EDITOR’S NOTE: Meeker Skijor was canceled due to lack of snow and safety concerns just prior to press time Wednesday. MEEKER I Meeker’s Board of Trustees heard a last minute request Tuesday from the Meeker Skijor committee to move the skijor races, planned for this weekend, from the Fairgrounds to[Read More…]
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NEWS NOTES: February 17, 2022
Free community dinner at VFW MEEKER | Free Community Dinner at the Meeker V.F.W./American Legion, 290 4th Street, Thursday, Feb. 17 from 5:30 pm to 6:30 pm. Stop the Bleed Classes Feb. 18 MEEKER | Stop The Bleed Classes, Friday, Feb. 18 from 3 to 5 p.m. and 6 to[Read More…]
~ FOR THE BIRDS ~
Colorado Parks & Wildlife, ag students relocate town turkeys MEEKER | High school ag students from Moffat County teamed up with Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) staff last Friday in Meeker for a turkey trapping expedition. The population of wild turkeys has grown dramatically during the last decade, with more than[Read More…]
Ashcraft graduates Marine Basic Training
RBC I Cristopher Ashcraft graduated Marine Basic Training on Feb. 11, 2022, as a Private First Class. He will go on to MCT and MOS training. Girlfriend Bonnie Britt and son Theo Ashcraft, parents Raymond and Lela Ashcraft as well as sister Liliana Rivas and brother-in-law Randall Hilton would like[Read More…]
Meeker mountain biking meeting
MEEKER I The time has come to resurrect MAMBA! The past couple of years have been rough on us all, but with new partners and growing enthusiasm from the community, we’d like to bring back the Meeker Area Mountain Biking Association in full force. The Smoking River Brewing Company has[Read More…]
Recall petition declared sufficient
MEEKER I 9th Judicial District Judge David Boyd issued his order on the contested recall for RBC Commissioner Gary Moyer early Tuesday in favor of County Clerk and Recorder Boots Campbell. The protest to the second recall petition was filed by Matt Scott last fall. The recall committee submitted the[Read More…]
COUNTY BEAT: Rangely rural water project moving forward
RURAL DOMESTIC WATER White River Conservancy District director Alden Vanden Brink updated the board following last week’s River District meeting, noting that low precipitation last month has the area on track for “similar” or “worse” hydrology than last year, barring some big storms to finish winter. More on Page 1.[Read More…]
Snowpack down after dry January
RBC I Following major storms in December, Colorado snowpack looked pretty good, even measuring above average around most of the state. The welcome precipitation broke a “particularly dry” early winter, pushing snowpack to above median levels in some areas of the state. This led experts to project “well above normal”[Read More…]
C IS FOR COOKIE …
Girl Scout Cookies are a February favorite and the kindergarten through first grade Meeker Girl Scout Troop is now selling near you. There are five girls enrolled in this year’s troop, which will be selling cookies at Watt’s Ranch Market every Wednesday from 5-6 p.m. until Mar. 9. They can[Read More…]
Obituary: Wayne L. Johns
Aug. 9, 1941 ~ Feb. 8, 2022 Wayne LaVon Johns passed away on Feb. 8, 2022, at the age of 80. Wayne was born on Aug. 9, 1941 to Fay Louise Kight and LaVon Johns in Morenci, Arizona. Wayne married Paula McKenzie in Rangely, Colorado. Wayne enjoyed fishing, photography and[Read More…]
Obituary: Estella Margret Fulton
Oct. 5, 1921 ~ Feb. 1, 2022 Estella Margret Fulton passed away peacefully on Feb. 1, 2022. Marge was born to William and Stella Findlay in Rifle, Colorado, on Oct. 5, 1921. The family lived in Parachute, Colorado, and she joined her siblings Jim, George, Charley, Ernie and Mary (Eliasen).[Read More…]
Obituary: Ronald Jack Hedge
Aug. 15, 1950 ~ Feb. 1, 2022 Ronald Jack Hedge, 71, from Dinosaur, Colorado, passed away on Feb. 1, 2022, after a battle with dementia and then a brief illness. He was born on Aug. 15, 1950 in Denver, Colorado. As a small child, his family lived at the Clubhouse[Read More…]
