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…]
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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
NEWS NOTES: March 17, 2022
Free community dinner tonight MEEKER| Free Community Dinner at the Meeker V.F.W. / American Legion, 290 4th Street, Thursday, March 17 from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. Victory Motors hosting broadcast CRAIG | Victory Motors in Craig has been chosen to host a live television broadcast on RFD-TV during the 2022[Read More…]
Commissioners vote 2-1 to defund election equipment
RBC | Rio Blanco County Commissioners voted 2-1 this week in favor of defunding Dominion-based vote tabulation machines in the Clerk and Recorder’s office. If implemented, the move would require election officials to hand-count all votes in future elections. The decision came following back-and-forth comments by current/former election officials (who[Read More…]
Swanky’s becomes Rozzi’s
MEEKER I After 35 years as a cosmetologist, Swanky’s Salon owner Melanie McKee is passing the scissors — so to speak — to Candace Maes. The transfer of ownership was official on March 15, 2022. McKee owned Swanky’s for 25 years. “I opened it by myself, rented a little house,[Read More…]
Public hearing set to decide if hospital district can change board
MEEKER I Following the departure of two of its seven board members in April 2021, the Eastern Rio Blanco Health Services District board voted in July 2021 to change the seven-person board established in 2006 to a five-person board, citing difficulty in generating interest and commitment for the volunteer board,[Read More…]