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Cinco de Mayo events planned
April 30th, 2008
A city-wide Cinco de Mayo celebration in Portales on Saturday at Lindsey Park will feature live music, a softball tournament, a horseshoe tournament, piñata breakings, diabetes testing and h...
ENMU film festival screening is Sunday
April 30th, 2008
Eastern New Mexico University will host its first film festival from 1-5 p.m. Sunday at the University Theatre Center.
The High Plains Film Festival will feature a Martin Luther King J...
ENMU provosts get new title
April 30th, 2008
The Board of Regents at Eastern New Mexico University approved a title change in branch campus administration leadership during its last meeting, according to an ENMU news release.
Eff...
TB screenings continue in Clovis
April 30th, 2008
CLOVIS — The state Health Department says that about half the Clovis residents who might have been exposed to tuberculosis by an infected health care worker have been screened, and all the te...
June 6 Primary Information
April 30th, 2008
• Deadline for voter registration — Tuesday
• Early in-person voting — Begins Tuesday
• For absentee by-mail ballot — Call 356-8562.
Events Calendar May 1, 2008
April 30th, 2008
ThursdayNational Day of Prayer Community Breakfast — 6:30 a.m. Free admission. Baptist Children’s Home, 2200 S. Ave. I, 359-1254.National Day of Prayer Community Pray...
Cinco de Mayo tourney still taking sign-ups
April 30th, 2008
Teams are still being accepted for the Cinco de Mayo Co-ed Softball One-Pitch Single Elimination Tournament starting at 1 p.m. on Saturday at Lindsey Park in Portales.
There is a 10-te...
LSC Track Athletes of the Week
April 30th, 2008
MenTrackDaniel Maina, Abilene Christian, Jr. distances, Nanyuki, Kenya — Maine extended ACU’s winning streak in the 3,000 steeplechase at the Penn Relays to th...
Mexican holiday to be celebrated
April 30th, 2008
New Mexico band Los Tropicales will bring their sound of Bolero,
Tejano and Latin Jazz to the final concert of the Clovis Community
College’s 2007-2008 Cultural Arts Series.
The annual...
Thompson, Quinones picked for All-LSC
April 30th, 2008
RICHARDSON, Texas — Junior center fielder Laura Thompson and sophomore second baseman Rebecca Quinones were selected to represent Eastern New Mexico University on the All-Lone Star Conference...
Water line solution possible by end of year
April 29th, 2008
The city of Portales hopes to have a solution for isolating the water line that has broken three times in the last two years fixed by the end of this year.
Portales City Manager Debi L...
Floyd News April 30, 2008
April 29th, 2008
TransitionsBirthdays and AnniversariesSunday — Brad LeeMonday — Houston and Mary LeeUpcoming events• The Floyd Fire Department wil...
Comcast to hold service day
April 29th, 2008
Approximately 30 local Comcast employees and their families and friends will volunteer Saturday to clean up the Girl Scouts, Service Unit 53 in Portales. The Portales project stems from Comcast&rsq...
Events Calendar April 30, 2008
April 29th, 2008
TodayCommunity Prayer and Worship Service — 7 p.m. Eve of National Day of Prayer. Central Christian Church of Portales, 1528 S. Main St., 356-6001.
Thursday
Weekly LSC Softball Update
April 29th, 2008
Standings(Regular-season final)South Division Div. All W-L W-LAngelo State 15...
ENMU signs volleyball player
April 29th, 2008
Vanessa Espinoza, a 5-foot-5 defensive specialist from Los Alamos, has signed a national letter of intent to play volleyball next season at Eastern New Mexico University.
Espinoza lett...
Editorial: Removal of ranch children an abuse of legal authority
April 29th, 2008
Texas officials need to drop their crusade against the Yearning For Zion Ranch, a polygamist compound, unless they can lawfully produce a legitimate victim of a serious crime.
It appea...
Demand a strong influence on gas prices
April 29th, 2008
To promote the Philadelphia 76ers making the NBA playoffs, a Philadelphia gas station offered gas for 76 cents a gallon. The promotion started at noon Friday, and cars lined the block as early as 6...
Podcast: Sen. Jeff Bingaman talks to N.M. radio reporters
April 29th, 2008
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Jeff Bingaman today talked to New Mexico
radio reporters about a variety of topics, including his decision to
support Senator Obama for president.
Click <a...
New political activism group being formed
April 28th, 2008
The new Student Association for Voter Empowerment (SAVE) at Eastern New Mexico University has two goals: Get young people informed and get them to the polls.
The young vote is expected...
School board considering 3-4 percent teacher raises
April 28th, 2008
Nothing is set in stone yet, but Portales Municipal School employees could receive a 3 to 4 percent salary increase during the 2008-2009 school year, largely because of state mandates.
Local Briefs April 29, 2008
April 28th, 2008
Symonds to address Library Friends
Rev. Jeff Symonds, pastor of the First United Methodist Church in Portales and a long-time maker of doll houses and miniatures, will pr...
ENMU Briefs April 29, 2008
April 28th, 2008
Faculty/Staff/Alumni briefsLinda Weems, graduate coordinator, program director and professor in the communicative disorders program, has been named the new dean of the Graduate School.W...
Hounds add two signees to basketball
April 28th, 2008
Eastern New Mexico University has added a pair of men’s basketball signees, both junior college transfers, for the 2008-09 season.
They are Gerald Brown, a 6-foot-2, 185-pound gu...
Four ENMU cowboys make National Finals
April 28th, 2008
The Eastern New Mexico men’s rodeo team finished their regular season with four members qualifying for the College National Finals Rodeo in Casper, Wyo.
Jared Green, placed fourt...
Weekly LSC Baseball Update
April 28th, 2008
Standings Conf. All W-L W-LAbilene Christian 35-7 40-13Ang...
Firefighters battle blaze west of Portales
April 28th, 2008
Just before 4 p.m. Monday fire units from Portales, Floyd and Elida responded to a grass fire eight miles west of Portales that burned 300 acres along U.S. 70.
Three fire units from Po...
Hound baseball picks up doubleheader win at WTAMU
April 26th, 2008
CANYON, Texas — It turns out the Eastern New Mexico University baseball team didn’t use up all its runs on Friday after all.
The Greyhounds came back with 29 runs on 29 hit...
Events Calendar April 27
April 26th, 2008
Sunday
“The Foreigner” drama — 2 p.m., Main Stage University Theatre Center, ENMU, $8 general admission
Monday
Portales School...
Local Briefs, April 27, 2008
April 26th, 2008
Bonem Home in need of supplies
Bonem Home of Portales, a non-profit residential treatment center for children between the ages of 7 and 12, is seeking donations that will be use...
