The Colfax County Fair Association has announced that the 2020 Woman-of-the-Year is Betsy Trujillo Lovato. Born September 1, 1956, Betsy spent her childhood on the Vallejo Ranch west of Miami, New Mexico. She attended school in Springer, graduating in 1974 and then went on to attend Eastern New Mexico University in…
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The Silver Spur Cowbelles gives their Man-of-the-Year Award every year during the Colfax County Jr. Livestock Auction and this year the 2020 recognition goes to Larry Lopez. Lopez is a Colfax County native that grew up on French Tract ranching and farming with his family, and graduated from Springer High School in…
A letter from Rhonda M. Epper,| President Trinidad State Junior College Dear Faculty and Staff: This week (Aug. 7) we continued welcoming students back to campus while following our protocol for testing all residence hall students. One student tested positive this week. The student was given the option to isolate…
The U.S. Census Bureau continues to evaluate its operational plans to collect and process 2020 Census data. We are announcing updates to our plan that will include enumerator awards and the hiring of more employees to accelerate the completion of data collection and apportionment counts by our statutory deadline of December…
Prairie Dog Management Webinar Thursday, August 13, 2020, 6 -7 P.M. Virtual Workshop 1 CEU Available for those who hold an Applicator’s License NMSU San Miguel County Extension Service will be hosting a webinar to discuss different Strategies and Techniques in Managing Prairie Dogs. Our presenter will be NMSU Extension…
MEDIA ALERT: August 6, 2020 Contact: Lilly Irvin-Vitela, Lilly@nmfirst.org, 505-234-0694 New Mexico First to Develop Recommendations to Present to State Legislature on Redistricting Rules and Processes The statewide nonprofit organization New Mexico First is inviting nominations and self-nominations for a Redistricting Task Force. The goal of the task force is…
At the end of the Farmers & Stockmens Bank’s Centennial year, bank President Larry R. Fluhman is set to retire. Mr. Fluhman has been at the bank for over 30 years and will be handing over the reins to CU Banking School Graduate, Jordan Ward. The banking team remains…
Special to KRTN…San Isabel Electric’s post-Spring Fire rebuild of electric infrastructure in Forbes Park is now 90% complete. The 2018 Spring Fire was the third largest wildfire in Colorado’s history, destroying 108,045 acres. In the Forbes Park and Wagon Creek area alone, 7,500 acres and 404 lots were affected by…
By Matthew R. Mayfield The Pray for Peace committee has made its last overnight stop on Tuesday at the St. James Hotel in Cimarron. This caravan of veterans and their families are on their way to the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Angel Fire from Wichita Falls, TX. The Committee…
SANTA FE, N.M. – The New Mexico Economic Development Department has announced the recipients of this year’s LEADS grants, as well as three organizations that will split $75,000 for their programs supporting entrepreneurs working from home, Cabinet Secretary Alicia J. Keyes announced today. The Local Economic Assistance & Development Support Program…