Aug. 10-16, 2020 Meeker Dispatch Center administered 647 phone calls last week including 62 911 calls, answered 77 calls for Meeker Police Department (MPD) and placed 196 outgoing calls. A total of 254 calls for service were created, 75 for the Sheriff’s Office, 96 for MPD. Note the department breakdown[Read More…]
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Days Gone By: Aug. 20, 2020
The Meeker Herald | 125 years ago • The fruit crop at Grand Junction this year suprasses all previous years. All Colorado should turn out and see our western valleys, which are fast becoming California’s rivals. • It is now drawing to the season when citizens who have the interests[Read More…]
19 running for Cowboy XC
RBC I The changes to fall sports by CHSAA this year means that the cross country is seeing some new faces on the team and some growth, there are currently 19 kids regularly attending practice. “The numbers are fluctuating a bit,” said assistant coach Kris Casey, “we hope to see[Read More…]
Meeker softball
MEEKER | Cowboy softball looks a little different this year. There are only 16 games on the roster, rather than the traditional 23. Head coach Briana Williams said, “The girls have great attitudes, even though times are frustrating, they are making the best of it, it’s a great group.” And[Read More…]
Three JV, five varsity meets scheduled for Rangely XC
RANGELY | Colorado High School Activities Association (CHSAA) recently announced drastic changes to the typical high school sports and activities schedule.With football and volleyball being postponed until March, cross country is the only sport being offered at Rangely High School this fall. Facing a season full of new guidelines and[Read More…]
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County Beat: Aug. 20, 2020
Term limits for some county officials will be on Nov. ballot RBC | Commissioners passed a resolution Tuesday in Rangely to approve re-establishing term limit questions to the November ballot for the offices of assessor, clerk and recorder, county commissioner, coroner, sheriff and treasurer to two consecutive terms of office.[Read More…]
Obituary: Joe Sullivan
Feb. 10, 1948 ~ Aug. 11, 2020 Joe Sullivan, 72, of beautiful downtown Winnie, Texas, passed away on Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2020. Joe was born in Hayden, Colorado, on Feb. 10, 1948, to John Francis Sullivan and Carolyn Evelyn Sullivan, and was one of four children. Joe grew up in[Read More…]
Guest Column: Fire! Evacuate!
MEEKER | This is an unexpected “smells of Meeker” story addition to the “Sounds of Meeker” series. On Friday afternoon, I started smelling “campfire” smoke, meaning, smoke nearby, not the less intense odors from the ongoing western Colorado wildfires. It seemed like it was coming from just outside our door,[Read More…]
Guest Column: Aug. 20, 2020
A community with no local newspaper? That’s bad news. By DEAN RIDINGS | CEO, America’s Newspaper RBC | What would my town be without a newspaper? If you haven’t asked yourself that question, perhaps it is time to consider just what the newspaper means to this community. Because the doleful[Read More…]
Letter to the Editor: Aug. 20, 2020
Fire is beneficial to the range Dear Editor: I was very excited to read BLM Deputy Director William Pendley’s article in last week’s HT about the value of fire to our western ranges and his claim that the BLM was using fire as a land management tool. He even cited[Read More…]
Editor’s Column: Conference calls?
We dwell in a county with what may be the very best broadband access in the state, and yet our remote access to public meetings is limited — with few exceptions — to conference call numbers with crazy feedback, white noise, and the inability to hear anyone who isn’t within[Read More…]
