Vendors shared their wares and residents enjoyed live music and tasty treats at the summer’s first Meekerpalooza and farmer’s market downtown. There are two more Paloozas with live music scheduled for June 23 and July 14. The next combined Palooza and farmer’s market will be July 21, along with WREA’s[Read More…]
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ROBERTS TALKS WATER & MORE …
Colorado District 8 Senator Dylan Roberts met with members of the White River Alliance (WRA) at Chipper’s Bar & Grill last week to discuss a variety of subjects related to river health and riparian restoration. Robert’s spent about half the meeting listening to concerns and taking notes. WRA member’s focused[Read More…]
Museum Musings: Letters from History
The White River Museum has a collection of letters that Meeker founding father Thomas Baker kept for many years. There are letters from Nathan Meeker and prominent figures like Chief Ouray, ex-Indian Agents, and the violently anti-Indian Colorado Governor Pitkin, as well as various Army officers from 1874-1879. The letters[Read More…]
HopeWest fundraiser success …
Cornhole winners … Decade of Dedication Celebration Courtesy Photo
SUMMER SWEETS
Mountain Valley Bank’s second annual Lemonade and Cupcake stand event gave 18 Meeker kids a taste of entrepreneurship. Participants said they were applying their business profits to fund 4-H projects, paying for a pet, buying gifts for Father’s Day, helping fund for a family vacation, paying for whatever summer fun[Read More…]
MHS Class of ’73 to host 50th reunion
MEEKER | Tom Allen, Don Moyer, Kathy Warren and Kathleen (Sullivan) Kelley are encouraging all MHS 2023 classmates to attend the Class of 1973 50-year reunion. Allen has reserved back rooms at the Smoking River Brewery for an evening gathering starting July 1 at 5 p.m. The gathering will resume[Read More…]
Meeker Summer Rodeo Series: Week 1 Results
Meeker Summer Rodeo Series 2023 Week 1 Results: #11 – Pepper Rhyne/Kash Atwood #8 – Pepper Rhyne/Clay Reynolds Dally Ribbon – Clay Reynolds/Unknown Open Breakaway – Teresa Anderson Ladies Breakaway – Beverly Salazar Barrels – Sadie Shake Jr. Barrels – Landree Tate Bulls – Bulls won, next week $1,000 added Kim[Read More…]
Ocean to ocean
RBC | There was a TV show in the 1960s called Route 66. Young and handsome Martin Milner starred in this endless road trip in a cool 1961 corvette convertible. He and his buddies cruised Route 66 which zig-zagged from Chicago to LA and never touched Colorado. We didn’t have[Read More…]
Crickets!
This year’s crop of anabrus simplex (also known as shield-backed katydids or Mormon crickets) are in their “dark phase” – migrating in bands. They’ve been seen crossing Hwy. 64 and 40 in the last few weeks. Chance Walker Photo/Video
Extension office connects CSU resources to county residents
RBC | “What’s really cool about the extension office and this idea of bringing the university to the people is that we have resources across the state through CSU [Colorado State University],” said extension agent Tonya Merz from her office at the Rio Blanco County Fairgrounds. The 4-H Youth Development[Read More…]
Support our youngest entrepreneurs
MEEKER | What says “summer” more than lemonade and cupcakes? Answer: kids and summer jobs. Mountain Valley Bank in Meeker is bringing back its Lemonade and Cupcake Stand event for a second year, with young entrepreneurs from last season returning and new ones arising. Carson Cook, daughter of Deloy and[Read More…]
Rio Happenings: May 28-June 3, 2023
ARRESTS A 39-year-old male was arrested by Rangely Police Dept. on 5/28/2023 for 3rd degree assault. A PR bond was granted on 5/29/2023 CALL SUMMARIES 5/28/2023 @ 3:36 PM. A motorcycle accident occurred at approximately the 11 mile-marker on County Road 7. The motorcycle rider was transported to a hospital[Read More…]
