MEEKER | If you’ve ever wanted to operate a secondhand shop, this may be your opportunity. The current owners of Deja Vu, Meeker’s thrift store, are going to have to quit the business because of health problems. If it were up to David and Cheritha Cale they would just relocate[Read More…]
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St. Pat’s Day Festival to support MS
MEEKER | The first annual Saint Pat’s Day Festival in Meeker is set for March 17. There will be activities for kids in the afternoon and a dance with an Irish theme later in the evening at the Hugus Building. Leading up to the event we will be raising funds[Read More…]
Meeker board establishes URA
MEEKER | It was standing room only for the Tuesday board of trustees meeting at Meeker Town Hall. On the agenda: two public hearings. One for a resolution to establish an urban renewal authority (URA) and the other an ordinance to create a new residential zoning classification. “The URA is[Read More…]
Elk Creek project intended to protect cutthroat trout
MEEKER | Conservation populations of Colorado River Cutthroat Trout (cutthroat) in Colorado have been reduced to about 7 percent of their historic range. This reduction makes projects that enhance native fisheries in local rivers increasingly important. Conservation projects that improve cutthroat trout populations are priority partner projects with Colorado Parks[Read More…]
Plane extracted from Flat Tops Wilderness by helicopter
MEEKER | When a small single-engine airplane performed an emergency landing in the Flat Tops Wilderness in January, everyone breathed a sigh of relief that plane’s occupants were able to walk away from the event uninjured. But that’s not the end of the story. The pilot and his wife were[Read More…]
New Eden Pregnancy Care Services holds breakfast fundraiser Saturday
MEEKER | Pregnancy and childbirth should be a time of joy and excitement, but when a pregnancy is unintended or resources are lacking to care for an infant, that season can be one of fear and stress. New Eden Pregnancy Care Services works to ease that stress and provide support[Read More…]
First Aid/CPR/AED class March 4
MEEKER | There will be a First Aid/CPR/AED class at the Meeker Recreation Center on Saturday, March 4 from 8 a.m.-1 p.m. People 12 and older are invited to learn the skills needed to give immediate care to an injured or ill person until more advanced medical personnel arrive and[Read More…]
Facelift for one of Meeker’s iconic storefronts
MEEKER | When it comes to makeovers, who’s better suited to perform one than a beauty salon? In 2013, Meeker native Jan Nye took on the challenge of giving a facelift to the iconic building on Main Street that housed the town’s drugstore for nearly a century. Nye applied for[Read More…]
Change in traffic pattern at MES
MEEKER | Beginning Monday, March 27 (the first day after spring break) Meeker Elementary School will implement a new traffic pattern. The buses will use the current “Kiss-n-Go” loop and student drop off will be at the south end of the parking lot where the buses currently go. Parents may[Read More…]
CNCC registration for spring classes open
MEEKER | Mosaic workshop, Feb. 17-18, 9 a.m.-noon: unique craft to apply surface decoration for gift ideas. Machine quilting, March 1-April 12, 4-7 p.m.: new session for spring, learn new skills or complete projects. Microsoft Excel, March 3-April 4, 6-8 p.m.: spreadsheet calculations, etc. Microsoft Powerpoint, April 11-18, 6-8 p.m.;[Read More…]
St. Pat’s Day Festival to support MS
MEEKER | The first annual Saint Pat’s Day Festival in Meeker is set for March 17. There will be some exciting activities for kids in the afternoon and a dance with an Irish theme later in the evening at the Hugus Building. We would like to see the whole community[Read More…]
Accounting firm THPK opens office in Meeker
MEEKER | THPK Accounting has been in Northwest Colorado since 1972 out of their main branch in Steamboat Springs. In 2009 the firm expanded their services to Craig, providing agricultural accounting expertise. With the addition of Meeker resident Michelle Adams to the THPK team in January 2016, the firm has[Read More…]
