The HT brought home six awards from this year’s Colorado Press Association convention, including first place finishes for for our weekly news roundup, best news photograph, photo and design and best page design. We also received a second place award for a news media/house ad promotion. Finally, Sophia Goedert’s feature[Read More…]
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Scoggins completes Navy BT
Navy Seaman Timothy L. Scoggins, son of Matthew and Elizabeth Scoggins recently completed U.S. Navy basic training at Recruit Training Command, Great Lakes, North Chicago, Illinois. He is a 2022 graduate of Rangely High School. During the 10-week program, Scoggins completed a variety of training which included classroom study and[Read More…]
WELL SEASONED …
It’s nearly soup and sweater season. Leaves are beginning to turn just in time for the fall equinox today. Peak colors are expected in the next few weeks. A 30-day forecast of cool nights and sunny days will help the process along–sunshine helps ‘burn off’ chlorophyll in the leaves to[Read More…]
COMMUNITY HAPPENINGS: Sept 22, 2022
Blessing of the Animals Oct. 1 MEEKER | The St. James’ Parish invites the community to join them in honoring the feast day of Saint Francis of Assisi, patron saint of animals and the environment with our Blessing of the Animals service on the church lawn at 4th and Park[Read More…]
RIO HAPPENINGS: sept. 12 – 18, 2022
ARRESTS There were no arrests for the week of Sept. 12-18. CALL SUMMARIES 9/13/2022 @ 7:07 a.m. A search and rescue was initiated for an overdue Sheepherder. The missing party was last seen at 7:00 am the day before. The Sheepherder was found at 12:53 pm on Tuesday, approximately 15[Read More…]
Cross country races in GWS
The dual peaks of Mt. Sopris held an ever watchful gaze over the competitors of the Demon Invitational this past Saturday, as Glenwood Springs hosted six teams at the Colorado Mountain College Spring Valley Campus. A new venue this year, the course consisted of grass, asphalt, gravel, and single track[Read More…]
Guest Column: Protecting your values in Denver
Colorado’s tremendous beauty and rich western culture is the reason so many of us chose to live here. It’s the reason Colorado finds its place among many people’s dream places to visit. If we haven’t had the pleasure of meeting yet — howdy, I’m Rep. Perry Will. I was honored[Read More…]
Building strong communities could be a team sport
I got to thinking about some of my small-town neighbors when I read that the Denver Broncos football team, which is just starting its new season, was sold for $4.6 billion. The principal new owners are Walmart heir Rob Walton and his daughter and her husband. Their ownership group also[Read More…]
7th and 8th grade Barone Middle School volleyball underway
MEEKER | On Saturday, Sept. 2, Meeker seventh grade volleyball A and B teams defeated Rangely. The Meeker B team won the first set 25-11 and the second 25-16. In the first set Althea Halstead (39) served 10 times in a row which led to the first set win. In[Read More…]
Meeker students compete on high school rodeo circuit
Meeker High School is not new to rodeo, and three more Cowboys are participating for the 2022-2023 high school rodeo season, Jessi Pelloni, Eva Scritchfield and Wagner Brown. Both Brown and Scritchfield compete in Wyoming and Pelloni in Colorado. “Since we do not have a team, the kids can choose[Read More…]
BRINGING THE CHEER …
The MHS cheer squad worked with pint-size cheerleaders on Friday, Sept. 9 at Starbuck Stadium at a cheerleading clinic put on by Meeker High School and ERBM Recreation & Park District. They showed off their skills at the football game later that evening. | COURTESY PHOTOS
White River Alliance tackles Elaeagnus Angustifolia
The White River Alliance continues to promote awareness and community action about thirsty invasives. This past Saturday a team of White River Alliance members gathered to cut down Russian Olive trees growing near the river around Meeker. Elaeagnus Angustifolia (Russian Olive) was introduced here in the early 1900s from Europe[Read More…]