Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
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Today Diamond Sharp Breakfast Base Dining Facility, 7 a.m. Friday Social Hour Landing Zone, 4:27 p.m. Trivia & Ice Cream Social Youth Center, 5 p.m. Steak Night Landing Zone, 5 p.m. Karaoke Community Center, 8 p.m. Registration Deadline For Rock Climbing Outdoor Recreation, 784-2773 Saturday Cross Country Golf Tourney Whispering Winds Golf Course, 8 a.m. Caprock Winery Outdoor Recreation, 9:30 a.m. Double Feature Movie Night For 18 Years and Up Community Center, 3 p.m. & 6 p.m. Buck & Half Night Cannon Lanes, 6 p.m. Sunday...
U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Development State Director Terry Brunner travels around New Mexico to hear about the issues of rural citizens. In his series of informal meetings called, "Give Your Two Cents to Terry," Brunner hopes to expand his knowledge about the challenges that rural New Mexicans face in areas including housing, water, job creation, and the expansion of broadband and electrical service. Brunner, a native of Chicago, was appointed to be the state director for USDA rural development by President Barack...
Today Belly dance — 5 p.m., Portales Recreation Center. $5 per class. Information: 356-8598. Boot camp — 5:30 p.m., Portales Recreation Center. $5 per class. Information: 356-8598. Friday Aerobics — 7:30 a.m., Portales Recreation Center. $5 per class. Information: 356-8598. Saturday USDA housing seminar — 9 a.m., 42479 U.S. 70, Suite 100. The seminar will feature housing experts providing information on home ownership. Information: 505-761-4951. Saddle Up 5K — 6 a.m., Main and Grand streets in Clovis. The Food Bank of Easter...
Roosevelt County court documents show all but one person charged with drug trafficking last month sold small amounts of methamphetamine to an informant. One of the suspects sold prescription drugs. The others sold amounts ranging from a half gram to two grams of methamphetamine, the records show. Street value of the meth ranged from $40 to $140 per sale, records show. Ten people were arrested May 23 in what police called "one of the city's largest drug busts," that followed a four-month investigation. Arrest warrants were...
I found myself jetting through the friendly skies recently and wondered, as I always do, if the Wright brothers had any idea — even an inkling — of what they were beginning that long-ago day on the beach in North Carolina. After his first flimsy 12-second flight 20 feet above the Kitty Hawk sand dunes, Orville Wright likely never considered that within a century there would be 28,000 flights a day in the United States alone, and that those modern jets would hurtle through the atmosphere 40,000 feet above earth at speeds ave...
Red Beard and his evil pirate crew invaded Portales Wednesday night. But behold, Glitter and the pirates were there to save the day. This was the theme of the play put on by Faith Triumphant Church at Generations, a building owned by the church on Avenue D. The feature had a cast of colorful pirates delivering an inspiring message. Wednesday served as the encore presentation of the play, performed on an elaborate set complete with green shrubs and an authentic pirate ship. Christina Calloway: Portales News-Tribune The...
Rain hit eastern New Mexico hard Wednesday night, with Portales taking the brunt of the inclement weather with about an inch of rain, but emergency crews in both Portales and Clovis reported they responded to no calls for injuries. Mark Fettig, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Albuquerque, said the highest rain total reported in Roosevelt County was 1.1 inches a mile northeast of Portales. The biggest issues in Curry County were with dust and wind, Fettig said, but he noted reports of hail in Texico and...
Portales police, sheriff and fire call logs: Tuesday Caller reported: - 12:18 a.m.: Possible threat, 600 block of West 18th Street. - 3:15 a.m.: Criminal damage, 1200 block of North Chicago. - 8:57 a.m.: Stray dogs, 100 block of Kansas. - 8:59 a.m.: Case number request, 1700 block of North Boston Avenue. - 9:50 a.m.: Vehicle backed into gas pump, 1300 block of South Avenue D. - 9:59 a.m.: Jewelry theft, 200 block of Gee Street. - 10:27 a.m.: Dog in road, 100 block of Highway 467 - 11:28 a.m.: Close patrol request, 1200 block...
