionally

RANGELY I The CNCC rodeo team have represented us well this fall. We have some room to make up this spring to match last year’s performance as a team, but we still have some hard working athletes who are striving to punch their ticket to the CNFR in Casper, Wyo.,[Read More…]

King family visits Meeker …

Bob King, wearing a Meeker letter jacket, is surrounded by family and pictured standing on the newly built track, which was dedicated “Bob King Track at Starbuck Stadium” at halftime of Friday’s game. King served as Superintendent of Schools for the Meeker School District from 1961-1988, was a dedicated track[Read More…]

MHS x-country in Aspen

MEEKER I Aspen High School hosted the Chris Severy Invitational Saturday, and the JV girls’ race was the first of the day for Meeker.  Lacey Ford’s first time on the course found her finishing in fourth place in a time of 31:03. The JV boys were next on the start[Read More…]