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Meeker locals

Ever wondered who owns the expansive and expensive Marvine Ranch upriver? A Fortune magazine article on CNNMoney.com Web site last week explains how Newark businessman Jon Wikelried, former CEO of Goldman Sachs, left the big city to become a Colorado cowboy at the age of 50.

Lady Cowboys win a pair

MEEKER I A 49-41 win over the West Grand Mustangs last Friday in Kremmling guaranteed the Lady Cowboys a home game in the first round of the playoffs. Meeker followed up the Northwest League victory with a 65-21 slaying of the De Beque Dragons on its home court Saturday.

Wayne Clark

Wayne Clark April 13, 1970~Jan. 23, 2010 On Saturday, Jan. 23, Wayne Clark of Green River, Wyo., was snowmobiling with his friends up Lost Creek — east of Baggs, Wyo. — when he met an untimely death. Woodrow Wayne Clark was born April 13, 1970, in Farmington, N.M., to Larry[Read More…]

Sampson graduates

MEEKER | Clint L. Sampson, 20, of Meeker was graduated from the U.S. Marine Corps boot camp Jan. 15 at San Diego. Pvt. Sampson successfully completed 13 weeks of intensive basic training as one of 75 recruits in training platoon No. 3248.

Meeker Streaker

MEEKER | In the month of January, Streaker activities were as follows: Seventeen days of Chuck Wagon with seven riders, 366 stops in Meeker, including 55 medical. Six riders to Rifle for shopping, three riders to Glenwood Springs with one medical. Four church days with five riders.

Meeker girls win two league games

MEEKER I “We had a good weekend,” Meeker girls’ basketball coach Hallie Blunt said after her team won two league games last Friday and Saturday. The Lady Cowboys defeated Plateau Valley 48-20 on their home court last Friday, before traveling to Oak Creek to defeat the Soroco Rams 57-44 the[Read More…]

Cowboys at home Friday

MEEKER I The Cowboy wrestling team will host its only home dual meets Friday against the Hayden Tigers and Moffat County Bulldogs, starting at 6 p.m.