RANGELY | For the first time in nearly two full years, the Rangely High School track and field team was able to load up a bus and hit the track, pits, and rings as they competed in the Rifle High School Invitational this past weekend. The Panthers quickly shook off[Read More…]
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SUMMA CUM LAUDE …
Kinzy Burke graduated Summa Cum Laude from University of Northern Colorado (UNC) in Greeley on May 8, 2021. She received a Bachelor of Science Degree in Nursing. Kinzy was the 2020-2021 College of Natural and Health Sciences Academic Scholar Award winner. A second and prestigious honor Kinzy received was the[Read More…]
Editor’s Column: First Impressions
You never get a second chance to make a first impression. ~ Will Rogers Most of us remember hearing that quote or something similar from a parent or a teacher or a coach, usually when we were on the way to a date or a job interview. If you took[Read More…]
New training for Mantle horses
MEEKER | Horses are always finding ways to make their trainers learn new ways of teaching. No two horses are alike, and the training from horse to horse always differs, former Meeker resident Steve Mantle has discovered in his numerous years of working with horses. Mantle’s time with horses starts[Read More…]
Panthers host Cowboys, Bulldogs, honor moms
RANGELY | On May 5 the Panthers opened the 2021 baseball season hosting the Meeker Cowboys. The Panthers, having key players in COVID protocol, came up short but battled hard to a 12-6 loss. Junior Justin Cudo pitched well on the mound surrendering two runs on three hits over three[Read More…]
Cowboys go 3-2 in season openers
MEEKER | It was a busy weekend and beginning of the week as Meeker Baseball opened their season in Rangely against the Panthers last Wednesday, traveled to Ignacio on Friday for a double header Saturday and then back home on Tuesday for another double header against the Coal Ridge Titans.[Read More…]
NEWS BRIEFS: May 13, 2021
Community theater is here! MEEKER | MACC will be holding auditions for a community production of the hilarious broadway hit, “Something Rotten!” Thursday, May 27 from 5:30-7:30 p.m. at the MHS Auditorium. We are looking for people who would like to try acting, singing and dancing, and also for a[Read More…]
Days Gone By: May 13, 2021
The Meeker Herald125 years ago “The weak spot in a majority of mankind is that they do not know how to think.” Although the mining season is barely open yet, numerous important strikes are reported from the Hahn’s Peak belt. The walls of the new Meeker hotel are beginning to[Read More…]
BRUSH FIRE …
RANGELY | The aftermath of the Rodeo Drive Brush Fire. This photo was taken in the field adjacent to Denver and Raven Avenues, with White River Village in the background, that caught on fire within Rangely city limits on Saturday, May 8. The quick response from Rangely Fire Department stopped[Read More…]
County Resolutions–Wild Horses and Constitutional Sanctuary
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Peewee wrestling tourney hosts 200
MEEKER I Head coach Carl Padilla once again ran a successful Meeker Cowboy Peewee wrestling season. There were 71 Meeker wrestlers entered in last weekend’s tournament in a field of almost 200 kids from all over Colorado, Utah and Wyoming. “It was a short but great season,” commented Padilla. “I[Read More…]