MEEKER | The Meeker High School lady Cowboys hosted a fifth to eighth grade basketball camp teaching skills and games with the girls. These same girls will also be completing a summer skills challenge. The team then traveled to Manila, Utah, and competed in their tournament playing teams from Wyoming[Read More…]
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Summer softball underway
MEEKER | The Meeker Stampede summer softball season is in full swing. The 12 and under team and 16 and under team competed in Grand Junction on June 9-10. “Both teams faced tough competition but our girls worked hard every single inning,” commented head coach Kendal Bergman. “We learned a[Read More…]
New location for Stars N’ Stripes basketball tourney
MEEKER | Start your Fourth of July with a bang and a bounce. The Stars N’ Stripes 3-on-3 Basketball Tournament returns this Independence Day. The event will have a new location this year. Games will take place in the parking lot behind the Administration Building at 555 Garfield St. We[Read More…]
Rec district helps fund trail improvement, fireworks display
MEEKER | The board of directors for the Eastern Rio Blanco Metropolitan (ERBM) Recreation District granted funding for two special requests during their June meeting. $4,400 remained in the budget for special unbudgeted requests but is now all spent as of Tuesday. Representatives from Meeker Area Mountain Bike Association (MAMBA)[Read More…]
Days Gone By: June 22, 2023
The Meeker Herald ~ 125 years ago The School Board have hired W.H Clark as principal and Miss Gibbs as teacher of the primary department. The Intermediate department has been offered to Miss Carson. The cricket campaign is now in full operation and as much progress is being made as[Read More…]
Sneak peek of CAM’s Ag Academy this Friday, June 23 in Meeker
CAM’s Ag Academy, an Agricultural Literacy Outreach program, is an integral part of the Agricultural Education program at Colorado State University and is taking the classroom on the road this summer to a few select county fairs, including the Rio Blanco County Fair. CAM’s Classroom, a hands-on, interactive experience designed[Read More…]
Guest Column: Whaddya mean, you branded the hill?!
We may never know exactly what inspired Regas K. Halandras Sr. (father of Gus and Chris) to cut two giant letters — RH — into a hillside of sagebrush. The idea had been probably stewing for a while. According to Chris, Regas had seen somewhere an area of sage brush[Read More…]
Arellano earns CDL license
RANGELY | On the path to your goals, there will be challenges for you to overcome. Stephen Arellano doesn’t let anything prevent him from becoming who he is, which now includes being a CDL-licensed truck driver. Arellano is deaf — he communicates through American Sign Language and an interpreter. In[Read More…]
SUMMER KICK-OFF …
Vendors shared their wares and residents enjoyed live music and tasty treats at the summer’s first Meekerpalooza and farmer’s market downtown. There are two more Paloozas with live music scheduled for June 23 and July 14. The next combined Palooza and farmer’s market will be July 21, along with WREA’s[Read More…]
ROBERTS TALKS WATER & MORE …
Colorado District 8 Senator Dylan Roberts met with members of the White River Alliance (WRA) at Chipper’s Bar & Grill last week to discuss a variety of subjects related to river health and riparian restoration. Robert’s spent about half the meeting listening to concerns and taking notes. WRA member’s focused[Read More…]
Webber receives graduate degree from Cedarville
MEEKER | Mitchell Webber of Rangely graduated from Cedarville University spring 2023 with a Doctor of Pharmacy. Located in southwest Ohio, Cedarville University is an accredited, Christ-centered, Baptist institution with an enrollment of 4,715 undergraduate, graduate, and online students in more than 150 areas of study.
