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…
Posts published in March 2026
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…
By Marty Mayfield KRTN Multi-Media The planning and zoning commission heard three proposals from landowners that request the vacation of alley ways in northeast Raton as well as a subdivision request near the railroad tracks west of Kearny Ave in south Raton and a request to allow grazing to mitigate…
By Marty Mayfield KRTN Multi-Media Raton baseball had their home opener Wednesday afternoon against the Santa Fe Indian School Braves and came into the game with a 3-2 overall record for the start of the season while the Braves sported a 4-1 overall record. # Athlete Name IP H…
REGULAR MEETING MARCH 24, 2026 AGENDA PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Colfax County Board of Commissioners will meet in Regular Session on Tuesday, March 24, 2026, at 9:00 A.M., in the Commission Chambers, 3rd Floor at the Colfax County Building, Raton, NM for the following: This agenda can…
AGENDA A regular meeting of the Raton Public Service Company Board of Directors will be held at 5:30 p.m. on Monday, March 23, 2026, in the Raton City Commission Chambers, 244 Savage Ave., Raton, NM. The agenda will be: 1. Call to Order by President Kathy McQueary 2.…
NOTICE OF POTENIAL QUORUM PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a quorum of the Raton Public Service Board of Directors may attend the following: Updates/Discussion of Insurance Coverage on the Burron Canyon Line with the New Mexico Municipal League and the New Mexico Self Insurer’s Fund on Thursday, March…
Estrella Dawn Benavidez 12/31/1988-02/26/2026 Estrella Benavidez passed away from sudden heart failure on February 24, 2026, at UNMH in Albuquerque NM at the young age of 37. She is survived by her young children; daughter Izarra Benavidez and her son Orion Benavidez both of the family home (Raton, NM),…
MINERS’ COLFAX MEDICAL CENTER BOARD OF TRUSTEES REGULAR MEETING AGENDA Friday, March 20, 2026 1:00 p.m. MCMC Acute Care Facility Zia Conference Room 203 Hospital Drive Raton, New Mexico I. PROCEDURAL ITEMS A. Call to Order B. Pledge of Allegiance C. Roll Call D. Correction/Approval of Agenda (Action…
Jennie Marie Franklin (Mattie/Matteo), 86, passed away peacefully on March 4, 2026, in Colorado Springs, Colorado, at the home of her niece, Judy “Bunny” Mattie-Brackel, surrounded by the love of her family. She was born on January 18, 1940, in a small house west of Trinidad, Colorado, in the coal…