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New Mexico Schools To Get almost $100 Million  Ten New Mexico school districts will receive nearly $97 million in state funds for the design and construction of school facilities, David Abbey, chair of the Public School Capital Outlay Council, said today.  The state capital outlay funds will be matched with…

  COMMUNITY MEETINGAUGUST 6, 2014 at 6:00 PMInternational Room at International BankRaton, NM(Enter off Cook Avenue – Upstairs)    A new day is dawning for the City of Raton.  For the last several months, concerned citizens have been meeting to draft a vision statement and strategic goals with supporting initiatives…

By Marty Mayfield KRTN Multi-Media Raton Police were on scene within seconds of a crash just north of Tiger Drive and Brilliant last night about midnight. Officers witnessed a car driving at a very high rate of speed fly through the intersection of Tiger Drive and Brilliant and continue north…

By Marty Mayfield KRTN Multi-Media   The Raton City Commission unanimously approved Ordinance 990 increasing the city’s portion of the gross receipts tax by .25% for debt service, capital improvements, repair and maintenance of the Raton Aquatic/Recreation Center. Not one-person spoke against the increase noted City Manager Butch McGowen as…

A special meeting of The Raton City Commission will be held at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday, July 24, 2014, in the City Commission Chambers, 224 Savage Ave.., and Raton, NM 87740.   The agenda will be:   Call to Order  Roll Call  Discussion/Approval:  Maintenance Agreement- Roadway Lighting, South Interchange- NMDOT  Discussion/Approval: …

By Marty Mayfield KRTN Multi-Media The 2014 Colfax County Relay for Life got underway a bit late Friday evening after a whirlwind made its way through the football field and lifted the survivor tent up and over the stadium bleachers into a pickup by the concession stand, a minor setback…

  AGENDA CITY OF RATON REGULAR COMMISSION MEETING RATON CITY HALL, 224 SAVAGE AVE        TUESDAY, JULY 22, 2014 AT 6PM   A regular meeting of the City Commission of the City of Raton will be held on July 22, 2014 at 6 p.m.  The Meeting will be called to order…

By Marty Mayfield KRTN Multi-Media   Raton Public Schools Blue Ribbon committee met last week to begin work on a consolidated elementary school solution noting that this attempt failed last time, which was about five years ago. Jose Archuleta who was on the committee for the last go round indicated…

By Marty Mayfield KRTN Multi-Media A large crowd gathered Saturday morning at the Raton train depot awaiting the arrival of the Joe Boardman CEO of Amtrak who travel to New Mexico to garner support for Amtrak track maintenance.  Many of the crowd greeted the Amtrak Special Train with signs stating…