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…]
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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.
County Beat: June 15, 2023
AIRPORT WATER LINES EXTENSION Efforts to add a new water line at Meeker’s airport continue following analysis of three potential installation options. The infrastructural upgrade would increase water pressure at the airport to accommodate fire safety requirements as part of proposed construction of a new private hangar. Originally the project[Read More…]
Rio Happenings: June 4-10, 2023
ARRESTS There were no arrests this week. CALL SUMMARIES 6/4/2023 @ 6:02 pm. A group of people were camping in a no camping area near the 26 mile-marker on Highway 64. A deputy responded and the area was for day use only and the campers were urged to pack up[Read More…]
Community Calendar: June 15, 2023
Town Hall with Lukens, Roberts MEEKER | Meghan Lukens and Dylan Roberts will be in Meeker on Wednesday, June 28 from 5-6 p.m. at the Meeker Library. They will take this opportunity to share what was accomplished during the legislative session. Attendees will have a chance to ask questions. Come[Read More…]
Editor’s Column: Copy, paste, repeat
“It’s all the same, only the names will change.” ~ Bon Jovi, “Wanted Dead or Alive” The opening lyric to a 1986 “hair band” song might not seem like it has anything to do with nearly 139 years of newspaper archives from a rural Colorado town, but it could easily[Read More…]
Museum Musings: Letters from History
The White River Museum has a collection of letters that Meeker founding father Thomas Baker kept for many years. There are letters from Nathan Meeker and prominent figures like Chief Ouray, ex-Indian Agents, and the violently anti-Indian Colorado Governor Pitkin, as well as various Army officers from 1874-1879. The letters[Read More…]
HopeWest fundraiser success …
Cornhole winners … Decade of Dedication Celebration Courtesy Photo
Letters to the Editor: June 15, 2023
Taking pride in our museum Dear Editor, Last week the museum was visited by a high-spirited group of 40 from Water Education Colorado. The group had given us basic information, and a head count. It soon became evident that this might not be just a little visit. Even though I[Read More…]
Obituary: Van Elman Merritt
Van Elman Merritt April 7, 1948 ~ May 18, 2023 Van Elman Merritt, of Parachute, Colorado, passed away at his home on May 18, 2023. He was 75. Van was born on April 7, 1948, in Poplar Bluff, Missouri, to Hardy Vandore and Lyda Hazel (Hendrix) Merritt. He spent his[Read More…]
SUMMER SWEETS
Mountain Valley Bank’s second annual Lemonade and Cupcake stand event gave 18 Meeker kids a taste of entrepreneurship. Participants said they were applying their business profits to fund 4-H projects, paying for a pet, buying gifts for Father’s Day, helping fund for a family vacation, paying for whatever summer fun[Read More…]
MHS Class of ’73 to host 50th reunion
MEEKER | Tom Allen, Don Moyer, Kathy Warren and Kathleen (Sullivan) Kelley are encouraging all MHS 2023 classmates to attend the Class of 1973 50-year reunion. Allen has reserved back rooms at the Smoking River Brewery for an evening gathering starting July 1 at 5 p.m. The gathering will resume[Read More…]
