FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 4, 2018 Contact: 575-445-5551 UPDATED: Ute Park Fire Contingency Voting Plan for Displaced Colfax County Voters Ute Park Still under Evacuation Order; Village of Cimarron Cleared for Re-Entry RATON – Colfax County Clerk Rayetta Trujillo today announced an update to a plan that will allow Colfax…
KRTN Enchanted Air Radio
By Marty Mayfield KRTN Multi-Media The Ute Park Fire continues to consume the thick timber around Cimarron Canyon between Cimarron and Ute Park and has now consumed an estimated 30,000 acres according to the fire update from New Mexico Forestry Division. Saturday afternoon a shift in wind direction forced a…
By Marty Mayfield KRTN Multi-Media Firefighters continue to battle the Ute Park Fire which has now grown to over 27,000 acres with 447 personnel fighting the fire. According to County Manager Mary Lou Kearn firefighters plan a aerial assault in the area southwest of Cimarron along the water sheds where…
By Marty Mayfield KRTN Multi-Media The Ute Park Fire has grown into an enormous monster of a fire in less than 24 hours consuming over 12,000 acres as of 10:00 a.m. Friday morning. As of 3:00 p.m. Friday afternoon that number had reached 16,500 acres according to the New Mexico…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 1, 2018 The Food Depot responds to Ute Park Fire SANTA FE — In response to the rapidly growing Ute Park Fire, The Food Depot has sent an emergency food supply to the evacuation shelter at the Raton Convention Center in Colfax County on Friday, June…
June 29, 2018. Election recounts. June 28, 2018. Kids Count Data Book. June 27, 2018. Carl Trujillo investigation. June 26, 2018. We’ll talk about the teacher shortage. June 25, 2018. SOTUS rule allowing internet sales tax. June 22, 2018. Immigration and our politicians. June 21, 2018. Moody Rating downgrade. June 20, 2018. Congressional candidates down south…
By Marty Mayfield KRTN Multi-Media Around 2:00 p.m. Thursday afternoon the smoke began to rise over Ute Park as a fire that started in Ponderosa Pine and grass just south of the village spread north north east driven by southwesterly winds. It didnt take long before evacuations were ordered on…
SCAN0001
SPECIAL MEETING June 7, 2018 AGENDA PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Colfax County Board of Commissioners will meet in Special Session on Thursday, June 7, 2018 at 11:00 a.m., in the Commission Chambers, 3rd floor at the Colfax County Courthouse, Raton, NM for the following: 1. Call to…
WASHINGTON – U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke designated 19 new national recreation trails in 17 states, including Climax Canyon Trail in Raton, NM while adding more than 370 miles to the national recreation trails system. “By designating these new national trails, we acknowledge the efforts of local communities to…