We've had a lot of great news lately and would like to share a few key highlights:

• In September, Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham visited Kearny School and made the announcement that her administration has pledged $1.1 million in capital outlay to support a new film and media school and studio in Raton. This money will go to make necessary repairs to the building in the next year.

• Colorado Public Radio interviewed El Raton Media Works heads, Ann Theis, Vaughn Vilapando, and Jose Lopez about the upcoming XR training studio and released this great article last week.

• The 2nd Annual Colexico Experience Spaghetti and Westerns Film Festival in October was a great success. We want to thank our guests from near and far that came to participate and made the weekend unforgettable.

• In November, we submitted a proposal to the City of Raton to create XR workforce training center at Kearny Elementary School in answer to their RFP.