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Carjacking Suspect Captured

The suspect in a Raton carjacking was apprehended in Union County. Norman Michael Simpson was captured without incident by Union County Sheriff Deputies and NM State Police and was transported to Union County Detention Center awaiting multiple charges. Police were looking for a suspect in a Sunday (1/21/18) afternoon carjacking in Raton. Norman…

Public Meeting on Controlled Pile Burn Near Eagle Nest

Public meeting will discuss plan for controlled pile burn near Eagle Nest 01/18/2018 New Mexico Department of Game and Fish Public contact, Information Center: (888) 248-6866Media contact: Dan Williams: (505) 476-8004dan.williams@state.nm.us  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, JAN. 18, 2018: Public meeting will discuss plan for controlled pile burn near Eagle Nest EAGLE…

Fire Destroys House on North Fourth

By Marty Mayfield KRTN Multi-Media Raton Fire and Emergency Services firefighters spent about two hours battling and cleaning up a fire that destroyed a house at 801 N 4th St. in Raton Wednesday evening. The call came in about 6:04 p.m. Wednesday evening of a house on fire. The building was…

Judge Walton To Be Censured

Formal proceedings were instituted last June 27, 2017 by the NM Judicial Standards Commission against Magistrate Judge Warren Walton.  Walton was accused of having improper out-of-court conversations with attorneys, defendants and their families; of improperly charging attorneys with contempt of court; and approving continuances. After the investigation the Commission filed their…

Raton Commissioners Start 2018 Quickly

By Marty Mayfield KRTN Multi-Media   Raton City Commissioners had a short agenda to start off the first meeting of the 2018 year on January 9th, taking care of some regulatory business and the November 2017 Financial Report. As part of regular business commissioners approved the public meeting policy that…

Raton KMART One of 64 to Close

In a surprise move to the Raton store, Sears Holdings Corp. in New York state announced Thursday, January 4 that it will be closing over 100 more KMART and Sears stores, including Raton and Tucumcari in New Mexico, as the struggling department store chain tries to turn around its business.…

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