City officials: Water issues require multiple solutions
April 26th, 2008
The city of Portales has enough water to meet its needs for the foreseeable future, but alternatives need to be considered, officials said in a meeting last week.
Portales city officia...
Editorial: Court should kill ‘millionaire’s amendment̵...
April 26th, 2008
The U.S. Supreme Court heard a curious case Tuesday that highlights the absurdity of the 2002 McCain-Feingold law’s limits on contributions to political candidates.
Davis v. Fede...
Houseguests worth a few challenges
April 26th, 2008
I briefly turned my back on the pan of gravy to start another pot of coffee and it erupted like a white volcano from the stove.
Seconds later the smoke alarm was going off and both dog...
Immigration issue becomes personal
April 26th, 2008
This week, I attempted to sign up my children for swimming lessons. I would have easily succeeded in doing so, except that out of curiosity, I decided to ask the owner of the gym a question about t...
Police blotter
April 26th, 2008
The following is a sampling of calls placed to the Portales police dispatchers over the past week:April 18
• At 11:20 a.m., a call was received from the high sc...
District Court
April 26th, 2008
The following dispositions were recently filed in the 9th Judicial District Court in Roosevelt County:April 11
• John McBride, 32, pleaded guilty to charg...
Magistrate Court
April 26th, 2008
The following dispositions were recently filed in the Roosevelt County Magistrate Court:Monday
• Eddie Ward, 18, was found guilty on a charge of resisting, evad...
Creative Living features decorating with candles
April 26th, 2008
Information on decorating with candles, window fashions and cooking “en concert” will be the featured topics on “Creative Living” at noon Tuesday and at 2 p.m. Saturday....
PHS counselors April 27
April 26th, 2008
College entrance exams
Senior and junior students interested in attending a four-year university after graduation must take a college entrance exam. The next ACT will be given June 14....
PJHS news
April 26th, 2008
Choirs do well in competition
Students in Suzanne Cottrell’s choir classes competed April 16 in Hobbs, where they earned good scores. The mixed choir received an excellent rating...
Elida School News
April 26th, 2008
Spring program
Elida Elementary School presented their annual spring program on Thursday. Students made up the cast of the musical “Bugz.” The students played the par...
Library Books
April 26th, 2008
The following books are available at Portales Public Library:Tested: One American school struggles to make the grade by Linda Perlstein.
In this eye-opening examination of...
Dora School News
April 26th, 2008
Lunch accounts
Cafeteria meals for May should be purchased this week, and all April charges paid up. All lunch accounts must be paid in full by the students' last day of school.
Tuition, housing costs to rise 6 percent at ENMU
April 26th, 2008
The Eastern New Mexico University Board of Regents voted Thursday to increase tuition, fees, and room and board by about 6 percent for the 2008-2009 academic year.
Tuition rates will g...
Robbery nets 21 year sentence
April 26th, 2008
A Clovis man arrested earlier this week for a bank robbery was sentenced Friday to 21 years in prison for the armed robbery of K’s Oriental Food Store, according to a press release from the d...
State legislators talk business
April 26th, 2008
Small business owners need to get more involved in the creation of state regulations pertaining to businesses, according to Association of Commerce and Industry President Beverlee McClure.
Hounds smash eight homers in sweep
April 26th, 2008
CANYON, Texas — Eastern New Mexico University brought out the big bats on Friday. Senior third baseman Derrick Kennedy carried the biggest one of all.
Kennedy drove in a school-record...
Anybody seen my car?
April 25th, 2008
My dad always wanted me, his “spotter,” along on deer hunts because in the woods I’m the one who sees the deer first. Also, if we park our vehicle and walk awhile I’m the on...
Quinones provides at plate
April 24th, 2008
The 2008 softball season hasn’t been what Eastern New Mexico University’s Rebecca Quinones and her teammates had envisioned.
Quinones, a 5-foot-2 sophomore second baseman f...
Zia basketball signs five players
April 24th, 2008
Five players have signed national letters of intent to play women’s basketball at Eastern New Mexico University in the 2008-09 season.
They include guards Chelsea Nichols of Lazb...
LSC Track Athletes of the Week
April 24th, 2008
MenTrackRaymond Radway, Abilene Chrsitian, Jr. sprinter, Mesquite, Texas — Radway won the 400 with the nation’s second-best time this spring, 46.24 seconds, in Baylor...
Mayor testifies about need for Ute Water Project
April 24th, 2008
Portales Mayor Orlando Ortega spent Thursday in Washington, D.C., with the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee.
He told a Water and Power Subcommittee he believed the Ute Wat...
National Day of Prayer events planned
April 24th, 2008
Many people throughout Portales, Clovis and across the United States will dedicate themselves to one common purpose next week: the power of prayer.
For this year’s National Day o...
Elida man arrested on drug charges
April 24th, 2008
Officers from the Roosevelt County Sheriff’s Office and the Region V Task Force arrested an Elida man Monday on drug trafficking charges, according to a RCSO news release.
Antoni...
Events Calendar April 25, 2008
April 24th, 2008
Today
ENMU Regents meeting — 9:30 a.m. Regents Room at ENMU Portales
“The Foreigner” drama — 7 p.m., Main Stage University Theatre Center, ENMU, $8...
Editorial: FBI should focus on real threats
April 24th, 2008
The mistrial last week in the case of the “Liberty City Seven” highlights the foolishness of some of the government’s tactics in trying to track down domestic terrorists. The defe...
Childhood spring memories
April 24th, 2008
April showers bring May flowers. I remember that saying well from my childhood. And with those April showers came plenty of croaking frogs to keep us awake at night.
This cloudy time o...
Religion Calendar April 25
April 24th, 2008
Saturday
Prayer Manual Booksigning — 10 a.m.-noon and 2-4 p.m. “The Believer’s Prayer Manual: A Study on Prayer” by the Rev. Gary D. Mitchell, dean of Wayland B...
Nation needs prayer now more than ever
April 24th, 2008
Prayer is needed now more than ever. We have many evils attacking within and without. America is at a crossroads. National Day of Prayer is Thursday.
The theme this year is “The...
Weather concerns cause schedule adjustment
April 23rd, 2008
The scheduled series between the Eastern New Mexicio University baseball team and West Texa A&M has been adjusted due to inclement weather forecast for the Canyon, Texas area this weekend.
...
Water group receives funds for Ute Pipeline
April 23rd, 2008
The Eastern New Mexico Rural Water Authority Ute Water Pipeline Project was awarded $4.52 million in the 2008 Water Trust Board funding cycle Wednesday in Santa Fe, according to a press release fro...
