Incumbent Democratic Gov. John Hickenlooper made an hour-long stop in Meeker on Monday at Mountain Valley Bank before visiting the new Pioneers Medical Center site.
The bank’s meeting room had a standing-room-only crowd of Republicans and Democrats from both sides of the county. Hickenlooper answered audience questions about the energy industry in Northwestern Colorado. He also addressed Colorado’s economic and business growth—the state has the No. 1 growing economy in the nation, and talked about…