This story began back in August of 1982, when the late, great Lewis Stratton, Superintendent of Roy Schools hired me to teach Social Studies. One day Mr. Stratton asked me if I liked basketball. I said “Sure!” The next thing I knew I was coaching Boys Junior High Basketball,…
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After 10 long years, lots of paperwork and wrangling the $3 million Crews Field Runway Expansion Project is finally complete. Dignitaries and others responsible for completion of the project were on hand today to cut the ribbon officially opening the 1300 foot runway extension. The ribbon cutting took place at…
RATON PUBLIC SCHOOLS Inclement Weather Protocol 11/22/2013 The rationale that the superintendent uses for determining whether schools should close or start late for inclement weather is the following: The superintendent first checks with the Transportation to see if the bus drivers feel it is safe to drive…
November Teachers and Support Staff Winners:L-R Mary Mitchell – Secondary TeacherMelissa Goetsch-Medina- Elementary TeacherPhilbert Hronich – Support staff.Congrats!
Letter to the community:: I now know how Jimmy Stewart felt. OK, I mean I know how “George” felt in the movie “It’s a Wonderful Life.” You know, the scene at the end where George is about to be hauled off to jail and the entire town shows up to…
AGENDA CITY OF RATON REGULAR COMMISSION MEETING RATON CITY HALL, 224 SAVAGE AVE TUESDAY, DECEMBER 10, 2013 AT 6PM A regular meeting of the City Commission of the City of Raton will be held on December 10, 2013 at 6:00 p.m. The Meeting will be called to order…
By Marty Mayfield KRTN Multi-Media Raton City Commissioners met Tuesday evening and breezed through another agenda full of items, as prepared by City Manager Butch McGowen and City Clerk Tricia Garcia. The one item on the agenda that garnered some discussion was the Lodger’s Tax board recommendation to…
AGENDA CITY OF RATON REGULAR COMMISSION MEETING RATON CITY HALL, 224 SAVAGE AVE TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2013 AT 6PM A regular meeting of the City Commission of the City of Raton will be held on November 26, 2013 at 6:00 p.m. The Meeting will be called to order…
Kickin’ ‘Round The Neighborhood! By Debbie “Got ‘er done!” Jami Esquibel just returned from Phoenix AZ. She “Got ‘er done” for the sixth time, along with around 700 other walkers. Jami has been doing the Susan G Komen 3 Day Walk for a Cure for six years and is…
K-Mart receives Bomb Threat By Marty Mayfield KRTN Multi-Media At approximately 3:30 p.m. Thursday afternoon the K-Mart store in Raton received a call from an unknown male that indicated there was a bomb in the store. According to Raton Police Chief Terry Sisneros the caller gave no time…