TRINIDAD – Two area robotics teams including Raton High School and Trinidad Mid-school, are headed to a regional tournament in Arkansas after top finishes in the inaugural BEST Robotics Hub Competition at Trinidad State on Saturday, October 24th. BEST, an acronym for Boosting Engineering Science and Technology, is an educational…
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KRTN Staff Reports The US Dept Of Transportation awarded a $15.2 million dollar grant for the Southwest Chief Route Advancement and Improvement Project that will continue essential upgrades to Amtrak’s Southwest Chief line. The new funding is being awarded through the DOT’s Tiger VII grant program and will be used to…
Officer John Valdez of the Raton Police Officers Assoc. along with former Police Chief Dick Bonahoom’s daughters, Diana Best and Barbara Bonohoom, speak to the crowd at the memorial plaque ceremony on Saturday, October 10th. The Raton Police Officers Association along with a crowd of local citizens, honored former Raton…
The rains held off for the first quarter and then a burst of moisture coincided with a burst of offensive output for West as the Dons poured it on to defeat the Raton Tigers 59 -7 in Friday night football, October 2nd in Las Vegas. Quarterback Jordan Martinez and the…
By Bill Donati – KRTN News The Economic and Rural Development Committee of the NM Legislature heard reports, proposals and funding requests from a wide variety of organizations and entities when they met at Raton’ s Shuler Theater on Monday and Tuesday, September 28 and 29. Chaired by Senator Benny…
By Billy D KRTN Multi-Media The Trinidad Miners football team brought the coveted Coal Bucket Trophy into Tiger Stadium on Friday night for the annual renewal of the rivalry game and packed it back over the Pass in the bus after a 41 – 8 win over the Raton Tigers.…
Rain deluged both Cimarron and North Ponil Canyons late Friday night and early Saturday mornings flooding portions of Philmont Scout Ranch and sadly, contributing to the death of one of its campers. Some estimates of as much as four inches sent boulders as big as pickups from the canyon walls…
Cimarron’s Joe Giglia was recently honored as the National High School Girls Track and Field Coach of the Year as named by the National High School Athletic Coaches Association. Giglia has been the Cimarron High School Track and Field coach for almost three decades and was recently nominated by the…
Billy Donati KRTN Multi-Media The Cimarron Rams girls basketball team has a strong history of exceptional play and the 2015 team made a great tournament run to make it to the NM Class A Girls State Championship game on Friday, March 13 at the UNM Pit in Albuquerque. Although it was…
Raton, NM — An enthusiastic crowd gathered on the north end of MCMC Acute Care Facility on Monday, October 6th to break ground on the new 18,000 square foot Rural Health Clinic. A beautiful sunny day greeted guests and workers as the $3.2 million dollar project was ceremonially started with the turning of the…