By Marty Mayfield KRTN Multi-Media Shawn Lerch, Miners’ Colfax Medical Center (MCMC) CEO, informed the crowd assembled on Tuesday evening, August 23rd, about the various and many aspects of MCMC that continues to grow not only in size, but revenue. Lerch reported an increase of almost $10 million in patient revenue over…
Posts published in “News”
August 19, 2016 – Adrian Duran, the second fugitive wanted in connection with the murder of a Raton man last Sunday evening, was arrested on Friday afternoon, August 19th in Cimarron by officers of the Colfax County Sheriff’s Department, the NM State Police and the Cimarron Police Department. According to Colfax County Under…
By Marty Mayfield KRTN Multi-Media Mark Lester, Doss Aviation CEO, welcomed an appreciative crowd to the former National Guard Armory and current Raton Headquarters of Doss on Tuesday, August 16 located on the Crews Field Airport property south of Raton for an open house. Lt Governor John Sanchez who…
FNB New Mexico sponsored the Youth Pet show August 12, 2016 at the Colfax County Fair. There were several entries in this year’s show. Each entry was awarded a certificate with a picture of their pet. The top 3 winners were given a $50 Visa gift card. …
Raton City Police responded to a report of person shot in the 1200 block of East 4th Street on Sunday, August 14th shortly before 11 pm. Upon arrival, officers found a male victim, identified as Charles Romero, Jr., age 20, suffering from gunshot wounds to the upper chest and face. Raton EMS responded and Romero was…
by Liz Ampairee (The Mongol Derby 2016) ~ THREE riders cross the line together to win the 2016 Mongol Derby! At 9:51am local time, Marcia Hefker-Miles from Raton, New Mexico, Will Comiskey from Australia and Heidi Telstad from British Columbia crossed the finish line, arms together, to take…
By Marty Mayfield KRTN Multi-Media Raton city commissioners heard from City Manager Scott Berry and others with regards to the Infrastructure Capital Improvement Plan Tuesday evening at their regular meeting. Commissioners also heard from Dan Campbell and Fire Chief Jim Matthews concerning their funding needs in the future. Campbell…
Wednesday, August 10, a representative from the office of U.S. Senator Tom Udall will hold Udall Serving YoU Office Hours for Harding and Union county residents who need help with issues related to federal agencies. Office hours will be held in Roy from 10 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. at the…
Raton-born Biochemist, Dr. Paul Modrich (Class of 1964), received the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 2015 for his work in DNA mismatch repair. To honor his achievement, the RHS Class of 1971 has asked for and received Dr. Modrich’s permission to establish a scholarship in his name. Starting in 2017…
By Bill Donati – Shawn Lerch, CEO of Miners Colfax Medical Center (MCMC) visited KRTN’s “This, That and The Other” program on Friday, August 5 and passed along the news that Dr. Lee Caruana will be closing his practice and will provide no medical services after September 1. Caruana has…









