By Marty Mayfield KRTN Multi-Media Raton Police Chief John Garcia received a Patriotic Employer award Friday afternoon from National Guard Tech-Sargeant and Raton Police Officer Nicolina Villani-Martinez for his support of her and the National Guard duties that pulls her away from her duties on the Raton Police Department. Villani-Martinez…
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New Mexico Trout Project Receives Grant Funding 08/14/2018 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 14, 2018 Media Contact: Therese Thompson, (303) 236-4402, tthompson@westernnativetrout.org New Mexico Trout Project Receives Grant Funding Grants Benefiting Native Trout Watersheds Awarded in Five Western States The Western Native Trout Initiative (WNTI) is awarding $232,640 in grant funding…
By Marty Mayfield KRTN Multi-Media Raton City Commissioners received the final Infrastructure Capital Improvement Plan for the City of Raton Tuesday evening, August 14th as they began their regular meeting. The top five projects for Raton include street improvements and reconstruction as well as storm drain and drainage improvements. East…
By Marty Mayfield KRTN Multi-Media In a letter from the Board of Directors President Paul Sands to employees, clients and patients Friday, Tri-County Community Services announced that they would be closing all of their operations this month after the New Mexico State Health Services Division and the Board of…
Two men sentenced for poaching mule deer 08/07/2018 New Mexico Department of Game and Fish Public contact, Information Center: (888) 248-6866 Media contact, Cody Johnston: (575) 291-2138 gary.johnston@state.nm.us FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, AUG. 7, 2018: Two men sentenced for poaching mule deer LOVINGTON – Two men pleaded guilty to killing mule deer…
Update: The NM Racing Commission received five Letters of Intent from groups wishing to build a racetrack/racino in Raton. The five made the commission-mandated deadline of July 30, 2018 for entities to express a desire to submit an application. Originally July 30 was the deadline for application submission, but the…
WASHINGTON – The US Senate today overwhelmingly passed a bipartisan amendment to provide an additional $50 million in federal funding to help maintain Amtrak train services along the established, long-distance passenger rail route of the Southwest Chief. This amendment would effectively halt Amtrak’s proposal to substitute rail service with bus…
By Marty Mayfield KRTN Multi-Media Raton Relay for Life Chair Elizabeth Tafoya told the crowd Saturday that she would be stepping down as team leader for the Colfax County Relay for Life to move up and take on overseeing or helping to organize relays in Arizona and New Mexico. In…
Press Release received from NM Dept. of Game and Fish Raton – New Mexico Department of Game and Fish conservation officers are investigating a bear attack that occurred southeast of Raton Wednesday, July 25th. State police alerted department officers after receiving a distress call from a 36-year-old man exercising his…
After years of on and off negotiations, The Raton City Commission moved the City closer to ownership of the Raton Train Depot with the acceptance of a conveyance and lease agreement with BSNF Railroad at last night’s Raton City Commission meeting. The City agreed to use the depot for…