Trial date set for Portales woman accused of killing son
April 23rd, 2008
A Portales woman accused of killing her 6-year-old son in January 2007 faces a September trial date.Teresa Gilman, 25, was ruled competent to stand trial in February and indicted Feb. 27 ...
MS fundraiser to be held Saturday
April 23rd, 2008
The second annual fundraiser for multiple sclerosis will be held at 10 a.m. April 26 at Clovis Community College.
Proceeds will help with educational programs, financial support for pa...
Local Briefs
April 23rd, 2008
Democrat committee to meet
Roosevelt County Democratic Party Central Committee will meet at 7 p.m. Friday in the meeting room at the Memorial Building, corner of Seventh Street...
Events Calendar April 24
April 23rd, 2008
Today
Roosevelt County Chamber of Commerce Banquet — 6 p.m., First United Methodist Church Fellowship Hall.
ENMU Retirees reception — 3 p.m., SAS Atrium...
Roosevelt General still wrestling with clinic certification
April 22nd, 2008
The Roosevelt General Hospital Board of Directors is continuing its effort to have its clinics federally approved as hospital-based rural health clinics.
The topic was discussed during...
Clovis bank robbery suspect arrested
April 22nd, 2008
Police arrested a Clovis man Tuesday for using a fake bomb to rob New Mexico Bank & Trust at Hilltop Plaza in 2006.
Frank Lasky, 22, was charged Tuesday morning with armed robbery...
Clovis police investigate stabbing incident
April 22nd, 2008
A 9-year-old Clovis boy attempted to stab a 7-year-old neighbor with a steak knife Monday while his 11-year-old sister held the victim down, according to police.
The victim’s wou...
Events Calendar April 23, 2008
April 22nd, 2008
TodayKindergarten early registration — 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Brown Early Childhood Center main building foyer.Career Fair — 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m., Campus Union Ballroom at E...
Floyd News, April 23, 2008
April 22nd, 2008
TransitionsBirthdays and AnniversariesWednesday — Bertha Gregory, Adam TerrySunday — Jimmy GordonTuesday — Houston LeeBelated Birthdays &mdash...
Subsidies give ag producers mixed signals
April 22nd, 2008
When the world’s finance ministers meet under the auspices of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank, as they did in Washington earlier this month, they usually rub their chins an...
Conversation topics often a tossup
April 22nd, 2008
Generally, when I’m talking to friends, it’s a tossup between sports, entertainment and politics. Some days I can decide on one, but most days I can’t.
With this in m...
GI Bill users should see benefits increase
April 22nd, 2008
The Bush administration has endorsed a House bill that would improve the Montgomery GI Bill (MGIB) education benefits in several ways including with a 31 percent jump in monthly benefits and a new...
Weekly LSC Softball Update
April 22nd, 2008
StandingsAll Times MDTSouth Division Div. All W-L W-LAngelo State &nbs...
Zias close in on .500 season with win at Highlands
April 22nd, 2008
LAS VEGAS, N.M. — The Eastern New Mexico University softball team won’t make the Lone Star Conference tournament, but the Zias still have one goal in their sights — a .500 s...
Portales man arrested in child sex case
April 21st, 2008
A 21-year-old Portales man has been arrested and accused of using a Web camera to expose himself to a sheriff's deputy posing online as a 13-year-old girl, the Curry County Sheriff's Office said in...
Eastern New Mexico has its share of poisonous creatures
April 21st, 2008
At least five insects and reptiles in eastern New Mexico that are poisonous to humans, according to a retired Eastern New Mexico University biology professor and wildlife author.
They...
Police investigate shooting near fraternity
April 21st, 2008
Portales Police were called to a report of shots fired in the vicinity of a fraternity house on West First Street early Sunday morning.
Portales Police Capt. Lonnie Berry said no one w...
Local Briefs, April 22, 2008
April 21st, 2008
Deadline approaches for grant proposals
The R.D. and Joan Dale Hubbard Foundation of Ruidoso has announced the Southeast New Mexico Grant Program for 2008.
Events Calendar April 22, 2008
April 21st, 2008
TodayRoosevelt General Hospital Board — 11:30 a.m. cafeteria conference room at RGH.Brass Choir Concert — 7 p.m., Buchanan Hall of the Music Building, ENMUKinde...
Wilson is first Greyhound basketball signee for the year
April 21st, 2008
Eastern New Mexico University men’s basketball coach Shawn Scanlan has his first signee for the 2008-09 season in Brandon Wilson, a 6-foot-4 shooting guard from Dallas.
Wilson, w...
Lelei, Aragon pace ENMU track
April 21st, 2008
ALAMOSA, Colo. — Eastern New Mexico University’s Nimrod Lelei and Steven Aragon won events over the weekend in Adams State’s Travis McKinley Open track meet.
Lelei to...
Wayland Baptist jolts Greyhounds
April 21st, 2008
PLAINVIEW, Texas — Coming off a four-game Lone Star Conference weekend series against Central Oklahoma, the Eastern New Mexico University baseball team had a quick turnaround Monday against W...
Portales man arrested in child sex case
April 20th, 2008
A Portales man has been arrested for criminal sexual communication with a child after chatting online in an illicit manner with an officer posing as a 13-year-girl, according to a press release fro...
Abilene Christian sweeps ENMU Zias
April 19th, 2008
ABILENE, Texas — Second baseman Jackie Gentile drove in five runs her first two homers of the season, backing Kim McDonald’s four-hit pitching as Abilene Christian beat Eastern New Mexi...
Hounds complete second scrimmage of spring
April 19th, 2008
BLACKWATER DRAW — Kyle Wilson figures with the Eastern New Mexico University offense converting to a spread attack this spring, the defense is getting an early taste of what it’s likely...
Events Calendar April 20
April 19th, 2008
Monday
La Escalera Art Guild — 6:30 p.m., Calvary Baptist Church.
Kindergarten early registration — 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Brown Early Childhood Center main b...
Local briefs April 20
April 19th, 2008
Kindergarten registration
Brown Early Childhood Center will hold early registration for kindergarten from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday in the foyer of the main...
Pope's U.S. visit renews faith of local Catholics
April 19th, 2008
Catholic priests in Clovis and Portales describe Pope Benedict XVI’s historic visit to the U.S. this week as a shepherd tending his flock while Ted Olmos of Clovis recalls the “awe&rdqu...
Spokesman warns against dangers of smokeless tobacco
April 19th, 2008
Rick Bender is a living testament to the destruction tobacco, including smokeless tobacco, can do. Bender, who lost part of his jaw due to oral cancer, spoke to Portales youth Saturday at the Teens...
Editorial: DNA collection needs to be used responsibly
April 19th, 2008
The federal government has announced it will expand its current practice of collecting DNA samples from people convicted of federal crimes and begin collecting them from all people arrested i...
