Special to KRTN Sunrise Clinics, a nonprofit healthcare organization with offices in Raton, Las Vegas, Tucumcari and Santa Rosa and dedicated to serving New Mexico’s rural and frontier communities, has been selected to receive the esteemed 2025 Piñon Award for Resiliency, presented by the Santa Fe Community Foundation. The Piñon…
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By Marty Mayfield KRTN Multi-Media Raton School Board members met Monday August 18, 2025, for their monthly regular meeting one week after the start of the school year here in Raton where they heard about graduation requirements, capital projects and the new building use form. Addison Medina, RHS Student Senate…
(August 18, 2025) The Cimarron, NM Fire Department receives $10,000 Grant from State Farm® and the National Volunteer Fire Council (NVFC). A total of $1.5 million was awarded to 150 volunteer fire departments nationwide through the Good Neighbor Firefighter Safety Program, and the announcement was made on August 18, a…
By Marty Mayfield KRTN Multi-Media Raton City Commissioners met Tuesday evening August 12, 2025 for their first regular meeting of the month where they addressed a public hearing on the Ramel Family Farms ordinance and heard about resolutions for supporting future interstate highway programs. Commissioners held a public hearing to…
By Marty Mayfield KRTN Multi-Media Raton Fire and Emergency Services along with Fisher’s Peak Fire were called to an RV fire about 12:03 p.m. on Raton Pass just below the top on the Trinidad side of the pass that closed I-25 south bound for over an hour. The Fisher’s Peak…
Local Student Jet L Armijo Receives National Honor Raton High School student recognized for superior academic achievement by The National Society of High School Scholars “ATLANTA, GA- July 25, 2025 – The National Society of High School Scholars (NSHSS) today announced student Jet L Armijo from Raton, NM, has…
By Melody Mayfield KRTN Multi-Media A Billy the Kid Traveling wake/art exhibit came to Downtown Raton this weekend with a great turn out for the events on Friday and Saturday. After singer Cari Mari kicked off the event with a packed concert Friday evening at the Historic Shuler Theater, festivities…
By Marty Mayfield KRTN Multi-Media In response to a court order the New Mexico Public Education Department and the LANL Foundation are holding regional meetings in communities to hear concerns from parents, teachers and school administration to develop a comprehensive plan for special education students, low-income students and Native American…
By Marty Mayfield KRTN Multi-Media Raton’s code enforcement after three years is finally making progress on cleaning up Raton with the local wrecker service removing abandoned cars at 108 Pecos. On Wednesday August 6, 2025, the city began the process to remove the old cars and other debris at the…
By Marty Mayfield KRTN Multi-Media It rained once again in Raton, this time causing flooding in north Raton where Canyon Drive meets North Second Street stranding a car in the roadway. The rain came down hard and fast with Ambient weather stations around town reporting from .96 in north Raton…