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  Kickin’ ‘Round The Neighborhood!  By Debbie  Are YOU New Mexico True?  Congratulations to La Cosina!!!  They had a very special visit today by the State of New Mexico Tourism Department.  La Cosina, because of their long family history in Raton, and their same location have been declared “NEW MExICO…

Raton City Commission Deals with Routine Business   By Marty Mayfield KRTN Multi-Media   Raton City Commissioners met Tuesday evening for their last regular meeting of September to deal with mostly routine business. However during committee reports a couple of matters with the water department and Raton Public Service were…

  AGENDA CITY OF RATON REGULAR COMMISSION MEETING RATON CITY HALL, 224 SAVAGE AVE        TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 2013 AT 6PM  A regular meeting of the City Commission of the City of Raton will be held on September 24, 2013 at 6:00 p.m.  The Meeting will be called to order by…

The Marines have landed; Let the Fun Begin                          The Colfax County Young Marines Established its first beachhead at the RatonHigh School last Saturday. Forty plus recruits ages 8-17 showed up for their first day of familiarization and recruit training. Commander Bert Goodfallow (USMC Ret.) expressed satisfaction at the turnout. “My…

Enrollment Declines in Raton Other Schools see Improvement   By Marty Mayfield KRTN Multi-Media               Each year school administrators start looking at enrollment figures at the 10th day of school to try to recalculate their budgets. This year is no different and for the Raton schools it will be…

Station to Staion Train Stops in Raton   By Marty Mayfield KRTN Multi-Media   Traveling by train from New York to California is an artist-driven public art project that arrived in Raton just before 3:00 p.m. Tuesday afternoon. Station to Station: A Nomadic Happening, the newest project from artist Doug…

Relatives in Raton were informed that Jayann Sepich and Gov. Susana Martinez announced Monday that Katie’s Law has led to the 500th match of DNA data to a criminal case in New Mexico.  The mother, Jayann Sepich, was notified of the milestone Friday, which was also the 10th anniversary of…

Commissioners In and Out Meeting  By Marty Mayfield KRTN Multi-Media  It took commissioners about 17 minutes to get through their very short agenda Tuesday night. Commissioners approved the route and paperwork associated with the Annual Brest Cancer Awareness Walk which will start at Ripley Park at about 8:00 a.m. and…

It was called a tax, a service fee, a cost of service fee and a franchise fee. What ever you call it, the $6.00 was being touted as too much for many people on a fixed income and by some, as simply wrong.  The city of Raton however, was saying…