Health care reform requires personal responsibility
April 19th, 2008
I think I got a little clue this week about what’s ailing our nation’s health care system — lack of personal responsibility.
Earlier this month I got a bill fro...
Special video gets surprise reaction
April 19th, 2008
I fully expected my children to be ecstatic when we put on a recording my husband sent from Iraq. But I was surprised by my 4-year-old daughter’s reaction.
We received the DVD th...
Police blotter
April 19th, 2008
The following is a sampling of calls received over the past week by Portales Police dispatchers.
April 11
• At 12:02 p.m., a subject on South Roosevelt Road U r...
District Court
April 19th, 2008
The following dispositions were recently filed in Roosevelt County District Court:
April 13
• Joel Widener, 45, was found guilty of attempted great bodily harm...
Magistrate Court
April 19th, 2008
The following dispositions were recently filed in the Roosevelt County Magistrate Court:
April 11
• Lisa A. Lopez, 23, was found guilty of resisti...
Dora School News
April 19th, 2008
High School Assembly
David Bass, Principal, has scheduled a special assembly Tuesday for Dora students in grades 9 through 12. The assembly will be held in the school audi...
Floyd School News April 20
April 19th, 2008
Upcoming Events
The Book Fair will be April 28-May 6.
The fourth, fifth and sixth grade track meet with Elida and Dora will be at Floyd on May 1.
The S...
PJHS News April 20
April 19th, 2008
Track teams sweep Tatum
Tuesday both Portales Junior High track teams carried away the first place trophies.
Girls’ coach Ann Marie Bucksath reports these results: 3...
PHS counselors April 20
April 19th, 2008
ACT, SAT exams
Senior and junior students interested in attending a four-year university after graduation must take a college entrance exam, either the ACT or the SAT. The next...
Bronchos rally for win over ENMU
April 19th, 2008
Eastern New Mexico University’s bats put a serious hurt on standout Central Oklahoma pitcher Clint Straka Friday night.
It wasn’t enough to prevent him from getting a victory.
ENMU holds off Abilene Christian
April 18th, 2008
ABILENE, Texas — Sophomore shortstop Casandra McCommons blasted a three-run homer and Eastern New Mexico University took advantage of five Abilene Christian errors for eight unearned runs Fri...
Man surrenders on gas theft charges
April 18th, 2008
A 54-year-old man wanted in connection with gas thefts in the Grady turned himself in to authorities Friday, according to Curry County Undersheriff Wesley Waller.
Robert “Bobby”...
Three charged in zoo incident
April 18th, 2008
Police charged a man and two juveniles with misdemeanor animal
cruelty Friday for feeding hot peppers to primates at the Hillcrest
Park Zoo, according to Clovis Police Capt. Patrick Whitney.
Creative Living April 20
April 18th, 2008
Information on “shabby chic” decorating and using a rice cooker will be the featured topics on “Creative Living” at noon Tuesday and 2 p.m. Saturday.
According...
Sometimes, cowboys don't smile back
April 18th, 2008
One fall my husband decided to buy extra alfalfa, the idea being we could sell it during the winter and make some extra money. He stacked it behind the house so it would be easy to back trailers do...
Summit seeks to empower county youth
April 17th, 2008
In a Teens Take Control Teen Summit on Saturday, area high school students will do more than talk about sex and drugs. Youth will actually develop plans of action for their families during emergenc...
Moon was devoted to local VFW cause
April 17th, 2008
There were two things Duward Moon hated to see — a home appliance that didn’t work and a veteran who didn’t belong to a Veterans of Foreign Wars post. He spent his free time fixin...
Garage sale finds great joy for some
April 17th, 2008
When Joannie Spear goes to a garage sale, she’s mostly looking for resale value. She never thought she’d find her personal holy grail.
Originally from Hawaii, Spear visits...
Some Clovis residents exposed to TB
April 17th, 2008
Around 80 people in Clovis are being screened to rule out the spread of tuberculosis after a health care worker was diagnosed with TB, a state Department of Health official said Thursday.
Local Briefs, April 18, 2008
April 17th, 2008
Democratic Women to meet
Roosevelt County Democratic Women will meet at noon Monday in the conference room at Roosevelt General Hospital. Craig Cosner, candidate for New...
Events Calendar April 18, 2008
April 17th, 2008
TodayMelrose Schools Child Find Screenings — 9 a.m.-noon, Melrose Schools, ages birth to 5.Roosevelt County Association of Educational Retirees — 11:30 a.m., cafeteri...
Baskett giving back to eastern New Mexico
April 17th, 2008
Long before Hank Baskett III was a receiver for the Philadelphia Eagles, he was receiving from Clovis. Now, he’s spending his NFL days trying to give back.
“You always hear...
Love is a simple but wondrous thing
April 17th, 2008
We awakened one morning hearing pitiful “meows” of a hungry, frightened baby kitten. Three eager little boys rushed to the door and swooped him up.
“Can we keep him m...
Religion Digest, April 18
April 17th, 2008
Passover Seder planned
A newly-formed Sabbath Bible Discussion Group will host a Passover Seder meal and celebration at 7 p.m. today at the Wesley Foundation student center at 1...
Editorial: McCain offers promising ideas to reform taxes
April 17th, 2008
In a disappointing presidential campaign, we were encouraged this week by Sen. John McCain’s announced economic plan. If we squint, it almost looks like a conservative Republican platform we...
Little black prom dress priceless
April 17th, 2008
I see the little black dress dangling from a hanger in my daughter’s closet. I see the shimmering rhinestones making an elegant pattern across the otherwise bare back. I close my eyes and sen...
Portales Past
April 17th, 2008
April 11, 1969H & R Block advertised their service for Federal & State taxes at $5 and up.April 13, 1969Gibson’s Discount Center advertised a 20-...
Hounds excited about new passing offense
April 16th, 2008
PORTALES — Count wide receiver Justin Campos among those excited about Eastern New Mexico University’s new wide-open approach on offense.
Campos knows there will be competi...
Cannon to begin flights in June
April 16th, 2008
The 318th Special Operations Squadron will begin flying combat missions out of Cannon Air Force Base in June, according to 27th Special Operations Wing Commander Tim Leahy.
The expansi...
Leahy headlines Chamber banquet
April 16th, 2008
Tickets are available through Friday for the Roosevelt County Chamber of Commerce annual banquet which is slated for 6 p.m. April 24 at First United Methodist Church fellowship hall.
C...
Warrant issued in Grady station fuel theft
April 16th, 2008
An arrest warrant was issued Monday for a 54-year-old Curry County man in connection with the theft of approximately 465 gallons of fuel from a Grady fuel station, according to a press release from...
