By Marty Mayfield KRTN Multi-Media Raton Public Schools held a special meeting on Thursday April 30, 2026, at 7:00 p.m. to discuss a 4-day school week for the district’s 2026-2027 school year. The district received 705 responses to the survey about going to a 4-day week. The overwhelming response, just…
Posts published in April 2026
Anthony Martinez, age 57, died on Tuesday, April 28, 2026 at his home in Clayton, New Mexico. No services are scheduled at this time. Cremation arrangements are under the direction of Hass Funeral Directors of Clayton, New Mexico. Johnny Anthony Martinez was born on May 27, 1968, in Santa Rosa,…
REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS #2026-01 Medical Provider for the Vigil-Maldonado Detention Center Notice is hereby given that the Board of Commissioners of Colfax County will accept sealed proposals for a Medical Provider for the Vigil-Maldonado Detention Center. Proposal specifications may be picked up at the Office of the…
Raton High School is pleased to announce that Tracy Hall, K’Myiah Romero, and Carisa Trujillo will be representing RHS at the 2026 Colorado HOBY Leadership Seminar that will be held in Denver, Colorado on the University of Denver Campus. The Hugh O’Brien Youth’s (HOBY) flagship program, the State Leadership Seminar…
By Marty Mayfield KRTN Multi-Media The Lady Tigers end their regular season with four wins to go 11-1 in district play and 22-4 overall for the 2026 season. On Tuesday Raton hosted the Logan Lady Longhorns and simply dominated both games holding Logan scoreless and 15 runned both games. These…
By Marty Mayfield KRTN Multi-Media The smoke billowed high and could be seen from Raton as the calls began to pour in about 1:45 p.m. Wednesday afternoon for the Crow Creek fire that began on the CS Ranch and quickly spread in the tall dry grass. Winds moved the fire…
By Marty Mayfield KRTN Multi-Media The Tigers hosted the Clayton Yellowjackets for a district game in Raton Tuesday afternoon April 28, 2026 and started off with a bang to improve their district record to 4-5 with the win over Clayton. Raton held Clayton scoreless in the first and then let…
AGENDA LODGER’S TAX ADVISORY COMMITTEE MAY 5th, 2026, 9:00 AM COLFAX COUNTY COMMISSION CONFERENSE ROOM, 1St FLOOR OF THE COUNTY BUILDING, 230 N 3RD RATON NM 87740 1. Call to Order 2. Approve Agenda 3. Recognize Visitors 4. Public Comment 5. Financial Update 6. Discussion/Action – Promotional Application; TA Rodeo…
Julia Rita “Liz” Webb age 87, passed away peacefully at home on Tuesday, April 21st, 2026. She was born in Swastika, NM (name later changed to Brilliant, NM) to Amada (Emma) and Secundino Moreno, Sr (Cunie) on May 22, 1938. She was the second oldest of ten children. She was…
It is with great sadness and heavy hearts we announce the passing of Julian J Silva, age 96, passed away in Raton, New Mexico on April 13, 2026. Julian was born in Guadalupita, New Mexico in 1930. He attended high school at St. Patrick Catholic School in Raton, New Mexico.…