By Marty Mayfield KRTN Multi-Media Colfax County and municipalities will receive $3,781,000 for capital outlay projects from the 2019 60-day legislative session to fund less than half (18 of the almost 40) of the projects the county and municipalities had requested for funding. This year the legislature funded $933,026,215…
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Legislation signed Tuesday, March 12, 2019 contains more than 270,000 acres of new wilderness! ALBUQUERQUE, NM (March 12, 2019) – U.S. President Donald Trump has signed a package of public lands legislation that, in part, establishes thirteen new wilderness areas in New Mexico totaling approximately 272,586 acres. Ten of the…
By Marty Mayfield KRTN Multi-Media A report from Jared Chatterly, Director of the Parks and Recreation Department, lead the business portion of the Raton City Commission meeting Tuesday evening, March 12. In Chatterly’s report he informed the commission that out of a 24-hour day there is about 8 hours…
By Marty Mayfield KRTN Multi-Media Tuesday Morning March 12, the three member Colfax County Commission unanimously approved the 2nd Amendment resolution making Colfax County a 2nd Amendment Sanctuary County. Resolution 2019-08 was passed on a 3-0 vote by the Colfax County Commission after hearing discussion from four people in the…
A large mix of Raton citizens including business and property owners, entreprenuers, long-time residents and newcomers converged on the Raton Convention Center on Thursday evening, March 7th for an economic development open house. Adam Hughes, CEO of Better City, opened up the discussion by addressing the group and giving a brief…
Colfax County producers are reminded that the County and the Soil Water Conservation District (SWCD) are jointly running a groundwater monitoring project in conjunction with Zeigler Geologic Consulting and they still have plenty of slots for producers to participate! What does this gain you? Static water level measurements of your…
Gallup conservation officer named Officer of the Year by Shikar-Safari Club 03/05/2019 New Mexico Department of Game and Fish Public contact, Information Center: (888) 248-6866Media contact, Tristanna Bickford: (505) 476-8027tristanna.bickford@state.nm.us FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, MAR. 5, 2019: Gallup conservation officer named Officer of the Year by Shikar-Safari Club SANTA FE –…
By Marty Mayfield KRTN Multi-Media On Wednesday evening, February 27, the Raton Public Service Board heard from John Budd with Awaken 1605 and Steve Herrera of Inner-Sol about a solar project they are working on near Aguilar and how it could possibly help Raton move in the direction of…
WASHINGTON – Amtrak announced on February 27th that it will provide $3 million in matching funds to complete the federal TIGER IX grant awarded in January of 2018 to Colfax County for safety upgrades and maintenance along the historic Southwest Chief long-distance passenger rail route. Senator Tom Udall of NM…
By Marty Mayfield KRTN Multi-Media The Raton City Commission and RPS board took part in a special joint board meeting on February 12thto discuss the purchase power agreement and take action on a couple of proposals. In that special meeting RPS and the City Commission approved the request to…