Meeker Cowboy Wrestling attended a team camp in Gunnison this past weekend. “Cowboys had a great camp,” commented assistant coach Carl Padilla. “We ended with a 15-2 record, leaving with our heads held high and with a great experience.” Some new faces joined the team this weekend and the seasoned[Read More…]
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RIVER CLEANUP DAY
For its fourth annual River Clean-Up, White River Alliance members met on Saturday, June 18, at the Lake Avery spillway to make their way down the river to Circle Park cleaning up trash at the many public access points. The good news is there appeared to be less trash this[Read More…]
PICTURE BOOK AWARD …
Local Author Dolly Viscardi won the Colorado Author’s League Children’s Picture Book Award at a CAL presentation ceremony at the Washington Park Boathouse, Sunday June 19. | COURTESY PHOTO
Jail closure expected to save county $500K
Local police departments impacted by increased costs for transport RBC | Nine months after the closure of the Rio Blanco County Detention Center, numbers demonstrating savings to the county have been made available to the HT. Rio Blanco County Sheriff Anthony Mazzola first announced the intention to close the jail[Read More…]
Letters to the Editor: June 23, 2022
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…]
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.