By Marty Mayfield KRTN Multi Media Raton City Manager Scott Berry sat down with KRTN Friday morning and discussed the tone of Raton. As the city prepares to begin another fiscal year Berry talked about the budget beginning with gross receipts taxes and how it makes up about 70%…
Posts published in June 2015
June 17, 2015 IMMEDIATE RELEASE Beginning this month, New Mexico State Police patrol officers in Rio Arriba and Taos Counties will be issued naloxone kits for use in treating subjects suspected of suffering from heroin or other opiate overdoses. Most commonly distributed under the brand name Narcan, naloxone is an…
By Marty Mayfield KRTN Multi-Media Raton High Boys Varsity Basketball will start the basketball season in November with a new coach in Jose Archuleta. Archuleta is a native of Mosquero where he comes from a family noted for their basketball players. Archuleta has been coaching boys basketball at Raton…
Tony Cordova, Jr., age 54 passed away June 8, 2015 in Albuquerque, NM. He was born December 4, 1960 in Raton, NM the son of Tony and Mary (Martinez) Cordova. He was preceded in death by 3 infants, his father Tony Cordova, Sr., brothers Greg Cordova, Max Cordova and Tommy…
by Eric Mullens WALSENBURG — The Huerfano County Hospital District Board of Directors has voted to contract with the Studer Group, a healthcare management and coaching firm, to help the district with retention, plus coaching staff and management. The three-year contact is valued at $225,000 and offers a 30-out without…
by David TesitorTRINIDAD — The Trinidad School Board has hired a former area resident and a man with Walsenburg connections, Chuck Smithey, as the new principal of Trinidad High School, effective immediately. This appointment completes a journey home for the newly hired administrator. Smithey first came to the…
CDOT Director is supportive by Bob Kennemer LA VETA — In a recent meeting held at the La Veta Community Center, Colorado Department of Transportation Regional Director Bill Thiebaut consistently expressed strong support for the La Veta Trails project. And so, just what is this “Trails Project”? Over the past…
Farm to table food movement thrives with the support of interns by Bob Kennemer HUERFANO — For several years now, several groups, both for profit and nonprofit, have been providing healthy, wholesome, locally grown, organic foods to area residents and restaurants. Often referred to as “farm to table,” this movement…
story and photos by Eric Mullens LUDLOW — Representatives from the United Mine Workers of America, historians, musicians and southern Colorado residents, many with ties to the southern Colorado coal wars, came together Sunday to recognize the sacrifices made, and lives lost at the site for the former strike colony…
by Eric MullensWALSENBURG — During this week’s Walsenburg City Council session, city administrator David Johnston said the land sale between the city and Martra Holdings Inc., is about ready to be finalized. Johnston said the Martra deal may close before the city’s annexation plans to extend the city limits to…