MEEKER | Mustangs got to enjoy home field games on a windy Homecoming Saturday. The D-1 team was first up and put on a good show against Rifle rolling to a big win. Team Black took the field next against a big Parachute team but just could not get things[Read More…]
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BMS hosts home tourney
meeker | Barone Middle School volleyball finished their season with a home tournament last Saturday. Ten schools consisting of 28 teams traveled to Meeker for the tournament. With all the schools the Cowboys used three gyms to accommodate all the teams allowing each team to play at least two games.[Read More…]
BMS XC finishes season
MEEKER | On Saturday the Barone Middle School cross country team traveled to Delta for their last meet of the season. The course was shy of two miles and absent of hills, lending the possibility of fast times. “The runners took advantage of the course and had incredible races[Read More…]
Days Gone By – October 5th, 2023
The Meeker Herald ~ 125 years ago From three to five inches of snow fell in Meeker and vicinity last Saturday night, but it soon disappeared the day following wherever the sun could reach it. The weather has been clear since, and the nights are quite cold. The county commissioners[Read More…]
Emergency alert test Wednesday, Oct. 4
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and Federal Communications Commission (FCC) will be sending out a test tomorrow. Wednesday, Oct. 4 be prepared for your phone to possibly get that loud alert tone around 12:20 p.m. FEMA, in coordination with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), will conduct a nationwide emergency alert[Read More…]
Athlos Wrestling Club parent meeting Oct. 3 at 7 p.m. at Meeker High School
Athlos Wrestling Club is excited to start preparing for the upcoming season! Please see below for important dates and information. Team Mission: Forging lifelong athletes for a Higher Purpose Team Values: Parent’s meeting: First day of practice: 12/4/2023 at 18:30 Weekly practice structure: Season Overview Tuition: Important note to middle schoolers: Once Barone Middle[Read More…]
Stylin’!
Meeker’s Chip Brown won the costume contest at Smoking River Brewing Co.’s Oktoberfest celebration over the weekend, helped by very creative facial hair styling.
Invasion of the noxious weeds: growing concern over blooms
Three kinds of invasive weeds have emerged in Rio Blanco County along Hwy. 13. Leafy spurge (left), musk thistles (center) and white top (right) are all being quite (ob)noxious. BY LINDA MASTERS AND JANE TURNBURKE Special to the Herald Times RBC | Several people have been reporting the spread of[Read More…]
MHS student council to put on Give Back Day Oct. 13
BY OPAL MUNGER MEEKER | Last year on Oct. 21, 2022, the Meeker High School Student Council put on Give Back Day. Student volunteers signed up to go to the homes of people in the community to assist them with housework, landscaping and other tasks. MHS Student Council is going[Read More…]
Lupe launches debut novel
MEEKER | While many people will set out to write a novel, only about 3% will ever finish a manuscript. Of those, even fewer will ever see their books in print. That makes Meeker’s Marissa Lupe, who released her debut novel this month, an outlier, and a successful one. Lupe[Read More…]
County Beat: Sept. 26
BY NIKI TURNER [email protected] RBC | Changes in the county’s budget and finance department with the departure earlier this summer of Janae Stanworth and the departure this week of Talia Rosas prompted the Rio Blanco County Commissioners to discuss who has signing authority for vouchers and to what degree. Colleen[Read More…]
RIO HAPPENINGS: SEPT. 17-23, 2023
The cost to hold the inmates for the month of August in Moffat County was $653.00, saving the County $149,347.00 in just one month had the jail been open. Total cost for Moffat County holding inmates to date are $21,094.10, saving the County $1,178,905.90 had the jail been open. ARRESTS[Read More…]
