By Marty Mayfield KRTN Multi-Media Raton City Commissioners listened to a short presentation by Mark Lester, Vice President of Business Marketing with Doss Aviation about their plans for their expansion to Raton. During the presentation Lester noted that the training they are doing right now in Pueblo is mostly…
Posts published in “Day: February 23, 2016”
Alex Georgieff, age 100, of Raton passed away Wednesday February 17, 2016 in Albuquerque, NM. Alex was born December 28, 1915 in Big Four Mine, CO, the son of Lazar and Frances Fisher-Georgieff. He served his country honorably as Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army on the Pacific Island…
By Marty Mayfield KRTN Multi-Media The Raton Professional Business Women’s Association held a candidates forum for those running for the Raton City Commission Monday evening at the Shuler Theater. KRTN not only broadcast the question and answers live, KRTN also videoed the event, below is that video. It is highly recommended…
by Colette M. Armijo DES MOINES — Thirty years of personal meditation practice, fifteen years work with Peruvian Plant Medicine Shamanism, over ten years of cranial/sacral practice and Q’ero Mysticism all blend together into John Davidson’s offering of Soul Coaching. Last Sunday at Mandala Center, Des Moines New Mexico, John presented…
by Colette M. Armijo RATON — Each year, Raton’s Professional Business Women invite the public to nominate women who have made significant contributions to the community. During the months leading up to the January deadline, many offices, organizations and even the school community thought long and hard about the women who…
by Nancy Christofferson HUERFANO — Walsenburg World, Feb. 20, 1906, under the headline “Disaster at Maitland”: “Monday morning there occurred one of the most terrible catastrophes in the history of Huerfano county. By a gas explosion in the Maitland mine at 10 o’clock yesterday morning nearly a score of miners…
by Sherry Goodyear SPRINGER — Change is blowing through the membership of the Springer Chamber of Commerce. Treasurer Timm Trujillo gave his resignation. Member Louise Portillos will be replacing him. In addition, President Anna Phillips is running unopposed for town council, and has been advised by the town’s lawyer that…
by Sherry Goodyear SPRINGER — Shots rang out in Springer last week, and gossip spread through the town like wild fire: “They’re killing the turkeys! They’re killing the turkeys!” Fortunately, the shots everyone heard were the sounds of net guns being discharged as game and fish department officials attempted to…
by Eric Mullens WALSENBURG — The Walsenburg City Council’s agenda for Tuesday, Feb. 16 showed the proposed Fifth Street vacation as an ordinance for consideration and potential action, however, there was no ordinance presented for the council to act upon. The issue was discussed at length in both the finance…
by Joseph King Located in the Culebra Range of the Sangre de Cristo range stands Trinchera (Trench) Peak (13,517 ft.), one of Colorado’s lesser-known 13’ers. When viewing the peak from the east, it’s easy to see how the namesake originated. Dipping into the side of the peak are a main…