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Community Calendar: June 21, 2018

– Free Swim Friday June 22, 5 to 7 p.m. at Rangely Rec Center. FREE! WRBM Recreation & Park District 970-675-8211. – Track & Cross Country Clinic June 22, 10 a.m. to noon. at Bob King Track. FREE track and cross country clinic for youth entering K-8th grades. ERBM Recreation[Read More…]

Days Gone By: June 14, 2018

The Meeker Herald — 100 years ago – 20th annual celebration Strawberry Day Saturday, June 22. Glenwood Springs, Colo. Free strawberries and ice cream. Free swimming pool and free wild animal show for the children. – Regular Kansas heat first three days of this week. – Miss Margaret Oldland returned[Read More…]

Enter the Fourth of July parade

MEEKER | Anyone can enter the parade, whether you are an individual, an organization, a business or just have a message. Stop by the Meeker Chamber of Commerce or visit meekerchamber.com to get an entry form and return it to the Chamber by June 28. 

Shake-up for CNCC administration

RBC | In an email sent to members of the Craig Board of Control Monday afternoon June 4, Craig CNCC Campus Vice-President Janell Oberlander stated her resignation and reported that her assistant, Denise Mosher, was resigning as well. Oberlander is headed to a new job in Wyoming, and Mosher has accepted[Read More…]

Advocates …

Ribbon cutting for Rio Blanco’s Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) program. From left: JoAnn Goss-Gardner (Meeker Chamber of Commerce), Brittany Shonk, Christy Doyon (Executive Director), Liz Ducey, Katie McCaffrey, Amberly Petty. DOC WATSON PHOTO

O say can you sing?

MEEKER | If you are interested in singing the National Anthem at the beginning of the 4th of July parade please let us know. There will be tryouts hosted by the Meeker Arts and Cultural Council on June 18 at 6:30 p.m. at the Old West Heritage Cultural Center (517[Read More…]

Clarification

MEEKER | The Meeker Lions Club will be hosting the concession stand at the Meeker Summer Rodeo Series to raise funds for local youth programs like the Washington D.C. eighth-grade trip and other groups. The Meeker Arts and Cultural Council (MACC) has the liquor license at the rodeos to raise[Read More…]

County Beat: June 14, 2018

DRONE DISCUSSION New uses are being found for drones all the time, and as the technology develops, authorities have to determine new policies and procedures. Unauthorized drone use around wildfires, for instance, has resulted in air fire suppression efforts being grounded. Whether drones should be used for code enforcement—specifically building[Read More…]