The Raton Chamber of Commerce held a Ribbon Cutting Ceremony for the new location of the MCMC Auxiliary Thrift Shop on Friday, May 15th at Noon. FM 93.9 KRTN broadcast the ceremony. The new location of the thrift shop is 1180 South 2nd Street in Raton. Business Hours are Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays…
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By Marty Mayfield Commissioners began their May 12th evening with a budget hearing to establish a preliminary budget to send to the Department of Finance by June 1. The bad news to the budget hearing included a possible drop in gross receipts revenues by as much as 4%. However Kathy Harris…
by Eric MullensTRINIDAD — Law enforcement officials from Trinidad and the state remained silent this week following the Friday, April 24 shooting of an armed man by an unnamed Trinidad Police officer. Todd Jamal Dye, 20, of Colorado Springs, was shot and killed when TPD officers responded to an unauthorized…
by Colette M. Armijo RATON — Twenty-one students from Raton High School were inducted as new members of the National Honor Society on Thursday April 29. The Historic Schuler Theatre came alive as parents, family members, friends and members of the School Board gathered for the event. During the induction…
by Mary Jo Tesitor TRINIDAD — Saturday was a night of superlatives as members of the Trinidad Chamber of Commerce met at Mt. Carmel’s Primero Cafe to present the 2015 J. Edgar Chenowith Award to the best and brightest of Las Animas County. The 19 individual or family nominees…
World Journal staff report TRINIDAD / DALLAS, TX — Pioneer Natural Resources Company announced Monday, May 4 it will close the company’s Denver office as well as make workforce reductions at its Trinidad field office, as a result of continued weakness in natural gas prices and the recent collapse of…
by Eric Mullens TRINIDAD — A Loveland man has been identified as the pilot killed when a single-engine plane crashed into an open field near the Las Animas County Fairgrounds in Trinidad around 1 pm Thursday, April 30. Gregory Arlen Frank, 53, was the only one aboard the plane…
by Kimberly AdamsTRINIDAD — It is Round II for Spot 420 owner Robert Lucero as he made another go at winning over the good graces of the Trinidad City Council in hopes for their approval of his marijuana business license application package after they denied his initial application attempt two…
by Eric MullensWALSENBURG — It was an historic, if low key moment, when the Walsenburg City Council, sitting as the city’s marijuana licensing authority, voted 6-1 to approve and grant a recreational marijuana retail and cultivation license to Bud Hut following a public hearing Tuesday night. City attorney Dan Hyatt…
By Marty Mayfield KRTN Multi-Media 45 years ago Raton High art teacher Marv Newton began a student art show that has continued to today. Kathy Vertovec took over the program 19 years ago from Newton and will now hand over the torch to another art teacher. Vertovec told the…