Cannon Connections: Kevin Baird 1st Lt. Veronica Flores of Cannon Air Force Base is training for the Air Force Marathon, where she will be competing in the half marathon. Her goal is to shave 10minutes off her personal best. 1st Lt. Veronica Flores of Cannon Air Force Base has been selected to compete on the Air Force Special Operations Command team in the Air Force Marathon. Although Flores has been running competitively since middle school, it wasn't until 2009 that she ran her first half marathon, at the Air Marathon. "It...
Air Commandos with the 27th Special Operations Wing gathered during the Memorial Holiday weekend for a memorialization ceremony to honor a fallen service member May 27 at Cannon Air Force Base. U.S. Air Force photo: Senior Airman Alexxis Pons Abascal Susan Zerbe, mother of U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Daniel L. Zerbe, unveils the memorization plaque for her son at the base pool May 27 at Cannon Air Force Bas. The DZ Pool was named in remembrance of Zerbe, a pararescueman who formally served under Air Force Special Operations...
Air Commandos from Cannon Air Force Base, received their Community College of the Air Force degrees during a commencement ceremony at the Landing Zone May 30 at Cannon Air Force Base. U.S. Air Force photo: Senior Airman Whitney Tucker Air Commandos received their Community College of the Air Force degrees during a commencement ceremony May 30 at the Landing Zone at Cannon Air Force Base. During the ceremony, 86 Air Commandos joined the more than 400,000 active duty Airmen who have earned their CCAF associate degrees. The... Full story
U.S. Air Force photo: Senior Airman Jette Carr U.S. Air Force Col. Buck Elton, 27th Special Operations Wing commander, passes the guidon to Col. Sean Farrell, 27th Special Operations Group commander, during a change of command ceremony May 31 at Cannon Air Force Base. Elton presided over the ceremony, in which Col. William West relinquished command of the 27 SOG to Farrell. Col. Sean M. Farrell, former senior program analyst at the Pentagon, assumed command of the 27th Special Operations Group during a change of command cerem...
The Eastern New Mexico squadron of the Civil Air Patrol hosted a change of command ceremony at the Army National Guard Armory May 28 in Clovis. U.S. Air Force photo: Senior Airman Whitney Tucker Members of the Civil Air Patrol and U.S. Air Force render a salute as honor guardsmen from Cannon Air Force Base present the colors during the CAP Clovis High Plains Composite Squadron change of command May 28. During the ceremony, Col. Mark Smith, New Mexico Wing CAP commander, relieved 1st Lt. David O'Leary of command of the Clovis...
U.S. Air Force photo: Senior Airman Alexxis Pons Abascal U.S. Air Force Col. Buck Elton, 27th Special Operations Wing commander, stands with fellow commanders and chiefs after several back-to-back volleyball games in the Fitness Center. Commanders and chiefs with the 27th Special Operations Wing took on students with the Airman Leadership School in several back-to-back volleyball games in the Fitness Center May 23 at Cannon Air Force Base. Col. Buck Elton, 27 SOW commander, played his final match against the ALS as he...
Editor's note: This feature is the 26th in a series of Air Commando spotlights at Cannon. The airmen being highlighted are recent Diamond Sharp award winners. Diamond Sharp is a monthly program where Airmen are recognized by wing leadership and first sergeants for their hard work and achievements. U.S. Air Force photo: Airman 1st Class Eboni Reece U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Brandon Hardesty, 27th Special Operations Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, 73rd Aircraft Maintenance Unit crew chief, was recently recognized as a... Full story
Courtesy graphic Military shoppers who prefer the ease and organization that an eReceipt provides can skip the paper receipt and have documentation of their transaction emailed to them when shopping at the Cannon Exchange at Cannon Air Force Base. Shoppers simply provide their email address and phone number at checkout to sign up to receive eReceipts. "Purchase receipts by email makes storing and organizing much easier," said Aileen Rivenburg, Cannon Exchange general manager. "An additional benefit to eReceipts is that it...
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 — Fishing was good using copper John Barrs, wooly buggers, bead-head hares ears and spinners for trout. Charette Lakes — We had no reports from anglers this week. Cimarron River — Water flow below Eagle... Full story