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~ Post by Bill Donati   The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2015 was awarded to three recipients including a former Raton resident, Paul Modrich. Along with Modrich, Tomas Lindahl and Aziz Sancar were named laureates for having mapped, at a molecular level, how cells repair damaged DNA and safeguard the…

~Press Release from the Center for American Values  Pueblo, Colo., Home of Heroes (Sept. 11, 2015) – The Center for American Values located in Pueblo, Colorado will bring its Mobile Learning Lab to Raton from October 19th to October 30th. The Mobile Learning Lab will be located at Russell Marcy…

 State Wildlife Action Plan available for review The new draft State Wildlife Action Plan is available for public review. The document, which serves as a blueprint for planning and implementing Department of Game and Fish wildlife and habitat conservation initiatives over the next 10 years, can be viewed and downloaded on the…

By Marty Mayfield KRTN Multi-Media   Raton City Commissioners met Tuesday evening in a special meeting to road construction projects. Commissioners approved Engineering Analytics to handle the construction management for the Multi-Modal Center Project, which should see construction work beginning next week. Commissioners heard from David Little about the bids…

 By Bill Donati – KRTN News   The Economic and Rural Development Committee of the NM Legislature heard reports, proposals and funding requests from a wide variety of organizations and entities when they met at Raton’ s Shuler Theater on Monday and Tuesday, September 28 and 29. Chaired by Senator Benny…

by Bill Knowles TRINIDAD — The Trinidad Community Foundation had a successful fundraiser this year, netting around $10,000 from the sale of raffle tickets.  Winning tickets were announced on Saturday, Sept. 12, during the ArtoCade CarDango event in Trinidad. Winners were: For first place, Elizabeth Cooke, a recent transplant from…

by Bill KnowlesTRINIDAD — Progress has been made in putting together the Miner’s Museum, but there’s still a long way to go.   The Hispanic Chamber of Commerce was the first to become involved with the project. The Southern Colorado Coal Miners Memorial branched off from the chamber and formed…

by Eric MullensWALSENBURG —  Walsenburg police are investigating the death of a infant girl reported early Sunday morning from a residence in the 200 block of West Pennsylvania Avenue. According to a press release issued by Walsenburg City Administrator David Johnston, police and medical personnel were called to the residence…

by Eric Mullens WALSENBURG —  Walsenburg police are investigating an early morning break in at an occupied home in the 500 block of West Pinon in which the handicapped resident was threatened and some of his property taken. At about 4:50 am Tuesday, Sept. 22, a masked pair of intruders…