It is with great sadness that we announce the peaceful passing of Savino Chavez Jr. on Thursday August 5, 2020 at his home in Springer, NM. He was born to Savino Chavez Sr. and Maria M. Chavez of Ocate, NM. Savino was predeceased by his parents Savino Chavez Sr. and…
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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…
Julie Ann (Welch) Ramirez age 42 of Belen, NM, unexpectedly passed away Monday, August 3, 2020, in Albuquerque, NM. She was born March 31, 1978, in Springer, NM, the daughter of James and Linda Cervo-Welch. She is preceded in death by her grandfather, Joe Eli Cervo Jr. grandmother Louise V.…
Dorothy J. Gum passed away on August 1, 2020, at the age of 72. She was born in Denver, Colorado on January 22, 1948, she was a dog groomer for 30 years, retiring in 2015, She graduated from Raton High School in 1967. Proceeded in death by her parents, 2…
New Mexico Supreme Court decision regarding RPNM’s financed lawsuit
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…
Margaret (Marge) Atwater passed away on July 27th, 2020 in Raton, New Mexico. She was born June 4th, 1933 in Trinidad, Colorado, to Thomas Edward and Mildred (Shew) Olive. Marge spent her childhood years in southern Colorado and after graduating from high school, Marge attended college in Trinidad where she…
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…