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  • State urges residents to protect homes amid elevated wildfire risk

    Special to KRTN Multi-Media SANTA FE – With New Mexico entering what state officials are calling an exceptionally dry fire season, the state Forestry Division is urging homeowners to take steps to protect their properties and their insurance coverage before fire season peaks this summer. An historically low winter snowpack is creating dangerous conditions across the state, with dry grass fuels building in the eastern plains…

    Marty Mayfield March 20, 2026
  • Raton School Board Starts Budget Process

    By Marty Mayfield KRTN Multi-Media As the Raton Board of Education begins the budget process with a special meeting before the regular meeting Thursday evening to present and publicly review the operating budget for the district. In the principals’ reports it was noted that enrollment remains fairly steady across all…

    Marty Mayfield March 20, 2026
  • Raton Planning and Zoning Hears Three Requests

    By Marty Mayfield KRTN Multi-Media The planning and zoning commission heard three proposals from landowners that request the vacation of alley ways in northeast Raton as well as a subdivision request near the railroad tracks west of Kearny Ave in south Raton and a request to allow grazing to mitigate…

    Marty Mayfield March 20, 2026
  • 8 Hours and Power Restored

    By Marty Mayfield KRTN Multi-Media Raton Public Service and 4G Power Line worked Thursday evening and night to replace two power poles that had rotted out from the inside according to RPS General Manager Dave Piancino. The power went out at 6:00 p.m. as planned and came back on about…

    Marty Mayfield March 13, 2026
  • The Ground was Hard Maxwell Schools Break Ground on New K-12 School Complex

    By Marty Mayfield KRTN Multi-Media Shop Teacher Mike Daniels said the dirt was hard as he was teased about getting a head start on the ground breaking ceremony that was held at 6th and Kiowa in Maxwell Thursday morning to celebrate the start of construction on the new K-12 School…

    Marty Mayfield March 12, 2026
  • Roy/Mosquero Girls and Cimarron Boys Advance to Semis for Class A NM State Basketball Championship

    The #3 seed Cimarron Rams faced a familiar foe in the quarterfinals of the 2026 Boys Class A NM State Basketball Tournament in #6 Roy/Mosquero.  The District 5A opponents met for the fourth time this season and the Rams withstood a third quarter flurry in which Roy/Mq closed to within…

    Billy Donati March 12, 2026
  • Commissioners Look for Road Funding and Approve Event Forms and MOU

    By Marty Mayfield KRTN Multi-Media Raton City Commissioners met Tuesday March 10, 2026, with a large crowd of concerned citizens present once again as they gather to handle event forms and road work funding. Raton Public Service General Manager Dave Piancino reported to the commission that RPS is ready to…

    Marty Mayfield March 11, 2026
  • Public Safety Notice from the Office of the County Fire Marshal

    Colfax County Fire Marshal’s Office 230 North 3rd Street Raton, NM 87740 3/8/2026 Public Safety Notice from the Office of the County Fire Marshal To the residents of our community, I would like to acknowledge the recent notice issued by RPS, our local electricity provider, regarding the upcoming planned power…

    Marty Mayfield March 9, 2026
  • RPS Plans Transmission Line Work

    By Marty Mayfield KRTN Multi-Media Raton Public Service has posted they will be shutting off power into Raton on Thursday evening March 12, 2026, from 6:00 p.m. Thursday evening to 6:00 a.m. Friday morning to make emergency repairs on the transmission lines coming into Raton from the Gardner Road substation.…

    Marty Mayfield March 7, 2026
  • Three Vehicle Fire on top of Raton Pass Closes I-25 Wednesday Afternoon

    By Marty Mayfield KRTN Multi-Media Raton Fire and Emergency Services and Colfax Rapid Response responded to a vehicle fire at about 2:32 p.m. at the top of Raton Pass Wednesday afternoon on the northbound side closing the northbound lanes of I-25 for several hours Wednesday afternoon.  Upon arrival units found…

