MEEKER I The Sheep and Goat Growers met June 16 at the Rio Blanco County Fairgrounds. Members brought their sheep and goats and practiced showmanship. The leaders and the older kids helped the younger members.
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Slide Show: Club holds cake demonstration
MEEKER | Members of the 4-H Cake Decorating Club held a cake demonstration June 10 at the Clock Plaza in Meeker.
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Road Rash ’N’ Splash Mini Triathlon Race Results
Meeker Locals
The casting call is open for participants in the Meeker Massacre Pageant! Everyone is welcome, and new volunteers are encouraged to sign up.
Engineering a road to the future
RBC I After questioning who actually has ownership of the existing Ute Road, the Meeker School District — with the town of Meeker as a co-applicant — is seeking a revised $925,000 energy impact grant from the Colorado Department of Local Affairs to build a new road leading to the[Read More…]
Local protest
Pipeliners from Local Union 798 gathered along Highway 64 last week to protest hiring practices by Sterling Construction, a Wyoming-based company, which has a Meeker office.
Letter: Highland Cemetery is in good hands
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.
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.
