RBC | Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association, which owns Colowyo Mine and the Craig Station power plant, announced Thursday that the 427-megawatt Unit 1 will close by the end of 2025; and the 410-megawatt Unit 2 and the 448-megawatt Unit 3 will close by 2030. Colowyo Mine operations are expected[Read More…]
Meeker
Circle Park Pond cost double original estimate
MEEKER | The November board meeting for the Eastern Rio Blanco Metropolitan Recreation and Parks District began with requests from several local entities. First, BLM White River Field Office Recreation Planner Alan Czepinski requested official support for new open OHV areas near LO7 mountain and north of Rangely. These will[Read More…]
TOPPING OFF …
The Haselden construction team is well underway with the building of the new Meeker High School. During the last busy day of finals week for high school students, Haselden held true to the construction tradition and held a “topping off ceremony.” The history of a topping off ceremony is when[Read More…]
MACC on the move …
For a second year in a row Meeker Arts and Cultural Council shared a day filled with active theater workshops with five Barone middle school students at the Colorado State Junior Thespian Day. The workshops were presented in a round-robin fashion, so that students could experience all of the guest[Read More…]
Buck and Bull …
The 2019 Barone Middle School Big Buck and Bull contest is in the books. The big buck and bull contest is in its ninth year, where BMS students compete to see who can harvest the biggest buck, or bull, or both. This year there were 13 muleys and three elk[Read More…]
New Year’s Eve Dance Party
MEEKER | Dress to impress for a formal New Year’s Eve celebration on Dec. 31 from 8:30 p.m. to 12:30 a.m. Jan. 1 at the historic Hugus Building, 594 Main Street, in downtown Meeker. Enjoy live music and classic and modern dance music, heavy appetizers from local restaurants and a[Read More…]
CHRISTMAS STORE …
Once again, the annual “Christmas Store” event was brought to residents of the Walbridge Memorial Wing at Pioneers Medical Center in Meeker on Friday, Dec. 13. Residents there were given the opportunity to shop for Christmas gifts by simply making their way down the hall and picking out just the[Read More…]
Colorado-based Four Points Funding recognized as a leading Opportunity Zone Fund in new Forbes OZ 20 list
MEEKER | Four Points Funding (4PF), a private real estate investment firm with offices in Steamboat Springs and Denver, was recognized as a leading Opportunity Zone fund nationally in the The Forbes OZ 20: Top Opportunity Zone Catalysts, a partnership between Forbes Magazine and the Sorenson Impact Center. The Forbes[Read More…]
Sanitation District set to approve rate increase
MEEKER | The rate Meeker residents pay to enjoy the comfort and convenience of indoor plumbing is going to cost a little more if the Meeker Sanitation District Board of Directors approves a rate increase in February. Facing essential repairs and replacements to aging infrastructure as well as increasing costs[Read More…]
ECOLOGY IN ACTION …
Meeker High School students Alana Nielsen, Hadley Franklin, John Hampton Hightower, Jose Garcia, Aspen Merrifield and Savvy Mendenhall picked up 25 bags of windblown trash surrounding the county landfill this month as part of the Meeker International Ecology program. The group is raising funds to travel to the Galapagos Islands[Read More…]
Skijoring competition coming to Meeker
MEEKER | Meeker will join a list of communities in Colorado, Wyoming, Montana and Utah this winter to host a skijoring competition in conjunction with Skijor USA’s competition circuit. “They want Meeker to be part of their racing series this year,” Meeker Drugs proprietor Diana Jones told the town’s board[Read More…]
Halandras wreaths a labor of love
MEEKER | Gus Halandras doesn’t remember exactly when he started making the giant holiday wreaths that adorn the family’s namesake building on Seventh and Main, but he knows it’s been at least 30 years, maybe 35 since he decided the building “could use some festive ornamentation” at Christmas. The annual[Read More…]
