Range Call put on the 138th annual Independence Day celebration with style again this year, with numerous activities over five days. Here are some snaps from just a few of the events. This year’s Range Call celebration included performances by Escape: A Journey Tribute Band Friday evening. Saturday, Josh Gracin[Read More…]
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Rising star …
Meeker’s Gracie Blagg, a 2023 graduate of Meeker High School, earned the Future Farmers of America (FFA) State Star in agri-business at the state-level competition, as well as winning an award for proficiency in diversified horticulture as well as receiving her state degree. Also at the state convention, Meeker’s Amy[Read More…]
Uplift Meeker …
New banners at the west entrance to Meeker, additions to increase comfort and usability of the downtown parklets, custom-designed bike racks throughout town, and a plan to highlight the community’s pet-friendly activities via an Instagram campaign and a 2024 calendar, are some of the completed and ongoing community projects developed[Read More…]
Richardson honored as 2023 Range Call Parade Marshal
MEEKER | “To me appreciation goes a long ways, for what we do. I mean, not just for Range Call but for anybody we deal with,” said Boyd Richardson about the Range Call board’s decision to choose him as this year’s 4th of July Parade Marshal. “I was just told[Read More…]
Letters from history, No. 3
The White River Museum has a collection of letters that Meeker founding father Thomas Baker kept for many years. There are letters from Nathan Meeker and prominent figures like Chief Ouray, ex-Indian Agents, and the violently anti-Indian Colorado Governor Pitkin, as well as various Army officers from 1874-1879. The letters[Read More…]
WHEN LIFE GIVES YOU LEMONS …
RBC economic update released
MEEKER | While the numbers for Rio Blanco County’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) have suffered due to large losses in oil and gas output since 2020, other factors remain fairly constant, including employment, median household income, and inflationary pressure, according to an economic update for the first quarter of 2023[Read More…]
Meeker Summer Rodeo Series results – June 22
MEEKER | Colton Martindale was the big winner at the third rodeo in the 2023 Meeker Summer Rodeo, netting over $1,500 in the bull riding competition. The next rodeo in the series will be July 13. – #12 – Joby Barquin/Lane Anderson – #8 – Brett Watson/Witt Watson – Dally[Read More…]
Busy season for Meeker Stampede
MEEKER | Meeker is home to the Meeker Stampede, three traveling softball teams for girls 12 and under, 14 and under, and 16 and under. Last Saturday at home the 14U took on Montrose. The day was filled with good weather, good attitudes, and good competition between the teams. A[Read More…]
Days Gone By: June 29, 2023
The Meeker Herald ~ 125 years ago A man in Virginia, rode 40 miles to Fairfax Station, for the express purpose of getting Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy, and took home with him a dozen bottles of medicine. Another old landmark began to disappear this week. The adobe where Judge Hazen once[Read More…]
FLORA AND ‘FAWN-A’
One of Meeker’s town does is showing off her twin fawns. She’s chosen to hang out here with her babies, but whether in town or in the backcountry, Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) asks that the public respect wildlife by giving them space and leaving young wildlife alone. This protects[Read More…]
Saddle Up with the Meeker Mustang Makeover: Jakob James and Lightning
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