MEEKER | When a small single-engine airplane performed an emergency landing in the Flat Tops Wilderness in January, everyone breathed a sigh of relief that plane’s occupants were able to walk away from the event uninjured. But that’s not the end of the story. The pilot and his wife were[Read More…]
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New Eden Pregnancy Care Services holds breakfast fundraiser Saturday
MEEKER | Pregnancy and childbirth should be a time of joy and excitement, but when a pregnancy is unintended or resources are lacking to care for an infant, that season can be one of fear and stress. New Eden Pregnancy Care Services works to ease that stress and provide support[Read More…]
Panthers advance to district tourney
RANGELY | The Paonia Eagles locked up the league title against Rangely on Friday, Feb. 17, finishing 12-0 in league play. Rangely’s boys put up a good fight in the first half—they trailed 4-14 in the first quarter— but the Panthers roared back in the second quarter outscoring the Eagles[Read More…]
Community Calendar: February 23, 2017
– Free legal clinic at Meeker Public Library for parties who have no attorney from 2-3 p.m. on March 8. Call 970-878-5911 to be added to the sign-up sheet. – Mountain Valley Bank will be doing a “Lobby Blitz” every Wednesday. This event is to provide customers with a one[Read More…]
Three MHS students swim for Bulldogs
MEEKER | Meeker High School does not have a swimming team, but that does not keep three Meeker students from swimming on a high school team. Meeker freshmen Jeni Kincher and Kolbi Franklin, along with exchange student Isabel Enzi-Feichter, just completed their first season on the Moffat County Bulldogs’ team.[Read More…]
Spelling Bee …
Facelift for one of Meeker’s iconic storefronts
MEEKER | When it comes to makeovers, who’s better suited to perform one than a beauty salon? In 2013, Meeker native Jan Nye took on the challenge of giving a facelift to the iconic building on Main Street that housed the town’s drugstore for nearly a century. Nye applied for[Read More…]
Change in traffic pattern at MES
MEEKER | Beginning Monday, March 27 (the first day after spring break) Meeker Elementary School will implement a new traffic pattern. The buses will use the current “Kiss-n-Go” loop and student drop off will be at the south end of the parking lot where the buses currently go. Parents may[Read More…]
Solo & Ensemble …
St. Pat’s Day Festival to support MS
MEEKER | The first annual Saint Pat’s Day Festival in Meeker is set for March 17. There will be some exciting activities for kids in the afternoon and a dance with an Irish theme later in the evening at the Hugus Building. We would like to see the whole community[Read More…]
Huitt’s story of success an inspiration
RANGELY | In Rangely the name Frank Huitt can bring a lot of things to mind. The big house on the hill with more animals than Cabela’s, airplanes and helicopters, donations and community involvement are all regularly heard in association with the name. However, what many don’t know is the[Read More…]
