MEEKER I Since 1979, locals and visitors alike have gathered in the early morning hours on July 4 for another kind of parade – the Run for Your Life 5K walk/run.
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Happy 4th of July…
The Range Call Celebration started because of a rodeo and is the oldest annual rodeo in the State of Colorado, performing for 128 years, with two professional rodeos in 2013.
Piceance-born author to speak on area’s history
RIFLE I Rifle Creek Museum is hosting another “Remembering Rifle” day with Gracie Petrakian as special guest on July 6 between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m.
Bennet seeks interns
RBC I Colorado U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet is accepting internship applications from undergraduate students, recent graduates and graduate students for his Washington, DC and Colorado offices.
4-H Beef Club sets pro-beef contest
RBC | Did you know there are only 35 days until fair from today?
Rio Blanco County Days Gone By
The Meeker Herald — 125 years ago
Imagination Library to reopen in Meeker; funds remain short to include Rangely
RBC I Moffat County Youth United Way, the youth component of Moffat County United Way, and Connections 4 Kids, the early childhood council serving Moffat and Rio Blanco counties, reports that registration for Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library has reopened for Meeker residents.
From My Window… God bless the firefighters; Range Call begins Wednesday
Smoke to the left of us, smoke to the right of us; smoke all around us. That seems to be the battle cry for the past two weeks for those of us in Rio Blanco County. Thank God for the firefighters!
Veterans’ memorial…
Tony Clausen of Craig and Doug McDow of Meeker, representing Luke Renninger Log Homes, have been donating time to help erect the pedestal that will hold the Rio Blanco County Veterans Memorial statue on the county courthouse lawn.
County accepts old Meeker school; future use uncertain
MEEKER I The Rio Blanco County commissioners voted unanimously Monday to accept possession of the downtown Meeker property known as the old Meeker elementary school, but they made it clear that the building is not automatically going to be demolished in favor of the new county justice center.
Complete fire ban in county
RBC I Effective as of Monday morning, Rio Blanco County and the Town of Meeker had instituted Stage One Fire Restrictions for the entire county.
Letter to the Editor: A new list of elected traitors
Dear Editor: Over this past weekend, we came four votes away from the United States Senate giving our constitutional rights over to the United Nations.
