MEEKER | Having served as a vital trading post for all of Northwestern Colorado in its early history, the Town of Meeker has its share of very old buildings, all with their own history. The I.O.O.F building on the corner of 4th and Main is no exception. Originally built in[Read More…]
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Days Gone By: April 15, 2021
The Meeker Herald125 years ago The mesa ranchmen started in on a vigorous campaign against the prairie dogs yesterday. N.H. Conley, photographer, pitched his tent here last Saturday afternoon and is now engaged in focusing his camera on all sorts of “mugs,” and things animate and inanimate. We don’t feel[Read More…]
Panthers head to Hayden Friday
RANGELY | The junior varsity lady Panthers were 1-1 this weekend: dropping to West Grand 0-2 but coming together to beat Vail Mountain in three sets Saturday. They worked very hard as a team and were able to come out on top with their first win of the season. Coach Toyne[Read More…]
Lady Cowboys climb to top of 2A
MEEKER | The slight pause in the schedule due to COVID didn’t stop the Meeker Cowboy volleyball team from climbing to the top stop in 2A. After missing three games, the Cowboys made up two of them last weekend, which made for a four game, four city, 341 mile volleyball[Read More…]
BLM seeks public comment on wild horse gathers, fertility control for Sand Wash Basin HMA
FAST FACTS WHO: Bureau of Land ManagementWHAT: Public comment on gathers and fertility control in the Sand Wash Basin Herd Management AreaWHEN: Comments sought by May 2WHERE: Submit by mail to: Little Snake Field Office, 455 Emerson St., Craig, CO 81625 or electronically at https://eplanning.blm.gov/eplanning-ui/project/2012689/510 RBC | As part of[Read More…]
NEWS BRIEFS: April 15, 2021
Historical society quarterly meeting MEEKER | The Rio Blanco County Historical Society quarterly meeting is set for April 18 at 2 p.m. at the Heritage Culture Center. Bring your own lunch. VA resource tour April 21 RANGELY | The VA Western Colorado Health Care System invites all veterans to a[Read More…]
Appeals court rules in favor of RBCSO
RBC | Rio Blanco County sheriff’s employees did not unconstitutionally ignore the risk of suicide to a woman who died inside the county jail in 2016, the federal appeals court based in Denver has ruled. Although there were allegations the employees failed to check on Catherine Rowell hourly, as the[Read More…]
Loose Ends: Water Rights
MEEKER | “You don’t understand. My grandfather lost his life over who owns the water from the river.” Listening to a friend’s story about her grandfather’s struggles to get enough water to his crops and cattle to survive struck a chord with me. While we no longer hear of someone[Read More…]
CPW approves sales of annual State Wildlife Area passes beginning May 1
RBC | At its virtual meeting this month, the Colorado Parks and Wildlife Commission voted unanimously to approve a new Colorado State Wildlife Area Pass as an option to access state wildlife areas. The new pass will go on sale May 1, 2021. “This is an important step in ensuring[Read More…]
Obituary: Donnalee Pitney Brady Thornton
June 16, 1939 ~ April 1, 2021 Donnalee Pitney Brady Thornton, 81, of Mt. Pleasant, Utah, passed away peacefully in her home, on April 1, 2021. Donnalee was born in Maybell, Colorado, to Clyde Barton Pitney and Jesse Fern Jacobsen, on June 16,1939. She married her first love, Lorain Brady,[Read More…]
Death Notice: Shirley Jean Hammond
May 31, 1939 ~ April 2, 2021 By her request a celebration of life will be scheduled at a later date. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the Callaway Young Cancer Center in Glenwood Springs.
Death Notice: Dean Burke
April 18, 1928 ~ April 3, 2021 By his request a celebration of life will be scheduled at a later date. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the Walbridge Wing or the Fred and Annie Burke Scholarship at Bank of the San Juans.
