Vote for Love Dear Editor: I am you asking you to vote for Ginny Love in the June 28 primary election to continue the positive change that has occurred with the Rio Blanco County Commissioners in the past few weeks. Although Ginny has only been a Commissioner for less than[Read More…]
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NEWS NOTES: June 23, 2022
Class of 1962 reunion June 25 MEEKER | The Meeker High School Class of 1962 reunion will be June 25. Call this number for more information: 208-932-0249. Division of Water Resources meeting MEEKER | Please join the Division of Water Resources (DWR) for a public meeting June 29 from 5:30[Read More…]
SHARPSHOOTER …
GATHER PLANNED
The Bureau of Land Management and cooperating partners are planning a wild-horse-gather in the Piceance East-Douglas Herd Management Area on July 15. Ongoing bait-trap, range monitoring and related activities leading up to the gather are already underway. Approximately 300 horses will be returned to the range post gather. CORRECTION: The[Read More…]
SHOP LOCAL …
There’s one more Meeker Farmer’s Market and Meekerpalooza tomorrow from 4 to 8 p.m. before a break for Fourth of July festivities. Two more events are set for July 15 and 22, and possibly one for August with date to be determined. | CATILIN WALKER PHOTOS
Rio Blanco County Hosts Regional 4-H Expo
RBC | Colorado State University Extension Vice President Blake Naughton and Assistant Vice President Lindsey Shirley from the CSU Office of Engagement and Extension traveled to Meeker on Thursday, June 17 as part of a University tour of the northwest Colorado counties. They brought with them Ali Eccleston, Julee Stephenson,[Read More…]
OBITUARY: Margaret McCollum King
Feb. 11, 1932 ~ June 11, 2022 Margaret Ann McCollum was born in Alamosa, Colorado, on Feb. 11, 1932 and passed on in Fort Collins, Colorado, on June 11, 2022. As a child she lived in many gold mining towns of Nevada, spending time in quite a few one-room schoolhouses.[Read More…]
CELEBRATION OF LIFE: Bryce William Purkey
Aug. 13, 1932 – Nov. 22, 2021 Services to be held at 4-H Building, June 25, 2022 11 a.m.
CELEBRATION OF LIFE: James Dale Burke
Oct. 1, 1970 ~ June 9, 2022 Celebration of Life services to be held at 11 a.m. on Tuesday, June 21, 2022, at the Fairfield Center in Meeker, Colorado.
CELEBRATION OF LIFE: Sally M. Wilson
Sept. 28, 1934 ~ June 9, 2022 Services will be held at 2 p.m. on Friday, June 17 at Holy Family Catholic Church, 889 Park St., Meeker followed by a reception in Parish Hall. In lieu of flowers, the family would like to have donations made to the PEO or[Read More…]
DAYS GONE BY: June 16, 2022
The Meeker Herald125 years ago • There may be little choice between the men who contribute the funds that keep our politics rotten at the core, and the men who receive the money. But the practical politician of the machine variety is, after all, a better figure in politics than[Read More…]
COUNTY BEAT: June 14, 2022
RBC | During work sessions Tuesday morning, the Rio Blanco County Board of Commissioners heard second quarter updates from Maintenance and Facilities Director Eric Jaquez. The department has been busy with spring cleaning and planting, updates to signage, OHV trail maintenance, repairing drainage issues, and attending trainings, among other activities[Read More…]
