Held Thursday, Oct. 14: Rangely results Boys varsity Rangely boys placed 7th William Scoggins 8th 18:19.31 Devin Williams 37th 20:12.05 Justin Prosser 44th 20:34.16 Tanner Nielsen 52nd 21:11.57 Dale Nielsen 65th 21:56.49 Conner Phelan 69th 22:15.65 Cameron Enterline 78th 24:46.02 Girls varsity Rosalise Coombs 54 28.19.53 • • • •[Read More…]
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Lady Cowboys host Hayden for homecoming
MEEKER I The Meeker High School volleyball team both lost and won a league match last weekend and will end the regular season with a homecoming match against Hayden Friday, before traveling to Collbran on Saturday.
Wild horse gather attracts international attention
MEEKER I This month’s gathering of wild horses by the BLM is drawing a lot of attention. Even from the international media. Two French journalists were in Meeker last week to cover the gathering and to interview Madeleine Pickens, wife of billionaire T. Boone Pickens, at the Blue Spruce Inn.
Letter: FairTax proposal is being misrepresented
I find it sad that I have come to expect the misrepresentation of facts by those who are seeking to be leaders in our nation, but the outright lies from Michael Bennet, John Salazar, and various PACs that you can’t even contact have gone just too far for me. This[Read More…]
Annual book fair slated for Oct. 27-28
MEEKER – The Meeker Elementary School will have its third annual book fair on Oct. 27 and 28. It will be held during parent-teacher conferences. The first day of the book fair will be from 4 to 8 p.m. and the second day 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. There will[Read More…]
Letter: Midterm election among most vital
Mail-in ballots are going out soon here in Meeker. People are preparing to vote all over our nation. I view this election as one of the most critical, perhaps the most important in the history of our country.
Meeker Locals
Local TV channels are inundated with back-to-back political advertising right now. Granted, we media types appreciate political advertising. It’s good for our business. But the amount of money spent on television, radio, print and direct mail advertising is astronomical.
Cowboys can secure playoff spot with homecoming win
MEEKER I It didn’t take long for first-year football coach Jeff Palmer to figure out the cross-county rivalry with Rangely was a big deal. Like before he even was hired. “When I was getting interviewed, they said you either beat Rangely or get fired,” Palmer said. “They said it and[Read More…]
Town takes cautious approach to budget
MEEKER I Uncertainty is the name of the game when it comes to planning budgets, not just for individual households, but for the Town of Meeker. The way votes on bills like Amendments 60, 61 and Proposition 101 turn out after the Nov. 2 election may well determine what rural[Read More…]
Letter: Meeker town trustees oppose ballot items
On Oct. 5, the Board of Trustees for the town of Meeker passed a resolution in opposition to Amendment 60, Amendment 61 and Proposition 101. While it seems obvious that government would be opposed to any decrease in taxes, there is much more at stake if any of these three[Read More…]
Chambers name members of the week
RBC I This week’s Meeker Chamber Member of the Week is K&R’s DJ Service. To read the story, go to www.meekerchamber.com. This week’s Rangely Chamber Member of the Week is Blue Mountain Energy-Deserado Mine. For more information, go to www.rangelychamber.com.
Frisby will be homecoming parade marshal
MEEKER I Dale Frisby, who is a regular at Meeker High School sporting events, will be the grand marshal of Friday’s MHS homecoming parade. “I haven’t missed many games since 1948, when I got out of the Navy,” Frisby said. A World War II veteran, Frisby returned to Meeker after[Read More…]