This past weekend nine Rangely Hurricanes swimmers competed in the Western Slope Championship Meet. Teams from all over the Western Slope come together to compete at this three-day meet. The Rangely Hurricanes took nine swimmers to three days of competition in the Western Slope Championship Meet, bringing home multiple medals[Read More…]
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Color Run …
Rangely New Eden PCS 5K Color Run was a great success this year. A big thanks to the participants, those who ran and those who walked. To our volunteers who so enthusiastically threw the color. It was a fun day with all ages being involved in the Color Run. These[Read More…]
Days Gone By: July 13, 2023
The Meeker Herald ~ 125 years ago Monday night the court house hall was filled with the biggest crowd ever gathered together at a dance in Meeker, and it put the baseball boys in good shape financially. Senator Wolcott has had his stepson Lyman M. Bass, appointed a second lieutenant[Read More…]
Parade winners …
The Range Call parade winners are as follows: The parade is put on by the Meeker Chamber of Commerce each year. TIFFANY JEHOREK/LUCAS TURNER/MICHELLE FROST/MEEKER CHAMBER PHOTOS
After 27 years, Bartlett leaves Meeker’s library in good hands
MEEKER | Mike Bartlett has been the library director of the Meeker Public Library for 27 years. June 30, 2023, marked his last day before that title passed to Kristina Selby. The two have been working together since Selby began as a library assistant in 2019. Barlett feels confident he[Read More…]
Rio Happenings: June 25-July 1
ARRESTS On 6/26/2023 a 40 year-old male was arrested on a Meeker PD warrant. The subject was transported to Moffat County jail and released on a PR bond by Magistrate McConaughy. CALL SUMMARIES 6/26/2023 @ 2:36 pm. A male party was arrested by Meeker PD for failing to register as[Read More…]
Roberts, Lukens host Town Hall
State House District 26 Representative Megan Lukens and Senator Dylan Roberts of Colorado’s 8th District hosted a joint Town Hall meeting at Meeker Public Library on June 28. They fielded questions from RBC residents about wolf reintroduction (both Lukens and Roberts voted against.) Other discussions and questions revolved around water[Read More…]
Community Calendar: July 6, 2023
Book club July 10 MEEKER | The Meeker Library book club book will be reading “The All-Girls Filling Station’s Last Reunion” by Fannie Flagg. We will discuss the book on Monday, July 10 at 1 p.m. All are welcome to join in the fun. Free legal clinic MEEKER | A[Read More…]
Editor’s Column: ‘Should-er’s full!”
“Should is a futile word. It’s about what didn’t happen. It belongs in a parallel universe. It belongs in another dimension of space.” ~ Margaret Atwood, The Blind Assassin By NIKI TURNER [email protected] Years ago a friend admonished me during one of my self-deprecating diatribes about how I was failing[Read More…]
Guest Column: Paul Revere
One of the pitfalls in studying history is the lack of fact-checking. Once an action has been recorded in print, it becomes gospel. A mistake is self-perpetuating. This has been amplified a hundredfold in our age of social media, but it certainly didn’t start there. I would like to take[Read More…]
Veteran’s Corner: Write your Congressmen
In 1979 my 1st Sgt. told me, “When you have tried following the proper channels and gone up the Chain of Command then you can write your Congressman. Please feel free to copy my letter and share your thoughts with our Congresswoman, Lauren Boebert. She is first rate. My wife[Read More…]
Letter: Thank you to Meeker fire crew, PMC staff
Dear Editor, Meeker is blessed to have folks like these: Thank you to the Meeker Volunteer Fire Department. Last month they helped save my father-in law’s barn from burning down. Quick response, professional performance. Thank you to the folks at Pioneer Medical Center. Last month I had a medical emergency[Read More…]
