The Meeker Herald 125 years ago • Hugus & Co have just received the largest invoice of shoes ever bought here. • While the late blizzard touched us gently here it was not so considerate with other portions of Colorado, as travelers arriving during the last few days say it[Read More…]
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Cowboys secure first win over Monte Vista, 23-7
MEEKER I Cowboy baseball secured its first win this weekend in stellar fashion 23-7 over Monte Vista. For the season the Cowboys are sitting 1-7, but with their home field drying and more outdoor practices being possible they should be able continue adding digits in the win column. Last week[Read More…]
Panthers win two, drop two over weekend
RANGELY I The Rangely High School baseball team traveled to Monticello, Utah, to take on the Dove Creek Bulldogs on Friday, April 1. With it being the folklore April Fool’s Day, the Panthers did have to face some adversity in having their games moved from Dove Creek to Monticello, Utah.[Read More…]
Rangely girls place first at Meeker Invitational
RANGELY I The Rangely Panthers had a very busy week for track and field. Many of the athletes started the week off by going to a JV meet on Monday, then they all went to Meeker on Friday and Cedaredge on Saturday. The week started off Monday with freshman, sophomore[Read More…]
Cowboys host home meet
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…]
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…]
