Sept. 9, 1949 ~ Dec. 6, 2022 No services are scheduled at this time.
Latest News
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…]
CHRISTMASFEST
The spirit of Christmas has been swirling around Rangely as snow falls and holiday parties occur. On Saturday, Dec. 10, good cheer and Christmas magic blew through Rangely as they do only in a small town. Celebrations were prepared by the Western Rio Blanco Metropolitan Recreation District including a pancake[Read More…]
Cowboys first at Delta Invitational
The Meeker Cowboys weekend of wrestling began Friday in Cedaredge in a dual meet against Buena Vista. With two known weights, the Cowboys defeated Buena Vista 48-36 before falling to Cedaredge 43-35. “It was a good night of wrestling with solid performances across the board,” began assistant coach Stryker Lane.[Read More…]
COUNTY BEAT: More on the water call, landfill preparations
Rio Blanco County Commissioners and staff discussed the nuance and minutiae of water administration in the White River Valley during a special work session Tuesday. “It will be tough for sure” said Commissioner Ginny Love, noting that residents will have to adjust to using less water, or even having water[Read More…]
Area gas development big driver behind state’s $393M in resource revenue
RBC | Colorado was the source of nearly $400 million in federal energy and other natural resource revenue in the recently concluded 2022 federal fiscal year, with natural gas development in Garfield County alone accounting for about a quarter of that revenue. According to Department of Interior Office of Natural[Read More…]
Days Gone By: Dec 15, 2022
The Meeker Herald ~ 125 years ago The committee of the town council, consisting of Messrs. Oldland, Young and Welch, who were appointed to look into the matter of the purchase of the town ditch, after a careful investigation, in which they were assisted by County Surveyor Moog, reported favorably[Read More…]
EDITOR’S COLUMN: Good deeds
How far that little candle throws his beams! So shines a good deed in a weary world. ~ William Shakespeare The best thing about this time of year isn’t the gifts or the decorations or the obligatory holiday parties (definitely not the best part). It’s certainly not the media hyperbole[Read More…]
Guest Column: Thank you, voters
To the voters of Colorado’s 8th State Senate District: thank you. Last month, tens of thousands of voters across Central and Northwest Colorado filled out their ballots with our state’s future in mind, and I am honored to have earned your trust to serve as your next State Senator. Whether[Read More…]
Guest Column: TSA
This holiday season, you may be crisscrossing the country by air. Rules change constantly, so my wife Tracy checked the latest and greatest TSA rules for what we could pack. She was reading some of the more bizarre items to me. I thought they would make a good laugh at[Read More…]
LOOSE ENDS: Hurried holidays
Time feels as if it is speeding up. It is common knowledge that this general feeling, of being behind before one has even started, takes over as one ages. Unfortunately after the lengthy siege of various forms of the pandemic, the off-balance feeling that one gets that time is snapping[Read More…]