The Meeker Chamber of Commerce hosted its annual One Table Business and Community Appreciation Dinner Friday, May 31 complete with live music, fire dancing and a luau theme. Caitlin Walker Photos
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ERBM Recreation and Park District looking at ‘hard decisions’
MEEKER | Future revenue uncertainty in the face of falling tax valuations is a topic of conversation for most special districts these days, including the Eastern Rio Blanco Metropolitan Recreation and Park District. During the May 21 monthly board meeting, board members and staff discussed what questions need to be[Read More…]
Country Raised closing doors
MEEKER | Meeker’s retail therapy options will be down by one in the next few weeks as Country Raised closes its brick-and-mortar space at 610 Main St. Proprietor Makala Barton opened the store, which offers home decor and gifts, in June 2016. In the three years since, she also went[Read More…]
Lawsuit against Meeker Housing Authority settled for $1 million
MEEKER | Pet lovers will agree: pets are a source of emotional support. Landlords will also agree: pets can be detrimental to property value. Determining whether emotional support animals and their owners qualify for the same housing protection as service animals became the subject of a two and a half year[Read More…]
Weather causes WREA system outages
MEEKER | Spring’s heavy wet snow resulted in power outages throughout WREA’s system on May 22. “Rain that turns to heavy wet snow followed by dropping temperatures make for the worst possible conditions to keep the lights on,” said Frank Sampson, WREA Manager of Operations. WREA crews were called in to[Read More…]
ACTION! Meeker local filming movie in area
RBC | Movie producer and former Meeker resident Calvin Shepherd has been in the Meeker area recently, filming his latest full-length motion picture “Country Mustard.” Shepherd is not new to the movie-making scene… He’s made numerous short films and his full-length film “Forgery” won the Jury Prize for Best Narrative[Read More…]
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Meeker trustees approve 4-H sponsorship
MEEKER | The meeting of the Meeker Board of Trustees started with the public participation portion of the approved agenda. Three Rio Blanco County 4-H students (Dawson Willey, Deana and Leah Wood) requested that the Town of Meeker sponsor the 2019 Bred-N-Fed and Carcass Evaluation contests. The board approved a[Read More…]
It’s Showtime Livestock Club report
MEEKER | The It’s Showtime Livestock Club has been busy in the community and with many 4-H responsibilities. For community pride and volunteer projects the club helped the 9 Health Fair setup and teardown, then some of the club members stuffed Easter eggs for the Easter Egg Hunt. In the[Read More…]
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Bobby Gutierrez Photos Keepsake Edition: https://www.theheraldtimes.com/PDF/HeraldTimes052319.pdf Starts on Page 17 of the document
Phone scam costs local woman thousands
MEEKER | A Meeker woman fell victim to a phone scam last Monday and lost several thousand dollars. She received a call stating she was due for a “rebate” on computer tech and was that to receive the money, they needed a bank account number. She then received a second[Read More…]
