ARRESTS A 28 year-old male was arrested on 8/4/2024 by Rangely PD and taken to jail for Domestic Violence and False Imprisonment. He remains in custody. CALL SUMMARIES 7/28/2024 @ 11:52 am. A Meeker resident got a surprise when he started his car and found a cat in the engine.[Read More…]
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OLYMPIC CONNECTION
If you’ve been watching the 2024 Summer Olympic Games in Paris, France, you might be surprised to know there’s an unusual connection between Team U.S.A. athletes and Meeker: the wool in their official Opening Ceremony Blazers. The sheep that thwart the sheepdogs every year at the Meeker Classic belong to one of[Read More…]
COMMUNITY CALENDAR – August 8th, 2024
MACC community theater production of Mamma Mia! Aug. 8-10 MEEKER | The Meeker Arts and Cultural Council (MACC) presents “Mamma Mia” by the Community Theater. Showings are Aug. 8 and 9 at 7 p.m., and Aug. 10 at 3 p.m. at Meeker High School Auditorium. MACC is celebrating 15 years[Read More…]
EDITOR’S COLUMN – Change is tough. It’s also unavoidable.
“If you break your neck, if you have nothing to eat, if your house is on fire, then you got a problem. Everything else is inconvenience.” ― Robert Fulghum Ah, change. That’s practically a four-letter word around these parts. I chuckle a little when folks who’ve been here a year[Read More…]
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Tell your stories at the Pioneers dinner and dance Dear Editor: The Rio Blanco County Pioneers dinner and dance is Saturday. If you aren’t interested in the dinner and “meeting,” come for the dance. It’s just $10. And – best of all, starting at 3 p.m., you can share your[Read More…]
CNCC CORNER
CNCC is gearing up for the start of the new academic year with the first day of classes starting on Aug. 19, 2024. Prior to classes starting, athletic events will have been firmly underway. Athletes competing in Fall sports return starting Aug. 1, 2024. Rodeo starts its season away beginning[Read More…]
FRISCH VISITS MEEKER ON CAMPAIGN TRAIL
Adam Frisch, candidate for Congressional District 3, held a meet and greet at the Meeker Public Library on Aug 6. Frisch said, “Campaign is going great. My son and I have don a 30,000 mile road trip which is part of our 61,000 miles on the road. We’re on the[Read More…]
HISTORY LESSONS: Agency Survivors, Part III
The result of Meeker’s first panicked letter to Washington, D.C., was an order to Major Thornburg at Ft. Steel to take troops to the White River Agency. They left Rawlins in the evening of Sept. 23. In route, Thornburg sent a courier, scout Charlie Lowry, ahead to Agent Meeker inquiring[Read More…]
MUSEUM MUSINGS:Letters from history, No. 60
White River Agency, Colorado July 7, 1879 Sir: In reply to yours June 27 (A., Colorado, M., 1282), in which you say my expense account of E.E. Clark, in getting a blacksmith, October, 1878, is disallowed because no exigency is shown, and because it is believed a smith could have[Read More…]
Funeral Notice – Doris Whalin Console
Jan. 28, 1928 ~ Jan. 13, 2018 Doris was born Jan. 28, 1928, in Corona, California, the youngest daughter of Walter and Inez Whalin. She grew up in Meeker, graduating from Rio Blanco County High School in 1946. Doris died Jan. 13, 2018, in Deming, New Mexico. Graveside services will[Read More…]
Obituary – Perry Earl McGruder
Aug. 23, 1949 ~ May 8, 2024 It is with a heavy heart that we announce the passing of Perry Earl McGruder. Perry passed away on May 8, 2024, at the hospital in Temple, Texas, surrounded by his devoted family. Perry was born Aug. 23, 1949, to Perry and Naomi[Read More…]
Obituary – Robert ‘Bob’ Bruce Dollahite
Oct. 20, 1936 ~ July 17, 2024 Long time Rangely resident Robert (Bob) Dollahite, age 87, passed away after a lengthy battle with dementia on July 17, 2024, while being cared for at Mantley Heights Care Center in Grand Junction, CO. Bob was born Oct. 20, 1936, in Uvalde, Texas,[Read More…]
