RANGELY | The Rangely Panthers sent 17 distance runners to the Moffat County Invitational this past weekend, competing in all four races: middle school girls, middle school boys, high school girls, and high school boys. The Panthers have a long history of success on the course stretching throughout Loudy-Simpson Park[Read More…]
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BMS XC preps for end of season
MEEKER | With the season winding down for Barone Middle School cross country runners, they had a busy week full of great races. The team was in Steamboat on Wednesday and in Craig on Saturday. Wednesday’s meet was on a new course near the Sleeping Giant School. The race was[Read More…]
BMS volleyball splits games
MEEKER | Barone Middle School volleyball had an opportunity to improve from the weekend before when they played the exact same teams again last weekend, Steamboat and Sleeping Giant. “The Barone Middle School girls played very well this weekend,” commented coach Molly Turner. “There were many moments of greatness and[Read More…]
Mustangs play at home this Saturday
MEEKER | All three of the Meeker Mustang teams traveled to Rifle for Saturday matchups against Aspen and Rifle. Team D-1, of third and fourth graders, had a humbling morning against a tough Aspen squad. The coaches discussed with the kids the need to stay focused and felt it was[Read More…]
Days Gone By Sept 28th, 2023
The Meeker Herald ~ 125 years ago Rio Blanco County should be represented at the mountain and plain festival with some kind of a float. A chunk of coal weighing a ton or so (if nothing else) would be quite the advertisement for this section. “Broncho John” Martin had a[Read More…]
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Walking the Talk
Kenda Slaugh and her family (left) organized the Out of the Darkness Community Walk in Meeker last Saturday in partnership with the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP), sponsored by New Earth Spiritual and Metaphysical Healing. JESSE MCCANN/DID I SHUTTER PHOTOGRAPHY MEEKER | In 2015, Kenda Slaugh lost her best friend[Read More…]
Disc golf provides new recreation opportunity
MEEKER | Local outdoor activity enthusiast Carly Anderson has a vision to bring a new recreational adventure to the Town Of Meeker: disc golf. Having first been introduced to the sport during his college years in Flagstaff, Arizona, Anderson now advocates for disc golf (also known as Frisbee golf) in[Read More…]
YEA Meeker promoting young entrepreneurs
Meeker’s young entrepreneurs will be at Home.Made on Main Street Sept. 29. MEEKER | Young Entrepreneurs are Awesome! Meeker (YEA Meeker) puts the “all” in small business. Through this program, youth ranging from grades 3-12 gain support in their own personal entrepreneurship ventures.You may have seen many of these young[Read More…]
Town of Meeker meeting report: Sept. 19
MEEKER | Dr. Lisa Jones, President of Colorado Northwestern Community College, presented a State of the College report to Meeker’s Board of Trustees on Tuesday before the regular meeting. “We do want to begin doing more in Meeker, particularly in healthcare and agriculture,” she said, although without approved mill levy[Read More…]
Town of Rangely meeting reports: Aug. 22 and Sept. 12
RANGELY | Rangely’s Board of Trustees met Aug. 22, 2023 and Sept. 12, 2023. During the Aug. 22 meeting, board members approved a letter of support for the Rio Blanco County grant application to Colorado Advance CPF for the last mile broadband project. Trustees also approved an intergovernmental agreement between[Read More…]
