I would like to thank all the participants, volunteers and spectators of the 2009 Punt, Pass and Kick event on Sept. 28. We had 34 participants ranging from ages 4-15. Congratulations to the first-place finisher in each age division who will have a chance to compete in the sectional competition[Read More…]
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Letter: Meeker Fire Dept. appreciates donations
The Meeker Volunteer Fire Department taught fire prevention for preschool through fifth grades this past week. The preschool and kindergarten learned about good and bad fires, not to play with matches and lighters, stop, drop, cover your face and roll if your clothes catch fire, and what to do if[Read More…]
Letter: The rights of citizens should come first
A number of years ago I retired from a public entity in Rangely. Some time after retiring I discovered while reading minutes of this entity that the trustees met at public meetings and discussed making an amendment to previous minutes drafted, but the trustees, allegedly, did not record in the[Read More…]
H1N1 vaccine to be given to priority groups first
RBC I Like other locations in Colorado, shipments of the the H1N1 vaccine were expected to arrive this week locally.
Scrub Shirt Classic results
MEEKER I Results from the Scrub Shirt Classic, held Saturday, Sept. 26. Men’s 5K run: Jason Bond – 18:06 David Tusek – 22:46 Garrett Griffin – 29:47
Meeker Streaker
MEEKER | In the month of September, Streaker activities are as follows: Seventeen days of Chuckwagon with 59 riders; 298 stops in Meeker, including 47 medical; seven riders to Rifle for shopping;
Most school funding will now be on biannual basis
MEEKER I At its Oct. 6 meeting, Meeker School Board members discussed changes — and challenges — in state funding. “The state is going to change the way we have to do business,” said Superintendent Doug Pfau. “We will get approximately the same amount of total funding (state and tax),[Read More…]
Meeker junior high volleyball nips Rangely
MEEKER | With the season winding down, the county’s junior high volleyball teams are finishing strong. In a closely contested match last week, the combined Meeker eighth-grade A and B team beat previously unbeaten Rangely in three games.
Missed opportunities spoil Rangely’s homecoming bid
RANGELY I The way the game started, it looked like it would be the Panthers’ night. But it wasn’t to be.
Youth football teams top New Castle
MEEKER I Both of Meeker’s youth football teams won their games last weekend. The third- and fourth-grade team won its game in overtime, 12-6, against New Castle, while the fifth- and sixth-grade team overpowered New Castle 31-0 in its game.
Prescribed fires will burn near Meeker
MEEKER | Officials with the Upper Colorado River Interagency Fire Management Unit are planning prescribed fires this fall near Meeker to improve wildlife habitat and reduce build-up of vegetation that can fuel large wildfires.
Reckless endangerment charges filed
RBC I Two men, ages 24 and 19, were arrested early Sunday morning for firing gunshots at a hunting camp near Sterry Lake in Rio Blanco County. They were charged with reckless endangerment. The 24-year-old was also charged with prohibitive use of a weapon.
