Mike and Ruth Schueller Art Fund will benefit fine arts, performing arts and music MEEKER | The Meeker Education Foundation (MEF), a local non-profit that raises funds independently to support and enhance educational opportunities for the Meeker School District, has received a very generous bequest which will fund the Arts[Read More…]
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Meeker Mustang Makeover awarded Western Colorado Community Foundation 2024 Community grant
MEEKER | The Meeker Mustang Makeover was pleased to be awarded $2,500 from the Western Colorado Community Foundation (WCCF) as part of their 2024 Community Grants; Youth Outside and Offline. We are proud to be chosen as one of 14 organizations receiving this funding which totaled $125,000 across western Colorado. [Read More…]
Excitement continues in the final weeks of the Meeker Summer Rodeo Series
MEEKER | With just three weeks left in the summer rodeo series, the bulls are still undefeated, bringing the pot tonight to $3,500. Results from July 25 are as follows: #12 Team Roping – Neil Brennan/Kash Atwood #8 Team Roping – Leah Wood/Cody Edinger Dally Ribbon Roping – Leah Wood/Tacey[Read More…]
Memorial Service Notice: Diana R. (Beach) Storie
Diana R. (Beach) Storie was born in Meeker, Colorado, on April 21, 1966. She passed away Feb. 22, 2024 in Colorado Springs, Colorado. A memorial service in her honor will be held Friday, Aug. 2 at Westminster Presbyterian Church Fellowship Hall at 10 University Circle in Pueblo, Colorado at 4[Read More…]
Fifth annual Nick Lancaster Memorial Golf Tournament a success
RANGELY | The fifth annual Nick Lancaster Memorial Golf Tournament was held on June 1 at Cedar Ridges Golf Course. The tournament filled up fast again with a waiting list. First place winners were Terry Lancaster, Bryan Ellis, Mark Skelton and Caleb Templeton sponsored by Baker Hughes. Second place[Read More…]
Lancaster Foundation sponsors jr. high football camp
RANGELY | The Bleed Green Lancaster #17 Foundation sponsored a football camp for the Jr. High boys June 17-20. There were 20 participants that registered. The players learned basic drills and techniques to help improve their skills. There were a handful of attendees that received awards for their leadership[Read More…]
BLM moves to sync oil and gas management with state big-game protections
RBC | The federal Bureau of Land Management has published a new plan (https://eplanning.blm.gov/eplanning-ui/project/2018400/570) for managing public lands which will put oil and gas management in sync with Colorado’s big-game conservation policies. Suzanne O’Neill, executive director of the Colorado Wildlife Federation, said the proposed final plan, which will impact BLM-managed[Read More…]
DAYS GONE BY – August 1st, 2024
Meeker Herald ~ 125 years ago Miss Percy Beard returned to Meeker last Saturday evening, after an absence of nearly two years, in attendance at Campbell University, Holton, Kansas. Miss Beard is in poor health, the result of over study. The general land office has finally permitted the Utah sheep[Read More…]
Meeker PD welcomes newest officer: K9 Dak
MEEKER | The Meeker Police Department recently added a new member to their team, but unlike the rest of the team, this member walks on four feet. The department’s latest recruit is a new K9 unit named Dak. Dak, a German shepherd, was born in Czechoslovakia and understands and knows[Read More…]
NATIONAL COMPETITOR
Last week, Meeker’s own Jessy Pelloni and her horse Fabs competed in the National High School Rodeo Finals in Rock Springs, Wyoming. She competed in the barrel racing event, finishing in seventh place in the fourth performance, and placing 13th in the nation of all high school barrel racers. Congratulations[Read More…]
Grammy winning vocal group returns to The TANK
RANGELY | 2017, the adventurous vocal octet Roomful of Teeth came to Rangely to give what is now a legendary performance in a thunderstorm, of which Alex Ross wrote in The New Yorker, “In my experience, music has never seemed closer to nature.” On Aug. 31, Roomful of Teeth return[Read More…]
RIO HAPPENINGS: JULY 14-20, 2024
ARRESTS A 40-year-old female party was arrested on a Rio Blanco County Felony Warrant for Dangerous Drugs on 7/18/2024. She was released 7/19/2024 on a PR Bond. A 28-year-old male was arrested on 7/22/2024 by Colorado State Patrol for Driving Vehicle While Under the Influence of Alcohol or Drugs or[Read More…]