Melrose police chief resigns
April 16th, 2008
The village of Melrose’s lone law enforcement officer has submitted his resignation.
Police Chief Lee Ferguson, who submitted his resignation April 7, said he has accepted a depu...
Blair retires as Clovis police chief
April 16th, 2008
Clovis Police Chief Dan Blair announced his retirement Wednesday after 18 months in the position, according to a press release from the department.
Blair’s last day will be June...
Events Calendar, April 17, 2008
April 16th, 2008
TodayN.M. Dept. of Transportation meeting — 8:30 a.m., Zia Room of the Campus Union Building at ENMU in Portales.Girls softball coaches meeting — 6 p.m., Portales Rec...
Kites come to Clovis
April 16th, 2008
Kites of all shapes, sizes and colors will take to the skies west of Clovis near Cannon Air Force Base from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday for the fifth annual Kite Karnival at Doc Stewart Park.
Venomous neighbors on the high plains
April 16th, 2008
There are at least five insects and reptiles in eastern New Mexico that are poisonous to humans, according to a retired Eastern New Mexico University biology professor and wildlife author...
ENMU security at new levels
April 15th, 2008
Students, faculty, administrators and campus police at Eastern New Mexico University in Portales are more aware and better prepared for an emergency than they were a year ago, officials say.
Yam renovation bid comes in over budget
April 15th, 2008
The Portales City Council voted Tuesday to award a bid for roof repairs on two city buildings.
The council rejected bids for renovating the Yam Performing Arts Theater and received no...
Victims Rights week marked
April 15th, 2008
Tammi Lambert said dealing with the court system is almost as hard on the victims as the crime itself.
Lambert, director of the Governor’s Office of Victim Advocacy, related a st...
Floyd News, April 16, 2008
April 15th, 2008
TransitionsBirthdaysMonday — Colin ChandlerUpcoming Events• Seniors will meet Thursday at the Floyd Senior Citizens Center for games an...
Local Briefs, April 16, 2008
April 15th, 2008
Girls softball coaches to meetThere will be a coaches meeting for Portales girls softball leagues at 6 p.m. Thursday at the Portales Recreation Center, 18th Street and Avenue I.
Events Calendar, April 16, 2008
April 15th, 2008
ThursdayN.M. Dept. of Transportation meeting — 8:30 a.m., Zia Room of the Campus Union Building at ENMU in Portales.Girls softball coaches meeting — 6 p.m., Portales...
Democrats reaction shows deep hostility toward world trade
April 15th, 2008
It’s sad, really.
For most of the last century, the Democratic Party, as the most significant advocate of an internationalist perspective in American politics, understood that pr...
Sometimes it’s good to remain anonymous
April 15th, 2008
The Internet helps me make friends, but it’s helped me keep so many more. People move for jobs, school, or family reasons, and I’m one mouse click away from keeping the friendship going...
Defense officials looking for rental relief for Gates
April 15th, 2008
Robert M. Gates is the first secretary of defense to live in military housing, an old but spacious 19th century home in a secure Navy compound in the District of Columbia.
Gates also c...
ENMU teams scouting hard
April 15th, 2008
With national signing day today, Eastern New Mexico University men’s basketball coach Shawn Scanlan knows the Greyhounds need a lot of help.
Only two players, 6-foot-8 post Tommy...
Weekly LSC Baseball, Softball Update
April 15th, 2008
Baseball standingsAll Times MDT Conf. All W-L W-LAbilene Christian 28-7 ...
April 16, 2008 — Clovis Rotary
April 15th, 2008
Find out when and where the Clovis Rotary Club meets.
http://www.rotary5520.org/clovis/index.html...
Portales schools tops in Reading First
April 14th, 2008
No child is getting left behind in Portales schools, when it comes to reading on the kindergarten through third grade level, anyway. Portales schools were recently ranked first in the state in the...
Local Briefs April 15, 2008
April 14th, 2008
Highway commission to meet hereThe New Mexico Department of Transportation Commission will meet at 8:30 a.m. Thursday at the Zia Room of Eastern New Mexico University’s Campus Un...
Events Calendar April 15, 2008
April 14th, 2008
TodayRoosevelt County Commission — 9 a.m., commissioners room at Roosevelt County CourthouseRoosevelt General Hospital Board — 11:30 a.m., RGH conference roomPo...
ENMU Briefs April 15, 2008
April 14th, 2008
Lunch and Learnworkshop set for FridayVeena Parboteeah will present a program on the island of Mauritius, an African nation, whose population is composed of people of diverse rel...
East Central edges out Greyhounds
April 14th, 2008
ADA, Okla. — Eastern New Mexico University’s bid for the program’s first trip to the Lone Star Conference baseball tournament took a turn for the worse Sunday as East Central beat...
Brown first at Tech track meet in javelin
April 14th, 2008
LUBBOCK — Sophomore Diedra Brown captured Eastern New Mexico University’s lone event win in Saturday’s Red Raider Relays at Texas Tech, taking women’s javelin competition wi...
Udall requests aircraft for Cannon
April 14th, 2008
WASHINGTON — U.S. Rep. Tom Udall, D-N.M., has requested five CV-22 Ospreys and four MC-130J be designated for Air Force Special Operations Command in order to speed up Cannon Air Force...
Fort Sumner man accused of having sexual relations with minor
April 14th, 2008
A 23-year-old Fort Sumner gas station employee is accused of having sexual relations with several underage girls over the last year, according to a New Mexico State Police press release.
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Volunteers help clean up the town
April 12th, 2008
Armed with trashbags, gloves, fluorescent-colored vests, and in many cases, donuts, dozens of Portales citizens were up early on Saturday morning to help clean up the town during the eighth annual...
Tax deadline is Tuesday
April 12th, 2008
Post offices around the country will be postmarking income tax returns up until midnight on Tuesday, helping last-minute filers make the April 15 federal tax filing deadline.
“We...
Police blotter
April 12th, 2008
The following is a sampling of calls received over the past week by Portales Police dispatchers. According to reports:April 4
• At 4:01 p.m., a caller on...
Magistrate Court
April 12th, 2008
The following dispositions were recently filed in Roosevelt County Magistrate Court:
Feb. 22
• Kory Webb, 36, was found guilty on charges of patronizing...
Editorial: Protests against China justified, aimed at change
April 12th, 2008
Through rerouting and improvisation, they managed to run the Olympic torch through some of San Francisco’s streets, if not the streets along the Embarcadero as originally planned.
Roosevelt had right idea for conservation
April 12th, 2008
I don’t think I ever really knew what I wanted to be when I grew up. Maybe I still don’t know. Or maybe I haven’t grown up.
