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DAYS GONE BY: March 17, 2022

 The Meeker Herald 125 years ago • County Surveyor Moog returned from Rangely, on Saturday evening, where he laid out approaches to the new bridge and surveyed a road from the north side of White River to connect the Rangely road with the old Thornburg road. • The town council[Read More…]

MHS ladies golf grows

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…]

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…]

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…]