MEEKER | The Meeker School District Board of Education held its regular meeting last week at the district office, with all board members in attendance. The board approved the agenda without changes and moved quickly into committee reports. The Meeker Education Foundation met in early July and awarded multiple grants.[Read More…]
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BACK TO SCHOOL!
These Meeker Elementary School students were all smiles at the end of the first day of the 2025-26 school year on Monday. JARED HENDERSON PHOTO
Elk Fire 100% contained, Lee Fire at 68% – New team took command Monday
MEEKER | With the Elk Fire 100% contained, progress continues on the south side of the Lee Fire, with 68% containment as of press time Wednesday. On Monday the Rocky Mountain Area Complex Incident Management Team 3 handed off command of the incident to the Northern Rockies Complex Incident Management[Read More…]
Breakfast stop leads Dr. Atwell to Barone Middle School principal role
MEEKER | A summer road trip and a stop for breakfast at Wendll’s for a ‘Bodacious Breakfast Burrito’ and coffee set the course for Barone Middle School’s new principal, Dr. Debra Atwell. While traveling through town with her husband, Roger, they visited with a local couple who shared their story[Read More…]
Benny the St. Bernard finds a new home and new job
MEEKER | His name is officially Benjamin, but he goes by Benny. This young St. Bernard was picked up as a dog-at-large in Meeker at the end of July, according to Community Service Officer Melissa Fellows, and subsequently relinquished to the Meeker Animal Shelter by his owner. “He was in[Read More…]
Meeker archers compete and win at national tournament
MEEKER | Six Meeker archers recently traveled to Helena, Montana, to compete at the National S3DA Western Outdoor Nationals archery tournaments. They competed throughout four days consisting of two days of Outdoor Target and two days of 3D shooting up to 50 meters. There were about 150 archers from all[Read More…]
From first grade to fine arts: new educators join Meeker classrooms
Special to the HT MEEKER | As the school bell rang Monday, Meeker welcomed a mix of new and familiar teachers ready to inspire students and embrace the community. Barone Middle School added a husband-and-wife team, Ted and Jana Dawson. Before introducing themselves, the Dawsons thanked the firefighters, including their[Read More…]
Happy 140th birthday to the Herald!
HT STAFF MEEKER | With this issue of the HT we begin our 141st year of continuous community journalism as the second oldest newspaper in Northwest Colorado (the Steamboat Pilot beat us by two weeks because of travel troubles encountered getting the old printing press from Leadville to Meeker by[Read More…]
FORTITUDE UNDER FIRE – Elk and Lee fires consume 130,000 acres of Rio Blanco County; now 5th largest wildfire in Colorado history
MEEKER | The Rocky Mountain Area Complex Incident Management Team 3 hosted a media briefing and tour Tuesday to provide updates on the Elk and Lee fires. Tyler Nathe, operations section chief for the team, said the Elk Fire currently covers 14,549 acres with 30% containment (that number has since[Read More…]
Fundraiser established for Bob Kydd, whose home was lost in the Elk Fire
HT Staff MEEKER | Reports of losses and damages from the Elk and Lee Fires are just beginning to come in as the focus starts to shift from the fire to its aftermath. You may not know Bob Kydd by name or face, but if you ever enjoyed the famous[Read More…]
Meeker trustees address community concerns, approve funding for local events
MEEKER | On Aug. 5, the Meeker Town Board held a regular meeting at Town Hall. Trustees Jessica Browning, Jeff Madison, Amanda Smith and Christopher Lockwood attended the meeting. Trustee Kathleen Sizemore was upriver and unable to attend due to the fire, while Trustee Charles Day was off fighting the[Read More…]
MUSEUM MUSINGS:Letters from history No. 94
Headquarters Military Division of the Missouri, Chicago, October 1, 1879 General A.H. TERRY, Saint Paul, Minn.: Major Thornburgh’s command, three companies of cavalry and one of infantry, were attacked near the White River Ute Agency, Colorado. Thornburgh and ten men were killed, and about twenty soldiers and teamsters were wounded. The[Read More…]
