CEO of the Colorado Health Foundation Karen McNeil-Miller of Denver, led an entourage of healthcare-interested support folks to Meeker and Craig on Monday.
Latest News
Bennet amendment to aid bow hunters
RBC I Colorado U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet has introduced an amendment to provide bow hunters with access to some of the country’s prime hunting lands. The measure would allow bow hunters with sheathed archery equipment to cross national park lands along established trails or corridors to access adjacent hunting lands.
Seeing double?
There may be a reason these two coaches bear at least a slight similarity and that is that Cedaredge High School boys basketball coach Kevin Dunbar, left, played as a student under Meeker High School boys basketball coach Klark Kindler, right. The two coaches faced off against each other on[Read More…]
Weather raises concerns for wildlife survival in state
RBC I Colorado Parks and Wildlife managers in the state’s Northwest Region say the most recent blast of snow and frigid temperatures has created conditions similar to some of the most extreme winters in the state during the past 35 years.
SBA’s Emerging Leaders program open to state entrepreneurs
RBC I The U.S. Small Business Administration’s Emerging Leaders executive-level training series is launching in Colorado and 50 other cities and communities across the country this year.
January was STEM month at MES library
MEEKER I January was Library Month at Meeker Elementary School, utilizing the theme of “robots.” The students were invited to make and bring a robot to the library. By the end of the month, 111 robots took over the MES library.
Andy Key runs for Rangely board: To represent people
RANGELY I This spring, voters in Rangely will chose from a field of 10 candidates to fill three open positions on the Rangely Town Board of Trustees. Vying for one of those positions is 29-year-old Rangely native Andy Key.
From the Superintendent: Understanding dynamics of Colorado school funding
MEEKER I As the 2016 legislative session begins, funding for school finance will once again take center stage. For the Meeker School District, multiple programs and offerings have been cut over the past several years in response to the declining investment Colorado is making in K-12 education.
Letter to the Editor: Meeker Education Foundation benefit a success
Dear Editor: We want to thank the parents, grandparents, teachers and community members for filling the Fairfield Center in Meeker in support of our kids and the Meeker schools on Sunday, Jan. 31. They combined to make MEF’s second annual benefit a great success.
Pinewood Derby…
The 2016 Rangely Pinewood Derby for Cub Scout packs No. 189 and 191 was held Jan. 27 at the Rangely Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. There were 16 excited Cub Scouts who participated in this year’s races. Each boy raced his car in 14 races to determine the[Read More…]
County ranch sells for $9 million
RBC I An 18-mile span of land on the White River between Rangely and Meeker was recently brokered by Hall and Hall and sold for $9.5 million. The Wyatt Ranches’ White River Division, a large, established year-round cow/calf operation on approximately 137 total acres, includes roughly 11,870 deeded acres and[Read More…]
Letter to the Editor: In defense of entrance to justice center; people so rude
Dear Editor: I would like to express my disappointment with the residents of Meeker regarding their criticism of the front entrance of the justice center.
