Meeker News

The Bureau of Land Management Colorado State Office has posted the proposed list of parcels for its quarterly competitive oil and gas lease sale.

Top entertainment picks for this week: Great Nate Nathan Meeker has a mountain named after him and one of Colorado's biggest cities as a legacy.

Community leaders from across the Western Slope of Colorado are gathering in Meeker this week to participate in the summer meetings of five of Club 20's 11 policy committees.

Thomas Joe Sturgeon, died Monday, June 22, 2009, in Rangely, Colo. Funeral arrangements were under the direction of Meeker-Cochran Funeral Home in Meeker, Colo.

Browsing Greeley's Summer Happenings calendar recently, I couldn't believe the number of special events and summer activities.

At a time of general contraction in energy developers' drilling operations in western Colorado's Piceance Basin, one company working fairly quietly in Rio Blanco County has been proving to be the exception to the rule.

WELD COUNTY Greeley and Weld County government offices will close July 3 in observance of Independence Day.

GLENWOOD SPRINGS, Colorado - A methamphetamine distribution case against 27-year-old Daniell May Trujillo was continued on Thursday to July 9. In the meantime, a Meeker attorney appointed to her case, Joe Fennessy, said he plans to take a closer look into a case of mistaken identity that could still have some bearing on his client's case.

A perfect storm was brewing in Fort Collins the night of Jan. 12. As officers scurried to respond to a triple homicide, trouble was bubbling up in another part of town.

GLENWOOD SPRINGS, Colorado - Misnomer: "A wrong or inaccurate name or designation." Misnomer was one of Maria Deleo's words-of-the-day on Tuesday.

Walkers interested in participating in Mr. Meeker's Neighborhood Walking Tour are invited to meet at 7 p.m. Monday at the Centennial Village Museum parking lot, 14th Avenue at A Street in Greeley.

Centennial Village, the Meeker Home and the Greeley History Museum will open the 2009 season Saturday with a free day.

Sen. Michael Bennet is touring the Western Slope to talk about the stimulus package.

Lisa DeSpain was on her own when she was 15 and living in Meeker, working at several restaurant jobs and taking classes.

Wyoming wrestler Joe LeBlanc finished fifth in the NCAA tournament at 184 pounds, becoming the Cowboys' first All-American in 13 years.

National forests in northern Colorado will get a $5.6 million funding boost from the stimulus package to remove hazardous trees and improve recreation sites.

The northbound lane of the Colorado Highway 13 bypass in north Rifle will be closed through Friday as crews continue cleaning up a massive toxic spill that occurred March 4. About 3,000 gallons of a highly ...

Eddie Flynn won the 5- and 6-year-old Open Class in 2008 and hopes to repeat the victory with a different ride this year.

GLENWOOD SPRINGS, Colorado - Garfield County's unemployment rate grew to 5.4 percent in January.

A good deal of work has disappeared with 40 to 60 percent fewer natural gas drilling rigs working in the Piceance Basin this year compared to last.