MHS art show MEEKER | The annual Meeker High School Art Show will be held downtown in Meeker at Streamline Realty (600 Main St.) from May 9-12. There will be an opening reception Sunday, May 8 from 5-7 p.m. and the art show will be open to the public from[Read More…]
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Days Gone By: May 12, 2022
The Meeker Herald125 years ago • Ed Fairfield is now pulling the ribbons over eight horses in one of the Hugus freighting outfits.• Sheriff Wilber had a hard trip to Yampa River after Fred Barbour The Meeker Herald100 years ago • There will be an exhibit of penmanship of the[Read More…]
Boys second, girls fourth at league meet
MEEKER I The Cowboy track team took second for the boys and fourth for the girls in last weekend’s league meet. “We were missing a couple of kids that would have scored some more points for both the boys and girls, but I think our teams did very well and[Read More…]
Cowboys go 1-1 with Moffat County Bulldogs; last two home games of season set for this week
MEEKER I The Cowboys are sitting number one in their league and after last weekend’s wins moved up to 30 in the rankings. They need to be in the top 32 to make it to regionals and have four more games to get it done. They are undefeated in the[Read More…]
24 Panthers compete at multi-league event
RANGELY I After having a week off the Rangely Panthers competed in the two day multi-league meet on May 6-7 in Rifle, Colorado. The meet had 29 teams but was divided into 1A/2A, 3A and 4A, the Panthers competed in the 1A/2A division. The Panthers had 24 athletes competing in[Read More…]
BAA-PARAZZI …
The baaaaaa-dest sheep ’round these here parts took over the streets last week, as Theos Swallow Fork Ranch trailed a herd through on the way to summer pastures upriver. The event is a spring favorite for all, with more than 4,000 views of our “Sheepwatch 2022” livestream (https://www.facebook.com/ht.1885/live). CAITLIN WALKER[Read More…]
CELEBRATING MIGRATORY BIRDS …
This Saturday, May 14, is World Migratory Bird Day, an annual campaign that celebrates migrating bird species across countries and continents (it’s also celebrated in October, this year on October 8.) The 2022 campaign highlights the impact of light pollution on migratory birds, like these nesting ospreys near Kenney Reservoir[Read More…]
BMS home meet tonight
MEEKER I Steamboat Springs hosted Barone Middle School at their track meet this past Saturday. There were only two divisions at this meet, boys and girls, with no grade level distinctions. On the boys side, Sam Smithers finished sixth in the 200-meter dash and Tristin Rollins took fourth in long[Read More…]
Love wins; recall passes
In the first successful recall campaign in Rio Blanco County in recent memory, Commissioner Gary Moyer, elected in 2018, has been recalled by voters 1,160 to 717, according to unofficial results (note: updated May 11 to reflect new report). The campaign to recall Moyer began more than a year ago,[Read More…]
OBITUARY: Chloe Bea “Judy” McGruder
April 18, 1932 ~ April 25, 2022 Chloe Bea McGruder aka Judy McGruder passed away peacefully at home with her daughter Joy and granddaughter Kelly by her side on April 25, 2022, in Grand Junction, Colorado. Twins Chloe Bea and James Lee were born on April 18, 1932, in Meeker,[Read More…]
DAYS GONE BY: May 5, 2022
The Meeker Herald 125 years ago • Rules connected with appointments to office are necessarily either elastic or brittle; they must be stretched or broken so often. • Many claim to be praying for the conversion of the world who are not doing anything else. • Wind, cold and April[Read More…]
A strong budget for rural Colorado
RBC I We at the legislature just passed a historic, balanced, and bipartisan annual state budget. After hours of debate and review alongside my colleagues, the budget we sent to Governor Polis sets rural Colorado up for success. With significant investments towards our ranchers and agricultural industries, water conservation, and[Read More…]
