by Eric MullensWALSENBURG — The Walsenburg City Council unanimously approved an ordinance and resolution concerning the First Ranch Annexation in a special session Tuesday, August 25. The eight members attending the session passed Ordinance 1075, which annexes 550.24 acres of the city-owned ranch into the city limits of Walsenburg. The…
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By Marty Mayfield KRTN Multi-Media Coach Tory Giacomo told KRTN before the game that the defense worked all week on getting 11 helmets to the ball and that they did holding the McCurdy Bobcats to three and out on their first two series in the season opener in Espanola…
By Marty Mayfield KRTN Multi-Media Raton Water Works is preparing for some expensive and lengthy projects at Lake Maloya with work on the dam and water intake facilities at Lake Maloya at the north end of Sugarite Canyon State Park. Dan Campbell, Raton Water Works General Manager, noted…
Special to KRTN Multi-Media The results of the state’s first venture into teacher pay for performance offer up what could be a valuable lesson in quantity vs. quality when it comes to where the dollars should go. And the New Mexico Public Education Department is paying attention. Of the six…
In a recent blurb published in “Recoil” a shooters magazine a recent unnamed visitor to Raton royally blasted the City of Raton. The blurb came to the attention of City Manager Scott Berry who then shared the article with KRTN as well as his response to the blurb.…
By Marty Mayfield KRTN Multi-Media Raton City Commissioners met Tuesday evening and heard that the gross receipts tax revenue for July is up by about 3.5% over budget. In the financial report City Manger Scott Berry also noted a slight increase in the cash balance for the city…
by Bill KnowlesTRINIDAD — Hitting the midpoint in expenditures for the year, the Las Animas County Board of County Commissioners heard from 12 department heads for a mid-year budget review. They offered praise and advice to the dozen supervisors who actually oversee the spending of taxpayer generated funds. “We have…
by Nancy Christofferson TRINIDAD — When people go looking for the old coal mining town of Starkville, Colorado, if they’re not paying attention they might find instead the Trinidad WalMart parking lot just off Interstate 25. Starkville was one of Las Animas County’s earliest coal mines. The first workings were…
by Mary Jo TesitorWALSENBURG — On the evening of Tuesday, August 11, Terri Patrick moderated a town-hall meeting of Re-1 School Board, staff, and citizens who gathered in the Washington School auditorium to brainstorm for answers to two prickly questions: How can we generate a significant amount of new money for…
by Paula M. Manini TRINIDAD — Because of her “Shame to Pride” art project, Stephanie Calvert has come to grips with her former life in Thatcher, a small community north of Trinidad. When Calvert was ten years old, her parents moved the family from San Diego to escape the…