FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 1, 2018 The Food Depot responds to Ute Park Fire SANTA FE — In response to the rapidly growing Ute Park Fire, The Food Depot has sent an emergency food supply to the evacuation shelter at the Raton Convention Center in Colfax County on Friday, June…
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By Marty Mayfield KRTN Multi-Media Around 2:00 p.m. Thursday afternoon the smoke began to rise over Ute Park as a fire that started in Ponderosa Pine and grass just south of the village spread north north east driven by southwesterly winds. It didnt take long before evacuations were ordered on…
WASHINGTON – U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke designated 19 new national recreation trails in 17 states, including Climax Canyon Trail in Raton, NM while adding more than 370 miles to the national recreation trails system. “By designating these new national trails, we acknowledge the efforts of local communities to…
Even though Colfax County was successful in its recent TIGER Grant application in obtaining $17.5 million, there are signs that the current Amtrak Board and CEO, Richard Anderson, are making decisions that are jeopardizing the future of long-distance train routes, including the Southwest Chief. Even though the US Supreme Court has…
By Marty Mayfield KRTN Multi-Media Raton City Commissioners met Tuesday evening, May 29th for a special meeting to deal with task order changes for the Great Blocks project, street improvements and the final Interim Budget which will include a 9% pay raise for the City Manager. City Commissioners approved the…
JEMEZ – Due to multiple sightings of bear cubs by campers in the area of Forest Road 376 in the Jemez Mountains, recreationists are reminded to keep a clean camp and be bear aware during the long weekend. According to Tristanna Bickford, communications director, New Mexico Department of Game and…
Santa Fe, N.M. – New Mexico MainStreet just announced that the communities of Cimarron, Conchas Dam, Rodeo, and Taos Pueblo have been selected to participate in MainStreet’s Frontier Communities Initiative. The Frontier Communities Initiative is project-based and designed to serve New Mexico’s rural communities, less than 7,500 in population,…
By Marty Mayfield KRTN Multi-Media Raton City Commissioners heard funding requests and Lodger’s Tax recommendations before approving the interim budgets for the City of Raton, Raton Water Works and Raton Public Service in a marathon session lasting well over three hours Tuesday evening. Commissioners heard from Devin Barton about…
By Marty Mayfield KRTN Multi-Media It was a welcome site to Raton as the rain began about 3:20 Monday afternoon, soon after however pea to marble size hail began to pummel the area and piled up to just over an inch on the yards and streets of Raton. In north…
Special to KRTN Multi-Media The Community Collaborative Rain, Hail and Snow Network (CoCoRaHS) began on June 17, 1998. With a few observers along Colorado’s Front Range, we had no idea that the network would become what it is today, with over 20,000 active observers in the United States, Canada, Puerto…