Sheep and their shepherds made their biannual journey through town on Saturday and again on Monday, headed to winter pasture. Our nonscientific reminder of the change of seasons brought the first dusting of snow Monday morning, most of which was gone by the time the sheep went through. NIKI TURNER[Read More…]
Latest News
New location for T Rose Etc., LLC extends family business tradition into a new era
MEEKER | The new “shingle” for T Rose Etc. hangs above cheerful red doors at 336 Eighth Street in Meeker, ready to welcome customers. For the last seven years, T Rose Etc. LLC, owned by Teresia Ruckman-Reed, has provided multiple skilled services to area residents and businesses. Whether it’s alterations[Read More…]
MHS StuCo Give Back Day
RBC | On Oct. 11, more than 75 high school students participated in the annual “Give Back Day” to provide service for our community. Give Back Day started with the Meeker High School Student Council in 2022, which started a yearly tradition for the community. This year, the student executive[Read More…]
RIO HAPPENINGS: Oct 13-19, 2024
ARRESTS 10/15/2024- A 24 year old female was arrested by Rio Blanco County Sheriff’s Office on a warrant. She was transported to jail. She was released on 10/16/2024 on a surety bond. 10/16/2024- A 28 year old male was transported from Colorado Springs Detention Center to jail on a warrant.[Read More…]
What? Water my trees in late fall and early winter?
RBC | Yes, that’s right. It is very important to water our trees as they go dormant this time of year as it creates a readily available source of groundwater that can be used in the spring. Trees stop transpiring (losing their water through their leaves) after leaf drop so[Read More…]
BMS boys’ basketball tournament
This past weekend, the Barone Middle School boys’ basketball team hosted a triangular tournament that included Craig and Soroco. After Saturday’s games, Coach Kurtis Dunbar expressed satisfaction with the seventh-grade team’s performance. “Today we delivered high-effort performances in all games,” Dunbar said. In the first game, Meeker’s A team defeated[Read More…]
COMMUNITY CALENDAR – October 24, 2024
Art exhibition at Meeker Library MEEKER | The Meeker Public Library is thrilled to invite you to view artwork dedicated to our resident cat, Books, crafted by the talented students of the Meeker High School College Drawing Class! The art exhibition will run Oct. 21-25 in the Library Community Room. [Read More…]
EDITOR’S COLUMN: Is it ever OK to lie?
“Sin has many tools, but a lie is the handle which fits them all.” ~ Oliver Wendell Holms I think most of us would say no. Let me rephrase that… I hope most of us would say no. My dad used to say, “You go to the same place for[Read More…]
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR – October 24th, 2024
Thanks from the Meeker ecology program Dear Editor: The Meeker International Ecology Program would like to extend a HUGE thank you to Smoking River Brewery and the Borchard family for providing an excellent venue for our Turtle Tides lunch and silent auction fundraiser on Sunday. The support of the community[Read More…]
GUEST COLUMN: YOUTH ZONE
RBC | This year, YouthZone is proud to announce a new partnership with the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment. Thanks to a $76,000 grant award through the Office of Gun Violence Prevention, YouthZone will be able implement our Safe Pathways program, a community-based gun violence initiative focused on[Read More…]
HISTORY LESSONS: Calamity Jane, Pt. 2
RBC | Taken directly from the July 7, 1877 issue of the Cheyenne Daily Leader: The city editor was at his desk. The office thermometer was away up in the 90s and the city editor divested of all superfluous clothing, his hair tumbling upon his cranium like angry wave crests[Read More…]
MUSEUM MUSINGS: Letters from history, No. 68
White River Agency, Colorado July 21, 1879 Sir: In making issue of supplies, [agreeably] to the new requirements, Form 3 &c. (etc.), it will be most decidedly economical to have paper sacks of different sizes, and therefore I would ask you for 2,500 14-pound paper bags; 2,500 50-pound paper bags.[Read More…]
