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Cottage Food training May 17

MEEKER | Anyone operating a food business from home kitchens and/or food vendors participating in Farmer’s Markets and other summer venues will benefit from this training. The training covers basic food safety, foods permissible in Colorado’s Cottage Food Act, ingredient labeling and disclaimer requirements, and special considerations for food preparation[Read More…]

Editor’s Column: Moms, take care of yourselves

It’s something of a tradition to write about Mother’s Day in this editorial space, but this year it’s coming to you from a slightly different point of view. Mother’s Day as an official holiday was established in 1914 by President Woodrow Wilson. By 1920 it had become a commercial success[Read More…]

BMS tracksters set three new school records

MEEKER | Three more Barone Middle School track records were set last Saturday in the final meet of the season in Baggs, Wyo. Two individual records and one relay record were set, all by seventh-graders, with one record broken after standing 17 years. Seventh-grader Savannah Mendenhall set a new record[Read More…]

Meeker High School awards assembly honors many

MEEKER | Meeker High School (MHS) Principal Amy Chinn welcomed the assembled group in the high school auditorium last Thursday to the 2017 awards assembly and student body president Madeline Amack led the group in the Pledge of Allegiance. Chinn cheered the opportunity to recognize some of the wonderful accomplishments[Read More…]