MEEKER | Onea Jewel Miller has patience and tact when dealing with an idiot (namely this reporter). Despite his clear instructions for how to get to their house on a mile of winding road, I took the wrong turn, twice. My white pickup took a wrong turn into a field.[Read More…]
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DISPATCH AWARD
Western Region Director for the Colorado National Emergency Number Association (NENA) and Public-Safety Communications Officials (APCO), Brad Flanagan presented the Rio Blanco County communication center team with the “Colorado NENA/APCO 2022 Communications/9-1-1 Center of the Year” award last week at their annual Christmas meeting. This award is presented to[Read More…]
COUNTY BEAT: Sen. Roberts visits Rangely
RBC | The Dec. 20, 2022, regular meeting of the Rio Blanco County Board of Commissioners was brief due to the commissioners hosting a lunch meeting with Senator Dylan Roberts after the regular business was finished. In the meeting, the commissioners approved a 2023 CCITF agreement with the Town of[Read More…]
Introducing The Mend
If you have a keen eye and a habit of driving down Seventh Street, it’s possible you have noticed a new Meeker business. Moreover, it is possible you have heard the buzz around town about The Mend, a day spa located at 349 7th St (Halandras Building). While the spa[Read More…]
RIO HAPPENINGS: DECEMBER 11 ~ 17, 2022
ARRESTS There were no arrests for the week of December 11, 2022 CALL SUMMARIES 12/12/2022 @ 3:19 pm. A rollover crash was reported at the top of Nine Mile on Highway 13. The driver was transported for minor injuries. 12/12/2022 @ 8:13 pm. Rio Blanco County Sheriff’s Office and Meeker[Read More…]
COMMUNITY HAPPENINGS: December 22, 2022
Christmas Masses in Meeker and Rangely RBC | Christmas Eve Mass at St. Ignatius’ Catholic Church in Rangely (109 S. Stanolind) will be at 5 p.m. on Dec. 24, and Christmas Day Mass will be Sunday, Dec. 25 at 8 a.m. In Meeker, Christmas Day Mass will be at Holy[Read More…]
MVB CHARITY CHALLENGE
‘Tis the season for giving at Mountain Valley Bank of Meeker. The bank hosted “The Charity Challenge” as its community Christmas project this year. “We have hosted a charity event every year as a way for each of us to give back to Meeker and involve the community,” said bank[Read More…]
Letters to Santa ~ 2022
Letters from Parkview Elementary School, Rangely Letters from Meeker Elementary School
Obituary: Lawrence “Larry” Joseph Doza
Dec. 21, 1937 ~ Dec. 1, 2022 Lawrence “Larry” Joseph Doza went to his heavenly home peacefully surrounded by his beloved family. on Dec. 1, 2022, at the age of 84, in Rangely, Colorado. Larry is survived by his wife Donna (Gunter); his daughters Luciann (Doug) and Heather (Don), his[Read More…]
Death Notice: Terry Gordon Nuttall
Sept. 9, 1949 ~ Dec. 6, 2022 No services are scheduled at this time.
MULES & MOUNTAINS
Trappers Lake Lodge celebrated the end of a successful season with a prime rib dinner, cowboy poetry and music, a cash bar courtesy of the Meeker Lions Club, and plenty of prizes last Saturday at the Fairfield Center in Meeker. | CAITLIN WALKER PHOTOS
OPERATION CHRISTMAS CHILD
Thank you, Meeker! Once again the generosity of folks here in town has been soundly demonstrated in the collecting of 445 shoebox gifts for the 2022 Operation Christmas Child campaign. Each one of these shoebox gifts has been packed with fun toys, school supplies and hygiene items by local churches[Read More…]
