By Marty Mayfield KRTN Multi-Media Two citizens groups filed a petition for justification to proceed with a recall election of two Raton School board members back in May 2015. The hearing for that petition was held Wed., July 1st in 8th Judicial District Court in Raton. A group of teachers called…
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Colfax County– On Saturday, June 27, 2015 at approximately 4:30 a.m. a flash flood occurred in North Ponil Canyon which is located on the Philmont Scout Ranch, fifteen miles northeast of the main Philmont Scout Ranch Training Center. At the time this occurred there were twelve Scout participants in the canyon…
By Marty Mayfield KRTN Multi-Media The 5:00 pm start approached as the sky darkened and let loose the rain dropping about a half an inch on the Relay for Life event at Tiger Stadium Friday evening. After about an hour delay the Young Marines posted the colors and the…
Rain deluged both Cimarron and North Ponil Canyons late Friday night and early Saturday mornings flooding portions of Philmont Scout Ranch and sadly, contributing to the death of one of its campers. Some estimates of as much as four inches sent boulders as big as pickups from the canyon walls…
By Marty Mayfield KRTN Multi-Media The Raton city commission started their meeting Tuesday evening with the financial report, which again has good and bad news. The bad news of course is that the gross receipts continue to run about 4% below budget while the city’s expenses are being held…
New Mexico Department of Game and FishMedia contact: Karl Moffatt, (505) 476-8007Public contact: Customer service (888) 248-6866karl.moffatt@state.nm.us FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, June 23, 2015: Plenty of youth elk hunting licenses for sale SANTA FE – More than 1,900 youth, antlerless elk licenses will go on sale through the Department of Game and Fish…
Cimarron’s Joe Giglia was recently honored as the National High School Girls Track and Field Coach of the Year as named by the National High School Athletic Coaches Association. Giglia has been the Cimarron High School Track and Field coach for almost three decades and was recently nominated by the…
By Marty Mayfield KRTN Multi-Media Forecasters for the National Weather Service had only forecast a 30% chance of rain in Northeastern New Mexico, something that doesn’t raise much concern, however conditions were right for the area south of Raton where storms converged and rain fell and fell in torrents. …
By Eric MullensWALSENBURG — After a delay of nearly one hour, the Walsenburg City Council got down to business Tuesday night when the fifth member of the group arrived making an official quorum available for the session. City council adopted three ordinances this week on first reading, including Ordinance 1067…
by Sherry Goodyear SPRINGER — The Springer Chamber of Commerce held its monthly meeting on Wednesday, June 10, and discussed upcoming events: the Colfax County Fair, monthly community yard sales, the summer concert series, plans for the Fourth of July, and plans for a farmers market. The Colfax County Fair…