by Eric MullensWALSENBURG — The new Walsenburg City Council Tuesday night passed the $14,040,918 municipal budget for the coming year with $6,328,500 noted as pass-through funds in the Northlands General Improvement category. The budget was approved with two of the three newest council members, Greg Daniels and Dennis Hoyt, voting…
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by Eric MullensWALSENBURG — Walsenburg City Administrator David Johnston presented his annual budget message to city council Tuesday night, and while city department heads didn’t get everything they wanted, local rate payers are expected to get something they didn’t want; increased utility costs. The city will face financial challenges in…
by Bill KnowlesTRINIDAD — A lengthy investigation by Colorado Parks and Wildlife law enforcement officials has resulted in the arrest of outfitter James Hirschboeck, 53, of Trinidad. Hirschboeck has been charged with 13 counts of providing unregistered outfitting services for big game wildlife, two counts of providing an illegal hunt…
by Bill KnowlesWALSENBURG,TRINIDAD, RATON — A powerful winter blizzard steamrolled in Monday evening, dumping anywhere from six inches to two feet of heavy, wet snow, causing authorities to close down highways, governments, and schools. Drifts as high as eight feet on the New Mexico side of Raton Pass left truckers,…
Special to KRTN Multi-Media by NMAA http://www.nmact.org Positivity Helps Daniel through Tough Time By Tyler Dunkel, NMAA Sports Information Director Kyler Daniel, a senior at Raton High School seemed to be on track to have a successful high school football career for the Tigers until the third game of his…
Margie Madlynn Molinaro age 74, passed away November 20, 2015 at Pikes Peak Hospice after an extended illness. She was born on October 23, 1941 in Walsenburg, CO, to Rose (Willburn) and Wallace Benson. She grew up on a ranch along Turkey Creek in Huerfano County. She was married to…
Vella J. Courtney, age 95, passed away on November 20, 2015 at Mt. San Rafael Hospital.She was born in Trinidad, CO on September 4. 1920, the daughter of Vella (White) and Henry E. Dowling.On March 26, 1943, Vella was united in marriage to Howard P. Courtney.She loved to sew, crochet,…
By Marty Mayfield KRTN Multi-Media Raton basketball hosted Des Moines Saturday evening for the home and season opener at Tiger Gym. It was a defensive slow start for the girls game as neither team could find the basket. Both teams took the ball up and down the court several times…
AGENDA CITY OF RATON REGULAR COMMISSION MEETING RATON CITY HALL, 224 SAVAGE AVE TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 2015 AT 6PM A regular meeting of the City Commission of the City of Raton will be held on November 24, 2015 at 6 p.m. The Meeting will be called to order…