Tag: Features
Meeker Classic director receives tourism award
Meeker | As part of a statewide tour of eight Colorado communities, in conjunction with National Travel and Tourism Week, representatives from the Colorado Tourism Office visited Meeker via bus last Thursday as part of the second annual Discover Colorado Roadshow. Tourism is one of the largest economic generators in[Read More…]
Rangely’s TANK to receive new award May 18 from Denver Center for the Performing Arts
By Julie Noyes [email protected] RANGELY | At the 27th annual Dana Crawford and State Honor Awards Celebration held May 18 at the Denver Center for the Performing Arts, the TANK Center for Sonic Arts will receive the inaugural preservation edge award in recognition of its preservation of a historic resource[Read More…]
Cowboy poets return to Meeker June 2
MEEKER | The indoor Meeker Cowboy Poet Gathering occurred from 1999-2009. Proceeds from the show went to local organizations or projects between 10th and 12th grade. Held in February each year, it drew an audience from throughout Colorado plus Wyoming, Nebraska and Utah, supporting an attendance of 200 at the[Read More…]
Rangely to host road rally in July
RANGELY | In July the roads around Rangely will be turned into a race track for Rally Colorado 2017. Friday, representatives and drivers from Rally America, the sponsoring organization, met with town and county representatives in a fitting location—Bud Striegel’s Automotive Museum—to announce Rangely as the site for this year’s[Read More…]
Perlmutter makes stop in Meeker to talk about governor’s race
MEEKER | Colorado’s 7th Congressional District Congressman Rep. Ed Perlmutter (D-Arvada) visited Meeker Sunday. A meet and greet for him was held at the Elk Mountain Inn Café. Perlmutter announced early last month that he would be a candidate for Colorado governor in the 2018 race to succeed term-limited John[Read More…]
Tom Kilduff, Renaissance Man: Part 2
By Doc Watson Special to the Herald Times MEEKER | In part 1 of this story last week, we began our look at a different kind of “Renaissance Man,” one who is just as significant to his local community, and even wider country, as was his namesake to the whole[Read More…]
Replica historic aircraft comes to Meeker
MEEKER | Lou Wyman of the Wyman Museum in Craig, Colo. has generously loaned an aircraft to the Meeker VFW for display purposes at the Meeker Veterans Community Center, in parades and at memorials. It is a half-scale replica of the famous WWII and Korean War era fighter aircraft designated[Read More…]
BLM seeks help monitoring Piceance Creek wild horses
RANGELY | Last weekend the Bureau of Land Management White River Field Office partnered with Friends of the Mustang to host tours of the Piceance/East Douglas Horse Management Area wild horses. The goal of the gathering was to garner interest in creating a group to monitor and potentially apply birth[Read More…]
Meeker’s Dance Recital {PHOTOS}
Rangely True Value hosts annual Mother’s Day event Saturday
By Julie Noyes [email protected] RANGELY | When Rodger and Debbie Polley made the decision 13 and a half years ago to move back to their hometown and run the Rangely True Value store, they knew it would be a great place to raise their kids, but they couldn’t foresee the[Read More…]
Locals gather for medical history lesson in Rangely
RANGELY | Last week a handful of longtime Rangely residents and history lovers gathered for an impromptu history lesson and slide show provided by former childhood resident Larry Meens, son of locally famous Dr. Meens. Arriving in 1947, Dr. Meens was the first doctor to come to Rangely and stay[Read More…]
