UPDATE at 4:00 PM Tuesday: RPS has alerted KRTN that at 5PM today there will be a planned power outage to switch power back to Tri-State. The switch could be instantaneous or last up to 30 minutes according to officials at RPS. Update from RPS (Raton Utilities) as of Tuesday,…
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By Marty Mayfield KRTN Multi-Media Once again weather moved the Raton High graduation ceremony inside to Tiger Gym Friday evening (May 22). Graduation ceremonies have been scheduled for Tiger Stadium but the last time graduation was held outside was in 2012. Kristina Jansen this year’s class valedictorian gave a…
By Marty Mayfield KRTN Multi-Media The Raton school board of education met Monday evening where they heard about the consolidation progress and other items including a report on solar for the Raton Middle School by a group of middle school students. The students presented a report on funding and…
by Caitlin DunnCUCHARA — The purification process at the Cuchara water plant is taking longer than usual because the river water is so dirty lately, according to General Manager Bob Northup in his report to the board of Cucharas Sanitation and Water District at its May 8 meeting. The…
by Eric MullensWALSENBURG — At their most recent meeting, the Walsenburg City Council voted to write a letter of intent to the Huerfano County Water Conservancy District (HCWCD) indicating their agreement to join the Cucharas River Storage Collaborative. The initial meeting of the collaborative was held April 20, and their…
by Eric Mullens WALSENBURG — Following in the wake of statements made by Spanish Peaks Regional Health Center CEO Todd Oberheu and Huerfano County Hospital District Board of Directors Chairman Bill Hix at the April 28th meeting of the county commissioners, the hospital district board met in a special session…
by Brian OrrWALSENBURG — Just weeks after imposing a moratorium on new conditional use permits for marijuana grow facilities in Huerfano County, the county commissioners approved two on Tuesday morning- one whose application was in before the moratorium, and the other for strictly private growing. Skyler Walker wants to begin…
by Debi SporlederCUCHARA — The Cuchara Mountain Ski Resort is now under new ownership, at least, part of it is. QE Ventures, Inc. (Jerry and JoVonne Fitzgerald of La Veta) have acquired the tax deed for the base of the resort. The remainder is still owned, for now, by…
Colfax County – On Saturday, May 16, 2015 around 10:00 a.m., the New Mexico State Police received notice of a crash involving a personal paraglider aircraft. This crash occurred near the Angel Fire Airport in Angel Fire, New Mexico. The investigating officers discovered the paraglider aircraft was operated by Paul Johnson, forty-six…
By Marty Mayfield KRTN Multi-Media It was a cool bright morning as hundreds of motorcycles rumbled into Raton on their way east to honor those who paid the ultimate price for our freedoms. Once the Run for the Wall motorcycles were fueled the crowd gathered around a trailer where…