MEEKER | Born and raised in Meeker, Kathleen Kelley went from dirt roads and skinned elbows in a small rural town to the Colorado Legislature, where she became the youngest woman ever elected to the state House in 1980. After careers in politics, lobbying and agriculture, Kelley ultimately returned home to the halls of Meeker High School — the same school where she once struggled to understand who she was becoming.
Now, after roughly two…

