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    Purchase Your Raton 2022 Visitors Guide Ad
    • Nov 24, 2021
    • 1 min

    Purchase Your Raton 2022 Visitors Guide Ad

    The Raton Visitors Guide is the main resource for more than 20,000 visitors to the Raton Visitor Information Center (VIC) with distribution
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    Work Begins on El Raton Studios
    • Oct 22, 2021
    • 2 min

    Work Begins on El Raton Studios

    The partners and investors of El Raton Studios (ERS) and El Raton Media Works (ERMW) have created a preliminary phased plan to develop a wor
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    Supernatural Sightings in Raton
    • Oct 7, 2021
    • 5 min

    Supernatural Sightings in Raton

    Have you seen or heard something out of the ordinary? Lights flickering on and off? Voices when no one is around?
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    Colexico Experience
    • Sep 14, 2021
    • 3 min

    Colexico Experience

    All aboard for The Colexico Experience: Spaghetti & Westerns Festival, the Southwest’s newest film and culinary event.
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    Plan Your RV Trip to Raton
    • Aug 17, 2021
    • 4 min

    Plan Your RV Trip to Raton

    Why is Raton, New Mexico the best place to plan your next RV trip? Get away from the hustle and bustle of city life.
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    Spend July 4th in Raton, New Mexico
    • Jul 8, 2021
    • 1 min

    Spend July 4th in Raton, New Mexico

    Ever been in a hot air balloon? Explore Raton, and you'll have the opportunity to cross that off your bucket list. We are excited to...
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    Run to Raton 2021
    • Jun 17, 2021
    • 1 min

    Run to Raton 2021

    This is one big party! Run to Raton (R2R) is Northern New Mexico's premier car and bike event.
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    View the 2021 Raton Visitors Guide Online
    • May 3, 2021
    • 1 min

    View the 2021 Raton Visitors Guide Online

    The Center for Community Innovation proudly presents the 2021 Raton Visitors Guide! The guide is currently being distributed around the...
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    Day Trips from Raton
    • Jul 27, 2020
    • 2 min

    Day Trips from Raton

    We invite you to explore Raton and our surrounding area because there’s a hidden experience for everyone!
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    Filming "The Hill and The Hole" in Raton Q&A
    • Jun 8, 2020
    • 6 min

    Filming "The Hill and The Hole" in Raton Q&A

    We caught up with our friends Bill Darmon and Christ Ernst, and interviewed them about their time filming “The Hill and The Hole” in Raton.
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    Best Sunrises & Sunsets
    • May 12, 2020
    • 1 min

    Best Sunrises & Sunsets

    The sun blankets our majestic valley just right for the perfect photo opportunity. Here is our photographic evidence!
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    Places Mom Will Love in Raton
    • May 7, 2020
    • 2 min

    Places Mom Will Love in Raton

    Mother's Day is around the corner! We know social distancing is still in effect, but here are places in Raton that mom will love to visit.
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    Upcoming Events
    • Apr 27, 2020
    • 1 min

    Upcoming Events

    COVID-19 has us all wondering what signature summer events are being held in Raton. Here is a continually updated list of upcoming events.
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    3 Reasons Being Quarantined in Raton is the Best
    • Mar 17, 2020
    • 2 min

    3 Reasons Being Quarantined in Raton is the Best

    Here are three reasons why being quarantined in Raton, New Mexico during the coronavirus pandemic is better than anywhere else!
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    A Must-See Christmas Tradition
    • Dec 9, 2019
    • 2 min

    A Must-See Christmas Tradition

    Article & Pictures by Sara Record The crowd rumbles. The chandeliers sparkle above. We sit in comfortable red seats, waiting, just...
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    Why Christmas in Raton is the Best
    • Nov 14, 2019
    • 3 min

    Why Christmas in Raton is the Best

    Article & Pictures by Patricia Duran Christmas is known to be the most wonderful time of the year for several reasons—food, festive...
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    10 Reasons Why Small Town NM is the Best Place to Grow Up
    • Oct 22, 2019
    • 2 min

    10 Reasons Why Small Town NM is the Best Place to Grow Up

    From Only in Your State 1. You're close to nature. Sure, there might not be a movie theater in town, but it's hard to be bored when...
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    Safe Trick or Treat
    • Oct 22, 2019
    • 1 min

    Safe Trick or Treat

    Raton MainStreet, the Raton Police Officer Association and Raton Elks Lodge #865 presents Safe Trick or Treat in Downtown Raton! Join us...
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    Friday Night Glow Huge Success
    • Jul 23, 2019
    • 1 min

    Friday Night Glow Huge Success

    Friday night lights went on as planned, but not the football kind of lights one might think, but the 2019 International Santa Fe Trail...
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    Raton's Famous Iridium Layer Should Be A Stop On Your Next Road Trip
    • Jun 4, 2019
    • 1 min

    Raton's Famous Iridium Layer Should Be A Stop On Your Next Road Trip

    The first concrete evidence that an asteroid impact ended the Cretaceous Period was the discovery of an iridium-rich layer marking the...
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