RBC | RiversEdge West (REW) is pleased to accept a $48,788 grant award from the Colorado River District’s Community Funding Partnership to continue important riverside (riparian) restoration work along the White River in Rio Blanco County. REW leads the White River Partnership (WRP), a group committed to restoring and maintaining[Read More…]
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Jeneve Mitchell to kick off Trappers season June 17
MEEKER | Trappers Lake Lodge (TLL) will be opening for the 2023 season Thursday, June 1. But if you can’t make it up to the high country until the weekend, you are still in for a treat as they have something special planned the evening of June 17, to celebrate[Read More…]
Cochrane takes first in discus
RANGELY | This past weekend was the wrap of yet another track and field season. All of the state’s strongest throwers, biggest jumpers and fastest runners piled into Jeffco Stadium for the biggest state championship competition of all Colorado high school sports, as each classification, 1A through 5A, gathered to[Read More…]
Brink smashes pole vault records again
MEEKER | Meeker Cowboy state track qualifiers began their competition Thursday afternoon, but not before a two hour rain delay shut down the meet. In typical track meet fashion, multiple events for the Cowboys were happening at the same time, beginning with the boys’ pole vault. “The boys all warmed[Read More…]
MHS baseball wraps season at regionals
MEEKER | The Cowboys entered the post season at number 20 but due to a league team matchup they were moved up to number 19. Their ranking sent them to Denver Christian to take on Lyons in the opening round of regionals, a tournament in which only the top team[Read More…]
Panthers close baseball season with 10-11 record
RANGELY | With a 10-10 overall record, second place finish in the 2A Western Slope Conference and a ranking of 22 in the CHSAA Seedings Index polls, the Rangely Panthers baseball team qualified for the 2023 2A CHSAA state baseball tournament. The Panthers were paired with the number 11 seed[Read More…]
MHS golf takes three players to regionals
MEEKER | Meeker High School girls’ golf took three girls to regional competition: freshman Adi Knowles, junior Jayda May and junior Vivian Brown. “We played at the Regional 3A Tournament at the Yampa Valley Golf Course located in Craig, Colorado,” said coach Amanda Back via email. “The girls had so[Read More…]
Rodeo wraps up …
Eva Scritchfield and Wagner Brown wrapped up their spring Wyoming High School Rodeo season last weekend (May 19-20) in Casper, Wyoming. Eva and Wagner are juniors at MHS and participated the 2022/2023 Wyoming High School Rodeo association. According to their Coach Billy Goedert, both girls had great seasons improving each[Read More…]
Days Gone By: May 25, 2023
The Meeker Herald ~ 125 years ago – Garfield Street is being cleared of sagebrush, and if anyone wants to work out his poll-tax he is at liberty to go up there and grub out say two acres a day — four acres in all — or pay $2 in[Read More…]
Tweet all about it …
COURTESY/BOBBY GUTIERREZ PHOTOS For 21 years Mary Cunningham has taken Meeker elementary and middle school students on field trips around town to introduce kids to local and migrating bird species in celebration of World Migratory Bird Day. Though Cunningham has officially retired from her role at the U.S. Forest Service,[Read More…]
FFA helps MHS senior start entrepreneurial journey
MEEKER | Meeker High School senior Gracie Blagg wasn’t quite sure what she’d get from taking a recommended Future Farmers of America (FFA) elective class since she lives in town and doesn’t own livestock. That introductory class has led to a successful entrepreneurial endeavor, multiple awards and state-level achievements, and[Read More…]
PARK IT RIGHT THERE …
The Meeker Lions Club, which celebrates its 100th year this year, dedicated the installation of new playground equipment at the Admin Building on Sixth Street to the Town of Meeker last Saturday. The playground equipment was partially funded by a $150,000 grant that was provided by Colorado Health Foundation (CHF).[Read More…]