I remember wanting to be a professional ba...
Appetite vs. emotion: A delicate balance
April 12th, 2008
If someone asked me, “What is your most complex relationship?” I would confidently answer — the one with food.
Truthfully, eating is complicated. To varying degrees,...
Student research awards announced
April 12th, 2008
The 34th Annual Student Research Conference on Tuesday at Eatern New Mexico University’s College of Business featured 44 presentations.
Students compete for cash awards in nine c...
Power restored, courthouse temporarily emptied
April 11th, 2008
Power was out for 36 minutes across Portales on Friday morning, the outage caused by a piece of equipment that regulates voltage, an Xcel Energy spokesman Wes Reeves said. The power was out from 9:...
Bitten zookeeper's condition improving
April 11th, 2008
The mother of a Clovis zookeeper said because Gila Monster bites are rare, doctors struggled to figure out how to treat her son.
Sharita Haragan, said her son, Cody Machen suffered a severe,...
Jury convicts Salas
April 11th, 2008
Edward Salas was found guilty of first-degree murder charges Friday in connection with the Sept. 15, 2005, shooting death of 10-year-old Carlos Perez.
Salas, 23, is the third brother t...
Smoke clears county courthouse
April 11th, 2008
The Roosevelt County Courthouse has been closed after smoke was seen coming out the top of the building.
Lance Hill, a battalion chief with the Portales Fire Department, said officials...
Power returns to Portales
April 11th, 2008
Power was out for 36 minutes across Portales on Friday morning.
Xcel Energy spokesman Wes Reeves said a piece of equipment that regulates voltage caused the problem.
Reeves said 5,301...
Sorry, Duke's not for sale
April 11th, 2008
Duke has a fancy schmancy AQHA name, but Bobby calls him Duke “because John Wayne would’ve liked him just as much as I do,” he says.Bobby and Duke hit it off the first...
Jesus lifts individuals
April 11th, 2008
We are not the only ones who are sometimes blind to reality. Some flying creatures do the same thing.
I’ve heard if you put a buzzard in a pen 6-feet square with an open top, he...
Religion Digest, April 11
April 11th, 2008
Church hosts free health screeningsThe Church of Christ at 16th and Pile streets in Clovis will sponsor an afternoon of free health tests, blood donations and a clothes giveaway Saturday, ac...
Brooks wins national music competition
April 11th, 2008
When B.J. Brooks was a little boy in Portales, he often spent weekends side by side with his grandmother Lucille, who loved to play the piano.
“He wanted to learn ‘Home on...
Taxation unfairly characterized as cost of rights
April 11th, 2008
Given the emphasis placed on education in this country, we’re particularly chagrined to see the heights a person can reach despite an apparent misunderstanding of basic American history. How...
Pope's visit promises to be thought-provoking
April 11th, 2008
Here’s another great reason to countdown to April 15. Besides it being Tax Day on Tuesday — whoopie — and Mom’s birthday — hooray — it’s also the day Pope...
Events Calendar, April 11
April 11th, 2008
TodayJack Williamson Lectureship — 11:45 a.m. luncheon, Campus Union Ballroom, Eastern New Mexico University. Panels at 2 p.m. and 3:15 p.m.7th annual High Plains Prairie Chicken...
Closing arguments next in Salas trial
April 11th, 2008
Lawyers will deliver closing arguments this morning in the first-degree murder trial of Edward Salas, accused in the 2005 shooting death of a 10-year-old Clovis boy.
The prosecution re...
First person: Tish McDaniel organizes Prairie Chicken Festival
April 11th, 2008
Part of Tish McDaniel’s job with the Nature Conservancy is to coordinate the Prairie Chicken Festival in Milnesand each year. Born and raised in eastern New Mexico, McDaniel, 54, is glad she...
Local officials react to meth documentary
April 11th, 2008
It wasn’t like reefer madness in the 1960s, when officials tried to scare people away from using drugs. This was the real deal.
That’s what Jennifer Lockwood, a licensed me...
Resident thankful for care received
April 10th, 2008
I would like to thank the three young men who came to the senior citizen’s center in the ambulance to take me to the hospital.
They were very gentle and concerned about my comf...
Residents lucky to have Ingle
April 10th, 2008
Many, many kudos to Senate Minority Floor Leader Stuart Ingle, who
co-sponsored Senate Bill 364, the lottery-reform bill that was recently
signed into law. SB 364 requires the New Mexico Lot...
U.S. responsible for violence in Iraq
April 10th, 2008
The Virginia Tech tragedy points to a far worse tragedy, the U.S.-perpetrated catastrophe in Iraq.
Credible estimates suggest the number of Iraqis killed since March 2003
as a direct or in...
America must learn from its mistakes
April 10th, 2008
The evidence to date says al-Qaida was responsible for 9/11 and other
assaults upon innocent people. Casting aside ideology, most Americans
still believe that attacks on innocents are basically evi...
Passage of bond equals small cost
April 10th, 2008
What if you were told you won $12 million in the lottery and all it cost you to collect your prize was $2.50 a month?
Most of us with common sense would not pass up an offer like th...
Heck, Green strong at Snyder rodeo
April 10th, 2008
The Eastern New Mexico University men’s rodeo team earned an eighth place finish April 3-5 at the Western Texas College rodeo at Snyder. Strong performances from ENMU seniors Cody...
Zia first baseman providing consistency
April 10th, 2008
After two seasons in junior college in her home town of Scottsdale, Ariz., Anna Hershkowitz didn’t know where she would go to continue playing softball.
She just knew she wanted...
New look for Web site
April 10th, 2008
In case you haven’t noticed, our Web site has a new look today.The idea is to make navigation a little simpler.One new feature online is called “Data Central.&rd...
Meth documentary airs statewide tonight
April 10th, 2008
“Crystal Darkness,” a documentary campaign on the abuse of methamphetamines, will air at 6:30 p.m. tonight on multiple televisions throughout New Mexico.
Accord...
Town & Country stores to become "Stripes"
April 10th, 2008
In coming months Town & Country Food Stores will be renamed “Stripes” following a purchase by Susser Holdings Corp., according to a news release on the Town & Coun...
Prosecution rests in Salas murder trial
April 10th, 2008
CLOVIS — The prosecution went through all of its planned witnesses in the
trial of Edward Salas — including his mother — before Thursday’s
mid-day break and rested shortly a...
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April 10th, 2008
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Officials say base numbers have bottomed out
April 9th, 2008
The Local Growth Management Committee learned Wednesday that personnel levels at Cannon Air Force Base have bottomed out and numbers will begin to increase.
Clovis City Manager Joe Tho...
