Parade Marshall Ron Hilkey tips his cowboy hat and waves to the crowd from atop the historic stagecoach during the 141st Meeker Range Call Parade. See more photos from the parade on P7 of this edition. JARED HENDERSON PHOTO
Tag: 4th of July
Fire Chief comments on this year’s fireworks display
MEEKER | Usually, Fourth of July weekend is punctuated with the booms of fireworks well into the wee hours of the morning. Some people hate it, some love it, but in either case, it’s become tradition. That is until this year, when the Town of Meeker enforced a strict ban[Read More…]
Annual Meeker Range Call 4th of July Parade 2026
Sponsored by the Meeker Chamber of Commerce
4th of July Sports Competitions
Sponsored by the ERBM Recreation & Park District 3-on-3 Basketball Competing Teams: Girls 3rd-6th: The Slammers: Skylar Wilson, Teigann White, Willow Renninger, Khloe Skelton Boys 3rd-6th: The Meeker Boys: Casey Coryell, Tatum Anderson, Emerson Deming, Oakley Deming Girls 7th-8th: OG Nicknames: Riley Wilson, Cambrey Rogers, Kayselynn Overton Boys 7th-8th: Unbeatable[Read More…]
Country supergroup The Frontmen set for Meeker Range Call performance
MEEKER | Country music fans won’t have to wait much longer as The Frontmen take the stage at the Rio Blanco County Fairgrounds on Friday, July 3, as the featured headliner for this year’s Meeker Range Call celebration. The trio brings together three of country music’s most recognizable voices: Larry[Read More…]
Ingrid Andress to open Range Call concert Friday in Meeker
MEEKER | Multi-GRAMMY nominated singer-songwriter Ingrid Andress will take the Range Call stage this Friday, July 3, 2026, bringing new music to Meeker with the release of her latest single, “Now I Know,” as she continues a career built on sharp lyricism and modern country storytelling. Andress first broke through[Read More…]
4th of July Parade Winners
People’s Choice – Rich Parr and the Meeker Fire Department’s vintage fire truck won the People’s Choice Award in this year’s Fourth of July Parade during the 140th Range Call celebration. Best in Show – Western Exposures took home Best of Show honors in the Fourth of July Parade during[Read More…]
Meeker Sportsman’s Club hosts Freedom Shoot
MEEKER | Meeker Sportsman’s Club (MSC) hosted the Freedom Shoot at their range in Meeker on July 5. Possibly becoming an annual 3D Archery Tournament, MSC had 54 archers from all over the state, 25 of these archers were under 18. Some brave archers tried their luck at the new[Read More…]
Run for your Life 5K Results
ERBM Recreation & Park District hosted another record-breaking Run For Your Life 5K on July 4. 380 participants walked and ran through a meandering Meeker course. The top female finisher, also hailing from Meeker, was Angie Follman, who ran the course in 24 minutes, 43 seconds. Full results can be[Read More…]
3-on-3 basketball Results
More than 20 teams braved a torrential downpour and a lightning delay to battle it out in an exciting 3-on-3 basketball tournament July 4 put on by ERBM Recreation & Park District. Winning teams in each bracket were as follows: 7th-8th Grade Boys: Dunkin Donuts 7th-8th Grade Girls: Lady Ballers[Read More…]
Meeker celebrates 140 years of Range Call
Colorado’s oldest rodeo returns July 3–6 with history, heritage and hometown pride This Fourth of July, the town of Meeker will mark a major milestone: the 140th anniversary of Range Call, Colorado’s oldest continuously running rodeo and one of the region’s most cherished traditions. First held in 1885—the same year[Read More…]
We the People
EDITOR’S NOTE: In past years we have dedicated our 4th of July edition’s front page to a reprinting of the Declaration of Independence. This year it seems especially important to reprint the U.S. Constitution, a document we’re all fond of referencing but probably haven’t read in its entirety in a[Read More…]