FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Contact: Emery Veilleux Communications Coordinator emery.veilleux@emnrd.nm.gov 505-699-1172 April 06, 2026 State forester enacts statewide fire restrictions Smoking, fireworks, campfires, open burning, gas flares are prohibited SANTA FE – Amid unseasonably hot weather and dry fuel conditions, the Energy, Minerals and Natural Resources Forestry Division is enacting statewide fire…
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The Raton Tiger baseball team got a good outing from pitcher Braylon Walton and a seven run outburst in the fifth inning to pull away from Tucumcari and take a 14 – 4, 6 inning District win at home on Saturday, April 4. Walton had early control issues walking three…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 2, 2026 From the office of the Eighth Judicial District Attorney, Marcus J. Montoya Raton, NM — On the afternoon of Wednesday, April 1, 2026, Defendant, Dustin Lee Pettit, was found guilty by a jury of his peers in District Court of two counts of Criminal Sexual Penetration of…
By Marty Mayfield KRTN Multi-Media Raton city commissioners gathered at City Hall for a special meeting covering the Kearny School project and other agreements. The first item on the agenda dealt with change orders for the Kearny School Project which includes the installation of insulation within the reconstructed exterior wall…
SPRINGER, N.M. – NMDOT is getting ready to replace a 53 year-old bridge which spans over I-25 at Exit 414 on the north end of Springer, with replacement set to begin Wednesday, April 1, 2026. The project will include reconstruction of the existing bridge 7299 along with improvements to ramp…
Colfax County Fire Marshall Nate Sandoval announced on March 25, 2026 that the Moreno Valley Fire District would be the fifth district in Colfax County to request a Fire Ban. Colfax County has eight fire districts total and now over half of them have requested to be added to the…
By Marty Mayfield KRTN Multi-Media Raton City Commissioners met on Tuesday March 24, 2026, with a wide range of items on their agenda including receiving guidelines for budget preparations, an MOU with Las Animas County and zoning matters passed on from the planning and zoning commission. Commissioners began the business…
Abigail Valdez of Des Moines, recently participated in the Knights of Columbus State Free Throw Contest in Los Lunas and won 1st place in the girls 9 year-old division! Abigail made 11 of 25 to win the competition held on March 21. She is the daughter of Nicole Rodriguez and…
Special to KRTN Multi-Media SANTA FE – With New Mexico entering what state officials are calling an exceptionally dry fire season, the state Forestry Division is urging homeowners to take steps to protect their properties and their insurance coverage before fire season peaks this summer. An historically low winter snowpack is creating dangerous conditions across the state, with dry grass fuels building in the eastern plains…
By Marty Mayfield KRTN Multi-Media As the Raton Board of Education begins the budget process with a special meeting before the regular meeting Thursday evening to present and publicly review the operating budget for the district. In the principals’ reports it was noted that enrollment remains fairly steady across all…