MEEKER I Sporting the theme of “Leadership and Legacy,” the week of Feb. 17-20 was History Project Week at Barone Middle School.
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Meeker girls’ basketball team comes up short at regionals
MEEKER I “We came up a little short, but it was a darn good season,” Meeker High School girls’ basketball coach Greg Chintala said of a season-ending loss to Cedaredge in the Region 3 championship game.
Obituary: Kennith ‘Ken’ L. Dotson
Kennith “Ken” L. Dotson passed away on Monday, March 6, 2015.
Barone’s Hanks wins gold medal wrestling
MEEKER I Barone Middle School eighth-grader Eli Hanks was the only Cowboy to win a gold medal in the Carl Ramunno Memorial wrestling tournament held Saturday in Steamboat Springs.
Barone team wins area competition
MEEKER I On Feb. 28, students from Barone Middle School traveled to Grand Junction to compete in the Western Slope MathCounts competition, emerging as champions in the team competition and placing highly as individuals.
MSD looks at salaries, evaluations
MEEKER I The Meeker Board of Education took a look at teacher salary comparisons following a two-hour executive session to finalize evaluations of district Superintendent Mark Meyer and BOCES Executive Director Teresa Schott of Rangely on March 3.
WREA donates $26,800 to three Meeker entities
MEEKER I White River Electric Association successfully obtained matching donation grants to assist the Meeker School District, Pioneers Healthcare Foundation and the Rio Blanco County Historical Society.
Cribbage tournament Saturday in Rangely at Rangely Elks Club
RANGELY | The annual Carl Rector Memorial Cribbage tournament, sponsored by Silver Sage RV Park, will be held Saturday at 9 a.m. at the Elks 1907 BPOE (633 East Main) in Rangely. Players will be able to sign up on-site. The entry fee includes lunch. All proceeds benefit the Elks[Read More…]
Rangely’s hospital looking at $1 million in cutbacks
RANGELY I Rangely District Hospital is planning a public meeting for the third week of March to discuss budget cuts and the possible impact of those cuts on the community.
Obituary: Charles William ‘Chuck’ Stockman
Charles William “Chuck” Stockman of Clifton, Colo., fell asleep in death on Friday, Feb. 27, 2015. He was 59 years of age.
Obituary: Lyle Clinton Ottosen
On March 8, 1946, Lyle Clinton Ottosen was born at St. Mary’s Hospital in Grand Junction, Colo., to Byron and Vera Ottosen. He was raised on a ranch three miles west of Meeker.
Chautauqua show revives past, brings Black History Month to life
RANGELY I As he spoke, there were moments I forgot he wasn’t Civil War-era abolitionist Frederick Douglass. It shouldn’t have been hard to remember. The modern-day camera resting comfortably in my hands, the iPhone app recording his words should have been reminder enough. There were anachronisms, too, like the wireless[Read More…]
