Dear Editor: This is a request to all of my amazing customers and community: Meeker Drugs will be changing hours and processes just for the next 8 weeks. My staff will do their very best to maintain customer satisfaction and continue to provide the level of service you deserve however,[Read More…]
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USFS honors Arthur Carhart’s legacy with 100th anniversary events
One hundred years ago, Trappers Lake, 50 miles east of Meeker, looked much as it does today because its unique beauty inspired a young Forest Service employee to take action. In 1919, the Forest Service dispatched its first landscape architect, Arthur H. Carhart, to Trappers Lake with instructions to survey[Read More…]
Loose Ends: Sheepdogs and the end of summer
Most folks in the White River Valley were sure the dog days of summer were over until they either volunteered or attended another successful Meeker Classic Sheepdog Championship. For the past 33 years, our community’s different kind of dog days—the Meeker Classic—has heralded the end of summer. Watching the handlers[Read More…]
Obituary
Henry M. ‘Mick’ Carter 1945 ~ Sept. 7, 2019 Henry M “Mick” Carter, 74, went home to the Lord on Saturday, Sept. 7, 2019, due to cancer. He died peacefully in his home in Delta, Colorado, with his loving wife, Linda, by his side. A lover of the Western Slope,[Read More…]
RBC weekly review
The following information is a weekly review of the calls for service that were reported to the Rio Blanco County Sheriff’s Communications Office. If you have any questions or would like an explanation of the call types listed please call 878-9600. We will not regularly post any information as to[Read More…]
Letters to the editor
From Wild to Mild: the Meeker Mustang Makeover Dear Editor: Amidst all the excitement surrounding the Meeker Sheepdog Classic this weekend, the rodeo stands were jam-packed at the first inaugural Meeker Mustang Makeover held this past Friday at the Rio Blanco County Fairgrounds in Meeker, Colorado. Gate receipts showed more[Read More…]
Canadian wins Classic
This years 2019 Meeker Sheep dog trials bared the storm on the championship run day. Despite the storm the final top twelve competitors took center field at the award ceremony Sunday evening. The bleachers were filled each day, including the extra day. Saturday called in enough spectators to have a[Read More…]
Obituary
Joseph Billy ‘Joe’ Watkins Oct. 20, 1960 ~ Sept. 6, 2019 Joseph Billy “Joe” Watkins, 58, died Friday, Sept. 6, 2019 as the result of a motorcycle accident north of Thermopolis. Born Oct. 20, 1960, in Grand Junction, Colorado, he was the son of Duane and Rose (Voss) Watkins. The family[Read More…]
Cedar Ridges Golf Course hosts 2019 Men’s Club Championship
Cedar Ridges Golf Course held its Men’s Club Championship Sept. 7 and 8 with 28 total players. Strong winds and thunderstorms caused a 90-minute weather delay Sunday. The next event is the Ladies’ Fall Classic this Saturday, Sept. 14. Championship Flight 1st Gross Brian Prater, 74/82 2nd Gross Josh Teague,[Read More…]
Animal Shelter Fundraiser
Mountain Valley Bank hosted a spay and neuter fundraiser for the Meeker Animal Shelter Aug. 26-30 that raised $206. “We want to give a big thank you to everyone for participating in helping the shelter,” said Loretta McCoy of Mountain Valley Bank (left) with Animal Control Officer Laurel Haney (right).[Read More…]
Meeker softball gets confidence boost
The opening four games for lady Cowboy softball is not what the team wanted, but last weekend they handily battled in Aspen to bring their record back up to 50%. The team rebounded strong from opening season losses to the eastern slope teams to bring home two wins this past[Read More…]
Cowboys clash with Titans, 2-0 record
The previous matchup of the Coal Ridge Titans and the Cowboy football teams ended with a Meeker victory but not before the game went into overtime. This year the Cowboys worked both sides of the ball so that before the first half ended the Cowboys were 40 points ahead and[Read More…]
