Gordon and Beth Merriam of South Jordan, Utah, are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter, Taylor Renae Merriam, to Luke Jerome Buckley, son of Marsha Buckley of Golden, Colo., and the late Jerry Buckley.
Milestones
New Arrival…
MEEKER | Talen and Gracelyn Walker would like to announce the birth of their brother, Kellan Maddox Walker.
Three Meeker students nominated to academies
MEEKER I On Friday, U.S. Rep. Scott Tipton (Colo.-03) announced that 22 students from the 3rd Congressional District, including three from Meeker, have earned his nomination to U.S. Service Academies.
Local students named to honors list at Wyoming
MEEKER I University of Wyoming lists two Meeker students among the 106 Colorado students on the 2013 fall semester President’s Honor Roll.
RHS senior royalty…
Rangely High School senior royalty candidates from left to right: Ryan Wilczek, McKale Pennell, Wesley Goddard, Chelsea Ficken, Tessa Slagle and Connor Phelan.
Rangely man inducted into Sports Hall of Fame at Adams State
RANGELY I Last fall, Adams State University inducted one of the most successful football teams in the school’s history into its Hall of Fame. Among the players honored was longtime Colorado Northwestern Community College baseball and basketball coach Paul Conrad, a middle linebacker for the Adams State College Indians from[Read More…]
Meekerite Carl Taussig inducted into PTK
MEEKER | Carl Taussig of Meeker was inducted into the Beta Rho Iota chapter of Phi Theta Kappa (PTK) at College of the Desert in Palm City, Calif., on Dec. 17.
Engagement…
Jade Elizabeth Mehlhoff, formerly of Meeker, is engaged to Austin Doyle Schilling of Missouri.
Retirement…
Bonnie Ruckman, the director of the Rio Blanco County Department of Human Services, spent plenty of time cutting her retirement cake on Monday afternoon at Meeker Town Hall.
Engagement…
Steve and Jean Gianinetti of Meeker are very pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter, Winter Ives, to Donald Lawrence Blazon, son of Sharon and Irvin Griffin of Meeker. The couple will celebrate their wedding on Feb. 8, 2014, in Meeker.
OSU Senior of Distinction…
Morgan Neilson, an animal science major from Meeker, was selected as an Oklahoma State University Senior of Significance for the 2013-2014 academic year.
Scoggins receives merit scholarship
RANGELY | William Scoggins of Rangely has received the Freshman Tuition Merit Scholarship for the fall 2013 semester at Fort Lewis College in Durango. Scoggins’s major is engineering.




