By Marty Mayfield KRTN Multi-Media The Raton City Commission settled in for what would be a long meeting with a lot of information and important agenda items for the Tuesday, May 24th meeting. Commissioners heard from Michael Reeves on the accomplishments of the Ports-to-Plains projects which has expanded its coverage…
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PRESS RELEASE from Colfax County Sheriff’s Office: On 05/23/2016 at 1632 hours Sgt. Bill LaPorte of the Colfax County Sheriff’s Office heard a radio call from Sgt. Orlando Avila of the Raton Police Department that an inmate who was being transported from Magistrate Court in Raton back to the…
Doss Aviation is proposing a flight school intended to provide training for a career path as a pilot or in aviation. One of the newest businesses in Raton, Doss Aviation will gauge the potential interest in bringing this type of educational facility to the area. Also, the company is working with Santa Fe…
By Marty Mayfield KRTN Multi-Media They rumbled into town and once again Raton turned out to help fuel and greet participants of the central route of the Run for the Wall. Team Lead Smitty read a letter honoring Lcpl Matius Newman Hanson who paid the ultimate price while serving in Afghanistan.…
By Marty Mayfield KRTN Multi-Media 48 chairs stood silent on the floor of Tiger Gym early in the day, by 7:00 p.m. those seats were filled with excited seniors as the Class of 2016 prepared to walk across the stage for the last time and receive their diplomas signifying the…
Raton Honored Dr. Paul Modrich Thursday evening at the Shuler Theater Dr. Paul Modrich gave the Raton High Commencement Address May 20, 2016 at Tiger Gym.
By Marty Mayfield KRTN Multi-Media Raton Public School’s budget woes continue as the Raton School Board tabled a final decision on the budget at Monday evening’s Board Meeting. Board members had been informed that the school district would lose an additional $500,000 for the next school year. This all…
By Marty Mayfield KRTN Multi-Media Welcome home Dr Paul Modrich, Raton native and now a Nobel Prize Laureate. Modrich traveled back to Raton this week to be greeted by signs and well wishes from his many Raton classmates that are still around town. Modrich won a Nobel Prize for Chemistry…
The State of New Mexico will proclaim Thursday, May 19, 2016 as “Paul Modrich Day”. The Proclamation will be presented at 6 pm to 2015 Nobel Laureate in Chemistry and member of the RHS Class of 1964, Dr. Paul Modrich, at the historicShuler Theater in Raton. The presentation will be followed by…
Special to KRTN: As Miners Colfax Medical Center celebrates its exceptional team with National Hospital Week from May 8th through May 14th, Hospital Administrator Shawn Lerch announced that MCMC has been named one of the iVantage 2016 Top 100 Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs) in the United States. There are currently 1300…