MEEKER I “We played much, much better,” Meeker volleyball coach Christy Atwood said of her team’s matches in Hayden last Saturday. The Lady Cowboys lost to the host team in a non-league game, before pushing the defending league champions to five games in a losing effort.
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Cowboys rope Center 43-20
MEEKER I Game three of this football season was a lot like game one for the Cowboys. They won big. And they shut down the other team in the process. Playing their second Saturday game of the season — they will play their last one this Saturday against the Fruita[Read More…]
Obituary: Bill Allen
Bill Ben Allen passed away at Cottage Hospital in Santa Barbara, Calif., Dec. 27, 2009, after suffering a severe stroke on Christmas night. He was born Sept. 25, 1934, in Salt Lake City, Utah. He always referred to Utah as the “Crossroads of the West.” He was put in an[Read More…]
Fire officials plan burn near Aldrich Lakes this autumn
RBC I Federal fire officials on the Blanco Ranger District of the White River National Forest are planning an 800-acre prescribed fire this fall on National Forest lands near Aldrich Lakes and adjoining private lands in Rio Blanco County, approximately 19 miles northeast of Meeker.
Letter: Kindness of strangers on Piceance Creek
I am writing out of gratefulness for the kind actions on Labor Day of Lonnie Shults and his son Tony and a neighbor Jim. We had driven our motorcycle from Basalt to Piceance Creek to look at an area known for fossils. My husband forgot to turn off the ignition[Read More…]
Road to Wellness starts with good nutrition
MEEKER I The focus was on food at the Meeker Rec Center’s first Road to Wellness class of the season. Not on the lunch provided for the class, but on ways to use food – nutrition – to improve health.
Meeker golfers compete at Steamboat, Craig meets
MEEKER I At Haymaker Golf Course Sept. 8 in Steamboat, Meeker scores were: Trey Morris 78, Dalton Rholl 98, Hunter Fellows 100, JJ Wyatt 107 and Ty Shepard 146.
54-year-old man listed as missing person
MEEKER I Paul Elder, 54, has been listed as a missing person by the Arvada Police Department. Elder was last seen Sept. 2. Elder’s green Chevy pickup was found on Lookout Mountain in Golden on Sept. 9. Arvada police said no foul play is suspected.
Tea Party speaker will discuss judges
MEEKER I Matt Arnold from Clear The Bench Colorado will be here Friday, Oct. 1 at Kilowatt Korner at 6:30 p.m., said Rob Baughman, spokesman for the Meeker Tea Party.
Rio Blanco County Days Gone By
The Meeker Herald — 125 years ago • Judge Hazen has received advice from Washington which states that the Townsite Company will shortly be in receipt of the Townsite patent.
Crawford wins Old Farts in Carts golf tournament
MEEKER I “It was the first tournament Rod was able to be competitive in,” Irvin Griffin said of his brother-in-law Rod Crawford, who won the second flight of the Old Farts In Carts tournament last weekend at the Meeker Golf Course.
Final Meeker Farmers’ Market is Saturday
MEEKER I Saturday will be the final day of the Meeker Farmers’ Market, which will coincide with another downtown event — the Mountain Valley Bank Fall Festival.