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Schwachheim Fire Update Friday, April 17, 2026 – 8 a.m. Colorado Incident Management Team Phil Daniels, Incident Commander Size: 1,012 acres | Containment: 36% | Total Personnel: 124 Location: Lake Dorothey State Wildlife Area, southeast of Trinidad in Las Animas County Reported: April 12, 2026, at 2:45 p.m. Current Situation:…

By Marty Mayfield KRTN Multi-Media The Raton School Board met on Thursday evening April 16, 2026, where they heard the audit report and then reports from principals and Superintendent Kristi Medina and then moved on to the action items where they received the audit report. The audit report presented by…

Colorado Incident Management Team Phil Daniels, Incident Commander Schwachheim Fire Update Thursday, April 16, 2026 – 8 a.m. Size: 1,012 acres | Containment: 36% | Total Personnel: 116 Location: Lake Dorothey State Wildlife Area, southeast of Trinidad in Las Animas County Reported: April 12, 2026, at 2:45 p.m. Special Notes:…

The Raton City Commission met in regular session on Tuesday, April 14 at Raton City Hall. The meeting began with Deputy City Manager Jason Phillips giving an update on the Schwachheim Fire near Lake Dorothey in the City’s watershed above Lake Maloya.  Phillips said as of midnight on Monday,  it…

By Marty Mayfield KRTN Multi-Media The Schwachheim Fire that flared up on Sunday afternoon April 12, as of 5:00 p.m. Monday evening was estimated to have grown to over 450 acres according to a post by the Hoehne Fire Protection District whose district the fire is in. The fire is…

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Colfax County Fire Marshal’s Office Wildland Fire Response Near Lake Dorothy – Unified Effort Ongoing Colfax County, NM — 4/12/2026 At approximately 2:30 pm on Sunday, April 12, fire crews were dispatched to a reported tree fire around Lake Dorothy, in Colorado just north of Lake Maloya…

  State of New Mexico Energy, Minerals and Natural Resources Department Michelle Lujan Grisham, Governor Erin Taylor, Acting Cabinet Secretary Ben Shelton, Deputy Cabinet Secretary Toby Velásquez, State Parks Division Director FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Experience New Mexico After Dark During International Dark Sky Week State Parks offer stargazing, telescope viewings, and…

COLFAX COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Updated 4-10-2026 By Marty Mayfield   MAXWELL, N.M., On April 9, 2026, at approximately 10:48 a.m., Colfax County Sheriff’s Deputies  were dispatched to 211 Parque Avenue in Maxwell, after receiving a report that a female had pointed a firearm at two Village of…

By Marty Mayfield KRTN Multi-Media Oh, how easily we forget as once again the position of city manager of the City of Raton is the topic of conversation and controversy after the Raton City Commission hired former city commissioner Neil Segotta as Interim City Manager after City Manager Rick Mestas…