County commissioners met Tuesday, Oct. 11 in Meeker for work sessions and a regular meeting. County employees will be staying with the same insurance pool for the coming year, after requests for additional quotes were not received in time to meet the Oct. 1 deadline for withdrawing from the current[Read More…]
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‘TIS THE SEASON
Sheep made their way through Meeker Tuesday, heralding the beginning of cooler days and nights. | CAITLIN WALKER PHOTO
RANGELY HOMECOMING 2022
The Panthers celebrated homecoming last week, with a chili dinner and bonfire Thursday evening and the ‘Racing Through The Decades’-themed parade Friday, followed by a football game and weekend volleyball matches. Rangely celebrated homecoming last week, crowning Kevin Wren and Kyrah Phelps (left) and Luis Quintana and Rylee Allred (right)[Read More…]
BMS basketball begins
With little time to spare the Barone Middle School boys finished football on Friday and picked up basketball on Monday with their first games last Saturday. Amy Chinn and Brandon Sanders are coaching the eighth grade team and Sean VonRoenn is coaching seventh grade. There are 40 boys out combined[Read More…]
ARE THEY HERE?
The HT asked Travis Duncan, Public Information Supervisor for Colorado Parks and Wildlife, for comment on some reader-generated questions after last week’s report of possible wolf depredation near Meeker. His responses follow, edited for space and clarity. How far from Meeker did the depredations occur? The incident occurred approximately 15[Read More…]
Colorado Parks and Wildlife investigating possible wolf depredations on U.S. Forest Service land near Meeker
Update: according to this report from The Fence Post, 18 LK Ranch calves were killed. Press Release Colorado Parks and Wildlife is investigating a report of dead domestic cow calves on White River National Forest lands near Meeker that show damage consistent with wolf depredation. This is an active investigation[Read More…]
Ballot Bingo
A quick look at the initiatives on your 2022 ballot Coloradans will have the opportunity to cast their vote on 11 statewide ballot measures in the 2022 General Election, including five measures referred to the ballot by the Colorado legislature and six voter-initiated propositions. Issues Referred by the State Legislature[Read More…]
Bike repair shop opens in Meeker
“Our bike trails are getting out there. And, I mean, we’re just trying to get ahead of the curve a little bit,” said Kyle Granahan from his garage-turned-bike-shop in Meeker. “It’s something we thought Meeker could use, and wanted to be able to offer a good setup for people locally,”[Read More…]
Cowboys one win from state qual
It was another exciting night on Wednesday when the Cowboy softball team split games with the Delta Panthers. In game one Brea Garcia got the start on the mound and had a quick inning with two pop fly outs and a ground ball out for the third out, allowing no[Read More…]
County runners race in Delta
Meeker The Meeker Cowboys cross country team competed in Delta’s Pantherfest meet on Friday. Informally known as the “Delta Speedway,” the course at Confluence Park is about as flat and fast as the team will see. The weather this year was not entirely cooperative, but the cool temperatures and excellent[Read More…]
BMS cross country hosts muddy meet
The Barone Middle School cross country season ended this weekend with rain and a lot of mud. Meeker hosted the final meet with Soroco, Craig, and West Grand braving the rain storm. The sky looked promising until about 10 minutes before the start of the boys’ race. By the time[Read More…]
Cowboys shut out Cedaredge
MEEKER I For the third time this year Cowboy football has dominated their opponent achieving a running clock, and for the second time they completely shut the other team out. Cedaredge fell 40-0 in a game that can only be described as rainy, soggy, and muddy. “What boy doesn’t like[Read More…]
