RBC I If there has been one constant about Solveig Olson’s job she could always count on it was this — nothing stayed the same. “This job has been ever changing. There’s nothing static about it,” Olson said. “But it’s been a great job.”
Features
Meeker superintendent Pfau won’t return for second year
MEEKER I No one is saying why, but Doug Pfau, the first-year school superintendent, won’t return for a second year. “All we can say is that nothing has been finalized, other than the board and the superintendent have initiated negotiations regarding termination of his contract,” said Mary Strang, president of[Read More…]
Annual John Jarvie Ranch Family Fest set for June 19
BROWNS PARK —The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Vernal Field Office invites the community to attend the Annual Jarvie Ranch Family Fest at the historical John Jarvie Ranch in Browns Park. The Jarvie Fest will be held on Saturday, June 19, from 10 a.m. until 5 p.m. The event is[Read More…]
Andy Goettel: From teacher to artist
Goettel’s retirement at MHS means he can devote full time to pottery MEEKER | Meeker students celebrated the last day of school May 27. But at the same time, the end of this school year marked the end of an era, as Andy Goettel, longtime art teacher at Meeker High[Read More…]
Ranching Feature: There’s just hardly anything better than a cow
MEEKER I Denise Pearce knows her stuff. She should. She learned from one of the best.
Ranching Feature: Cameras help Scritchfield keep an eye on things
MEEKER I As a single parent with a business to run, Ann Marie Scritchfield figured she could use a helping hand.
Ethel Owens strives to be a good shepherd
MEEKER I In biblical terms, sheep, the Scriptures say, know their shepherd’s voice. For Ethel Owens, that is a metaphorical relationship she understands on both a practical and spiritual level.
Life changed in an instant
Two years after her crippling automobile accident, Celena Miner is living on her own.
Rally ’round the flag: County’s first Tea Party rally attracts 100
MEEKER I Tea Party supporters from Meeker and Rangely, as well as other northwest Colorado communities, were out in force last week.
It’s a parkoff! Watt, town at odds over sign on truck
MEEKER I Harry Watt is nothing if not stubborn. Last week, Watt staged his own personal protest of government control by parking his old International truck smack dab in front of Town Hall.
Voters OK hospital by narrow margin
Work on new Rangely hospital should start this summer RANGELY I The margin of victory in Tuesday’s bond election may not have been what hospital officials had hoped for, but they couldn’t be happier with the final outcome.
Blunt out as Meeker girls’ BB coach
MEEKER I School board members and supporters of embattled coach Hallie Blunt confronted each other April 20 in a lengthy, sometimes heated, discussion. When it was all over — the accusations of hidden agendas, the perceived personal attacks, the emotional appeals — nothing had changed.
