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link Courtesy photo:Elizabeth Salgado Rey Ornelas throws a pitch during the Rams second game against NMMI Tuesday. Staff report Grant Wagner pitched an abbreviated no-hitter and Portales scored a combined 26 runs as it swept New Mexico Military Institute in a doubleheader, 11-0 and 15-4, ion Wednesday at NMMI. Wagner kept the Colts (7-4) hitters off balance in the first game, striking out eight while throwing just 77 pitches — 51 for strikes. Wagner was also a part of the offe... Full story
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link Staff photo: Joshua Lucero Zia shortstop Susannah Chandler dives for a line drive during the Zias second game in a doubleheader against the Lubbock Christian University Chaps at Zia softball field. STAFF REPORT Designated player Sydney Beuthien homered in each game and drove in seven runs as Lubbock Christian swept a softball doubleheader from Eastern New Mexico University 8-4 and 13-5 on Tuesday. Trailing 2-1, Beuthien highlighted a seven-run sixth LCU with a grand...
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link Staff photo: Joshua Lucero Portales sophomore Zachary Laurenz returns a serve during a doubles match with partner Austin Lucero against Goddard at the Bill Wahlman Tennis Center. Staff writer [email protected] The Portales tennis teams took on Goddard Tuesday and went home with a spilt as the boys got their first win of the season 5-4 and the girls lost 7-2. The boys team got wins in singles by Austin Lucero, Nathan Van Dam and Ethan Self, who all won in straight sets....
MANAGING EDITOR [email protected] Roosevelt County commissioners approved what Commissioner Gene Creighton called a “win-win” agreement with the Roosevelt County Chamber of Commerce on Tuesday. Commissioners agreed to open the Roosevelt County Fairgrounds so it can host the annual Peanut Valley Festival and Ag Expo. The Chamber agreed to pay expenses for those days. Chamber Executive Director Karl Terry said there is a $204,100 economic impact on the community from the Peanut Festival each year and a $310,580 eco...
Staff report link Courtesy photo Carter, pictured on his album “Legends,” began playing the fiddle at age 7. A Portales teen was named 2014 Western Swing Male Vocalist of the Year by the Academy of Western Artists. Coby Carter, 19, said he was honored to take the title. “I was shocked and thrilled,” Carter said. “I’d been singing for about a year and a half before I cut the album, and it was only out for about two and a half months in 2014. So to get an award for the year 20...
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Staff report The City of Portales and the Portales Fire Department have taken the first steps towards the creation of a PFD substation on the north side of Portales. The city councilors approved the acceptance of a warranty deed for property donated by La Casa de Buena Salud, Inc. during Tuesday’s monthly council meeting at the Memorial Building. The property donated is located at the intersection of West Ivy Street and North Avenue L and will be used by the PFD for a substation to serve the area of Portales north of the r...
Editor’s note: This is a weekly series profiling public service workers link Navarez Name: Daniel Navarez Title: Police officer, Portales Police Department What made you want to be a police officer? I married a girl and she had a kid so I thought she couldn't brag about her dad working at Wal-Mart, but she could brag about her dad being a cop. What's something about going on patrol that people may not see or know? One thing people don't realize is if we're having a slow day a...
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On this date ...link 1965: The Clovis News-Journal interviewed area men involved in the Bataan Death March, which began on April 9, 1942, and involved almost 1,800 New Mexico National Guardsmen. Orville Drummond, who lived at 621 W. 18th in Clovis, said he weighed 200 pounds when he was taken prisoner by the Japanese, but weighed 140 as a prisoner of war. Lee Roach, who lived southwest of Clovis, said he was held captive for 3 1/2 years. Others the newspaper identified as bein... Full story
Detention officer attacked by inmate Roosevelt County Detention Center Administrator David Casanova confirmed Tuesday that a detention center officer was recently attacked by an inmate. But, Casanova said, the officer was not seriously injured and returned for a scheduled shift the next day. According to Portales Police Department call records, officers responded to an assault report at RCDC at 11:01 a.m. Sunday. Casanova said he could not give any details on the incident because it is being investigated by law officers.... Full story
Local columnist link Helena Rodriguez April showers bring May flowers. But that’s not the only reason I’m planting my petunias this week. My friend, Josie DeLeon, told me recently that she waits until after Easter to do her spring planting. “That is something that my dad (Transito Rodriguez) always believed in. That everything awakens after Lent,” Josie told me. This made sense to me. Easter is a time of resurrection and new life. I had always heard the rules of the fashion... Full story
Deputy editor link Kevin Wilson My New Mexico driver’s license may be revoked over this, but “Breaking Bad” isn’t my pick as greatest television series in history. Before you shout, “Blasphemy,” that doesn’t mean I hate the New Mexico-filmed show starring Bryan Cranston. It’s top five. My criteria is, “If you could only watch Series A or Series B for the rest of your life, what do you pick?” Beating out “Breaking Bad” are: “The Wire,” “The Simpsons,” “Homicide: Life on...
