Request from the Meeker Cemetery District Dear Editor: I am writing on behalf of the Meeker Cemetery Board to ask for the community’s help in preserving the dignity and reverence of one of Meeker’s most treasured places. The Meeker Cemetery, located on the mesa overlooking our town, is not only[Read More…]
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LOOSE ENDS: We need an official Do-Over Day
It is not too late to have a “Do-Over.” Many folks, my extended family households included, not only do not watch or listen, or read the daily news reports on newspapers, television, radio, electronic devices but they ask everyone else to stop talking about it. It’s becoming an inter-generational thing.[Read More…]
HISTORY LESSONS: We could have been ‘Sherman County’?
“WELCOME TO SHERMAN COUNTY, COLORADO.” That is what a sign along Highway 13 from Rifle to Meeker could have read. When the Colorado legislature was considering dividing Garfield County in January of 1889, that was the first name proposed for our county. A committee was formed to oppose the division[Read More…]
CNCC: Community update
Special to the HT RBC | Happy New Year to all. Colorado Northwestern Community College officially welcomed staff and administrators back to campus Monday, Jan. 5. Faculty and residence life students return Thursday, Jan. 15. New student orientation will be held Jan. 15 in Rangely and Jan. 16 in Craig,[Read More…]
Eunice Joy Humphrey
Oct. 4, 1927 ~ Jan. 7, 2026 Eunice Joy Humphrey, of Meeker, passed away peacefully surrounded by her family and those who cared for her on Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2026, at the Walbridge Wing in Meeker. She was 98. Upon Eunice’s request, private family services will be held. Eunice Joy[Read More…]
Obituary – Ralph Backes
Aug. 8, 1952 ~ Jan. 5, 2026 Ralph Backes passed away Jan. 5, 2026, at Valley View Hospital in Glenwood Springs, Colorado. Ralph was born on Aug. 8, 1952, in Steamboat Springs, Colorado, to Chester and JoNell Backes of Milner. He lived in Milner and attended Hayden Schools until his[Read More…]
Meeker dominates early league play, improves to 6-0 overall
MEEKER | The Meeker High School girls basketball team returned to the court after their holiday break with a pair of road wins to start the new year. On Friday, the Cowboys visited Grand Valley High School in Parachute for their first game of 2026. Last season, Meeker fell to[Read More…]
Cowboys dominate Rifle, earn multiple podiums at Tournament of Champions
MEEKER | This past week, the Meeker Cowboys girls wrestling team hit the road Thursday evening for a dual at Rifle High School. Despite winter road conditions, the Cowboys left Rifle with a 36-16 victory over the Bears. Meeker earned six wins on the mat, highlighted by quick pins from[Read More…]
Cowboys return from break with wins at Grand Valley, Cedaredge
*We apologize for the mix up in this week’s print edition, here is the actual boys basketball recap! MEEKER | The Meeker High School boys basketball team returned to the court after their holiday break with a successful weekend on the road, starting the second half of the 2025-26 season[Read More…]
Meeker boys wrestling tops Rifle, posts strong showing at Tournament of Champions
MEEKER | Last week, the Meeker High School boys wrestling team braved winter road conditions along Highway 13 to travel to Rifle for a dual against the Bears. Despite the challenging drive, the Cowboys left with a narrow 42–39 victory on Thursday evening before heading to Vernal, Utah, for the[Read More…]
LEGISLATIVE UPDATE: From Sen. Dylan Roberts
RBC | Every January, the Colorado General Assembly returns to the Capitol with a mix of urgency and opportunity. This year will be no different. After another year of economic uncertainty at both the national and state level, Coloradans are looking to their legislature to answer some big questions: How[Read More…]
DAYS GONE BY – January 15th, 2025
Meeker Herald ~ 125 years ago The measly measles have about run their course in these parts. How the kodaks clicked this morning in front of the Meeker, especially after Roosevelt took his seat in a saddle. Representative Lyttle has introduced a bill in the house which appropriates $3,000 for[Read More…]
