MEEKER | Meeker Driver’s License pop-up clinic dates will be as follows Afternoons: 1-4:30 p.m. Mornings: 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Appointment required – no walk-ins allowed. Call 720-295-2965 or go to the website: mydmv.colorado.gov for an appointment. Jan. 14 afternoon and Jan. 15 morning Feb. 11 afternoon and Feb.[Read More…]
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MHS students start fundraiser
MEEKER | Meeker High School students Ainsley Selle and Savannah Mendenhall have recently created a program called Hope for Healing Hands, designed to give back to healthcare workers, EMTs, school staff and administrators, and law enforcement. The idea started when the two students saw how COVID-19 has impacted those on[Read More…]
Town considers code changes
MEEKER | In the first official Board of Trustees meeting for 2021, the town reviewed a proposed assessment and design of the White River corridor through town, completed in conjunction with the Eastern Rio Blanco Metropolitan Recreation and Park District and SWCA Environmental Consulting out of Broomfield, Colorado. The study[Read More…]
Barber on the run
MEEKER | Jason Boudreaux has a lot of stories to tell. Whether you catch him outside the local Go-Fer Foods, run into him on the street, or sit down for a haircut in his barber chair, you’re sure to hear at least one of them. Growing up in Lafayette, Louisiana,[Read More…]
NEW MANAGEMENT …
Daryl LeFevre submitted this photo of the “new management” arriving just before Christmas at the historic K-T Ranch on County Road 8 | DARYL LEFEVRE PHOTO
ERBM 40th anniversary, Circle Park reopening
MEEKER | As we all move forward toward embracing a new year in 2021, we hope you will celebrate with us at ERBM Recreation and Park District as we jump into our 40th year of service to the residents and visitors of eastern Rio Blanco County! Founded in 1981, Eastern[Read More…]
YURT OPEN …
Kick off the new year than with a trip to the yurt on the Marvine Trail. According to the White River Nordic Council, the roads are plowed and the trail is groomed, be careful around the cattle guards, and be COVID smart while at the yurt. | COURTESY PHOTO
Oldland honored for 14 years of service to Cemetery District
MEEKER | The Meeker Cemetery District would like to acknowledge Board Member Jan Oldland for her 14 years of dedication to the Highland Cemetery and community by providing direction and donating her time, in addition to being an integral contributor to the important advances made.
NEW YEAR COLD SNAP …
Rio Blanco County is welcoming the new year with temperatures well below freezing. The cold snap is expected to continue until at least Sunday, when a pre-snowstorm warm-up is in the forecast. Photos By LUCAS TURNER | [email protected]
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GOOD SAMARITANS …
Operation Christmas Child is a project of Samaritan’s Purse, an international relief organization whose mission is to provide local partners around the world with shoeboxes filled with small toys, hygiene items, and school supplies as a means of reaching out to children in their own communities with the Good News[Read More…]
THE SUN WILL COME OUT …
A snowssquall moved through part of Rio Blanco County Tuesday afternoon. The storm was so intense it triggered an emergency alert right as the wind started to pick up. Colorado weather is a great reminder that nothing is permament, whether weather or life circumstances. The last remnants of the squall[Read More…]
