By Marty Mayfield KRTN Multi-Media Friday at midnight the Raton McDonalds will close its doors on the old store and prepare for what will be a new high tech McDonalds with state of the art tech features. According to Lee Phelan, owner of the McDonalds franchise in Raton, they…
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By Marty Mayfield KRTN Multi-Media – Raton City Clerk Tricia Garcia announced Tuesday, Jan. 5th that four Raton residents have filed for the three seats up for election on the Raton city commission. Those filing for the three posts are: District 2 Donald Lee Giacomo District 4 Lindé Schuster James…
New Mexico Department of Game and FishMedia contact: Karl Moffatt, (505) 476-8007Public contact: (888) 248-6866karl.moffatt@state.nm.us SANTA FE – Rules and information about applying for 2016-2017 hunting licenses is now available online at www.wildlife.state.nm.us. Printed versions of the 2016-2017 hunting rules and information booklet will be available at license vendors and…
SANTA FE – The New Mexico Game Commission will meet Jan. 14 in Santa Fe to consider numerous matters, including proposed changes to the Aquatic Invasive Species rule designed to prevent the spread of destructive zebra or quagga mussels to the state. The meeting will begin at 9 a.m.,…
By Marty Mayfield KRTN Multi-Media – Colfax County Commissioners met Tuesday, January 5th in special session to reorganize the commission and to pick a new county clerk. In a short meeting commissioners kept their seatings with Commissioner Bill Sauble remaining as Chairman and Landon Newton keeping his position as…
Sheriff department funding is $100k in the hole by Bill KnowlesTRINIDAD — Facing a packed spectators gallery, the Las Animas County Commission on Tuesday, December 29, voted 3-0 to transfer over $12 thousand from the commissioner’s budget to the budget of the sheriff’s office in an effort to help the…
by Aaron Lopez Refuel Colorado Fleets TRINIDAD — The Colorado Department of Local Affairs (DOLA) has awarded a $60,000 Alternative Fuels Initiative grant to South Central Council of Governments Transit to buy down the purchase cost of three compressed natural gas (CNG) minivans and one CNG transit bus. The award…
by Bill KnowlesTRINIDAD — After a year of wrestling with numbers, elected officials for the county have arrived at a budget most can live with, but most are not happy with. Approved on a 2-1 vote, the county has a $6,013,337 million general fund budget for fiscal year 2016. Appropriations…
by Eric MullensWALSENBURG — The Huerfano County Hospital District Board of Directors met for their final session of the year on December 10, combining the November and December sessions as they usually do at the end of the year. With a slight property valuation increase to $127,121,136, the district’s mill…
by Bill KnowlesTRINIDAD — The man alleged to have committed robberies in both Bent County and Trinidad made his appearance in District Court in Las Animas County Wednesday, Dec. 23. He is charged with 6 felony counts and four misdemeanor counts. Alfredo Valazquez-Hernandez is being charged with a string of…