13 students from Raton High School were inducted as new members of the National Honor Society in a ceremony held at the Shuler Theatre on April 18, 2018. Members were selected for meeting high standards of scholarship, service, leadership, and character. Students inducted were: Jennifer Acosta, Ginger Baird, Rhianna Hopper,…
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Several area players were honored with All-State designation for 2018. 2018 New Mexico 1A Girls Basketball All-State Teams First Team Lacy Ferguson Elida Makenna Hittson Des Moines Kasyn Creighton Elida Nataley Mondragon Melrose Riley Clavel Roy/Mosquero Second Team Alyssa Bargas, Elida Landry Widner, Melrose Angela Lackey, Quemado Brette DeVaney, Melrose…
The Raton Professional and Business Women (PBW) met Thursday, March 29 to name their 2018 Woman of the Year and to hear the Young Professional presentation from member Stephanie Osborn. 2018 Raton BPW Woman of the Year: Kathleen Hanson Kathleen is owner/operator of Doggie Stylz has a passion for helping kids and critters which…
The Raton City Commission heard good reports on water storage and good news on Gross Receipts Taxes at the regular Commission meeting on March 27th. All were present to hear Commissioner Ron Chavez report that both Lake Maloya and Eagle Nest Lake storage for the city were near 100 percent…
NOW IS THE TIME FOR ALL GOOD SPORTSMEN AND CONCERNED CITIZENS TO COME TO THE AID OF THE YELLOW STONE OF NORTHERN NEW MEXICO. For many years the Citizens of New Mexico have enjoyed the beautiful outdoors in Unit 48, known as the Whites Peak. Our public lands at Whites…
WASHINGTON — The Department of Transportation (DOT) has awarded New Mexico’s Colfax County a $16 million grant to replace segments of aging rail line on which Amtrak’s Southwest Chief operates. The grant, which was awarded under the Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER) program, will fund critical repair work in New…
Five teams from Northeastern New Mexico competed in the eight quarterfinal games for the NM State Class A basketball championships on Wednesday, March 7 in Bernalillo, and three of them, the Des Moines Lady Demons, the Springer Red Devil boys and the defending Class A champ Maxwell Bears, advanced to…
The Far Northeast corner of New Mexico is sometimes forgotten by the rest of the state, but not when it comes to high school basketball. Northeast NM rattled the cage again this past weekend as five of the area teams, Des Moines, Cimarron and Roy/Mosquero girls, Springer and defending state champion Maxwell…
Special to KRTN Creating a symbolic coincidence, last week’s Super Moon marked a milestone for Luna Community College staff who celebrated the submission of the Show-Cause Report to the Higher Learning Commission (HLC). The Show-Cause Order issued by the HLC in November 2017 required the College to submit a Show-Cause…
Close games were the order of the night at Raton Tiger Gym as Springer came to town to play on Tuesday, January 30 with the Raton girls winning 49 – 43 and the Springer boys winning 52 -47. The girls game was close the whole way as the Lady Tigers…