Features, Meeker

Trustees hear Chamber update, historical signage proposal

MEEKER | The newest officer in the Meeker Police Department, Brian Ahearn, was officially sworn in during the April 2 Board of Trustees meeting. Ahearn was raised on a ranch near Elko, Nevada. He’s been an MP (military police) for the last seven years and comes to Meeker with his wife and daughter.

“And he still says ‘sir,’” said Chief Phil Stubblefield.

In public participation, Bobby Gutierrez, on behalf of Wendll’s, asked if mill tailings…