Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
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A mushrooming Social Security disability program appears headed down the track to insolvency. Currently about 10.9 million people are receiving disability checks, according to the Social Security Administration. The Congressional Budget Office reports that since 1970 the number of disabled workers receiving benefits has increased nearly sixfold. Last year about 3.2 million people applied for benefits, up 25 percent in the last decade. Among likely factors driving the boom in applications are high unemployment, a struggling... Full story
The Portales Lady Rams had their way with Roswell Goddard on Thursday in dual tennis competition at the Eastern New Mexico University tennis courts. The same couldn't be said for the Rams, who lost to the Rockets 8-1 at the Bill Wahlman Tennis Center. CMI correspondent: Joshua LuceroPHS junior Bailey Garcia-Thompson rushes to return a shot during his doubles match with teammate Anthony Necker against Roswell Goddard's Casey Conlee and Hector Rodriguez on Thursday afternoon at the Bill Wahlman Tennis Complex. Goddard's only... Full story
Portales High's athletes didn't win all that many events Thursday, but the Rams and Lady Rams had enough points all around to sweep team titles in the Barbara George Relays at PHS. The PHS girls won five events — all on the track — and finished with 136 points to 132 for West Las Vegas in four-team competition. The Clovis junior varsity was third with 106 points while Lovington came in last at 33. CMI correspondent: Joshua LuceroPortales junior Jaime Sotelo, right, finished second in the boys 100 with a time of 11.28 sec...
If you could have anything in the world, what would you ask for? Riches? Fortune? Fame? To be happy is one of life's pursuits and yet, for many, it seems almost unobtainable. Some pursue happiness with an unrelenting resolve, and just about the time it can be grasped, it suddenly eludes them, and the cycle begins again. One of the happiest people I have ever met was a 93-years-young wonderful soul in the rest home. She held me close the day I had to enter my two aunts in the nursing home where she resides. My tears were...
A Clovis couple was convicted of bilking the Air Force of $6.5 million Thursday by a federal jury in San Antonio, Texas. Donald Dean Brewer and his wife Sherri Lynn Brewer, both age 62, face 20 years in federal prison and are being forced to repay more than $6 million, according to a press release from the U.S. Attorney Robert Pitman. Also convicted in the month-long trial was James McKinney, 60, of San Antonio. The Brewers are the former owners of Brewer Jeep and Brewer Mitsubishi in Clovis. Prosecutors charged that McKinney...
SANTA FE — New Mexico health officials say seven lab-confirmed cases of salmonella have been confirmed in six counties, including one case in Curry County, and they're linking the cases to exposure to baby poultry. Four of the cases involve infants. The Curry County case involved a 1-year-old-girl who was hospitalized for four days before recovering, Public Health Veterinarian Dr. Paul Ettestad said. According to the department, other residents with confirmed cases live in Eddy, Lea, Luna, Otero, and Taos counties. A l...
Joint Land Use Study committee Chair Gayla Brumfield said its recent meeting has given a positive outlook to future relations between landowners and Cannon Air Force Base. The committee is tasked with working with the U.S. Department of Defense in regard to local land development issues. Brumfield said the committee, comprised of local landowners, community members and Cannon officials, met with its consultant to go over a set of guidelines that will help deal with encroachment issues. "What was decided was to put together a...
Today Aerobics — 7:30 a.m., Portales Recreation Center. $5 per class. Information: 356-8598. When You Comin' Back, Red Ryder? — 7 p.m., Eastern New Mexico University's Studio Theater. Admission is $5 or free for ENMU students with an ID. Information: 562-2711. Saturday Portales Kiwanis Club annual flower sale — 7 a.m.-noon, C&S Auto parking lot. Information: 749-1840. Comcast Cares Day — 8 a.m., Portales Recreation Center. Information: 356-8598. ENMU mud volleyball tournament — 10 a.m., Eastern New Mexico University. The tour...
Editor's note: This is the final story of a three-part series on Eastern New Mexico University music students' recitals. A friend convinced Brittley Bates to join band in middle school. She chose the flute because it was one of the instruments that her parents played in high school. "I really fell in love with it when I got into high school," said Bates, a native of Hobbs. "I actually got to play harder music and all that stuff, and I really fell in love with it." Jillian Holbert: Portales News-Tribune Brittley Bates...
One agricultural expert says the future of farming depends on the use of genetically modified organisms in order to meet the food demands of a growing population. But one local business owner is worried about the long-term effects of consuming foods that contain GMOs because he says the research has not been done yet. New Mexico Farm and Livestock Bureau Executive Vice President Matt Rush says the issue of mandatory labeling of foods that contain GMOs continues to be raised, especially in proposed legislation. He says...
Here is a sampling of police, sheriff and fire call logs: Wednesday Caller reported: - 2:23 p.m.: A motor vehicle accident, 1100 block of West First Street. - 2:28 p.m.: Officer requested a case number for warrant service, 17th Lane and Avenue F. - 3:23 p.m.: Reported a fight at the city park, Seventh and Abilene. - 3:32 p.m.: Requested an officer regarding possible stolen property, 600 block of East Canadian. - 3:51 p.m.: Officer requested a case number, 700 block of West 17th Street. - 4:03 p.m.: Requested an officer to... Full story
Throughout most of American history, interference in an individual's life by government employees, even under the worst administrations, was rare. Government and its regulations were practically invisible, like a ghost, and most people never noticed government because its laws didn't affect their lives or normal behavior in ordinary circumstances. The regulations that did exist were generally consistent with natural law; don't steal, don't attack the innocent and don't trespass. The rest of the rules, like giving the taxman...
