RBC | Producers in Colorado who are interested in implementing conservation practices to improve natural resources on their private agricultural land have until Friday, Feb. 17, to submit applications for FY 2017 funding through the Natural Resources Conservation Service’s (NRCS) Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP). Eligible applications that are received[Read More…]
County
Meeker Education benefit Jan. 29
MEEKER | On Jan. 29 (the Sunday before the Super Bowl), the Meeker Education Foundation will hold its third annual benefit dinner and auction. The evening’s proceeds will help fund the foundation’s grant award program for the coming school year which provides staff/student grant awards for academic/activity enrichment opportunities and[Read More…]
‘Father of Glenwood Canyon’s I-70 project’ recalls experience
MEEKER | To say that the contribution of Meeker resident R. A. “Dick” Prosence to Colorado has been enormous would be an understatement. A former civil engineer for Colorado Department of Highways (CDOH, which became CDOT in 1991), Prosence was among a cadre of gifted engineers who built the 180[Read More…]
CNCC registration for spring classes open
MEEKER | Registration is open for Spring 2017 and many January classes are starting now. Basic computers (Jan. 10): important for anyone with computer questions. Machine quilting (Jan. 11): individualized instruction and a fun time. Computer programming (Jan. 12): credit or non-credit opportunities. iPad basics workshop: learn the basics for[Read More…]
Correction
RBC | In the Dec. 22, 2016, edition we mistakenly stated that the mule deer population had declined “by about a third of the previous winter range density,” when the population actually declined to one-third. Additionally, mule deer parturition takes place in late spring and early summer, not mid-summer as[Read More…]
Women’s unarmed self-defense class Jan. 13
MEEKER | Women’s Unarmed Self-Defense Class offered this Friday, Jan. 13 from 1-5 p.m. at the school administration building gym located at 555 Garfield St. in Meeker. This class is being offered in Meeker through a sponsorship of Kevin Amack State Farm Insurance at a reduced rate of $25 per[Read More…]
New commissioners sworn in
RBC | The final meeting for outgoing commissioners Jeff Eskelson and Jon Hill Monday lasted 18 minutes, during which time the board of county commissioners approved six items on the consent agenda, and awarded a bid to Urie Trucking for the lower White River pest control district for tamarisk and[Read More…]
Community Calendar: January 12, 2017
– Denver Nuggets Skills Challenge. Jan. 13 at 9 a.m. at MHS gym for ages 7-14 (as of April 30, 2017). Free dribbling, passing and shooting basketball competition. Call 878-3403 or visit meekerrecdistrict.com. – Winter Blast Saturday, Jan. 14 at 1 p.m. at Paintbrush Park. Cardboard Derby, carnival games, snowman[Read More…]
Rangely Chamber’s Crab Crack Feb. 11
Rangely | The Rangely Area of Commerce will host their annual Crab Crack on Saturday, Feb. 11 at 6:30 p.m. in the Weiss Center’s Colorado Room at CNCC. Tickets go on sale Jan. 9 to chamber members and can be purchased at the chamber office at 255 E. Main St.,[Read More…]
Meeker Education benefit Jan. 29
Meeker | On Jan. 29 (the Sunday before the Super Bowl), the Meeker Education Foundation will hold its third annual benefit dinner and auction. The evening’s proceeds will help fund the foundation’s grant award program for the coming school year which provides staff/student grant awards for academic/activity enrichment opportunities and[Read More…]
Days Gone By: January 5, 2017
The Meeker Herald — 100 years ago – We have noted that many business houses whose cry is “Patronize Home Trade,” send out to some big jobbing house for their stationery, etc., and in the meanwhile, the home newspaperman becomes a John D. Asterbilt from fighting Montgomery Roebuck & Co.[Read More…]
District Support …
