Raton City Commission Meets 2/25/25
Pickleball looks to be finally coming to Raton as recreation was a focus of the proceedings of the Raton City Commission Meeting on Tuesday, February…
Raton Commission Planning Session Sets Priorities and Hears Challenges and Hopes for the Future
The Raton City Commission set aside a couple of hours on Tuesday, Feb., 18 to gather at City Hall to get an update on pressing needs and projects for…
Friends of Sugarite Host Their First Valentine’s Day Polar Bear Plunge
By Melody Mayfield KRTN Multi-Media Saturday February 15th, eight participants ranging in ages 50 to 70 took the plunge into the icy cold waters of…
Commissioners Approve Agreements and a QuitClaim Deed
By Marty Mayfield KRTN Multi-Media It’s Tuesday February 11, 2025, and despite the cold and frosty foggy evening the Raton City Commission met…
Raton School Board Approves Reports and Budget Adjustments.
By Marty Mayfield KRTN Multi-Media The Raton School Board met Monday evening February 10, 2025, where they approved the financial reports and…
Amber Fissel Cordova Receives Prestigious Presidential Award For Excellence in Science and Math Teaching
336 teachers and mentors from around the nation are recipients of the Presidential Awards for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching (PAEMST)…
Fire Totals Garage Monday Afternoon in East Raton
By Marty Mayfield KRTN Multi-Media Fire Fighters from Raton Fire and Emergency Services and Colfax County Rapid Response were called to the 100…
Eagle Nest, Sugarite Canyon, Fenton Lake State Parks Open for Ice Fishing
Ice fishing opens at three New Mexico State Parks Santa Fe, NM – New Mexico State Parks announces the official opening of ice fishing season at…
Raton City Commission Approves Architect for Raton Animal Shelter Design
Raton City Commissioners had a lot of information to digest and a lot of discussion on topics when it met for a regular meeting on Tuesday, January…
2025 Shades of the Southwest Youth Art Show Winners Announced
Shades of the Southwest NE New Mexico – Southern Colorado Regional Area Youth Art Show Sponsored by Raton Arts Council Trinidad Office of…
2025 Tiger Fest Royalty
The 2025 TigerFest Royalty was presented to Students and Staff at an assembly held in Tiger Gym Friday morning January 24, 2025. The royalty will be…
Raton School Board Approves Design Firm and Approves Audit
By Marty Mayfield KRTN Multi-Media The Raton School Board met on a frosty Martin Luther King Day to discuss the audit and housekeeping duties…
Suspect in NMSP Officer Justin Hare’s Murder Changes Plea to Guilty
From KOAT-TV ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Jaremy Smith has changed his plea in the fatal shooting of New Mexico State Police officer Justin…
MCMC Board Approves Audit
By Marty Mayfield KRTN Multi-Media The Miners Colfax Medical Center Board of Directors met Friday January 17, 2025, for their first meeting of…
Colfax County Manager Gore Placed on Paid Administrative Leave Pending Investigation
The Colfax County Commission called an Emergency Meeting for Thursday, Jan. 16, and after 45 minutes of Closed Executive Session, came back into Open…
Raton City Commission Breezes Through First Regular Meeting of the Year
By Marty Mayfield KRTN Multi-Media Raton City Commissioners met Tuesday evening January 14, 2025, for their first regular meeting of 2025 where…
Shuler Hosts Governor Lujan Grisham Town Hall
By Marty Mayfield KRTN Multi-Media The Historic Shuler Theater played host to New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham’s Public Safety Town…
Millions in outdoor recreation grants available for New Mexico community urban parks
Millions in outdoor recreation grants available for New Mexico community urban parks Funding from $300,000 to $15 million targets underserved…
Historic Kearny School – El Raton Media Works Remodel Project Goes Out for Construction Bid
Raton, NM – January 6, 2025 – The City of Raton and El Raton Media Works announced that the Kearny School – El Raton Media Works Remodel…
Trinidad State College to Share $5.75 Million Grant to Strengthen Career Pathways in Advanced Manufacturing
Trinidad, Colo -- The U.S. Department of Labor has announced $65 million in funding through the Strengthening Community Colleges Training Grants,…
