A farthing is a British coin worth a quarter of a British penny, or 1/960 of a pound. Not much value there. In 1918 a Dr. Farthing in Rio Blanco County was worth his weight in gold. Dr. Charles H. Farthing was recorded in the county clerk’s records as certified[Read More…]
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Student Spotlight: the struggle is the reward
Dear me, The reward isn’t as good without the struggle. I wish I could have hugged you and told you the first time that you walked onto the wrestling mat in your bright pink tights that wrestling would be your only focus, technique and style your only concern. But that[Read More…]
What to do, what to do … with all those holiday cards
I think we all hope that holidays will bring us joy, love, cozy nights with cocoa, and a good movie perhaps. I really hope it did for you, and I hope you have found some recovery if it did not. But for me, year after year, the month following the[Read More…]
DAYS GONE BY – February 15th, 2024
Meeker Herald ~ 125 years ago Some traitors are bad, and others are merely good men who have been converted from the error of their ways and are no longer available for campaign use. A young lady from the outside gives Meeker great praise for the good dancing and nice[Read More…]
Public comments on CPW’s rec. plan due Feb. 28
PRESS RELEASE Every five years, Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) leads the development of the Statewide Comprehensive Outdoor Recreation Plan (SCORP), to maintain eligibility for funding through the Land and Water Conservation Fund and to inform investments from other federal, state, local and private programs. Given the significance of outdoor[Read More…]
Piceance prescribed burns underway
PRESS RELEASE The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is planning pile burns in the White River Field Office between Jan. 31 and March 30, 2024. The 415-acre project area is in the Piceance Basin, approximately 25 miles southwest of Meeker on BLM public lands in Rio Blanco County. The pile[Read More…]
Cowboys take first in regionals, send 11 to state
The Cowboys are sending 11 wrestlers to the 2024 Colorado State High School Activities Association State Wrestling Tournament at Denver’s Ball Arena this weekend after a very successful regional showing in La Junta, Colorado, last weekend. Meeker showed up to the Class 2A Region 3 Tournament ready to represent the[Read More…]
Christian, Torsell punch tickets to state tourney
The Panther wrestling team competed in the regional wrestling tournament in Cedaredge last weekend. Cameron Preciado wrestled very well and placed fifth in his first high school regional tournament. Preciado had a very successful season, finishing at 26-16 at 106 pounds. Aydan Christian had a very good tournament finishing second,[Read More…]
PRATER QUALIFIES FOR GIRLS TOURNEY
COURTESY photo Rangely freshman Harleigh Prater qualified for the state tournament. She is on the D51 Phoenix girls wrestling team.
Panthers fall to Rangers 58-31, take Eagles 51-43
On Feb. 8 the Rangely Panthers traveled to Vail to take on the Vail Mountain Gore Rangers. Vail Mountain entered the contest second in the league rankings and Rangely sat in eighth place. The contest was a very large defensive and physical battle right from the start. The Panthers were[Read More…]
MHS boys focus on final regular season games
The Cowboys set a goal to dominate and they are getting it done. Senior Jonathan “JT” Fitzgibbons, leading in rebounds and field goal percentage, said, “Since the last time we faced Olathe, we have been dominating with our scoring abilities, setting the goal to finish each game by halftime and[Read More…]
Another win for Lady Panthers
In what’s become a running theme this season, the Rangely lady Panthers gave their fans yet another huge win on Saturday. They claimed a resounding 81-18 victory over Caprock Academy on the road. Winning may never get old, but Rangely sure is getting used to it with their 12th in[Read More…]
