Sonja Hefton Peterson died peacefully at home on April 29, 2015, in Glendale, Ariz., at the age of 43.
Meeker
Letter to the Editor: Explanation of Range Call move to Ute Park
Dear Editor: I would just like to take a second to clarify some of the confusion surrounding the Meeker Range Call celebration and the move to Ute Park for some of the attractions.
Meeker Business Leaders’ Luncheon May 21
RBC I The next Meeker Business Leaders’ Luncheon will be held May 21 at the Mexican House restaurant on Market Street from 1 to 2 p.m.
Pioneers Healthcare Foundation scholarship fundraiser a success
MSD rehires Meyer, names new principal
MEEKER I At its May 5 meeting, the big ticket items for the Meeker Board of Education (BOE) were the hiring of a new high school principal and filling the vacant academic coordinator position.
12 MHS tracksters headed to state championships
MEEKER I A dozen Meeker athletes will compete in the 2015 Colorado Track and Field Championships starting today in Denver at Jefferson County Stadium.
Judge rules against Colowyo, Trapper mines; 120-day window set
RBC I A federal judge ruled Friday that expansions of two Western Slope coal mines approved nearly a decade ago failed to adhere to federal law and consider potential environmental impacts. Judge R. Brooke Jackson said that 2006 and 2007 expansions of the Western Slope’s Colowyo and Trapper mines, which[Read More…]
MHS and BMS bands and choir will perform together on May 18
MEEKER | Jeff Hemingson, the director of Choral and Instrumental Music at Meeker High School and Barone Middle School, announced Tuesday that the spring combined choir and band concert will be held May 18 at 6:30 p.m. at the Meeker High School auditorium.
Birth: Ellieanne Margaret Rundberg
Oldtimers’ Celebration in Meeker is June 6
MEEKER The Oldtimers’ Celebration will be held June 6 at the Freeman Fairfield Center in downtown Meeker.
Sandhill cranes…
Letter to the Editor: Do some reading on global warming
Dear Editor: In his State of the Union address in April, President Obama stated that “no challenge poses a greater threat to future generations than climate change.” Of course he was referring to human-caused global warming (HCGW), which, in his view, is “settled science.” Thousands of workers in the field[Read More…]




