staff reportTRINIDAD — Pioneer Natural Resources, which laid off over 100 employees last month, announced last week they would be putting a block of 640,000 net acres of mineral rights up for sale. On June 1, Pioneer had sold its Eagle Ford shale business to Enterprise Products Partners for $2.15…
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by Brian OrrWALSENBURG — Huerfano County Commissioner Max Vezzani, who last month proposed stricter conditions on condition use permits for marijuana production facilities, on Tuesday proposed placing a moratorium on any new conditional use permits for this industry for 18 months. “This is a new industry, and it’s pretty divisive…
Taos, NM – The New Mexico State Police is actively engaged in and monitoring a coordinated search and rescue mission for missing person Walter Scheib. This mission is ongoing and involves numerous agencies and resources. On Saturday, June 13, 2015, Mr. Scheib reportedly went hiking near the Taos, NM area. Mr. Scheib…
By Marty Mayfield KRTN Multi-Media Friday Evening The 37th Annual Raton Rodeo took to the Jim Young arena Friday evening for PRCA and WPRA rodeo action. Many of these cowboys and cowgirls ride what is called the Turquoise circuit covering rodeos in the southwest as they compete for money and…
They stitch with care the squares, the triangles, the pieces of material. Stitch by stitch a small shape takes on a bigger shape and soon the gifted hands of these ladies have stitched together a quilt. A quilt that will warm a cold soldiers heart and body as he under…
By Marty Mayfield KRTN Multi Media Raton City Manager Scott Berry sat down with KRTN Friday morning and discussed the tone of Raton. As the city prepares to begin another fiscal year Berry talked about the budget beginning with gross receipts taxes and how it makes up about 70%…
June 17, 2015 IMMEDIATE RELEASE Beginning this month, New Mexico State Police patrol officers in Rio Arriba and Taos Counties will be issued naloxone kits for use in treating subjects suspected of suffering from heroin or other opiate overdoses. Most commonly distributed under the brand name Narcan, naloxone is an…
By Marty Mayfield KRTN Multi-Media Raton High Boys Varsity Basketball will start the basketball season in November with a new coach in Jose Archuleta. Archuleta is a native of Mosquero where he comes from a family noted for their basketball players. Archuleta has been coaching boys basketball at Raton…
by Eric Mullens WALSENBURG — The Huerfano County Hospital District Board of Directors has voted to contract with the Studer Group, a healthcare management and coaching firm, to help the district with retention, plus coaching staff and management. The three-year contact is valued at $225,000 and offers a 30-out without…
by David TesitorTRINIDAD — The Trinidad School Board has hired a former area resident and a man with Walsenburg connections, Chuck Smithey, as the new principal of Trinidad High School, effective immediately. This appointment completes a journey home for the newly hired administrator. Smithey first came to the…