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Letter to the Editor – Native Son Says, “The Choice Is Not Between Economic Development and Protecting Raton…Responsible Leadership Must Do Both”

July 20, 2026 Letter to the Editor | KRTN.   Twenty Years of Residence Does Not Erase Generations of Raton History.   Pat Walsh’s response to my editorial confirms that she cares deeply about Raton. I do not question her sincerity, her right to speak or her more than 20…

Downsizing Colfax County Assessor’s Office Could Have Negative Impacts

Dear Editor, I am submitting the attached report titled “The Role of the Colfax County Assessor’s Office and the Risks of Downsizing” for your review and consideration. Recent discussions by the Colfax County Commission to reduce staffing or funding for the Assessor’s Office raise serious concerns about the future accuracy and fairness…

Judicial Reform is Needed

Letter to the Editor: The general public has lost trust in the judicial system and how the administration of justice is supposed to be administered here in Taos County and throughout the land. The following are my concerns with the system and how I was threatened by Judge Shannon when…

Parents of Raton High School Senior Say Racism Is a Problem

We as the parents of Arlando Ray Segura want to not only to congratulate our son for not only putting in the hard work to not only catch up in all his classes at Raton High but graduate.  Our son put up with being called a N_ _ _ _…

Trinidad Ambulance District Plan Proposal Needs Both Sides Told

1/25/25 RE: Trinidad Ambulance District Plan Proposal To: Las Animas County Commissioners As an EMS provider who has worked with an agency that is hospital based and has the same issues addressed here by the hospital, the comments here today are very upsetting because only one side is being told.  TAD is…

Former NM Land Commissioner Says Vote No to Proposed Farm Credit of NM Merger With CA American AgCrdit

Letter to the Editor Farm Credit Merger Reconsideration Remains an Inequitable Bad Idea I write to you as a former Production Credit Association Lender, former Farm Credit of New Mexico Board of director, 25 year experienced Bank CEO, Rancher, and former Land Commissioner, to ask you to Vote NO on…

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