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Days Gone By: June 23, 2022
The Meeker Herald125 years ago • Dry, windy, dusty, hot and cold by spells, were the weather features during the past week.• Real estate is in demand these days. The time to buy this class of property is when it is low. It’s low now.• Mrs. David Smith entertained a[Read More…]
Positive news for Rangely projects
RANGELY | The Rangely Board of Trustees meeting on June 14, 2022, was short with positive news for projects in process. Trustee Tim Webber shared positive feedback from the Live Action Role Play (LARP) event at the Rangely Camper Park. The group patronized many businesses and said it was the[Read More…]
Supply issues nix spraying
MEEKER | After many years of debate about the town’s aerial mosquito spraying program, it appears the decision is out of local hands this year. Lanny Coulter, pilot, said he has been unable to procure the permethrin used in spraying. Supply chain issues are to blame, according to various reports.[Read More…]
Editor’s Column: The ditch
Once upon a time, many moons ago, I was at one of those social activities in the woods with a bonfire and a keg or three. On this particular occasion, the party was attended by a visitor from Oklahoma in one of those late 1970s early 1980s American-made cars big[Read More…]
We need every tool to fight fires
We know now that the largest recorded fire in New Mexico history was started by an escaped “prescribed burn,” or rather by two. The Hermit’s Peak fire bolted away on April 6 when unexpectedly gusty winds blew sparks beyond control lines. Then the Calf Canyon fire raced off on April[Read More…]
Loose Ends: Keeping Traditions
Rio Blanco Range Call Days are fast approaching. It is a tradition for most everyone in our community to get involved in some way. It doesn’t matter if you are a long-term resident or recently moved here, everyone’s help is needed. Year after year, an amazing volunteer workforce turns out[Read More…]
Guest Column: Bluestocking
THIS IS THE TIME EACH YEAR TO HAND OUT GRADUATION CARDS AND SAGE ADVICE THAT WILL IGNORED IN GENERAL. I have wondered occasionally what my life would have been like if I had been born earlier. What would have my job been? In my high school, seniors were required to[Read More…]
County Beat: June 21 Meeting
RBC | In Rangely on Tuesday, RBC Commissioners heard updates from Leif Joy on his departments. For surveying, 12 plats have been updated and surveying software and propeller drone targes have been updated. Developing a legal description for County Rd. 8 is underway and surveying work on the landfill has[Read More…]
Scott James Blanke
Oct. 12, 1962 ~ June 17, 2022 Scott James Blanke was born in Grand Junction, Colorado, on Oct. 12, 1962, and passed on in Missoula, Montana, on June 17, 2022. As a young child he lived with his family in Gunnison and Center in western Colorado before moving to Meeker[Read More…]
Patrick Robert Burke
July 25, 1931 ~ June 6, 2022 Patrick Robert Burke, 90, was reunited with the love of his life Catherine “Peg” Burke after passing peacefully at his home in Montrose on June 6, 2022. Patrick, born on July 25, 1931, to Fred and Annie (Jones) Burke in Rifle, Colorado, spent[Read More…]
Naomi F. Parkes
Oct. 9, 1931 ~ June 12, 2022 Naomi was a former resident of Meeker and Craig, Colorado. Naomi was one of two children born to Fred A. Carroll and Renora A. Carroll. She attended Meeker High School, (graduating in 11 years), and went on to Parks School of Business in[Read More…]
