Bill Knowles April 9, 2015 HUERFANO-LAS ANIMAS- COLFAX — Stronger Economies Together (SET) Initiative a joint project launched in 2009 by USDA Rural Development in collaboration with the nation’s Regional Rural Development Centers (RRDC) and their land-grant university partners have teamed up in a multi-county effort with Huerfano County and Las Animas County,…
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Brian Orr April 9, 2015 WALSENBURG— When George Birrer and John Luginbill went in together to purcase the decrepit Fox Theatre in 1991, they knew they were buying a fixer-upper, but didn’t know how much. The theatre had been closed for the previous ten years, and had been neglected the entire time.…
CLOVIS – A Clovis man convicted of illegally possessing more 1,600 trout – more than 160 times the limit — agreed to pay $8,110 in civil penalties after accepting a plea agreement. Bounchanh Bounsombath, 63, was arrested in May 2014 after Department of Game and Fish conservation officers seized the trout…
RATON – Eight Clovis men will pay penalties and fines totaling $7,189 after pleading guilty to numerous poaching and other charges, including killing a deer and turkey out of season and hunting without licenses. Department of Game and Fish officers caught the men hunting on the Elliott Barker Wildlife Area north of Cimarron…
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By Marty Mayfield KRTN Multi-Media It was a breezy cool day in Raton as the girls took to the field against the Estancia Lady Bears for their first district ball game of the season and only their second home game as they have been on the road for most of…
By Marty Mayfield KRTN Multi-Media The Raton Public Schools received word Thursday afternoon, April 2 that the New Mexico Public Education Department has approved the closing of two schools in the district and to consolidate students into the three remaining school buildings. According to the request waiver Longfellow will house pre-kindergarten through…
By Kimberly Adams TRINIDAD — “Typically, we like to keep Trinidad money in Trinidad,” Trinidad Mayor Pro-Tem Carol Bolton at the City Council weekly work session March 10. Commercial Street in Trinidad is gearing up for street improvements this Spring while the Kit Carson Park Bandstand will get a…
by Eric Mullens WALSENBURG — Contempt of court charges filed against Third Judicial District Attorney Frank Ruybalid were dismissed here Thursday, March 19, after a brief hearing in District Court. Ruybalid faced the charges when no attorney from the DA’s office appeared in court for three criminal hearings…
by Bill Knowles COLFAX COUNTY NM — In an emailed statement dated March 24, 2015, from the New Mexico Attorney General’s office it was confirmed “…that we received a complaint regarding possible Colfax County Election Code Violations from The Secretary of State’s Office. The matter is under review.”…