A long overdue thank you goes to Art Cox, Sonny Etherton and Sherry Purkey for all their hard work keeping our Highland Cemetery so well-groomed.
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Summer classes offered through CNCC
MEEKER | There are several later-starting summer classes offered through Colorado Northwestern Community College’s Meeker branch, including:
Outstanding caseworker
Darcy Roach, a caseworker for Rio Blanco County Department of Social Services, was honored for “outstanding case practice.”
Macy Collins attends livestock expo
MEEKER I Macy Collins attended the Northwest Colorado Livestock Exposition on June 17-18 in Eagle.
Meeker board OKs $6 million budget
MEEKER I Facing a revenue shortfall of more than $400,000, the Meeker School Board approved a budget of more than $6 million last week.
Truck pulls down power lines, cuts off Meeker power
The lights went out in parts of Meeker on Saturday afternoon when two high-voltage power poles were pulled down on First Street, next to Stage Stop, turning the power off in the downtown district as well as at other businesses and residential neighborhoods in the area.
PMC recruiting 2 physicians after Bullard ‘leaves’
MEEKER I Pioneers Medical Center is stepping up its recruiting efforts to fill two positions on the medical staff. The positions were formerly held by Drs. Victor Mihal and Branch Bullard.
Roundabout proposed for Meeker road
MEEKER I The results of a traffic study for Ute Road estimate the cost to prepare for traffic generated by the new elementary school at more than $1 million.
CNCC Basketball Action
Meeker’s Trey Morris waits to be signaled in to the game during summer action Saturday at Colorado Northwestern Community College in Rangely.
Obituary: Sharon J. Rowe
Jan. 16, 1945~May 28, 2009 Sharon J. Rowe, 64, of Apple River, Ill., passed away Thursday May 28, 2009, at FHN Memorial Hospital in Freeport, Ill. Sharon was born on Jan. 16, 1945, in Freeport to Frederick P. and Jean A. (Kaiser) Sersch.
Meeker Locals: June 18 edition
“Welcome to Isolated, Colo.” It would be a good name, since all the weather forecasts that call for “isolated storms” seem to be hitting us square in the face.
Loose Ends: What is reality?
“When are you moving back to reality?” a relative asked years ago. The long distances between towns, the lack of diversity, and the lack of various commercial concerns that most of us depend upon were only a few of the things that led her to consider her reality more valuable[Read More…]
