Contact Jennifer Macias jennifer@coloradohumanities.org 303.894.7951 x17 November 27, 2023 Smithsonian Traveling Exhibition Highlighting Changing Landscape of Rural America Coming to Trinidad, Colorado Colorado Humanities will tour “Crossroads: Change in Rural America,” a Smithsonian’s Museum on Main Street (MoMS) exhibit to 10 Colorado communities from August 2023 to December 2024. The…
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By Marty Mayfield KRTN Multi-Media Raton City Commissioners met Tuesday evening November 28 for their last regular meeting of the month where they discussed capital outlay priorities and authorized purchases. Commissioners went over the capital outlay requests for the upcoming legislative session to begin in January. The Lake Maloya Dam…
By Marty Mayfield KRTN Multi-Media Holiday Traffic is usually fairly heavy in the Raton area but this year on Sunday November 26, 2023 the traffic going northbound was especially heavy and it slowed to a crawl backing up in several directions affecting both Highway 72 and Highway 64-87 from the…
By Marty Mayfield KRTN Multi-Media Once again Firefighters with Raton Fire and Emergency Services and Colfax County Rapid Response were called out at 9:13 a.m. to a blaze Sunday morning (11-26-2023) in southeast Raton in the 1200 block of East 5th Street. A residence at 1214 East 5th Street was…
By Marty Mayfield KRTN Multi-Media The annual Christmas Tree lighting and electric static light parade were held in downtown Raton Friday evening in Ripley Park and on historic First Street. 11 entities made it into the parade this year with awards being given to three floats. First place went to…
TRINIDAD – Gov. Jared Polis opened the new, much anticipated eight-mile trail to the 9,633-foot summit of Fishers Peak State Park, on Sunday, November 19, inviting all who have long desired to hike up the flat-topped mountain. “The hike and views are even better than I expected at Fishers Peak,”…
By Marty Mayfield KRTN Multi-Media Its been 100 years since the Pappas Sweet Shop opened it’s doors to the public in downtown Raton, New Mexico with third generation Ann Marie Pappas at the helm. On Sunday November 19, 2023 the Sweet Shop held a small celebration commemorating the 100th Birthday…
By Marty Mayfield KRTN Multi-Media Raton Fire and Emergency Services along with Colfax County Rapid Response members were called out to a fire in the 700 block of North Second Street Saturday morning November 18, 2023 about 9:30 a.m. Upon arrival at the scene they found a garage behind 719…
By Marty Mayfield KRTN Multi-Media Raton City Commissioners met Tuesday evening November 14, 2023, where they approved a loan agreement and purchased fog seal material for street repairs and proclamations for Scott Berry and the 100th Birthday of the Sweet Shop. Bobby Gore is the black lung coordinator for MCMC…
The Raton Tigers outplayed and held the #1 seed St Michael’s Horsemen in check on both sides of the ball for three quarters plus, but the Horsemen rallied with 21 points in the 4th period for an improbable 21-14 win to propel them into the next level of the AAA…