As we arrive in yet another year, it’s time for a few New Year resolutions. If you’ll indulge me, I have a suggestion for one of them this year. 2022 needs to have a little more happiness than the last two seem to have severely missed and I have tips[Read More…]
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BLM Northwest District Office welcomes new field manager
MEEKER | The Colorado Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Northwest District Office welcomes Bill Mills as the new Field Manager for the White River Field Office in Meeker, Colorado. Mills will assume responsibilities as the new field manager beginning Jan. 3. He will be responsible for the management and stewardship[Read More…]
Former Panther still holds strong record
The 1975-1976 Rangely Panther boys basketball team of Kirby Burchett, Tom Staley, Alan Stahlecker, Alan Ducey, Rory Enterline, Bryan Byers, Jeff Anderson, John Cook, Paul Allred, Bryan Fairchild, Steve Menge and David Collins was a high scoring and successful team, and on December 20, 1975 they ended a 17 year[Read More…]
Meeker Summer Rodeo Series announces sixth year of weekly events
The Meeker Summer Rodeo Series is happy to announce the 6th year of the weekly summer rodeos. The summer of 2021 was a great year for the Summer Rodeo, with a record number of spectators who came on a weekly basis to enjoy the rodeo, 10 weeks in a row![Read More…]
LEAK AT RJSHS …
This is what kept the Rangely Junior/Senior High staff and some helpful students busy Monday when they returned from winter break. “We had a failed joint in our fire suppression system yesterday morning which forced us to send students home and go to virtual learning. Students and staff jumped in[Read More…]
DAYS GONE BY: January 6, 2021
The Meeker Herald 125 years ago • It is fun to receive orders that you need not obey unless you choose. • The best conversationalist is the one who can listen the longest without betraying his annoyance. The Meeker Herald 100 years ago • Add mysteries of life: why is[Read More…]
BLM seeks public comment on hazardous fuels reduction along Meeker fire break
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) White River Field Office is seeking public input on a proposal to conduct a planned fuels reduction treatment along the north and west portion of the town of Meeker. This action would create a fuel break that would improve firefighter and public safety by[Read More…]
BLM proposes 3.73 acre sale to CNCC
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is proposing to sell 3.73 acres of public lands in Rio Blanco County to Colorado Northwestern Community College (CNCC) to resolve inadvertent, unauthorized use of public lands. CNCC previously leased this parcel of public land for the operation of a shooting range. The lease[Read More…]
RBC COVID-19 update for the week of Wednesday, Jan. 5
As of Wednesday, Jan. 5, Rio Blanco County Public Health was reporting 32 active cases in Meeker and 18 active cases in Rangely in the last 14 days, with two new hospitalizations. The Omicron variant, which is surging nationwide, has been confirmed in the county and is expected to be[Read More…]
Obituary: David Gordon Peckham
Jan. 11, 1974 ~ Dec. 29, 2021 David Gordon Peckham passed away on Dec. 29, 2021, at the age of 47. David was born on Jan. 11, 1974, in Long Beach, California. He enjoyed his music and football teams and star gazing on clear nights. But most of all David[Read More…]
Obituary: Penny Pearce
Jan. 10, 1966 ~ Dec. 22, 2021 Penny Pearce, 55, gained her heavenly wings on Dec. 22, 2021, at her home in Rangely, Colorado. Penny was born in Plainview, Texas, in 1966, to Charles and Charlene Edwards. She graduated from Prairiland High School in Pattonville, Texas, where she loved to[Read More…]
Obituary: Robert ‘Bob’ Ruckman
Jan. 8, 1944 ~ Dec. 27, 2021 Robert Leonard (Bob) Ruckman passed away at Pioneers Medical Center in Meeker, Colorado, on Dec. 27, 2021, following complications from an abdominal aneurysm. He previously had a stroke in August 2021 which left him paralyzed on his right side, and he was currently[Read More…]