MEEKER I The final tournament of the year didn’t end the way Joe LeBlanc or his teammates wanted, but in wrestling it’s hard to keep a good wrestler down. LeBlanc and five of his University of Wyoming teammates competed in the NCAA 2012 Division I Wrestling Championships in St. Louis,[Read More…]
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TEA Party meeting tonight
MEEKER | TEA Party meeting is today, March 22, at 7 p.m. Guest speakers will be Colorado House Dist. 57 candidates Ron Roesener and Bob Rankin.
Fairfield grant application due April 2
MEEKER | The Freeman E. Fairfield semi-annual trust grant application deadline is 5 p.m., Monday, April 2.
A long history of hard-working people
MEEKER I Joe and Evalyn Carstens have grown up, worked, owned a business, and raised a family in this area. They come from a long history of hard-working people and carry on that tradition.
Common sense
Congressman Scott Tipton (right) visits with town trustee Regas Halandras and former Meeker mayor Gus Halandras at a town hall meeting Tipton held last Saturday at Kilowatt Korner.
House commends electric co-ops
MEEKER I In recognition of the International Year of Cooperatives, the Colorado House of Representatives presented a tribute to Colorado’s electric co-ops during Co-op Day at the state capitol Monday, Feb. 27.
Buy Fly …
Rio Blanco County commissioner Shawn Bolton spent the weekend fishing in the annual Buy Fly Whitefish tournament, where nine teams caught and filleted whitefish for the White River Community Fish Fry held in late May or June. High Lonesome Ranch defended their team title and Sable Mountain Outfitters sponsored the[Read More…]
Dodge ball ….
Players rush to the center for balls at the start of a dodge ball game, sponsored by the ERBM Recreation and Parks District, played at Barone Middle School for the next six Wednesdays.
RBC Fire Protection District banquet
Customer service training for entities
RBC I More than 100 elected officials, department heads and employees from the towns of Meeker and Rangely, Rio Blanco County and the ERBM Recreation and Park District attended three days of customer service training courses last week, sponsored by the county and facilitated by Brian Muir of The James[Read More…]
DI teams qualify four teams for state
MEEKER I Meeker was well represented at the Western Slope Regional Destination Imagination Tournament Saturday in Palisade, Colo. Seven teams ranging from first through seventh grades participated in the different challenges.
BMS wrestlers crown 7 champs
MEEKER I The Barone Middle School wrestling team continued their successful season last week, winning dual meets against Hayden and the Panthers in Rangely Thursday last and finishing second as a team in Oak Creek last Saturday.