Book on Williamson's works to make debut at ENMU lectureship
April 9th, 2008
A tribute to the science fiction works of Jack Williamson will be made available for the first time at the Eastern New Mexico University’s annual Jack Williamson Lectureship.
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Large Youth Town Hall turnout excites organizers
April 9th, 2008
An unexpectedly large turnout during Wednesday’s New Mexico First Youth Town Hall Meeting has generated positive responses from state and city officials.
More than 150 students f...
Meth documentary to air tonight
April 9th, 2008
A 30-minute documentary, “Crystal Darkness,” will air statewide at 6:30 p.m. today.
The documentary can be seen in Portales on KOB-TV, channel 4. It features stories from N...
Events Calendar, April 10
April 9th, 2008
TodayCRP Managed Haying and Grazing Public Comment — 1 p.m., Best Western Inn, Clovis.Portals to the Soul — 7 p.m., Eastern New Mexico University Theatre Center Studio...
Defendant's ex-girlfriend, father take stand
April 9th, 2008
The prosecution continued its case Wednesday morning with testimony
from five witnesses, including Edward Salas’ former girlfriend and a
man who helped hide a gun authorities believe was invo...
Growth committee told base personnel numbers have bottomed out
April 9th, 2008
The Local Growth Management Committee learned Wednesday that
personnel levels at Cannon Air Force Base have bottomed out and numbers
will begin to increase.
Clovis City Manager Joe Th...
Biogas plants planned for Curry and Roosevelt counties on hold
April 8th, 2008
The home loan crash has affected the start of another proposed alternative-energy facility in the area.
Gibbs Energy president Joe Maceda said the construction of a biogas facility tha...
End-of-school scheduling conflicts still plague Portales High School
April 8th, 2008
While the goal of many high school students is to graduate and receive that coveted high school diploma. Some Portales seniors will have to make a tough choice about their high school graduation.
ENMU-Roswell provost to retire
April 8th, 2008
Judy Armstrong, provost of Eastern New Mexico University-Roswell, is retiring, according to a press release from ENMU.
A national search will be conducted for her replacement. The sear...
Events Calendar, April 9, 2008
April 8th, 2008
WednesdayPortals to the Soul — 7 p.m., Eastern New Mexico University Theatre Center Studio
ThursdayCRP Managed Haying and Grazing Public Comment —...
Floyd News, April 9, 2008
April 8th, 2008
TransitionsBirthdaysSunday — Darwin ChenaultUpcoming Events• Seniors will meet Thursday at the Floyd Senior Citizens Center for games and fell...
Heston both nice and larger than life itself
April 8th, 2008
Charlton Heston was famous for playing such larger-than-life historical roles as Moses, Michelangelo, Andrew Jackson, Buffalo Bill, Cardinal Richelieu, and Ben Hur, a fictional character who seemed...
Racism examples not always as they appear
April 8th, 2008
Complaints are kind of like fruitcake. Everybody seems to give them, but I’ve never met anybody who likes to receive them.
I especially hated the complaint I saw from the NAACP o...
Members should take advantage of Thrift Savings
April 8th, 2008
Two of three military members who separate or retire do so without having opened a government-run Thrift Savings Plan account, a benefit that has been available to service members since 2002.
Zias get road win in Hobbs
April 8th, 2008
HOBBS — Nicole Dickson and Brittany Regalado combined on a two-hitter as Eastern New Mexico University’s softball team bounced back from a first-game loss to blank College of the Southw...
Weekly LSC Baseball, Softball Update
April 8th, 2008
Baseball standingsAll Times MDT Conf. All W-L W-LAbilene Christian 24-7 ...
Hounds lose 13-3 to N.M. Highlands
April 8th, 2008
New Mexico Highlands scored two runs in the first without benefit of a hit, built a 12-0 lead by the third inning and rolled to a 13-3 win over Eastern New Mexico on Tuesday night in a non-league b...
Teenage girls give testimony during second day of murder trial
April 8th, 2008
Two teenage girls gave testimony for the prosecution Tuesday morning that placed three brothers and two other men at the apartment complex where 10-year-old Carlos Perez was shot and killed more th...
Edward Salas trial begins in Clovis
April 7th, 2008
Ruben Perez, the person police have said was the intended target of the shooting that took his 10-year-old brother’s life, was the first witness to take the stand Monday in the first-degree m...
Hounds steamroll S.W. Okla.
April 7th, 2008
Eastern New Mexico University baseball coach Phil Clabaugh isn’t worried about how other Lone Star Conference teams are faring. He’s concerned with how many games his squad can win down...
Film legend, conservative activist Charlton Heston dead at 84
April 6th, 2008
LOS ANGELES -
Charlton Heston, the Oscar winner who portrayed Moses and other heroic
figures on film in the '50s and '60s and later championed conservative
values as head of the National Rifle Asso...
Close call helps get priorities straight
April 6th, 2008
My husband and I have had to make some important decisions in the last few weeks. After many months of deployments, it seems that he has to go for one year of training for the new aircraft he will...
Contact lens hunt part of married life
April 6th, 2008
It’s a familiar request I hear in the mornings from my wife and I wasn’t surprised to hear it on my day off this week.“Can you come here a minute,” she called from the...
Government misuse of power should be key election issue
April 6th, 2008
The release Tuesday of an 81-page memorandum written in March 2003 on the use of rough interrogation techniques by the military offers a disturbing insight into the mindset of all too many Bush adm...
Zias split in OKC tourney
April 6th, 2008
OKLAHOMA CITY — St. Gregory’s gave pitcher Sharon Bell one run to work with in the first inning, and she made it stand up.
Bell tossed the first no-hitter against Eastern N...
Law enforcement addresses safety fears
April 5th, 2008
The case of a home invasion this past week in which an elderly woman was brutally beaten has many residents uneasy and remembering two other seemingly-recent high profile incidents of violence agai...
Floyd cheerleaders take state 1A championship
April 5th, 2008
The Floyd High School varsity cheerleading squad was crowned Class 1A state champion Saturday afternoon in Albuquerque, according to co-sponsor Sheri Chenault.
The girls, coached and s...
Great American Clean-Up slated for next Saturday
April 5th, 2008
Pride in Portales.
That’s the motto for the eighth annual Great American Clean-Up and that’s what Amy Franz hopes will motivate people to come out on Saturday, pick up a tr...
Third Salas brother set to go on trial in Clovis for murder
April 5th, 2008
Jury selection in the first-degree murder trial for a third brother charged in the shooting death of a 10-year-old Clovis boy is set to begin Monday in Clovis.
Edward Salas, 23, faces...
Clovis holds first Trade Days show
April 5th, 2008
The finish wasn’t perfect for Lee Chaffee, but the price was.
A California native, and a resident of Clovis for the last seven years, Chaffee left Curry County’s first Trad...
