MEEKER | #8 Team Roping — Leah Wood/Cody EdingerMixed Team Roping — Leah Wood/Joe Wood 11 Team Roping — Joe Wood/Clay Reynolds Jr./Sr. Team Roping — Whit Watson/Brett WatsonDally Ribbon Roping — Cody Edinger/Sherry DexterOpen Breakaway — Deana WoodLadies Breakaway — Beverly SalazarOpen Barrels — Kendra McMillanJr. Barrels — Landree[Read More…]
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Everyone welcome for 110th annual dinner and dance
RBC Pioneers Association shifts gears to include newcomers, younger generations RBC | According to a brief note in the June 29, 1912, Meeker Herald, the pioneers of the White River Valley had been holding a summer reunion before that year, but 1912 is the official date given for the Rio[Read More…]
Rangely family grapples with ‘violation of trust’ by Montrose funeral home
RANGELY | Longtime Rangely residents Harry and Lillian Peacock died within a week of each other in 2013. Before his death, Harry had “shopped around” to find the best price for cremation services, according to his son Jeff. Harry made arrangements with Sunset Mesa Funeral Directors in Montrose, Colorado. When[Read More…]
Obituary: Hoyte Glade Williams
June 20, 1931 ~ Dec. 21, 2021 Hoyte Glade Williams was born June 20, 1931, to Harold John and Evelyn Gardiner Williams at Vernal, Utah. Hoyte had two sisters who preceded him in death: Syble Barney and Glenda Richardson of Meeker, Colorado. The family moved down by Rangely, Colorado, when[Read More…]
WHEELs & DEALS …
The 2022 Wagon Wheel OHV Poker Run is in the books. “We had an awesome turnout! Thank you, club members, sponsors, participants, USFS Blanco District OHV trail crew, CPW, Meeker Fire Rescue, and Wendll’s! We couldn’t have done without all of you,” said Wagon Wheel Club President Dave Murray via[Read More…]
ROUND UP …
From the Grand Junction Sentinel: “More than 300 wild horses have been gathered from lands in Rio Blanco County and nearly 200 of them shipped to a Utah holding facility, now that operations to reduce their numbers have ramped up with the start of a helicopter-assisted roundup Friday (pictured above.)[Read More…]
New officers join department
MEEKER | Lt. Tom Dietrich and Officer Matt Spangler were sworn in to the Meeker Police Department on Tuesday. Dietrich brings 20 years of law enforcement experience, including with the Colorado State Patrol, and Spangler is returning to the Meeker department after about five years. Town trustees heard the annual[Read More…]
COUNTY BEAT: July 20, 2022
RBC | RBC Commissioners toured the county’s west side facilities in Rangely prior to work sessions with Budget and Finance Director Janae Stanworth and IT Director Trevor Nielsen. Stanworth discussed planning and preparing for the upcoming budget season, and Neilsen updated the board on the coming departure of Visionary, one[Read More…]
PMC board update
MEEKER | Pioneer’s Medical Center Board of Directors met Tuesday, July 13 to discuss financials, grant awards, federal regulations and more. PMC revenue in June was $7 million, a “record breaker” according to chief financial officer Lionel Montoya. He also said year-to-date total revenue is over $33 million, an increase[Read More…]
ERBM discusses budget, Circle Park, PTO, paint
MEEKER | Eastern Rio Blanco Metropolitan Recreation District board members met Tuesday to discuss a proposed 2023 budget draft, amendments to an MOU with the town of Meeker regarding Circle Park, quarterly financials, changes to the employee handbook and paid time-off policies, among other items. 2023 DRAFT BUDGET ERBM’s latest[Read More…]
DAYS GONE BY: July 21, 2022
The Meeker Herald125 years ago • A heavy frost covered the ground in this section on Sunday and Monday nights.• The bike fever has broke out anew in town. The latest convert to the popular craze is Charlie Carney.• This is the season of the year when a good, cool[Read More…]
National Suicide and Crisis Lifeline, 988, launches
RBC | As of July 16, 2022, Colorado and the rest of the United States are using the 988 dialing code, a new, easy-to-remember three-digit number for call (multiple languages), text, or chat (English only) that connects people to the existing National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (Lifeline), where compassionate, accessible care[Read More…]
