By Bev Eddy – KRTN Traffic Director Local artist Dino Cornay recently traveled to Kansas City, MO to witness one of his graphite drawings entitled “Timeless” go up for auction to benefit the Hereford Youth Foundation of America (HYFA) which provides scholarship opportunities to the farming and ranching youth tuned…
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Special to KRTN Hopeful Latest Windfall Projection Moves to More Road Improvements & Transportation Infrastructure · State Senators Stuart Ingle, Ron Griggs and Pat Woods Comment on Bonanza Santa Fe–New Mexico public coffers are expected to receive another financial windfall again next year. Another potential bonanza could once again…
By Marty Mayfield KRTN Multi-Media Raton City Commissioners met Tuesday, June 11th for their regular meeting and heard from Dee Burks the Raton Chamber Board President for their annual report and she reported another booming year with lots of visitors coming into the Visitor Information Center. She noted they had…
Farmers-Ranchers-Landowners-Sportsmen: QUESTIONS ABOUT THE NEW ANTELOPE/ELK HUNTING RULES? Join Us For An Explanation Of The Guidelines And To Get Your Questions Answered By Mike Herman, New Mexico Game and Fish From 5:30PM to 6:30PM on Tuesday, June 11, 2019 in the Down Stairs Meeting Room of the Raton Convention Center…
SANTA FE, N.M. – Mark Roper has been named Director for the NM Economic Development Division as Cabinet Secretary Alicia J. Keyes announced the appointment Friday. Roper has been the team leader for community, rural and business development for the Department since October 2014. He has also worked in radio marketing,…
The Raton City Commission adopted a rate increase in residential, commercial and agricultural water and sewer rates at its regular meeting on Tuesday night, 5/28 at Raton City Hall. Citing rising costs and increased regulatory requirements, the Commission passed the resolution unanimously after the public hearing portion of the process…
Please see attached photos taken at the Raton Public School’s Board of Education meeting on May 20, 2019. Tinabeth Dorrance receives the NMSBA Excellence in Student Achievement presented by President, Jason Phillips. The award is presented to individuals who have played an important role in improving student achievement in their…
By Marty Mayfield KRTN Multi-Media The Raton High graduating Class of 2019 is one of the smaller classes to graduate from these hallowed halls with only 47 students taking the walk across the stage with their diplomas in Tiger Gym Friday night, May 17th, but it was an uptick…
An increase in expenses and decrease in revenue was a theme that repeated itself at the regular Raton City Commission meeting on Tuesday, May 14th. The City heads into the next fiscal year soon, and questions about monies have Commissioners cautious about commiting funds until numbers can be examined in the next few weeks. …
The winners are: Leah Cimino of Raton who is a graduate student at Eastern New Mexico University to become a Speech Language Pathologist. Rebecca Galli of Maxwell who will attend New Mexico State University majoring in nursing. Tyler Luksich of Miami, NM who will attend University of New Mexico to…