Antonio “Tony” Gennaro, 81 On Thursday, August 20, 2015, Antonio (Tony) Gennaro lost a valiant battle with cancer. Tony’s departure from this world occurred with the exact same dignity and class as Tony lived his incredibly full and productive life. As his friends and family know, Tony was a very…
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Santa Fe, NM (AP News) — The New Mexico Environment Department’s Drinking Water Bureau has issued boil water advisories including Vermejo Park Headquarters Water System. The advisories were issued Thursday, August 27. 2015 after E.coli bacteriological contamination was detected in repeat drinking water samples. Vermejo Park Headquarters Water System serves approximately…
By Marty Mayfield KRTN Multi-Media Raton Water Works is preparing for some expensive and lengthy projects at Lake Maloya with work on the dam and water intake facilities at Lake Maloya at the north end of Sugarite Canyon State Park. Dan Campbell, Raton Water Works General Manager, noted…
Victoria Baxter (September 23, 1972 – August 22, 2015) Victoria Baxter left this world to join the Lord’s kingdom in heaven on August 22, 2015.She was preceded in death by her father Bernave A. Sedillo Sr., brother Michael T. Sedillo, and uncle Juan Sedillo. She is survived by her mother…
Special to KRTN Multi-Media The results of the state’s first venture into teacher pay for performance offer up what could be a valuable lesson in quantity vs. quality when it comes to where the dollars should go. And the New Mexico Public Education Department is paying attention. Of the six…
In a recent blurb published in “Recoil” a shooters magazine a recent unnamed visitor to Raton royally blasted the City of Raton. The blurb came to the attention of City Manager Scott Berry who then shared the article with KRTN as well as his response to the blurb.…
By Marty Mayfield KRTN Multi-Media Raton City Commissioners met Tuesday evening and heard that the gross receipts tax revenue for July is up by about 3.5% over budget. In the financial report City Manger Scott Berry also noted a slight increase in the cash balance for the city…
Robert “Buster” Wetsel, age 97, died Sunday, August 23, 2015, in Dalhart, Texas. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 PM on Thursday, August 27, at the First United Methodist Church in Clayton, New Mexico with Rev. Robert Hunt, pastor and Terrell Jones, pastor of the Trinity Fellowship Church in…
by Bill KnowlesTRINIDAD — Hitting the midpoint in expenditures for the year, the Las Animas County Board of County Commissioners heard from 12 department heads for a mid-year budget review. They offered praise and advice to the dozen supervisors who actually oversee the spending of taxpayer generated funds. “We have…
by Nancy Christofferson TRINIDAD — When people go looking for the old coal mining town of Starkville, Colorado, if they’re not paying attention they might find instead the Trinidad WalMart parking lot just off Interstate 25. Starkville was one of Las Animas County’s earliest coal mines. The first workings were…