MEEKER I The Meeker Cowboys cross country team started its season with a home meet on Friday, Aug. 20. The start and finish lines were on the practice field at the middle school, with the course using areas of Paintbrush Park and the Rec Center, the Fairgrounds, and including a[Read More…]
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RHS Scoggins, Dorris win divisions at Meeker meet
RANGELY I The Rangely Panthers harriers started the season off by making a short drive to Meeker last Friday for the Meeker Cowboy Invite. The meet was small but the terrain was challenging. Senior Mary Scoggins and junior Andrew Dorris both won their divisions, starting out in the front and[Read More…]
MHS Cowboys play scrimmage in Craig
Cowboy Shootout golf tourney Friday MEEKER I Meeker Cowboy football is on the horizon and this past weekend the team traveled to Craig to play the Moffat County Bulldogs in a scrimmage. The scrimmage was a great opportunity to get the kids on the field in full contact and allow[Read More…]
Panther v-ball kicks off with three teams
RANGELY I Rangely volleyball season opener started on the road in Olathe. The lady Panthers kicked off the season with enough players for three teams. The White Team came away with the first victory against Olathe’s C Team, pulling a 2-0 match. Kaitlyn Cox led the offense as setter with[Read More…]
MHS softball opens at home
RBC I Friday was opening day for softball and the Rifle Bears came to Meeker for a JV and varsity double header. The start of the season was against two 4-A non-conference teams, Rifle and Palisade. “It was a hard fought battle for pitchers Brea Garcia and Hailey Knowles on[Read More…]
GYMKHANA …
The Meeker gymkhana series started June 1 and ended Aug. 10. Gymkhanas were held on Tuesdays at 6 p.m. at the Rio Blanco County Fairgrounds. “We had a great turn out this summer with contestants from several towns in Northwest Colorado. We are looking forward to an even better turn-out[Read More…]
Two-faced frauds
RBC I We’ve become a nation of pompous two-faced frauds. We like to eat good food but hate the farmers and ranchers who produced it. We think food comes from the grocery store and that water comes from the tap. We cuss fossil fuels and yet drive cars and trucks[Read More…]
COWBOY POETRY …
Trappers Lake Lodge held its first annual Cowboy Gathering on the Mountain July 30. The event was a success despite a downpour. Attendees enjoyed music and poetry from performers including Caitlyn Taussig.
Lois Norine Kenney Robinson-Hedges
March 30, 1929 ~ Aug. 13, 2021 Lois Norine Kenney was born March 30, 1929, to John Willis Kenney and Ruth Anne Warren Kenney. A member of two pioneering Rio Blanco County, Colorado, families who homesteaded before Colorado was a state, Lois spent her early years on the Kenney home[Read More…]
Allen Lou Harp
Aug. 10, 2021 Allen Lou Harp passed away Tuesday, Aug. 10, 2021 after a long battle with aggressive pancreatic cancer. He was surrounded by family and loved ones in his final days. He was 60. Previous to making his own little family, Allen served in the United States Navy, achieving[Read More…]
Meeker traffic citations spike with I-70 closure
MEEKER I At its regular meeting Aug. 17, the Town of Meeker’s Board of Trustees heard from Chief of Police Eddy Thompson about traffic on Market Street during the I-70 closures. Traffic citations spiked during the closure of I-70 through Glenwood Canyon. The board also heard from Public Works Superintendent[Read More…]
Pauline Kathryn Rodgers Smith
March 10, 1936 ~ Aug. 14, 2021 Pauline Kathryn Rodgers Smith of Meeker, Colorado, was born in Newton, Kansas on March 10, 1936 to Alvin and Mabel (Ratzlaff) Rodgers and passed from this life on Aug. 14, 2021 at 85 years of age. Pauline grew up in Claflin, Kansas. After[Read More…]