Last Saturday, Meeker had eight youth wrestle at the Rocky Mountain Nationals Elementary School Regionals Tournament in Grand Junction: Timber Weber, Kaden Krueger, Jaxson McPherson, Uriah Grant, Lucas Simpson, Connor Moody, Bryant Turner and Orion Musser. | COURTESY PHOTOS The tournament was extremely difficult and challenged each of the wrestlers[Read More…]
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Rangely Panthers 0-2 to start season
RANGELY | The Rangely High School Panthers baseball team continues to improve. Practicing inside a gym or in a parking lot has been the routine for the Panthers this season. The Panthers traveled to Fruita Monument High School on their spring break to get one practice outside under their belts[Read More…]
BMS WRESTLING . . .
(Left) Johnny Rust took 4th place during the Meeker Middle School Tournament last Saturday. (Right) Jace Vroman scored 14 points towards towards Meeker taking second place as a team during the Meeker Middle School Tournament. COURTESY PHOTOS
Cowboy baseball wins two games
MEEKER | The cold and snow in Meeker did not hold the Cowboys back from a two-game victory over Nucla last Friday. All of March’s games will be away due to the winter weather still present in Meeker. “Last year we began the year 0-7, this year we are focusing[Read More…]
MHS harriers brave the cold in Rifle
MEEKER | When the track team left town Friday it was five degrees in Meeker. By the time the track meet finished it was 29 degrees with a windchill of 15 degrees. “Considering the start of the season was multiple weeks indoors, I think our kids did OK,” said assistant[Read More…]
ON A MISSION
Joseph Adams, commonly know as Earl, has been called on an ecclesiastical mission to Buenos Aires, Argentina! He will be there for two years speaking Spanish, starting on May 15 of this year. He is excited for this new experience and is looking forward to meeting the people in Argentina.[Read More…]
Obituary: James (Jim) Eugene Mitchem
Jan. 23, 1954 ~ Feb. 25, 2023 James (Jim) Eugene Mitchem, born Jan. 23, 1954, in Denver, Colorado, passed away Feb. 25, 2023, in Grand Junction, Colorado, aged 69. He was the son of Billy Edward Mitchem and Martha Louise (Johnson) Mitchem and grew up in Rangely, Colorado. A kind,[Read More…]
New questions, concerns prompt town board to review support for Wolf Creek project
MEEKER | In the lengthiest topic of discussion at Tuesday’s regular Meeker Board of Trustees meeting, Mayor Kent Borchard said he met with a consultant from the Langdon Group, the firm hired to gather public input on the Rio Blanco Water Storage Project (aka Wolf Creek Reservoir). Borchard shared his[Read More…]
Meeker well-represented at regional National History Day competition
MEEKER | Sixteen Barone Middle School eighth graders and two Meeker High School students went to National History Day regional competition in Grand Junction this month. National History Day is a non profit organization that Meeker partakes in yearly. The goal of the organization is to revolutionize the teaching and[Read More…]
Work resumes on Hwy. 13 widening
Construction crews will soon be back from a winter shutdown to resume work on Colorado Highway 13. The Garco Rio Blanco Hill project is located 11 miles northwest of Rifle and will create safety improvements for the busy stretch of highway. The start date for work in April is weather-dependent.[Read More…]
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Handicapped
Dear Editor: I have recently entered the category of people referred to as handicapped. My doctor said she wouldn’t term me “handicapped” but when you need a cane, walker, and handicapped sticker for your auto, that’s pretty much what it is. In the USA, one in seven people have “motor[Read More…]
Western Slope legislators host virtual Town Hall
“I know I sponsor more bills with my Republican colleagues on this call than I do with my Democratic colleagues from the Front Range,” said Senator Dylan Roberts of Colorado’s 8th Senate District (SD8) following a “bipartisan virtual Western Slope town hall” earlier this week. Western Slope legislators from 10[Read More…]