MEEKER | This Friday a new high school football season will begin for the Meeker Cowboys. After months of anticipation, the smell of freshly cut grass on Friday night will fill the air as the team opens the season on the road against the Centauri Falcons. Head coach Andy Coryell[Read More…]
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Meeker sweeps Pagosa to start strong, splits matches on Day Two
MEEKER | The Meeker High School volleyball team opened its 2025 season last weekend at the Glenwood Springs Tournament, finishing 2-2 after two days of play. The Cowboys started strong Friday afternoon with a straight-set win over Pagosa Springs, 25-15, 25-15. The victory marked the second straight year Meeker swept[Read More…]
Colorado Parks and Wildlife concludes active removal period to address chronic wolf depredation in RBC
PRESS RELEASE MEEKER | On August 16, Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) and the United States Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service-Wildlife Services (WS) deployed a team to Rio Blanco County to lethally remove an uncollared wolf that was determined to be responsible for six depredations in[Read More…]
Meeker School Board holds first regular meeting for 2025-26 school year
MEEKER | The Meeker School District Board of Education held its regular meeting last week at the district office, with all board members in attendance. The board approved the agenda without changes and moved quickly into committee reports. The Meeker Education Foundation met in early July and awarded multiple grants.[Read More…]
OBITUARY – James ‘Jim’ Lee Ruckman
Jan. 29, 1937 ~ Aug. 10, 2025 James (Jim) Lee Ruckman was the firstborn son of Raymond Roy Ruckman and Clara Maud Johnson Ruckman, born on Jan. 29, 1937, in Powell Park, Rio Blanco County. When he was a toddler, around 1940, his family moved from the ranch on Powell[Read More…]
DAYS GONE BY – August 28th, 2025
Meeker Herald ~ 125 years ago Wanted, immediately, someone to put up a dozen habitable dwelling houses. It is guaranteed that they will be rented as soon as completed. For further information inquire from the first person you meet. Several attempts to break the drought occurred early in the week,[Read More…]
Preseason announcement for Athlos Life youth wrestling season; parents’ meeting Sept. 10
MEEKER | The competitive folkstyle season will begin in December this year and will conclude with the elementary/middle school state tournament. That season will be followed by a competitive freestyle season and will continue through the freestyle state tournament. If you are interested in learning more, please reach out to[Read More…]
Colorado Parks and Wildlife reopens Meeker Area office and two State Wildlife Areas
MEEKER | Due to decreased fire activity and an increase in fire containment lines along the northern perimeter of the Lee Fire, Colorado Parks and Wildlife has reopened the Meeker Area office. In addition to reopening the area wildlife office, CPW has also removed the closure to Colorow Mountain State Wildlife[Read More…]
BACK TO SCHOOL!
These Meeker Elementary School students were all smiles at the end of the first day of the 2025-26 school year on Monday. JARED HENDERSON PHOTO
Elk Fire 100% contained, Lee Fire at 68% – New team took command Monday
MEEKER | With the Elk Fire 100% contained, progress continues on the south side of the Lee Fire, with 68% containment as of press time Wednesday. On Monday the Rocky Mountain Area Complex Incident Management Team 3 handed off command of the incident to the Northern Rockies Complex Incident Management[Read More…]
Breakfast stop leads Dr. Atwell to Barone Middle School principal role
MEEKER | A summer road trip and a stop for breakfast at Wendll’s for a ‘Bodacious Breakfast Burrito’ and coffee set the course for Barone Middle School’s new principal, Dr. Debra Atwell. While traveling through town with her husband, Roger, they visited with a local couple who shared their story[Read More…]
Benny the St. Bernard finds a new home and new job
MEEKER | His name is officially Benjamin, but he goes by Benny. This young St. Bernard was picked up as a dog-at-large in Meeker at the end of July, according to Community Service Officer Melissa Fellows, and subsequently relinquished to the Meeker Animal Shelter by his owner. “He was in[Read More…]