MEEKER I Last weekend the Meeker Cowboys hosted their annual track meet at Bob King Track. Nine teams were present and the Cowboys had a good showing, both the mens and womens teams took second place. “It was great for us to be competitive this past weekend in so many[Read More…]
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RATHER BLUSTERY …
It was a bad day for area tree and the various things they fell on, like this classic truck. Wind gusts took out several pines, rolled a trampoline down Main Street and generally wreaked havoc on anything that wasn’t strapped down. | CAITLIN WALKER PHOTO
NEWS NOTES: April 7, 2022
Sportsman’s Club meeting April 7 MEEKER |The Meeker Sportsman’s Club regular monthly meeting will be this Thursday April 7, at 7 p.m. at WREA Kilowatt Korner. Glow in the dark Easter egg hunt RANGELY |Join us in Elk’s Park to hunt for eggs in the dark. You will need to[Read More…]
RETIREMENT …
A good chunk of the town turned out to celebrate Dr. Albert Krueger’s “transition” from decades of practicing medicine at Pioneers Medical Center with a celebration at Smoking River Brewing Co. last weekend. (Top) Dr. Krueger accepted a gift from Charlotte Babcock, daughter of Chris and Heather Babcock. | CAITLIN[Read More…]
PMC building permit fee waived, Circle Park Phase II discussed at town council
MEEKER I Meeker’s Board of Trustees opened three bids for the Garfield Street water line replacement Tuesday in regular business. Bids received were from Johnson Construction Inc. out of Rifle, Colorado, for $758K; Duran and Pierce Contractors of Craig, Colorado, for $684K; and TDA Construction of Meeker for $448K. The[Read More…]
Mountain Valley Bank begins annual penny drive for HopeWest, MEF
MEEKER I Gather those pennies from those cup holders, ashtrays, junk drawers, sofa cushions, or wherever they’re collecting for a good cause. Between April 11-22, pennies collected at 13 participating local businesses in Meeker will be matched by Mountain Valley Bank (MVB) — up to 100,000 pennies — and donations[Read More…]
Obituary: Denise Grace Bear Runner
March 12, 1983 ~ March 14, 2022 Denise Grace Bear Runner was born on March 12, 1983, in Pine Ridge, South Dakota, to Dennis Bear Runner and Shirley (Red Star) Marshall. Denise made her journey to the Spirit World on March 14, 2022, at the Avera McKennan Hospital in Sioux[Read More…]
My stork got lost!
Or, what do you mean I was adopted? The family tree gets complicated when we start talking about infant adoptions or single parent situations with the father’s name not talked about by the family. Today parents are more open with their adopted children. In the past however, adults were often[Read More…]
From the Mind Springs interim CEO
The need for behavioral health services is growing in Colorado, now more than ever. For all of us in this industry, we know that there is a need for behavioral healthcare reform in Colorado. The system is far from perfect. Community Mental Health Centers are far from perfect. However, throwing[Read More…]
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: MARCH 31, 2022
Tax update from county assessor Dear Editor: Dear residents of Rio Blanco County: tax notices have been sent from the county treasurer and most of you saw a change in your tax amounts from the prior year. There are many reasons for these changes, for instance 2021 was a reappraisal[Read More…]
Loose Ends: Apprenticeships
This past week I read an article in The Colorado Sun, a great online newspaper, that led with a breaking news article about our state government’s new financial support of apprenticeship programs. The investigative reporters at this relatively new endeavor can be counted on to research their subjects and report[Read More…]
Kaye’s Column: Small guys win!
Maybe we’ve been thinking about this all wrong. Basketball has long been considered the domain of the “bigs,” the tall guys and gals. It’s usually assumed if you’re the taller team, you have the advantage. Yet, in the NCAA playoffs, St. Peter University’s team with its speedy guards and scrappy[Read More…]
