MEEKER — Appointment of a new town of Meeker trustee was delayed Tuesday, after two letters of interest for the position were received by town staff.
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Elder continues her quest to re-open alley access
MEEKER — Samme Elder came before the board of trustees Nov. 4 requesting clarification of the board’s plans for the alley behind the post office.
Brady Ross starts Meeker businesses
MEEKER — Brady Ross, formerly a loan officer with First National Bank of the Rockies in Meeker, has recently left employment with the bank to start two new businesses here in Meeker; RosKen, LLC and Rosken-Equipment, LLC.
Florida man killed in Sat. single-vehicle accident
RANGELY — A 50-year-old Jacksonville, Fla., man, Timothy Dorsey, was killed Saturday night in a single-vehicle rollover crash on Highway 64 in rural Rio Blanco County. A 47-year-old woman from Rangely, who was not identified, was driving the vehicle, a 2006 Ford F150 pickup.
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No injuries sustained in rollover accident
RBC — A Texas man walked away uninjured from a one-vehicle accicent Oct. 30. Kirk Lawhorn, 44, of Gilmer, Texas, was driving eastbound in a 2008 Chevrolet pickup when the truck left the north side of the road.
Moderate damage in hit-and-run accident
RBC — A driver in a GMC pickup pulling a trailer sideswiped a truck in the opposite lane Oct. 28 and kept driving, but no injuries were reported.
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Activity for Oct. 24-30
October rainfall falls well below average month
MEEKER — October precipitation at the plant center measured only 0.57 inch and was substantially below the longtime average of 1.49 inches.
MLEA to build new office, operations complex
RANGELY — Moon Lake Electric Association’s board of directors voted unanimously on Wednesday to build a new office and operations complex on land the cooperative owns on U.S. Highway 40 west of Roosevelt, Utah.
Escaped Grand Junction prisoner captured Monday in parking lot of convenience store in Meeker
MEEKER — An escaped prisoner from a Colorado Community Corrections facility in Grand Junction was arrested Monday, along with an accomplice, in the Kum ‘N Go parking lot on the west edge of town.
Meeker man arrested for possession of methamphetamine, cash, weapon
MEEKER — Kevin O’Connor of Meeker was arrested Oct. 31 after more than 19 grams of suspected methamphetamine was found in his vehicle, along with a large amount of cash and an illegal knife.
