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…]
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Local youth competes at Texas Tech meat judging
MEEKER | Blake Smith, 9, a junior 4-H’r, represented Rio Blanco County in Texas on June 20, 2023, and was one of the top five competitors at Texas Tech University’s Junior Meats Judging Mock Contest. The contest was for 4-H youth judgers (third-sixth grade) and participants came from throughout the[Read More…]
Trick rider coming to rodeo Aug. 10 + July 27 results
Photos by Kim Ekstrom MEEKER | #12 Team Roping – Troy Allen/Levi Allen #8 Team Roping – Joe Wood/Levi Allen Dally Ribbon Roping – Leah Wood/Levi Allen Open Breakaway – No Winner Ladies Breakaway – Paula Cooper Jr. Breakaway – No Winner Open Barrels – Avrial Hankins Jr. Barrels –[Read More…]
Enterprise donation for Sheriff’s Office …
Enterprise Products donated $5,000 to Rio Blanco County Sheriff’s Office on Tuesday, July 25, helping to support local law enforcement. Enterprise Products is one of the largest gas processing plants in North America located in the Piceance Basin. Enterprise Products’ community presence is very much appreciated here in Rio Blanco[Read More…]
Food bank seeking donations to meet increased need
MEEKER | The Meeker Community Food Bank is here to help those in our community in need. The Food Bank is meant to be a temporary relief for families and individuals going through tough times. Unfortunately, in this time, we have been helping more families and individuals than average times! [Read More…]
Free tuition at some Colorado colleges for high-demand jobs
RBC | Colorado will give students pursuing degrees or credentials in high-demand fields free tuition at the state’s 19 community and technical colleges starting this fall. Joe Garcia, chancellor of the Colorado Community College System, said the new program – which aims to train new construction workers, nurses, educators, firefighters,[Read More…]
READING FUN …
The Rangely Regional Library held its 16th annual Summer Reading Carnival on July 25, 2023. Amorette Hawkins inspired the event to reward and engage children in summer reading. The event provided cotton candy, snow cones and numerous activities including face painting, nail painting, water games, milk jug toss, balloon animals[Read More…]
Local singer/songwriter wins Country Showdown in Vernal
MEEKER | Meeker’s Rowdy Rosendahl is finding success in front of bigger audiences these days. Rosendahl is a talented musician in a family of talented musicians who sings, songwrites and plays guitar. A graduate of Meeker High School, Rosendahl was one of 15 to make it to the semifinals of[Read More…]
River call expected soon
RBC | White River basin water users upstream from Taylor Draw Dam at Kenney Reservoir have been notified that the Rio Blanco Water Conservancy District is planning to request another call on the White River. Once flows at the dam’s hydropower turbine are consistently below 700 cubic feet per second[Read More…]
Commissioners hear from Rangely town manager, hospital
RBC | The Rio Blanco County Board of Commissioners met Tuesday, July 25 in Rangely to discuss the following public business. Town of Rangely Central Square Contract Conversations between the Town of Rangely and Rio Blanco Board of Commissioners have stalled following a county work session and subsequent town meeting Tuesday.[Read More…]
The history behind LO7
The story begins in the fall of 1883, Utah. William B. Loring, a back East gent, sent an outfit of cowboys to Utah to bring back 3,300 head of cattle. The crew took time to brand all of them with the new brand of LO7. The brand was the left[Read More…]
4-H Shooting Sports competition kicks off the start of the 2023 Rio Blanco County Fair
RBC | The Rio Blanco 4-H Shooting Sports teams kicked off the 2023 Fair this past weekend by holding their annual County Shoot in Rangely. This is a community, volunteer, and leader-led event that would never take place without the dedication of several members of the community. Special thanks to[Read More…]
