Media Contact Susan D. Mayes smayes@nmcounties.org 505.820.8102 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: July 26, 2021 Colfax County Sheriff’s Office Joins National ABLE Project First Law Enforcement Agency in New Mexico SANTA FE – The Colfax County Sheriff’s Office has been accepted into the Active Bystandership for Law Enforcement (ABLE) Project™, a…
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A report filed by NM State Police OIS Involving the City of Las Vegas Police Department Las Vegas, NM – On July 17, 2021, the New Mexico State Police Investigations Bureau was requested to investigate an officer involved shooting in Las Vegas, NM involving the City of Las Vegas…
The New Mexico Department of Transportation, through its contractor Northern Mountain Constructors, would like to inform the traveling public that there will be ongoing, emergency pothole patching in the southbound lane of I-25 between Raton Pass and Raton. A significant repair will close the southbound lanes of the freeway at…
By Marty Mayfield KRTN Multi-Media Raton City Commissioners met Tuesday evening for their first regular meeting of July where they approved agreements and introduced the revision of the zoning ordinance to include cannabis related businesses in the zoning plan as mandated by State House Bill 2. Commissioners approved the…
By Marty Mayfield KRTN Multi-Media Raton Intermediate School Principal Kristi Medina takes the reins of the Raton Public Schools as Interim Superintendent for the 2021-2022 school year and is excited to get kids back in school as students return on August 16. However, the first thing on the agenda…
For Immediate Release July 12, 2021 Double Fatal Crash on U.S. Highway 64 in Union County Union County– On July 11, 2021, at approximately 6:35 a.m., the New Mexico State Police investigated a fatal crash on U.S. Highway 64 near milepost 395, west of Clayton, NM. The Initial investigation…
By Marty Mayfield KRTN Multi-Media The 2021 Santa Fe Trail Balloon Rally got off to a great start with all 16 balloons rising into the grey skies that greeted balloonist and spectators Saturday morning July 3rd, 2021 at the La Mesa Airfield in South Raton. Saturday’s Events 17 balloons were…
Below are just a few of the Fireworks that lit up the sky over Raton NM on July 4th 2021
By Marty Mayfield KRTN Multi-Media Raton Fire and Emergency Services, Colfax County Rapid Response and Raton PD responded to a house fire on North Fourth Street not far from Columbian School Sunday afternoon July 4th, 2021 just at 3:51 p.m. Upon arrival fire fighters found the house at 805 N…
ANGEL FIRE – Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham on Monday, June 28 made her first official visit to the Angel Fire Veterans Cemetery, touring the new state facility for veterans and their families. After a soft “opening” last summer during the pandemic, the cemetery is now open to the public. The governor,…