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…
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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…
By Marty Mayfield KRTN Multi-Media Tri-State Generation and Transmission recently raised their transportation rate by 12.5% to Raton Public Service Company and as a result of that increase the RPS board will be passing some of that increase on to customers. The bill that was received from Tri-State this month…
By Jesse Gallegos The Luna Board of Trustees on Wednesday evening, February 27th, selected Dr. Rolando Rael as the next president of Luna Community College. “I’m humbled and honored,” said Rael. “I’ve always considered San Miguel County and northeastern New Mexico my home. My hope is to work with the…
Legislation now heads to President Donald Trump’s desk ALBUQUERQUE, NM (February 26, 2019) – The U.S. House of Representatives today passed a public lands package that, in part, creates thirteen new wilderness areas in New Mexico totaling more than 270,000 acres, including ten wilderness areas within the Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks…
By Marty Mayfield KRTN Multi-Media Raton City Commissioners began their meeting Tuesday evening, February 26, with committee reports, and Commissioner Chatterly gave a report on the progress the branding committee has made and informed the commission that they have a use agreement created on how to use the Raton Your…
You’re invited to a community celebration at the A. R. Mitchell Museum of Western Arts on Wednesday, March 6th at 6:00 p.m. This free event is co-hosted by Great Outdoors Colorado (GOCO), The Trust for Public Land (TPL), and The Nature Conservancy (TNC). We’ll highlight the amazing opportunity for partnering…
Juvenile with Violent History Fails to Return to Eagle Nest Boys Reintegration Center Eagle Nest, NM – On Saturday, February 23, 2019 at around 2:00 p.m. the New Mexico State Police was called to the Eagle Nest Boys Reintegration Center to investigate a juvenile that failed to return to…
UPDATE!! A big crowd at the Colfax County Commission special meeting on Monday, Feb. 25 to discuss passage of the resolution declaring Colfax County a defender of the 2nd amendment Sanctuary County. After much public input, it was temporarily pulled from consideration at the recommendation of Colfax County Sheriff Leonard…