By Marty Mayfield KRTN Multi-Media Raton City Commissioners met Tuesday evening, December 12th with a lengthy discussion on the MOU with the Raton Chamber of Commerce and how to fund the visitor’s center after tabling the animal control ordinance and before hearing the final capital outlay requests. Before going into…
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News Release Date: December 8, 2018 As part of its ongoing efforts to address aging park infrastructure and improve the visitor experience, Capulin Volcano announces an entrance fee increase beginning January 1, 2019. The changes, which come in response to public comments on a fee proposal released in October 2017…
By Marty Mayfield KRTN Multi-Media It all began about 29 years ago when Raton’s own Mary Lynn Roper with a newborn son in her arms got an idea about KOAT’s call letters and coats that continues today with the help of the New Mexico National Guard and so many others.…
By Marty Mayfield KRTN Multi-Media Raton City Commissioners met Tuesday evening, November 27th to go over a range of items including Capital Outlay Priorities and Municipal Election changes. City Manager Scott Berry gave commissioners a run-down of the list of Capital Outlay priorities he has developed for commission approval. Berry…
By Marty Mayfield KRTN Multi-Media Raton unveiled its new marketing logo Friday night at the electric light parade which features the Raton Pass as ours and yours. Literature about the brand talks about the importance of the wheel in the history of Raton from the wagon trains of the Santa…
Raton’s Mayor Neal Segotta and Mayor Pro-Tem Lindè Schuster did the honors of lighting the city Christmas Tree in Ripley Park Friday evening (Nov 23). Spectators were then invited to walk on down Historic First Street to see the static electric light parade floats. According to Mainstreet Director Brenda Ferri,…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 20, 2018 Volunteer Drivers Needed for Veteran Transportation from Raton to Albuquerque ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico — Volunteer van drivers are needed for veteran patient transportation from Raton to the New Mexico VA Hospital in Albuquerque. Volunteer drivers are needed for Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday shifts and…
Raton High School Student Chosen for Next Level in Prestigious Scholarship Program · Donavin M. Mendez a student at Raton High School, has been named a Semifinalist for the 2019 class of the Coca-Cola Scholars Program. · 1,896 high school seniors were selected as Semifinalists from a pool of 95,715…
By Marty Mayfield KRTN Multi-Media Students at Raton High School were treated to a host of careers by the very professionals who work in those occupations Wednesday, as part of a career expo where students got a first-hand look at what some 20 plus careers had to offer. Lynette…
By Marty Mayfield KRTN Multi-Media Raton City Commissioners met Tuesday evening, November 13th where they agreed to join a lawsuit with six other municipalities in New Mexico against New Mexico Taxation and Revenue Department alleging it is withholding gross receipts taxes and administration costs illegally. The lawsuit brought by Albuquerque,…