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By Marty Mayfield KRTN Multi-Media Carolina Apodaca was found alive on Saturday, May 18th  just after 8:00 p.m.  Good news was received by the community of Raton with the safe return of missing teenager Carolina Apodaca. The 18 year-old was reported missing on Wednesday, May 14 and was found walking…

By Marty Mayfield KRTN Multi-Media Raton Independent Riders once again hosted the a group of Run for the Wall riders Saturday morning as they headed east to Washington DC for the Memorial Day Rolling Thunder gathering to honor those fallen heroes. The Moto of the riders is “We ride for…

By Marty Mayfield KRTN Multi-Media It was a bright sunny Friday afternoon as 57 Raton High School Seniors, dressed in black graduation Cap and Gowns, walked onto the grass at Tiger Stadium for the last time as students of Raton High School. Hailey Bacca began with the opening of graduation…

PRESS RELEASE May 14, 2025 **FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE** COLFAX COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE INVESTI- GATES INTRODUCTION OF DRUGS INTO VIGIL MALDONADO DETENTION CENTER Location: Colfax County, New Mexico Raton, NM- On May 12, 2025, the Colfax County Sheriff’s Office received credible information regarding illegal narcotics allegedly being introduced into the Vigil…

By Marty Mayfield KRTN Multi-Media Raton City Commissioners met Tuesday May 13, 2025, for their first regular meeting of May to take care of the interim budget and engineering proposals for upcoming projects for the city. Proclamations were upfront on the agenda with Mayor Neil Segotta marking the passing of…

By Marty Mayfield KRTN Multi-Media The New Mexico Supreme Court handed down their decision in the murder case of David F. Morgan who was convicted by a jury in the 8th Judicial District Court after he was charged of shooting his neighbor James McDowell on April 1st, 2021. Morgan shot…

By Marty Mayfield KRTN Multi-Media Monday morning about 11:40 am fire fighters were called to a huge fire on the Western Wood Products facility south of Raton where a huge pile of pallets had caught fire. According to Raton Fire Chief Anthony Burk the blaze started after hot high pressure…

CIMARRON, N.M. (May 8, 2025) — Philmont Scout Ranch is proud to announce it has been awarded a $99,999 Outdoor Recreation Trails+ Grant from the New Mexico Economic Development’s Outdoor Recreation Division (ORD). This funding will support the revitalization of the historic 3.5-mile Philmont Santa Fe Trail – Cimarron Heritage…

By Marty Mayfield KRTN Multi-Media For 150 years there has been a constant in Trinidad, a bank that has been family owned and operated that still maintains the small town bank feeling that has been lost in so many small towns across the country. Christine Egland is one of the…