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This fishing report, provided by Bill Dunn and the Department of Game and Fish, has been generated from the best information available from area officers and anglers. Conditions encountered after the report is compiled may differ, as stream, lake and weather conditions alter fish and angler activities. Northeast Cabresto Lake: The lake and campground will be closed for about six months beginning May 14 while the dam is reconstructed. Charette Lakes: Fishing was very good using Power Bait for limits of trout. Cimarron River:...
This fishing report, provided by Bill Dunn and the Department of Game and Fish, has been generated from the best information available from area officers and anglers. Conditions encountered after the report is compiled may differ, as stream, lake and weather conditions alter fish and angler activities. Northeast Cabresto Lake: The lake and campground will be closed for about six months beginning May 14 while the dam is reconstructed. Charette Lakes: Fishing was very good using Power Bait for limits of trout. Cimarron River:...
A supplemental report to Tuesday's Portales City Council meeting: The council took the following action: - Approved the city's continued participation and membership in the Eastern Plains Council of Governments for the fiscal year of 2012-2013. The cost of annual membership dues is $2,577. - Approved a final plat application from planning committee for a subdivision of Raven Wood Estates 2, which will consist of 24 lots. - Tabled the discussion of city repair and replacement of the Portales Memorial Building, Recreation...
Although they don't look intimidating at 4-11 and 5-feet tall, Clovis High seniors Maddie McNaughton and Gladys Miranda are giant killers when it comes to distance events in track and field. This year both girls set the CHS school record in the 1600 meters. Miranda set it first at Alamogordo on April 20, and four days later, McNaughton broke Miranda's record at the Hobbs qualifier. CHS distance coach Mark Bussen said this is an extraordinary event. "In my 25 plus years of coaching, I don't remember ever coaching a team where...
CANYON, Texas — Senior Daniel Draper threw a season-best 210 feet, 5 inches to win men's javelin and senior LaDawn Spiller earned an NCAA Division II provisional national qualifying mark in women's long jump, highlighting Eastern New Mexico University's performances in the West Texas A&M open track meet on Friday and Saturday. Spiller finished third in long jump with a distance of 18-6 1/2 becoming the second Zia to qualify provisionally. Also for the Zias, freshman Alesha Jones placed third in the women's 800 in 2 m...
CANYON, Texas — Senior Daniel Draper threw a season-best 210 feet, 5 inches to win men's javelin and senior LaDawn Spiller earned an NCAA Division II provisional national qualifying mark in women's long jump, highlighting Eastern New Mexico University's performances in the West Texas A&M open track meet on Friday and Saturday. Spiller finished third in long jump with a distance of 18-6 1/2 becoming the second Zia to qualify provisionally. Also for the Zias, freshman Alesha Jones placed third in the women's 800 in 2 m... Full story
Former Clovis High wide receiver Rashard Matthews was taken in the seventh round of the NFL draft, with the 227th pick, on Saturday by the Miami Dolphins. Matthews, who played one year for the Wildcats and had 43 catches for 839 yards and 12 touchdowns, played collegiately at Nevada. Last fall, in his senior season, he cught 91 passes for 31,364 yards and eight TDs for the Wolfpack... Full story
With most of the team's top scorers lost to graduation, Eastern New Mexico University men's basketball coach Andrew Helton is continuing to hit the California junior college ranks in search of replacements. Helton signed Rafael Love, a 6-foot-4, 200-pound guard-forward from College of the Canyons, to a national letter of intent for next season. Love, from Long Beach, joins point guard Rodney Blackmon and forward D.J. Hardwell, two Californians out of the juco ranks who were signed last month. Blackmon, who played at West Los... Full story
With most of the team's top scorers lost to graduation, Eastern New Mexico University men's basketball coach Andrew Helton is continuing to hit the California junior college ranks in search of replacements. Helton signed Rafael Love, a 6-foot-4, 200-pound guard-forward from College of the Canyons, to a national letter of intent for next season. Love, from Long Beach, joins point guard Rodney Blackmon and forward D.J. Hardwell, two Californians out of the juco ranks who were signed last month. Blackmon, who played at West Los...
Good morning and welcome to the Wednesday briefing. Off the grid A Los Angeles-based production company is looking for off-beat communities, families or couples living off the grid. It's part of casting for a new reality show planned by Red Varden Studios. They're looking for folks with big personalities who are living without electricity or other basic needs. To considered, email photos and other information to [email protected] Free concert Eastern New Mexico University's Department of Music is hosting the annual Wind...
Mayor Sharon King and Portales city council members praised the Portales Police Department and Chief Jeff Gill on Tuesday evening at their bi-monthly city council meeting in light of a 14-page report released last week that was critical of the department's performance. King said it was important that the department go through a review after the turmoil surrounding the resignation of Deputy Chief Lonnie Berry, who pled no contest to three felony counts of tampering with public records. Click here to read our editorial on city... Full story
Clovis Community College will be raising student fees next semester, but not tuition, according to President Becky Rowley. Debbie Zurzolo, CCC's chief financial officer, said a student facility use fee of $10 per credit hour will help pay for debts on capital outlay projects. The Board of Trustees passed the increase Tuesday in an effort to balance $25 million in expected revenues with $25.5 million in projected expenditures for fiscal year 2012-2013. More than 1,600 CCC students enrolled full-time will see fees jump from...
