The VFW Post 5483 Color Guard led this year’s Fourth of July parade in Meeker (above), and Rangely celebrated America’s birthday with delicious food and great music. Find more photos of Rio Blanco County’s Fourth festivities at the links below | CAITLIN WALKER PHOTO July 4th 2021 Festivities in Meeker[Read More…]
Tag: Fourth of July
Editor’s Column: Independence
Festooned with flags and bunting, we’re geared up for annual Fourth of July festivities. In the midst of planning your barbecue and looking for red, white and blue attire, please take a moment to read or re-read the Declaration of Independence. We’ve published the document on the front page of[Read More…]
Consumer fireworks? Don’t risk it.
RBC | Meeker’s fireworks display is still on the schedule and Rangely’s Kenney Reservoir display has been cancelled as of press time. Cancellation of Meeker’s event is still possible. Citizens are urged by local authorities to refrain from using any kind of personal fireworks due to extremely hazardous conditions. Despite[Read More…]
NEWS BRIEFS: June 24, 2021
Piceance Mustangs barbecue June 26 MEEKER | Piceance Mustangs will be hosting its annual barbecue on June 26 at the Yellow Creek Corrals in the Piceance Basin. Start time will be 10 a.m. Piceance Mustangs will provide hamburgers, hot dogs and beverages. Please bring a side dish to share. We[Read More…]
Rangely 2019 Fourth of July
Range Call 2019 Photos
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We hold these truths to be self-evident …
IN CONGRESS, JULY 4, 1776 The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America When in the Course of human events it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate[Read More…]
Enter the 4th of July parade
MEEKER | Anyone can enter the parade—whether you are an individual, an organization, a business, or just have a message! Click here to print and fill out the 2019 July entry form and send it to the Chamber of Commerce by June 27. Entry is free! This year’s theme is[Read More…]
Enter the Fourth of July parade
MEEKER | Anyone can enter the parade, whether you are an individual, an organization, a business or just have a message. Stop by the Meeker Chamber of Commerce or visit meekerchamber.com to get an entry form and return it to the Chamber by June 28.
July 4 parade winners
MEEKER | Best of Show: Jim Dunlap’s Chuck Wagon. The chuck wagon was hand crafted by Jim, who is the great-grandfather of Emily Amick, 2017 rodeo queen. The wagon took 18 months to build from wood sawed and mulled by hand. It is fully functional and is great grandpa Jim’s[Read More…]
Range Call 2017 {PHOTOS}
Parade float entries due June 30
MEEKER | The annual parade during Range Call, hosted by the Meeker Chamber of Commerce, will be held in downtown Meeker on Main Street starting at 10 a.m. It will begin on Seventh and Main streets and will conclude at Fourth and Main streets. Anyone can enter the parade—whether you[Read More…]
