Meeker News

Greeley's Meeker Home Museum will open for tours from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. on June 1. A costumed tour guide will talk about the 1870 home of Greeley's founding family, focusing on the Meeker children and how the community viewed them.

Claudia and Francisco Espinoza sit outside their restaurant, El Tapatio on North Avenue.

Survivors include his wife, Phyllis; one son, Robert A. of the Philippines; one daughter, Patricia "Patty" Pizzicara of Monterey, Calif.; two brothers, John E. of Corcoran, Calif., and Thomas Cordier of Florida; six grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. Survivors include her husband, Robert C.; two sons, Joel Lunsford of Hot Sulphur Springs ... (more)

A nearly yearlong project to double the capacity of the Natural Soda sodium bicarbonate mining facility in Rio Blanco County, 50 miles north of Rifle, should be completed by the end of April, according to plant manager Bob Warneke.

The beginning of the end of a drug ring long rumored to operate in Grand Junction took shape Tuesday, when local and federal officials stopped a car bound for Las Vegas to collect 3.5 kilograms of cocaine in exchange for $95,500 in cash.

Residents in Battlement Mesa and Parachute easily recognize Floyd McDaniels' voice from his morning program on KSUN 103.9 FM, the community radio station that serves the Grand Valley area.

Here's your chance to see the 1870 Meeker Home Museum , which was the home of Greeley's founding family.