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Community Calendar: March 22, 2018

– The annual St. Patrick’s Dinner hosted by Holy Family Catholic Church will be held on Sunday, March 25. – Pool Easter Egg Hunt at Rangely Recreation Center March 29 at 7 p.m. (sharp!) All ages welcome. Cost: Donation to Backpack Program (individual packaged items like granola bars, mac and cheese[Read More…]

Learn to cook well on a budget

MEEKER |  Need help preparing healthy meals on a limited budget? Sign up for Cooking Matters, a free class held once a week for six weeks. Chefs and dieticians will answer your questions, you’ll eat in class, go home with groceries and have childcare provided. Classes held April 3-May 8[Read More…]

Days Gone By: March 15, 2018

The Meeker Herald — 100 years ago – The man who has a fine head of hair is careless about parting it. But the man who has only eight hairs left never fails to get four on one side of the part and four on the other side. – Weather conditions[Read More…]

Register for community ed classes now

MEEKER |  Spring CNCC Community Education Classes starting late February through March are open for registration. Don’t miss these opportunities to learn or create something new. Microsoft PowerPoint,  March 27 and April 3; create dynamic presentations. Mexican coking, March 28 and April 4; Chef Karla will spice up your Mexican[Read More…]

CNCC Foundation dinner March 31

RANGELY | The 14th annual Colorado Northwestern Community College Foundation fundraiser dinner will be held Saturday, March 31 at 5:30 p.m. in the Colorado Room at CNCC Rangely. Live and silent auctions, dinner, beer and wine available for purchase. Tickets are $50/person or $275/table of six. Contact Sue Samaniego at[Read More…]

Prescribed burn planned for Miller Creek area

RBC | The Upper Colorado River Interagency Fire and Aviation Management Unit (UCR) is preparing to conduct several prescribed burns on White River National Forest and Bureau of Land Management lands in Eagle, Garfield, Pitkin and Rio Blanco counties, weather and conditions permitting. Prescribed burns are implemented to provide benefits to[Read More…]

Road and bridge questions claim dump fees have increased

RBC | There haven’t been any increases to landfill dump fees in Rio Blanco County for nearly a decade. In fact, the county last changed its rates in 2009. A letter from Eagle River Water Services, providers of residential trash services in Meeker for the last four months, indicates that[Read More…]