MEEKER I This year Meeker High School ladies golf head coach Amanda Back has seven girls on her team which includes one senior, Hailey Knowles, and two returners, Vivian and Wagner Brown. This is her second year of coaching and has doubled her team numbers in that time. “I started[Read More…]
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More than 60 kids out for Meeker High School track
MEEKER I The Meeker Cowboy track team has a new head coach this year, actually co-head coaches Hallie Blunt and Kris Casey. Blunt has been helping with pole vault and track for a few years now, and was also the junior high track coach for eight year, Casey also coaches[Read More…]
RHS baseball season start delayed, practice underway
RANGELY I Mother Nature may not approve, but the 2022 high school baseball season is underway for the Rangely High School Panthers. Although the team has only been able to step foot on their home field one time this season, they have put in plenty of work on the asphalt[Read More…]
Colorado unveils new license design
RBC I After almost two years of development, over 55,000 votes and more than 400 entries by 119 Centennial State artists, the Colorado Division of Motor Vehicles (DMV) unveiled the state’s newest driver license and identification (ID) card. Governor Jared Polis revealed the Iconic Credential and announced the new card[Read More…]
4-H Club meeting report: March 13
MEEKER I The It’s Showtime 4-H Club met on Sunday, March 13 at 4 p.m. First, we did a fun “Icebreaker” to warm up. There were three lines of kids. Each kid had a piece of paper taped to their back and the last person started to draw on the[Read More…]
Snow removal complaints
MEEKER I Water Street residents and property owners addressed Meeker’s trustees Tuesday with complaints about how the town’s public works department is handling snow removal, including the practice of plowing snow across driveways. Beverly Prosence and her daughter, Annie Long, said during the February 23 storm, Prosence’s driveway was blocked[Read More…]
CPW launches new app
RBC I Colorado Parks and Wildlife launched a new smartphone application that will make purchasing hunting and fishing licenses and state park passes easier. My CPW is the official mobile application for CPW’s license and pass purchasing system, IPAWS, and it is available to all CPW customers (residents and nonresidents).[Read More…]
DONATION …
The owners of Marvine Ranch have donated $275,000 to the Rio Blanco County Sheriff’s Office as a “thank you” for duties performed by Undersheriff Travis Mobley and others in the department following the abduction of a female employee from Westlands (property owned by Michael Bloomberg) in February. The woman was[Read More…]
State of the River meetings return; local events to highlight various issues
RBC I After two years of virtual and hybrid gatherings, the Colorado River District will once again host in-person State of the River events across the West Slope throughout spring 2022. Twelve events across the 15-county River District will bring District staff, local partners, hydrologists, and water users together to[Read More…]
GRAND OPENING …
Mtn Made Trading Company, Meeker’s newest business located at 610 Main St., celebrated its grand opening and open house on Friday, March 11. Owners Kaysyn Davis and Mayda Southern opened Mtn Made Trading Company to provide a variety of handmade and small business associated retail items. The Meeker Chamber of[Read More…]
PMC orthopedics program shows strong performance
Colorado Advanced Orthopedics, Sports Medicine and Spine at Pioneers Medical Center in Meeker, Colorado is proud to announce strong data and performance numbers coming out of the national release of 2021 surgical patient data by Stryker, creator of the Mako SmartRobotics™ System. The data compiled by Stryker reveals that Colorado[Read More…]
MEET THE ADDAMS …
MHS Drama put on three performances of the Addams Family musical last weekend. Cast members pictured included Katie Lockwood, Ruby Holliday, Aspen Merrifield, Gabe Richardson, Zagar Brown, Sam Hightower, Eduardo Cordova and many more. | CAITLIN WALKER PHOTO
