Alejandro Azamar-Nolasco was found guilty by a jury on all counts and was sentenced to Life Plus 10 and 1/2 years for the murder of Mandy Vanlandingham of Raton. The jury was selected from an original 3 panels of some 150 prospective jurors on Monday, April 15 in the courtroom of Eighth…
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Donavin Myles Mendez, a graduating senior at Raton High School, has been named one of the 621 semifinalists in the 2019 U.S. Presidential Scholars Program. The semifinalists were selected from nearly 5,300 candidates expected to graduate from US high schools in the year 2019. There were 3.2 million initial applications…
ALBUQUERQUE – New Mexico Wild is celebrating the reintroduction of federal legislation aimed at protecting lands in the greater Chaco region. Senators Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich have introduced the Chaco Cultural Heritage Area Protection Act of 2019, while Representatives Ben Ray Lujan, Deb Haaland, and Xochitl Torres Small have…
Vermejo Park Ranch is planning 4 prescribed fires between April 27th and May 3rd. The prescribed fires will be 7 miles Southwest of Maxwell, North of Hwy. 58, 22 miles west of Raton at the junction of Stubblefield Canyon and the Canadian River north of highway 555. The head of…
April 18, 2019 TRINIDAD, Colo – Each year Trinidad State honors two students believed to be on the path to great success in the future. These Rising Stars for 2018-19 are Megan Nunez on the Trinidad Campus and Joelle Valdez from the Alamosa Campus. Nunez came to Trinidad State as…
Wednesday, April 17, 2019 San Isabel Electric awarded a total of $33,000 through its newly expanded scholarship program on Wednesday, April 17, at 6:00 p.m., at a scholarship banquet at John Mall High School in Walsenburg. Scholarship funding comes from unclaimed capital credits, money that the electric co-op tried to…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Greg Boyce greg.boyce@trinidadstate.edu 719 846-5530 April 16, 2019 Written by Margaret Sanderson (TRINIDAD, COLORADO) As a new student at Trinidad State, Destiny Calderon-Ruiz jumped right in to student government. “I love to be involved. It’s such a small campus and things are hands-on, up close and…
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Tom Udall (D-N.M.), Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Michael Bennet (D-Colo.), Pat Roberts (R-Kans.), Cory Gardner (R-Colo.), Jerry Moran (R-Kans.), Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.), Joe Manchin (D-W. VA.), Dick Durbin (D- Ill.), Jon Tester (D-Mont.), and Kyrsten Sinema (D-Ariz.) are calling on Amtrak to continue service to rural…
April 11, 2019 Raton, NM: Northern Mountain Constructors will resume work on the Raton Pass project. The project is located on I-25 between mile maker 458 and mile maker 461. Crews will be on site April 15 with a one-lane closure set up between mile marker 459 and mile marker…
By Marty Mayfield KRTN Multi-Media Raton High students tackled some tough subjects Tuesday morning April 9, as presenters from the Attorney General’s office and La Pinon Sexual Assault Recovery Services presented students with information on Cyber Safety and Bullying to Sexual Harassment. Freshmen to seniors attended the four classes…