El Raton Media Works Receives Grant to Expand Youth Coding League at RIS
Special to KRTN Radio Raton, NM – El Raton Media Works announced that it has been awarded a $5,000 Community-Based Grant from The Encantado…
$2.42 Million Awarded to Village of Angel Fire for a Rental Housing Development
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – At its Dec. 18 meeting, the Housing New Mexico Board of Directors approved an award of $2.42 million to the Village of Angel…
Raton MainStreet Readies for 2025 Great American MainStreet Award Announcement
By Marty Mayfield KRTN Multi-Media The Raton MainStreet Inc. received great news last October that they had been selected as one of eight…
Dawson Elk Valley Ranch Purchased by US Forest Service/Nature Conservancy for $66.7 Million
WASHINGTON - The U.S. Forest Service Forest Legacy Program — with $50 million of federal funding from the Inflation Reduction Act and an additional…
Raton City Commission Approves Bartlett Mesa Ranch Transfer
The Raton City Commission met in regular session on December 10, 2024 and unanimously approved the transfer of the 2,224 acre Bartlett Mesa Ranch to…
Cayden Walton Earns 2024 First Team Academic All-RMAC Honors
Colorado Springs, Colorado - The Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference released the 2024 All-Academic Football teams and New Mexico Highlands had a…
Raton City Commission Deliberates on Capital Outlay Priorities
By Marty Mayfield KRTN Multi-Media Raton City Commissioners met Tuesday evening November 26, 2024, for their last meeting of November where they…
2024 All-District 5A Volleyball Team Announced
2024 DISTRICT 5-A VOLLEYBALL, ALL-DISTRICT TEAM JADYN ATWATER –------------------ DES MOINES SYLVIANNA BACA –------------------…
Raton School Board Approves Purchases and Requests at November Meeting
By Marty Mayfield KRTN Multi-Media The Raton Board of Education met Monday November 18, 2024, for their regular monthly meeting at the Raton High…
Raton Tigers Take Santa Rosa Lions To The Wire in AA Football Quarterfinals
It was a blustery day in Santa Rosa on Saturday, November 16, and the wind blew the home team's way as the #2 seed Lions outlasted the #7 Raton…
New Year Brings New Solar Power to the Area
By Marty Mayfield KRTN Multi-Media Juwi Energy began work a year ago on a solar site east of Aguilar in Las Animas County that is estimated to…
Colfax County 98% Open After Epic Snow
Colfax County Manager Monte Gore released an assessment of the recent snow event. Over the weekend (Nov. 7th and 8th) Colfax County along with…
Raton City Commission De-Annexes Property for Proposed Casino
By Marty Mayfield KRTN Multi-Media The Raton City Commission met in regular session on Tuesday November 12, 2024 and unanimously passed Ordinance…
Tigers Roll in 1st Round Win Over Jal
The first round of the NM High School AA Playoffs was delayed in Northern NM by the big snow storm this past week, so Raton hosted the Jal Panthers…
Colfax County Commission Convenes Emergency Meeting and Declares Weather Emergency
NOTICE EMERGENCY MEETING NOVEMBER 8, 2024 PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Colfax County Board of Commissioners will hold an Emergency…
Colfax County Roads A-6 and A-10 Repaired and Reopened
CC Road and Bridge Department has completed repairs to all county roads and crossings that were damaged during the recent flooding of October 19,…
Raton Wrangles Bears in Regular Season Finale for a District Win
By Marty Mayfield KRTN Multi-Media Raton took to the road again this week and traveled the 222 miles to Estancia for the last district and season…
Mt. Carmel Awarded Prestigious Spotlight Award From El Pomar Foundation
Colorado Springs, CO – Three nonprofit organizations including Mt Carmel Wellness and Community Center and three individuals from Colorado were…
Raton Hosts Cross Country District 2 – A/AA Meet Friday, Nov. 1, 2024
By Marty Mayfield KRTN Multi-Media Raton cross country hosted the District 2 Class A/2A cross country district meet Friday afternoon November…
Colfax County 4-H Celebrates 77th Annual Awards Banquet
The 4-H councils of Colfax County assembled for their annual Awards Banquet at K-Bobs Restaurant in Raton on Wednesday, October 30 as Cooperative…