Clovis Community College will be raising student fees next semester, but not tuition, according to President Becky Rowley. Debbie Zurzolo, CCC's chief financial officer, said a student facility use fee of $10 per credit hour will help pay for debts on capital outlay projects. The Board of Trustees passed the increase Tuesday in an effort to balance $25 million in expected revenues with $25.5 million in projected expenditures for fiscal year 2012-2013. More than 1,600 CCC students enrolled full-time will see fees jump from... Full story
Here is a sampling of police, sheriff and fire call logs: Monday - 11:56 a.m.: Caller reported her son is not breathing, 1300 block of North Fargo. - 1:01 p.m.: Call in reference to harassment, police station. - 1:12 p.m.: Officer requested for a gas drive off, 1000 block of West Second Street. - 3:23 p.m.: Case number for bench warrant requested, 1000 block of Community Way. - 3:43 p.m.: Caller reported being in a vehicle accident with injuries, 200 block of South Main. - 4:19 p.m.: Caller reported her husband is trying to...
Clinton Smith considers himself a regular on weekends at the Dawg Houze bar in Portales. Christina Calloway: Portales News-Tribune Dawg Houze owner Chad Heflin has started a taxi service for bar patrons. It operates Thursday night through Saturday night. Smith, a 24-year-old airman stationed at Cannon Air Force Base, usually walks 15 minutes to and from the bar as his means of responsible travel. But now Smith is happy that his walking days are behind him. For these past two...
Clinton Smith considers himself a regular on weekends at the Dawg Houze bar in Portales. Christina Calloway: Portales News-Tribune Dawg Houze owner Chad Heflin has started a taxi service for bar patrons. It operates Thursday night through Saturday night. Smith, a 24-year-old airman stationed at Cannon Air Force Base, usually walks 15 minutes to and from the bar as his means of responsible travel. But now Smith is happy that his walking days are behind him. For these past two...
The Local Growth Management Committee plans to hire a new regional growth planner. What's undecided is how much will be tasked to the planner when a contract is drawn up. Members of the LGMO met Tuesday morning at the Curry County Courthouse to discuss where to go since previous planner Rick Draker terminated his contract as of Monday. The organization was created to bring together entities affected by growth at Cannon Air Force Base, with representation from Curry and Roosevelt counties and the cities of Clovis and...
Here is a sampling of police, sheriff and fire calls for: Monday - 1:24 a.m.: Caller advised items were missing from her home, 1300 block of East 13th Street. - 5:35 a.m.: Caller reported a male subject on a train that would not get off, 200 block of South Main Street. - 7:30 a.m.: Caller reported lock cut off storage yard and a flatbed trailer stolen, 800 block of South Prince Street. - 9 a.m.: Caller reported an electrical fire due to dog chewing the wires, 800 West Manana Boulevard. - 9:43 a.m.: Caller reported an RV...
The Local Growth Management Committee plans to hire a new regional growth planner. What's undecided is how much will be tasked to the planner when a contract is drawn up. Members of the LGMO met Tuesday morning at the Curry County Courthouse to discuss where to go since previous planner Rick Draker terminated his contract as of Monday. The organization was created to bring together entities affected by growth at Cannon Air Force Base, with representation from Curry and Roosevelt counties and the cities of Clovis and...
F ew political observers have compared the 42nd president of the United States with the 36th. But what former President Bill Clinton intoned last week at West Texas A&M University well might have brought back memories of the late President Lyndon Johnson. It is this, quite simply: Rigid ideology must not stop progress on behalf of the country. Clinton, speaking as part of WT's Distinguished Lecture Series, told a packed First United Bank Event Center that "we can do lots of stuff to grow the economy, but if we spend most of...
I go to Roger Ebert's website for movie reviews. I get his newsletter for interesting movie trailers. I came to his Facebook page Monday and got disappointment. It wasn't with Ebert (although we have our disagreements about "The Usual Suspects"). It was with a reader, whose letter to the editor Ebert shared: "I've been a fan of Roger Ebert over the years, valuing his opinion on entertainment, especially with the high cost of attending movies today. Today that value was trashed when, on his website (rogerebert.com), I was hit...
I go to Roger Ebert's website for movie reviews. I get his newsletter for interesting movie trailers. I came to his Facebook page Monday and got disappointment. It wasn't with Ebert (although we have our disagreements about "The Usual Suspects"). It was with a reader, whose letter to the editor Ebert shared: "I've been a fan of Roger Ebert over the years, valuing his opinion on entertainment, especially with the high cost of attending movies today. Today that value was trashed when, on his website (rogerebert.com), I was hit...
The House armed services subcommittee on military personnel has declined to give the Obama administration new authority it sought to phase in higher TRICARE fees on military retirees over the next four years and to peg future TRICARE fee hikes to medical inflation nationwide. But in marking up its version of the fiscal 2013 defense authorization bill, the subcommittee did not adopt discreet language, as it has in the past years, that would block any TRICARE fee increases. It also did not include language, as it has... Full story
The House armed services subcommittee on military personnel has declined to give the Obama administration new authority it sought to phase in higher TRICARE fees on military retirees over the next four years and to peg future TRICARE fee hikes to medical inflation nationwide. But in marking up its version of the fiscal 2013 defense authorization bill, the subcommittee did not adopt discreet language, as it has in the past years, that would block any TRICARE fee increases. It also did not include language, as it has... Full story
Auctioneering is not only how Robert Rosales earns part of his income but is also how he raises money to help in the battle against cancer. CNJ staff photo: Benna Sayyed Rosales, auctioneer for Rocking R Auctions and owner of Affordable Pest Control, coordinated the Team Roundup a Cure auction Saturday to raise money for the Clovis Relay For Life on May 11. His most recent auction, Team Roundup a Cure, was held Saturday to raise money for the Clovis Relay For Life on May 11. R... Full story