MEEKER I Meeker Mayor Regas Halandras and the Meeker Board of Trustees have focused their attention on the long-standing weed and property clean-up ordinance.
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House burns down in Piceance Creek; resident hospitalized
PICEANCE CREEK I The Rio Blanco County Sheriff’s Office received a 911 call at 9:29 p.m. last Thursday that a structure was on fire at 23404 County Road 5, which is in the rural Piceance Creek area, 45 miles southwest of Meeker. According to a press release from the sheriff’s[Read More…]
ERBM to participate in Guinness World Record: World’s Largest Swimming Lesson
MEEKER I June 20, tens of thousands of kids and adults at aquatic facilities around the world will unite for the fifth year in a row to set a new Guinness World Record. The global record attempt for The World’s Largest Swimming Lesson (WLSL) will take place at the Meeker[Read More…]
Vicky Tate retires after 34 years with MSD
MEEKER I One of the advantages to living in a small town is the number of exceptional teachers who possess such perseverance that they impact two generations of learners.
Neilson and Slagle win 4-H Foundation scholarships
RBC I The Rio Blanco 4-H Foundation is pleased to announced that Taylor Neilson of Meeker and Tessa Slagle of Rangely are the foundation’s 2014 scholarship recipients.
Cowboys break school records at state track and field
MEEKER I “Overall, we had a great season and a solid state meet,” Meeker High School track coach John Strate said. “We saw four school records broken this season and three of them were at the state meet.
Black & White Masquerade sponsored by Pioneers Healthcare Foundation
Bob Amick, Sandy Bradfield come from long-term pioneer clan
MEEKER I In 1879, the White River Utes rebelled against tyrannical Indian agent Nathan Meeker in the last major Native American uprising at the Ute Agency in Powell Park, and the concurrent Battle of Milk Creek with U.S. Army troops.
Meeker home demolished after ‘hot’ uranium ore found inside
MEEKER I An old home at 1189 Park St. in Meeker was torn down by the Environmental Protection Agency on Friday and Saturday after raw uranium ore was found in the home, where officials believe it may have been stored for up to 35 years. Apparently, Fred Johnson, who lived[Read More…]
World Extreme Rock Crawling Championship
Meeker native sails solo around Pacific on second research trip
MEEKER I Rory Wilson, a Meeker native and 1957 graduate of Meeker High School, is somewhere in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, sailing alone in his 27-foot sailboat from Bainbridge Island, Washington, on his way to Hawaii first and then on to the center of the North Pacific Gyre[Read More…]
Jeep events a Rangely success
Last weekend’s World Extreme Rock Crawling Championship event in Rangely, the second of three Western competitions in rock crawling, saw 18 pairs and individuals compete despite difficult weather that affected performances, WE Rock business manager Shelley Krehbiel-Klein said this week.
