ANNOUNCEMENTS ATV, Boat and Snowmobile Owners! You can now renew your Colorado OHV registrations on line at: www.parks.state.co.us RIO BLANCO Masonic Lodge #80 meets 2nd and 4th Thursday, 7:00 p.m., at 7th and Park, Meeker. Driver License Office hours: Meeker open 1st, 3rd & 5th Fridays of the month, 8[Read More…]
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DOW packs March with Hunter Ed.
RBC I With the April 5 limited license application deadline looming, the Colorado Division of Wildlife and volunteer hunter education instructors are offering more than 100 hunter education classes statewide in March.
Bound for NCAA finals …
Former Meeker High School graduate Joe LeBlanc, wrestling for the University of Wyoming, finished second in the NCAA West Regional tournament held at the United State Air Force Academy last Sunday.
RIO BLANCO COUNTY DAYS GONE BY
The Meeker Herald — 125 years ago • Stock are suffering more this month than during the whole past winter. It has stormed continuously for two weeks and nearly a foot of snow has fallen. Several of our small holders are selling out.
Obituary: Rlea Vera (Sutphin) Gerhart
Rlea Gerhart passed away at the young age of 58 on Monday, Jan. 24, 2011, at the Intermountain Medical Center in Murray, Utah.
Lady Cowboys play in “Sweet 16”
MEEKER I Friday night at Standley Lake High School in Westminster the Meeker girls defeated the Peyton Panthers to play a 2A state qualifier game on Saturday against the Holyoke Dragons.
RHS Lady Panthers fall to Front Range Christian
RANGELY I “Had we come out hard and ready to play it might have been different,” Jimmie Mergelman, head coach for the Rangely girls’ basketball team said of the regional game against the Front Range Christian Falcons. “On that day though, they were better than us.”
Meeker Arts and Cultural Council has plan
MEEKER I The Meeker Arts and Cultural Council (MACC) held a workshop Friday and Saturday, March 4-5, featuring Colorado Creative Industries consultant Nancy Kramer as the facilitator.
Loose Ends: Keeping up with town news
These days it is not the post office door’s memorial cards that catch you off-guard, it is the casual mention of something on Facebook. Once you “friend” someone, you can see their daily Facebook correspondence.
Denver Lutheran ends Panthers’ season at regional tournament
RANGELY I “Sometimes you run into a freight train,” Rangely boys’ basketball coach Eric Hejl said. The freight train Hejl was referring to was the Denver Lutheran boys’ basketball team that ended Rangely’s season last Friday with a 90-35 win in the Region 4 basketball tournament.
Peyton Panthers defeat Cowboys in regional tourney
MEEKER I The season came to an end last Friday at Standley Lake High School for the Meeker Cowboys boys’ basketball team, after losing to the Peyton Panthers in the semifinal round of the Region 7 basketball tournament.
Obituary: Judith I. Wagner Brown
Judith I. Wagner Brown died peacefully at her home in Meeker, Colo., on Saturday, March 5, 2011. Judi was born on Dec. 8, 1941, in Denver, Colo., and attended school in Rock Springs, Wyo.