    Marty Mayfield March 5, 2026
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State urges residents to protect homes amid elevated wildfire risk

State urges residents to protect homes amid elevated wildfire risk

By Marty Mayfield on March 20, 2026

Special to KRTN Multi-Media SANTA FE – With New Mexico entering what state officials are calling an exceptionally dry fire season, the state Forestry Division is urging homeowners to take steps to protect their properties and their insurance coverage before fire season peaks this summer. An historically low winter snowpack is creating dangerous conditions across the state, with dry grass fuels building in the eastern plains…

Raton School Board Starts Budget Process

Raton School Board Starts Budget Process

By Marty Mayfield on March 20, 2026

By Marty Mayfield KRTN Multi-Media As the Raton Board of Education begins the budget process with a special meeting before the regular meeting Thursday evening to present and publicly review the operating budget for the district. In the principals’ reports it was noted that enrollment remains fairly steady across all…

Colfax County Board of Commissioners Regular Meeting on Tuesday, March 24, 2026, at 9:00 A.M.

Colfax County Board of Commissioners Regular Meeting on Tuesday, March 24, 2026, at 9:00 A.M.

By Annetta Martinez on March 19, 2026

REGULAR MEETING MARCH 24, 2026 AGENDA PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Colfax County Board of Commissioners will meet in Regular Session on Tuesday, March 24, 2026, at 9:00 A.M., in the Commission Chambers, 3rd Floor at the Colfax County Building, Raton, NM for the following: This agenda can…

Raton Public Service Company Board of Directors Regular Meeting on Monday, March 23, 2026, at 5:30 p.m.

Raton Public Service Company Board of Directors Regular Meeting on Monday, March 23, 2026, at 5:30 p.m.

By Annetta Martinez on March 18, 2026

AGENDA A regular meeting of the Raton Public Service Company Board of Directors will be held at 5:30 p.m. on Monday, March 23, 2026, in the Raton City Commission Chambers, 244 Savage Ave., Raton, NM. The agenda will be:   1. Call to Order by President Kathy McQueary   2.…

Potential Quorum of the Raton Public Service Thursday, March 26, 2026 at 1:30 p.m.

Potential Quorum of the Raton Public Service Thursday, March 26, 2026 at 1:30 p.m.

By Annetta Martinez on March 18, 2026

NOTICE OF POTENIAL QUORUM  PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a quorum of the Raton Public Service Board of Directors may attend the following:   Updates/Discussion of Insurance Coverage on the Burron Canyon Line with the New Mexico Municipal League and the New Mexico Self Insurer’s Fund on Thursday, March…

In Loving Memory of Estrella Benavidez

In Loving Memory of Estrella Benavidez

By Annetta Martinez on March 17, 2026

Estrella Dawn Benavidez 12/31/1988-02/26/2026   Estrella Benavidez  passed away from sudden heart failure on February 24, 2026, at UNMH in Albuquerque NM at the young age of 37. She is survived by her young children; daughter Izarra Benavidez and her son Orion Benavidez both of the family home (Raton, NM),…

MINERS’ COLFAX MEDICAL CENTER BOARD OF TRUSTEES REGULAR MEETING AGENDA Friday, March 20, 2026,1:00 p.m.

MINERS’ COLFAX MEDICAL CENTER BOARD OF TRUSTEES REGULAR MEETING AGENDA Friday, March 20, 2026,1:00 p.m.

By Annetta Martinez on March 17, 2026

MINERS’ COLFAX MEDICAL CENTER BOARD OF TRUSTEES   REGULAR MEETING AGENDA Friday, March 20, 2026 1:00 p.m. MCMC Acute Care Facility Zia Conference Room 203 Hospital Drive Raton, New Mexico   I. PROCEDURAL ITEMS                                            A. Call to Order                                            B. Pledge of Allegiance                                            C. Roll Call                                            D. Correction/Approval of Agenda                                                (Action…

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