Meeker
More than 150 take part in Winter Blast
MEEKER | The ERBM Recreation & Park District Winter Blast event on Saturday, Jan. 14, found more than 150 people at Paintbrush Park for the Cardboard Derby and Winter Carnival. The snow was perfect for the derby with 66 individuals and 11 families testing their cardboard creation. Mathias Cale came[Read More…]
Meeker Education benefit Jan. 29
MEEKER | On Jan. 29 (the Sunday before the Super Bowl), the Meeker Education Foundation will hold its third annual benefit dinner and auction. The evening’s proceeds will help fund the foundation’s grant award program for the coming school year which provides staff/student grant awards for academic/activity enrichment opportunities and[Read More…]
Meeker trustees will serve on URA board
MEEKER | At the Jan. 17 town board meeting, trustees discussed the best way to put out a bid for a new police vehicle after trustees expressed concerns at the previous meeting about specifying a make or model. Chief of Police Bob Hervey explained that there are very few makes[Read More…]
Winter Blast 2017 Photos
Yoga studio opens in downtown Meeker
MEEKER | A new yoga studio is opening in Meeker on Monday. Mountain Charisma proprietor Brittney Shonk is excited to introduce the community to a practice that has had a dramatic impact on her own life. A Meeker native, Shonk (neé Ducey) returned home “to be closer to family” after[Read More…]
Joy Surveying Company joins forces with SGM
MEEKER | Long-time Meeker business Joy Surveying Company (JSC) recently announced it is joining forces with SGM, an engineering, surveying and consulting firm based in Glenwood Springs. JSC is proud to have provided responsive survey, mapping and GIS services throughout its 45-year history and is excited to bring cutting edge[Read More…]
2017 Ice Fishing Photos …
Support group for female veterans and military wives starts Jan. 17 in Meeker
MEEKER | Female veterans and wives of veterans can face a different set of challenges than their male counterparts. For that reason, the Grand Junction Vet Center will begin hosting a women’s support group every other Tuesday from 1:30-2:30 p.m. beginning Jan. 17 at the Meeker V.F.W. (290 Fourth St.).[Read More…]
Meeker man injured in snowmobile accident
MEEKER | Rodney Dunham, 47, of Meeker suffered serious injuries Sunday in a snowmobile accident near Meadow Lake in the Flat Tops Wilderness. According to his mother, Diane, Dunham and another snowmobiler collided, knocking Dunham off his sled. He was fortunate to be snowmobiling with a group of people with[Read More…]
Couple walks away from plane crash
MEEKER | The Rio Blanco County Sheriff’s Office Communication Center received a call from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Saturday morning that a plane had crashed approximately 32 miles east of Meeker. The information stated that the FAA was getting a good emergency locator transmission from the plane and the[Read More…]
Coal Creek School starts ‘125 Challenge’
MEEKER | Coal Creek School is happy to start 2017 with the completion of its exterior restoration and ready to begin the Coal Creek School 125 Challenge. The school has been successfully weather-proofed for the winter. The stone walls have been restored to their original 1892 appearance. New trusses have[Read More…]
