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   AGENDA CITY OF RATON REGULAR COMMISSION MEETING RATON CITY HALL, 224 SAVAGE AVE        TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 2014 AT 6PM   A regular meeting of the City Commission of the City of Raton will be held on November 25, 2014 at 6:00 p.m.  The Meeting will be called to order…

By Marty Mayfield KRTN Multi-Media Declining enrollment and the economics that go along with that decline is forcing the Raton Public School Board of Education to consider consolidating schools.  The board has asked Superintendent Dr. Neil Terhune to investigate the matter and present to them a number of consolidation scenarios…

By Marty Mayfield KRTN Multi-Media A large crowd, despite the cold weather, was in attendance at the dedication of Veterans Park Tuesday morning, a memorial for the veterans of Raton.  The park was the dream of Abel Jiron who took it to Jared Chatterly, Raton Parks and Recreation, “who jumped…

By Marty Mayfield KRTN Multi-Media The Raton Middle School honors veterans each Veteran’s Day with a breakfast and assembly in the gym and this year was no exception as students and faculty listened to guest speaker Judge Warren Walton, Captain, U.S. Army Retired.  Walton, as the some 220 students at…

By Marty Mayfield KRTN Multi-Media   Raton City Commissioners met Tuesday evening at City Hall where they named the small park north of Legion Park across Legion Drive as Veteran’s Park. The area has also been known informally as Pesavento Park. The new park will be the setting of a…

Special To KRTN Multi-Media Paul Jenkins of Grow Raton was recognized as volunteer of the year at the NM Industrial Development Executives Association at their annual meeting. The New Mexico IDEA Awards are given to individuals and/or organizations to encourage, recognize and promote outstanding achievement and professionalism in the field…

LAS VEGAS, N.M. (AP) — A federal judge says portions of a Mora County ordinance that bans oil and gas drilling in the rural northern New Mexico county are unconstitutional. U.S. District Judge James Browning said some of the ordinance’s provisions are “pretty wild” and inconsistent with federal law. His…

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A new state-commissioned report concludes New Mexico would suffer economic losses of about $3 million annually if Amtrak halted passenger service along its current route and shifted it to another rail line. State officials outlined the study Thursday to a legislative panel looking at whether…

A special meeting of The Raton City Commission will be held at 9am on Saturday, November 8, 2014, at the Raton Convention Center, 901 South 3rd, in the downstairs Bruce King Room, Raton, NM 87740.    The agenda will be: Call to Order Roll Call Pledge of Allegiance Work Session…