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…
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Frances Colleen Bonomo Grogan, 86, of Raton, NM, passed away peacefully on March 8, 2026, at Bee Hive Assisted Living. Colleen was born September 28, 1939, to Reno Bonomo and Rena Cunico and was raised in Roy, NM. After her father’s early death, John Mahoney became her stepfather and raised…
James Gordon (Jim) Haugh, formerly of Raton, passed from this life into his eternal rest and into the arms of his savior on February 26, 2026. A memorial service has been set for Tuesday, April 21 at 11 a.m at Calvary Baptist Church in Raton with Rev. Ed Burkle officiating.…
RATON, N.M. – February 24, 2026 – Singer-songwriter Michael Martin Murphey and Texas Poets Laureate Karla K. Morton and Alan Birkelbach have received a 2026 Western Heritage Award from the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum. Their song “Burnin’ Vein,” with music by Murphey and lyrics by Morton and Birkelbach, won in the…
Raton, NM — The City of Raton announced that it has been awarded $4,673,000 through the federal Congressionally Directed Spending process, recently approved by Congress and signed into law by the President of the United States. The awards announced on February 23, 2026 include: 1. Raton Crews Field Municipal Airport…
(Santa Fe, New Mexico) – The New Mexico Community Foundation (NMCF) announced it is awarding Alternatives to Violence of Raton $30,000 of a total of $130,000 in grants to support nonprofit organizations working across areas of rural and Indigenous communities, and the environment in New Mexico. With an investment by…
Jerald D. McFall, age 80. Passed away on January 22, 2026. Jerald was born on April 14th, 1945, to CC McFall and Grace Woodward. Jerald was on the Colfax County Senior Citizen Board, the Antelope Valley Irrigation District, and the French Water User Board; he was a lifetime member of…
Jon Price, age 70, died on Friday, January 30, 2026 at his home north of Clayton, New Mexico. SERVICES: Funeral services will be held at 2:00 PM on Wednesday, Fubruary 4, 2026, at the Don R. Wood Auditorium in Clayton, New Mexico. Burial will follow in the Clayton Memorial Cemetery…
Wanda Mae (Moseley) Mann Martin was born February 22, 1940 in Borger, Texas to Coy Elmo Moseley and Laura Mae (Early). Soon the young family moved to Arlington, Texas where her father Coy ran his ditch digging company, laying pipe all the way up Highway 287 and into Oklahoma and…