RANGELY I The Rangely Panther football team lost its season opener to Dove Creek, a semi-finalist team in 2012, on Friday at home and they will host the Plateau Valley Cowboys this Friday on Yeager Field.
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Car Show in the Park…
Bud Striegel’s 1930 Cord stands out among the roughly 60 cars taking part in the Annual Septemberfest Car Show in the Park at Elks Park in Rangely on Monday.
10 Cowboys run in Delta
MEEKER I Ten Meeker High School students opened the cross country season before opening a book in the 2013/2014 school year.
Lady Cowboys open in Glenwood Springs
MEEKER I The Meeker High School girls’ volleyball team traveled to Glenwood Springs on Friday and Saturday for four matches. The girls found the competition very intense and played several extremely close games.
Rio Blanco Days Gone By
The Meeker Herald — 125 years ago • The heavy rains of the last three weeks did considerable damage to ranches along Piceance, where earth, sand, rocks and boulders were washed down from the hillsides covering large tracts of ground in different sections. Roads were cut up and badly washed[Read More…]
Bulls win at Septemberfest’s Rock’N’Bulls’N’Barrels
RANGELY I The 4th annual Rock’N’Bull’N’Barrels competition was well attended but a bit of a letdown in Rangely for Saturday night’s performance.
Cowboys beat Grand Valley; host Coal Ridge on Friday
MEEKER I For a second week in a row, the Meeker Cowboys football team has played a larger school on the road and returned with victories, the most recent an exciting 32-29 victory over the 2A Grand Valley Cardinals.
Lady Panthers win 2 matches in Glenwood Springs
RANGELY I Rangely volleyball coach Jimmie Mergelman “was pleased with the weekend,” as her team traveled to Glenwood Springs for a tournament. The team gave their coach plenty to be excited about, winning two of four matches and forcing a tough Denver Christian School to three games.
Mental health trainees sought
RBC I Mind Springs Health, formerly known as Colorado West Regional Mental Health (CWRMH), has been selected to participate in the 2013 class of the National Council for Community Behavioral Healthcare’s “Adoption of Trauma-Informed-Practices Learning Community.”
Letter to the Editor: Postmaster moving on, says thanks
Dear Editor: This is an open letter to the Meeker Community. I have accepted a transfer and will be leaving the Meeker Post Office as of Sept. 1.
4-H Outdoor Adventure Group…
On July 31, the 4-H Outdoor Adventure group joined with the Bureau of Land Management to install a sign and bench on the Dorcas-Jensen/BLM Trail above Meeker.
10 free trees to residents for Arbor Day
RBC I Everyone from Colorado who joins the Arbor Day Foundation in September will receive 10 free trees as part of the Foundation’s Trees for America program.