Events Calendar April 6, 2008
April 5th, 2008
Tuesday34th annual Student Research Conference — 1-3 p.m., ENMU College of Business, awards banquet 6:30 p.m. CUB Sandia Room.PHS and PJHS Spring Concert — 7 p.m., Pe...
Area residents participate in Juarez mission
April 5th, 2008
Barbara Brockmeier spent a week carrying lumber, pounding nails and helping put stucco on a new home.
Built in four days, the home was for a young couple with 9-month-old twins in one...
Bulldogs dominate Hounds
April 4th, 2008
No matter where the Southwestern Oklahoma Bulldogs are in the Lone Star Conference baseball standings, they’ve done nothing but give Eastern New Mexico University a lot of grief in recent yea...
ENMU track teams capture six events
April 4th, 2008
ABILENE, Texas — Eastern New Mexico University athletes claimed six victories in Thursday’s McMurry Relays track meet.
Junior Kathick Srimanohan went 22 feet, 2 inches to w...
Two sentenced for robbery
April 4th, 2008
Two Texas men were sentenced Friday to serve 12 years each for the armed robbery of two Clovis men outside a bar last year, according to a press release from the District Attorney’s office.
Zias split with defending NAIA champs
April 4th, 2008
0KLAHOMA CITY — Sophomore Kristen Cruickshank pitched a seven-hitter and Eastern New Mexico University took advantage of two errors to score twice in the fourth inning en route to a 4-2 victo...
Only a little starry-eyed
April 4th, 2008
Everybody wants to be a celebrity these days. I’m sure there must be
some fancy schmancy psychological term for this inordinate hunger for
fame, but I just call it “star dumb.”
Hounds face uphill battle for postseason
April 3rd, 2008
If the Eastern New Mexico University baseball team is going to make it to the Lone Star Conference postseason tournament for the first time, the Greyhounds will need a good April.
With...
Local Briefs April 4, 2008
April 3rd, 2008
Portales Schools to hold art show
Portales Municipal Schools will hold its annual district-wide art show from 1-4 p.m. Saturday at the Portales High School cafeteria....
Religion Digest April 4, 2008
April 3rd, 2008
Bible study begins tonight
A new Sabbath Bible Study begins at 7 p.m. today at the Wesley Foundation across from the Eastern New Mexico University campus.The Sabbat...
Events Calendar April 4, 2008
April 3rd, 2008
TodayOgallala Quilter’s Society 11th annual festival “Diamonds in Dimmitt” — All day, Expo Building Southeast Fourth and East Lee in Dimmitt, Texas, $5 admissio...
Over-budget weapons systems need questioning
April 3rd, 2008
The Government Accountability Office has issued yet another study documenting gross overspending and underproduction in Pentagon weapons systems.
The GAO has been doing these studies a...
Mom’s tax return filed for free
April 3rd, 2008
When my daughter Laura was a toddler, she would say, “When I grow up, I’m going to smoke cigarettes and do income taxes like grandma!”
Laura would sit on the couch ne...
Protective mothers a determined lot
April 3rd, 2008
For years, New Mexico State University managed a ranch on the Jornada, running Santa Gertrudis’ cattle. One of the vivid lessons I learned was the intense protectiveness of the Braymer-blood...
Congressional delegation introduces Ute pipeline legislation
April 3rd, 2008
WASHINGTON — New Mexico’s Congressional delegation introduced legislation Thursday in both chambers of Congress to help meet eastern New Mexico’s future water needs by authorizing...
Events Calendar, April 3, 2008
April 2nd, 2008
TodayOgallala Quilter’s Society 11th annual festival “Diamonds in Dimmitt” — All day, Expo Building Southeast Fourth and East Lee in Dimmitt, Texas, $5 admission...
Grass fire near St. Vrain doused
April 2nd, 2008
A fire started by a resident burning trash torched more than 1,000 acres of grassland between Clovis and Melrose on Wednesday before firefighters from four departments were able to extinguish it, f...
Third man arrested in robbery, beating of elderly woman
April 2nd, 2008
Two men were arrested late Tuesday night and another man on Wednesday in connection with a Portales home invasion in which an 82-year-old woman was battered, according to a Portales Police Departme...
'Air Raid' Hounds offense coming to stadium near you
April 1st, 2008
When you watch Eastern New Mexico University football games next fall, you may not recognize the team.
ENMU begins spring drills today, and fourth-year Greyhounds coach Mark Ribaudo is...
ENMU rodeo rides well in Odessa weekend events
April 1st, 2008
ODESSA, TEXAS — Two Eastern New Mexico University cowboys and a cowgirl made their mark over the weekend in the Odessa Rodeo.
Senior Greyhound Jared Green registered a third plac...
Former resident recalls days in CCC
April 1st, 2008
AUSTIN, Texas —Former Portales and Clovis resident Hermon Elliott remembers his years in the Civilian Conservation Corps as some of the best years of his life. He said he attended dances, swa...
Council approves economic incentive
April 1st, 2008
City Council members approved the spending of $43,148 for capital improvements for a new fast food restaurant in Portales.
The Burger King in Portales, owned and operated by Roge...
Cannon Airmen’s food drive could feed hundreds
April 1st, 2008
A recent trial community service project at Cannon Air Force Base will mean that hundreds of men, women and children in the local surrounding communities will have a lot more of the food they need....
Library to hold family nights
April 1st, 2008
The Portales Public Library wants to promote family literacy with reading programs in April.
The Family Reading Nights program will focus on bringing families together to spend time en...
ENMU Briefs April 2, 2008
April 1st, 2008
Employee/student/alumni briefsKenneth Sanders, assistant professor of economics, presented a paper at the Southwest Economics Association meetings in Las Vegas, Nev., on March 1...
Events Calendar April 2, 2008
April 1st, 2008
ThursdayFun With Poetry, Family Reading Night — 6 p.m. Portales Public Library.
FridayOgallala Quilter’s Society 11th annual festival “Diamo...
Military’s top brass finally have their say
April 1st, 2008
President Bush’s meeting last Wednesday with the Joint Chiefs of Staff was held in a secure Pentagon room called “the tank,” so it is almost impossible for outsiders to know what...
Pelosi late to the dance on human rights
April 1st, 2008
When Nancy Pelosi is featured on SportsCenter, it somehow gets my attention.
The California Democrat and Speaker of the House is turning her attention to the 2008 Summer Olympics in Be...
Gap widening between active and retired pay
April 1st, 2008
Older military retirees like Marine Corps Master Sgt. Lanny Bauer, 68, of Stockton, Calif., do not begrudge current service members for a string of annual pay raises that have exceeded wage growth...
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