Robert Whitnell Gillespie, age 87, passed away on March 27, 2024, at Touchmark Memory Care in Prescott, AZ due to complications from Heart Failure. Robert (Bob) was a lifelong resident of Colfax County until moving in 2018 after retiring from ranching east of Springer at Gillespie Livestock CO. Bob was…
Posts published in April 2024
The recipients of the 2024 Evelyn Rosenfield Scholarship were announced and this year Ms. Rayna Marquez and Ms. Brook Gonzales, both Seniors at Raton High School received the scholarships. Mark Rosenfield made the announcement and congratulated both on successful academic careers at Raton High School. Brook Gonzales plans on attending Trinidad…
Donald Eugene Vance, age 84, passed away on April 3rd, 2024 at his home in Santa Fe, NM. He is survived by his wife Barbara, to whom he was married for 56 years, his son Matthew Vance and wife Lisa Schatz-Vance, grandson Rowan Vance, his daughter Tracy Archuleta, and granddaughter Alexandra…
Barbara Ann Seidel ( June 3, 1940 – March 31, 2024 ) Barbara Ann Seidel passed away at her home on Easter Sunday, March 3, 2024. She was born in Jansen, Colorado to Antoinette and Robert Deeks. Barbara was a retired bank officer, but although having a career she always…
Kristie Cordova ( February 28, 1982 – March 2, 2024 ) Kristie L. Cordova, age 42 of Raton, New Mexico passed away peacefully surrounded by her family on March 2, 2024, in Albuquerque, New Mexico. She was born on February 28, 1982, in Raton New Mexico. Kristie was a beloved…
By Marty Mayfield KRTN Multi-Media The Maxwell Bears Cheer team brings home the blue Saturday April 6, 2024 as they bested 17 other teams in the Class A-2A NMAA State Spirit competition held in Albuquerque in the PIT on the campus of the University of New Mexico. Coached by Celina…
A regular meeting of the City Commission of the City of Raton will be held on April 9, 2024 at 6 p.m. Pursuant to City of Raton Open Meetings Resolution 2024-01 Commissioners may participate via conference call. The following subjects will be considered by the City Commission and may be…
By Marty Mayfield KRTN Multi-Media KRTN sat down with Raton City Manager Rick Mestas who has been on the job now for just over six months and he spoke about growing up in the Raton and Trinidad area then like so many young folks left Trinidad after graduation and found…
Beatrice “Bea” H. (Lucero) Latta passed away on April 2, 2024 at the age of 87. Bea was born September 5, 1936, in Trinidad, CO to the late Guadalupe and Margaret (Silva) Lucero as the youngest daughter among four other siblings who affectionately nicknamed her “Batch.” In addition to being…
Grow Raton sponsored a Spring Town Hall informational meeting April 4, 2024 at the Raton Convention Center where speakers told the crowd about their organizations and the programs they have going on. Many of the programs talked about like the ones sponsored by the Arthur Johnson Memorial Library are geared…