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Staff report ALBUQUERQUE — Even factoring in three weather delays, and an eventual weather stoppage, Friday was a pretty good day on balance for the Portales High track teams. “Through all the adversity, our kids handled it well,” Portales coac...

STAFF REPORT ALBUQUERQUE — Talk about saving your best for last. Clovis High senior Kaine Bender has been all but inactive since tearing an ACL during the Wildcats’ football season. He essentially sat out through basketball, and competed in three...

STAFF REPORT ALBUQUERQUE — Talk about saving your best for last. Clovis High senior Kaine Bender has been all but inactive since tearing an ACL during the Wildcats’ football season. He essentially sat out through basketball, and competed in three...

Altrusa Int’l of Clovis Altrusa International of Clovis held their monthly program meeting May 11 at 6 p.m. at Muffley’s Back Door. The meeting was called to order by President Judy Cox and the Altrusa Opening Prayer was recited. Cox gave the...

Altrusa Int’l of Clovis Altrusa International of Clovis held their monthly program meeting May 11 at 6 p.m. at Muffley’s Back Door. The meeting was called to order by President Judy Cox and the Altrusa Opening Prayer was recited. Cox gave the... Full story

Hannah Evans Hannah Evans, a 4.66 GPA senior at Portales High School, has been accepted into the University of New Mexico’s Combined BA/MD Degree Program. Evans is a first team all-district soccer captain, varsity tennis player and valedictorian...

Hannah Evans Hannah Evans, a 4.66 GPA senior at Portales High School, has been accepted into the University of New Mexico’s Combined BA/MD Degree Program. Evans is a first team all-district soccer captain, varsity tennis player and valedictorian...

Wheatland School The Wheatland School reunion will be held May 23 starting at 8 a.m. in the Senior Citizens Building on Main and Jefferson streets across from the Baptist Church in Grady. For lunch, bring a covered dish. Donations will be taken to...

Staff report The Melrose Buffaloes had a season so dominant, it’s a shocker that Friday was the first time the school played for a baseball championsihp. The Buffs are 1-0 on the big stage now, as they capped a 14-1 season with a 12-0 win over...

Wheatland School The Wheatland School reunion will be held May 23 starting at 8 a.m. in the Senior Citizens Building on Main and Jefferson streets across from the Baptist Church in Grady. For lunch, bring a covered dish. Donations will be taken to...

Staff photos: Joshua Lucero Melrose senior Jay Faust connects for an inside-the-park home run during the sixth inning of Friday’s Class 1-2A state baseball championship game against McCurdy at Lobo Field in Albuquerque. The Buffaloes captured the... Full story

Staff photo: Joshua Lucero Portales freshman catcher Shelbi Walker gets the ball too late to tag out a Cobre runner at home plate in the bottom of the sixth inning of the Rams’ Class 4A tournament game. The Indians knocked Portales out of the...

MANAGING EDITOR [email protected] An Eastern New Mexico University baseball player was arrested Thursday for breaking another ballplayer’s jaw in a fight at the end of a game last month. Daniel Ward, 23, was booked into the Roosevelt County...

MANAGING EDITOR [email protected] An Eastern New Mexico University baseball player was arrested Thursday for breaking another ballplayer’s jaw in a fight at the end of a game last month. Daniel Ward, 23, was booked into the Roosevelt County... Full story

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