RHS Robotics Team GRRT traveled on Saturday, Oct 22 to TSJC and took the 2016 BEST Robotics Championship themed “Bet the Farm”. Sponsored through SoCo Best @ Trinidad State Junior College, the RHS Robotics Team GRRT was awarded: A team from Raton, made up of 7th through 11th graders, dominated this…
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SANTA FE, N.M. – The New Mexico Economic Development Department announced on Tuesday, a total of $500,000 for revitalization projects in three New Mexico MainStreet communities; Belen, Albuquerque, and Raton with the Raton MainStreet Great Blocks Program receiving some $320,000 of that total. Together, among other uses, these projects will improve…
The Raton Tiger football team was on a roll. Heading into Santa Rosa for their third straight road game, they were winners of four in a row, including their first District 5A victory the previous week over Clayton. The Tigers played toe-to-toe for the first two and a half quarters against the district…
The Raton Tigers Football team continued on a roll by winning their third straight game with a 41-0 win at Questa on Friday night, September 30. The Tigers started the game on their heels as Questa returned the opening kickoff to the Raton 32, but the Tiger defense stiffened and…
The Raton Tiger football team traveled a long way from home on Saturday , September 17 as the Wingate Bears, near Gallup, NM, hosted the Tigers with the two squads playing each other for the first time ever. The Tigers didn’t seem to have any ill effects of the 6 hour…
The Raton City Commission met in regular session on Tuesday, August 23 minus Mayor Sandy Mantz and Mayor Pro-Tem Neil Segotta, but the three remaining commissioners were present and so with a quorum, the meeting was called to order by Commissioner Linde Schuster. The financial report from City Treasurer…
By Bill Donati – Shawn Lerch, CEO of Miners Colfax Medical Center (MCMC) visited KRTN’s “This, That and The Other” program on Friday, August 5 and passed along the news that Dr. Lee Caruana will be closing his practice and will provide no medical services after September 1. Caruana has…
By Bill Donati – While many hospitals pare down services, Miners Colfax Medical Center (MCMC) in Raton continues on a path to keep improving its equipment, staff and services offered. CEO Shawn Lerch visited KRTN’s “This, That and the Other” program on Friday, July 22 and had a long list of positives that MCMC has either installed or is…
UPDATE UPDATE…Friday, July 22. RPD Chief John Garcia informed KRTN on Friday morning that a suspect has been identified in the case, but could not release the suspects identity while evidence is being gathered for a possible arrest warrant. Garcia said no new additional information or breaks in the case have occured as…
By Bill Donati – The NM Public Regulation Commission met on Wednesday, July 13, and the first item on the agenda took nearly an hour and a half of debate and discussion before the Commission denied Raton Natural Gas (RNG) Company’s application seeking approval of their 2016 Energy Efficiency Programs…