MANAGING EDITOR [email protected] After months of being understaffed, the Roosevelt County Detention Center is finally on its way to being fully staffed again. Commissioners approved the hiring of three full-time positions and two part-time positions for the detention center at their Tuesday meeting. “These are clear, identified needs based off the new schedule we asked him to adopt,” County Manager Amber Hamilton told commissioners, referencing jail Administrator David Casanova moving his officers from 8-hour shi... Full story
Today • Preschool story time — 10:30 a.m., Portales Public Library. Information: 575-356-3940 • Wii Wednesday — 4:30 p.m., Portales Public Library. Information: 575-356-3940 Thursday • Preschool storytime — 6 p.m., Portales Public Library. Information: 575-356-3940 Friday • Ambassador’s Movie Night — 6 p.m., Yam Theatre. The free movie shown will be Big Hero 6. Information: 575-356-8541. • Jazz Fest — 7 p.m. to 8 p.m., Buchanan Hall at ENMU. Annual event that brings area jazz enthusiasts together for two nights of perform... Full story
Staff writer link Brittney Cannon In our house lately, it’s been a “Mad Men’s” world, and this week, my favorite character made it hers. Watching “Mad Men” recently has reminded me of the chauvinistic things women have put up with over several decades — if not centuries — for being the “inferior sex.” Right now, I’m in season seven. I’ve been watching this fabulous show since I graduated from college in 2011 — I’m pretty invested in it, and devastated to know that after this,...
Dora High School Seventh grade A Honor Roll Lydia Barron Kaitlyn Kircher Allie Luscombe Alyssa McAlister A/B Honor roll Austen Jones Sarron Simpson Eighth grade A/B Honor roll Jessa Beaty Lauren Bickham Dakota Newman Alex Zangara Ninth grade A Honor roll Lance Fletcher Savannah Kircher Kirsten Tapia A/B Honor roll Jessica Barron Brenna Bates Velinda Fierro Jaedin Paxton Hayden Skinner Tenth grade A Honor roll Shaelei Payne Charlyn Simpson A/B Honor roll Isaac Carrasco Mason Foster Daelynn Lee Andrew Puebla Gema Villanueva...
Portales City Council The following took place at the Portales City Council meeting Tuesday night at the Memorial Building: • Awarded accounts payable/payroll support specialist Carla Weems with the employee of the quarter award for the first quarter of 2015 • Mayor Sharon King proclaimed April 7, 2015 as “Fair Housing Day” in Portales. The day celebrates the Fair Housing Act, which protects people from discrimination when renting, buying, or obtaining financing for housing. • Councilors approved resolution No. 14-15-22...
Santa Fe is known for many things — but being known as a place where an audience member throws a banana peel at an African-American comic is not an image we welcome. Yet that’s the story that shot around the nation, and even the world, after Christian Englander, 30, pulled the peel from his back pocket and tossed it at Dave Chappelle during a performance last week at the Lensic. The peel-tossing veered way too close to how racist soccer fans in Europe throw bananas at black players on the pitch. One headline on the web cal...
Santa Fe is known for many things — but being known as a place where an audience member throws a banana peel at an African-American comic is not an image we welcome. Yet that’s the story that shot around the nation, and even the world, after Christian Englander, 30, pulled the peel from his back pocket and tossed it at Dave Chappelle during a performance last week at the Lensic. The peel-tossing veered way too close to how racist soccer fans in Europe throw bananas at black players on the pitch. One headline on the web cal... Full story
State columnist link Tom McDonald One of the perks to having a column that runs in papers around the state is the feedback, especially through emails, that I receive from readers. Sometimes it surprises me what people get passionate about. Not long ago I wrote about some of the bills that passed New Mexico’s most recent legislative session, listing more than a dozen measures that passed — including one that caught the attention of a hemp enthusiast. “I enjoyed reading your... Full story
State columnist link Tom McDonald One of the perks to having a column that runs in papers around the state is the feedback, especially through emails, that I receive from readers. Sometimes it surprises me what people get passionate about. Not long ago I wrote about some of the bills that passed New Mexico’s most recent legislative session, listing more than a dozen measures that passed — including one that caught the attention of a hemp enthusiast. “I enjoyed reading your...
