By Marty Mayfield KRTN Multi-Media Very light winds and cloudy skies allowed balloon pilots to wander around over south Raton some staying close to the airfield while others wandered off to the north over town. Linda Bennett, who won the drawing at the annual Hops and Vines event earlier this…
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By Marty Mayfield KRTN Multi-Media Friday night lights went on as planned, but not the football kind of lights one might think, but the 2019 International Santa Fe Trail Balloon Rally balloon glow lit up the La Mesa Airfield. Seven balloons filled and glowed shortly before 9:00 p.m. Friday night.…
By Marty Mayfield KRTN Multi-Media To crew or have fun maybe the question or not, but chasing a balloon can be fun and have its own rewards of a once in a lifetime ride in a hot air balloon. Year after year you see the same faces at the annual…
By Marty Mayfield KRTN Multu-Media The 2019 International Santa Fe Trail Balloon Rally got off to great start Thursday morning at La Mesa Airfield in Raton with 20 balloons present to fill the Raton skies with color. Winds out of the west northwest whipped some of the flags as the…
By Marty Mayfield KRTN Multi-Media Pilot Tom Gardner started the 2019 International Santa Fe Trail Balloon Rally off Wednesday morning with flight for INBank employees and unveiled the new INBank Banner on the side of his balloon Ajuua Dreamer. From the All Seasons parking lot the Ajuua Dreamer chase crew…
Samuel Blea, MMC of Town of Springer, has earned the designation of Master Municipal Clerk (MMC), which is awarded by the International Institute of Municipal Clerks (IIMC), Inc. IIMC grants the MMC designation only to those municipal clerks who complete demanding education requirements; and who have a record of significant…
WASHINGTON – During an oversight hearing of the Senate Commerce Committee on Wednesday,, U.S. Senator Tom Udall of New Mexico pressed Richard Anderson, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Amtrak Board of Directors, on Amtrak’s plan to preserve and improve long-distance passenger rail for the American public. Last year,…
By Marty Mayfield KRTN Multi-Media You read the headline and thought Mountain Lion or Tiger, right? But no, this is something much bigger and older that graced the skies over Colfax County Wednesday afternoon. A 1943 vintage PBY Catalina with the Raton mesas as a back drop floated onto…
By Marty Mayfield KRTN Multi-Media Raton City Commissioners met Tuesday evening June 25, and heard from Raton Police Chief John Garcia for a department report then took care of other city business. Commissioners heard from Jerald Kimble and Jerri Brackett about noise in Raton. Kimble said he had complained…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Date June 25, 2019 NEW MEXICO CRISIS AND ACCESS LINE EXPANDING CALL CENTER FOR WRAP-AROUND CRISIS AND PRE-CRISIS BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES Calls have increased 48 percent in two years. Albuquerque____New Mexico Crisis and Access Line (NMCAL) is expanding and moving to a larger space to meet…