MEEKER I The Meeker High School boys’ basketball team kicked off its season off with a bang, winning the White River Electric Cowboy Shootout at home.
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Wing Christmas…
Members of Emmanuel Baptist Church of Meeker hosted the “Christmas Store” at Pioneer Hospital’s Walbridge Wing and at Meeker Housing Authority’s Pines Apartments this year. Residents at both locations were able to go shopping right at home for Christmas gifts for their special friends and loved ones. Everything was free[Read More…]
MHS wrestlers produce three champs, finish fourth at Delta
MEEKER I “We improved from the previous week,” Meeker wrestling coach J.C. Watt said of his team’s fourth-place finish at the Delta Invitational on Saturday. Watt hopes his team continues to improve this week, because for the first time in several years, the Cowboys have been invited back to the[Read More…]
Rio Blanco County lights up for the holidays
No recall for 3 school board members; too few signatures
MEEKER I There will be no recall election for three veteran members of the Meeker School Board of Trustees.
Drama club presents ‘Fruitcake’ dessert theater tonight at MHS
MEEKER I The Meeker High School Drama Club and International Thespian Society 1284 will present a fall “dessert theater” one-act play titled “Fruitcake” at the MHS auditorium tonight.
Letter to the Editor: In support of law enforcement
Dear Editor: I want to thank our Rio Blanco Sheriff’s Office, the Colorado State Patrol and the Meeker and Rangely police departments and all other government workers (fire departments, EMTs, etc.) for keeping our towns safe and healthy. I am tired of hearing on the news stations of all the[Read More…]
Natural Soda seeks expansion
RBC I The Bureau of Land Management is now seeking public comments concerning a proposed sodium bicarbonate plant expansion 37 miles southwest of Meeker.
Letter to the Editor: In support of legal marijuana sales
Dear Editor: I support the lawful sale of medical and recreational marijuana to adults in Rio Blanco County. I have sympathy for the use of medical marijuana by our sick, handicapped and those who cannot access high-priced prescriptions. It would be shameful for us to deny one citizen who is[Read More…]
‘Dessert theater’ presented Dec. 17-18 by MHS Drama Club
MEEKER I The Meeker High School Drama Club and International Thespian Society 1284 will present a “dessert theater” one-act play titled “Fruitcake” at the MHS auditorium on Dec. 17 and 18.
WREA has board vacancy
MEEKER I The White River Electric Association Board of Directors is accepting letters of interest from WREA members seeking appointment to fill a WREA board vacancy representing the Town of Meeker district.
Four cattle die as result of rollover on County Road 7
MEEKER I Just before noon on Dec. 2, a cattle truck carrying 76 head of cattle purchased from Buffalo Horn Ranch overturned on a curve at the 11-mile marker of County Road 7, killing one steer outright and injuring several others.