RBC I The 260 residents of Ten Sleep, Wyo., drive at least 26 miles to buy groceries and 112 to catch a plane. Local businesses include the Crazy Woman Café and Dirty Sally’s, a soda fountain and souvenir shop. You wouldn’t expect an Internet entrepreneur to launch a startup here.
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Merriam~Buckley Engagement…
Gordon and Beth Merriam of South Jordan, Utah, are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter, Taylor Renae Merriam, to Luke Jerome Buckley, son of Marsha Buckley of Golden, Colo., and the late Jerry Buckley.
Obituary: Wayne Eugene Moody
Wayne Eugene Moody was born March 13, 1919, in Chanute, Kan., to William Henry Moody and Hazel Jordan Moody. He died Feb. 8, 2014, at Pioneers Medical Center in Meeker, Colo.
Tickets on sale for chamber dinner
MEEKER I Tickets are now available for the 2014 Meeker Chamber annual dinner, when Meeker’s outstanding businesses and citizens will be honored. The dinner will be held Feb. 28 at the Fairfield Center at 200 Main St. Festivities will begin at 5:30 p.m. with a social hour. Dinner will be[Read More…]
Superintendents seek more K-12 funds; local surveys returned
MEEKER I Mark Meyer, superintendent of Meeker School District RE-1 (MSD) and 167 other Colorado superintendents endorsed a letter to the Colorado General Assembly and Gov. John Hickenlooper to express, “shared concerns regarding the extreme state of inadequate funding for Colorado’s public schools.”
Obituary: Billie Beatrice Cook Hutton
My mother and my children’s grandmother went home to be with the Lord and her family on Feb. 13, 2014. Billie Bea was born July 20, 1928, in Rocky Ford, Colo., to Frank Cook and Icy Leona Cowan Cook.
Rundberg to run for Colorado governor
RBC I Jim Rundberg of Meeker, a conservative, independent, pro-life, pro-2nd amendment, Christian candidate for Colorado governor, announced Monday that he will begin sending campaign workers into Colorado communities.
Deer on campus…
A deer on the Colorado Northwestern Community College’s campus in Rangely pauses in front of the large blue-and-orange tent near the school’s ice tower. The tent serves as a staging area for climbers and houses snow-making equipment.
BLM seeks resource advisors
RBC I The Bureau of Land Management’s Northwest Colorado District is seeking local public nominations for five open positions on its Resource Advisory Council, which advises the district on public land issues.
Letter to the Editor: Cox takes on Tipton for seat in Congress
Dear Editor: Longtime Republican activist and former Republican Colorado House District 54 candidate David Cox announced his run for Colorado’s 3rd Congressional District on Saturday in Grand Junction. “I am running to end the corruption of our federal government and return to the state a focused and controlled constitutional government.
Letter to the Editor: CRED: Oil, gas work together for safety
Dear Editor: For more than 60 years the oil and natural gas industries have worked closely with local community leaders to ensure fracking exists safely alongside Colorado’s communities and environment.
CNCC Flight Team…
The Colorado Northwestern Community College flight team took second place behind the U.S. Air Force Academy at the National Intercollegiate Flight Association regionals last week at Embry Riddle University in Prescott, Ariz.
Come say hi!
There will be three cannon test shots fired downtown on Friday, May 3 as a test run for the 4th of July. For more information on the cannon itself, visit https://www.theheraldtimes.com/the-sound-of-history-come-to-life/meeker/
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