By Marty Mayfield KRTN Multi-Media After the shooting threat at Raton High School last week the school district held a parent meeting at Tiger Gym Monday September 23, 2024, to inform those in attendance about the threat and what the district did to keep students and staff safe. Raton Superintendent…
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By Marty Mayfield KRTN Multi-Media CFO Lonnie Medina is working on the FY26 budget appropriation. His headache comes in the form of data being two years apart. He is currently looking at data from 2023 and into 2024 to establish a budget for 2026. MCMC was still receiving Covid funding…
From Chief John D. Garcia / Raton Police Department Raton Police Department’s response to the Raton High School Shooting Threat on Tuesday September 17th, 2024. The Raton Police Department responded to a report of a possible threat to Raton High School at approximately 12:00 p.m. All law enforcement agencies (Raton…
Athletic Directors, Parents, Coaches, and Fans, Cimarron has recently had a couple of incidents that have resulted in a lockdown. With that being said, we are implementing the following procedures for this weekend’s Tournament in order to ensure the safety of all athletes, coaches and fans. 1. All coaches will…
By Marty Mayfield KRTN Multi-Media Raton Superintendent Kristie Medina provided an update about the school lockdown incident that took place on Tuesday September 17, 2024. Raton High School was placed on a lockdown protocol for about five hours after the school received a threat of a shooting that was supposed…
Special to KRTN from Colfax County Sheriff’s Office On September 17, 2024 Colfax County deputies were dispatched to Cimarron High School to investigate a report that a juvenile that brandished what appeared to be a gun at someone else on the campus after school. As a result the Cimarron Schools…
By Marty Mayfield KRTN Multi-Media Raton and Colfax County Fire Fighters responded to Lake Maloya Tuesday evening around 7:00 p.m. for a lightning caused tree fire high up on the mesa west of the lake. Upon arrival fire fighters found a single tree with fire surrounded by oak brush. Fortunately…
By Marty Mayfield KRTN Multi-Media About noon Tuesday afternoon September 17, 2024, things turned chaotic for Raton Schools as Raton High School went on lockdown while Longfellow and Raton Intermediate schools were placed on a shelter in place status. In a release from Raton Schools Superintendent Kristi Medina there was…
By Marty Mayfield KRTN Multi-Media The Raton Board of Education started their meeting with reports and moved on to the financial report for the month and the adoption of the updated wellness policy. Moses Bueno was on hand to present the Student Senate report. Student Senate will purchase pink trinkets…
By Marty Mayfield KRTN Multi-Media Colfax County Sheriff Deputies arrested Enriquez Cortez Thursday September 12, 2024, in connection with the shooting that took place in Raton’s east side back on August 24, 2024. According to the press release Deputies received word where they could find Cortez. Deputies quickly responded to…