Meeker Elementary School recently finished a reading competition for Kindergarten through fifth grade. The three students in each grade who read the most minutes received $75, $50, and $25 in Chamber Bucks for first, second, and third place, respectively. Grade level winners are as follows: Kindergarten — William Edinger, Kimber[Read More…]
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CNCC, 4-H and RiversEdge West work together on environment
RBC | While philosophers debate how to learn information more efficiently, students at CNCC live the theories through their college experience. Multiple departments have had opportunities to engage their students through community service. This week, partnerships between Dr. Mario Sullivan’s environmental sciences class, RiversEdge West, and the Rio Blanco 4-H[Read More…]
Panthers play North Fork, Soroco
RANGELY | The lady Panthers were back in action last Friday for a non-league match with the North Fork Miners. “We started out slow and just didn’t finish around the basket, going into half down by four,” said head coach Jimmie Mergelman. The Panthers ended up falling to the Miners[Read More…]
Rattlers bite Cowboys in Baggs, Wyo.
MEEKER | The lady Cowboys had a slow start to their season, and after only one game post holiday break they are looking to pick up speed. They are currently 2-3 on the season. “We are such a new team and we are just about ready to click together,” commented[Read More…]
Cowboys do well at Tournament of Champs
MEEKER | After a productive two weeks of training over winter break, the Cowboys returned to the mat in Vernal, Utah at the Uintah Tournament of Champions (TOC). The TOC is considered one of the toughest tournaments in America’s Mountain West region; it features top teams from Utah, Wyoming, and[Read More…]
BMS bball plays Rangely
MEEKER | Barone Middle School teams played Rangely on Jan. 6, 2023, their first games of the new year. The 8B team lost by three points, 10-13, a much closer game than the first meeting played before the winter break. The top scorer was Taylor Bain with six and Ximena[Read More…]
Cowboys stomp Rattlers 50-36
By TIFFANY JEHOREK | Special to the Herald Times MEEKER | Klark Kindler and his Cowboy basketball team won big last Friday in their first game back after the holidays. Led by Jacob Simonsen with 14 points, the Cowboys won 50-36 over what Kindler called a “historically scrappy and tough[Read More…]
Chism and Torsell lead the way in Panther post-break wrestling
Special to the Herald Times RANGELY | The Panther wrestling team traveled to Glenwood Springs last Friday for a dual with the Demons. The team came out strong and was ready to compete. Out of nine matches wrestled the Panthers won eight. Winning matches were Aydan Christian, Landon Carlson, Colton[Read More…]
Panthers win two
Special to the Herald Times RANGELY | Coming back from Christmas break, Rangely boys’ basketball had a great weekend of games. The team earned two wins, one against North Fork on Friday and the other against Soroco on Saturday. Against North Fork, the Panthers had a great first half holding[Read More…]
Days Gone By: January 12, 2023
The Meeker Herald ~ 125 years ago Upon the request of the requisite number of petitioners, our county commissioners have decided to pay a bounty of $5 on wolf scalps, $3 for lion and 50 cents for coyotes. To meet this expense an extra mill was levied on the 1897[Read More…]
DERBY DAY
MEEKER | ERBM’s annual cardboard derby returned last weekend with participants bringing homemade sleds of all shapes, sizes and colors to race down the sledding hill at Paintbrush Park. Koye Waldref won fastest overall and the ages four and under category. Other winners included: Braylee Diaz–ages 5-7 Quinn Thomson–ages 8-10[Read More…]
Meeker’s drop-off/curbside recycling program goes kaput
Meeker residents were surprised, and some disappointed, by the announcement Meeker’s free recycling drop-off program was coming to a close at the end of 2022. Since it’s community-driven inception in the late 1990s, Meeker’s recycling program has gone through a number of changes and challenges. For many years, the Town[Read More…]
