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The 2015 New Mexico legislative session is over, but the 60-day period entailed hard-fought battles over education legislation with wins and losses on both sides. link Roch The education battles, however, are long from over, according to state Rep. Dennis Roch, R-Logan, who was named the incoming chairman of the Legislative Education Study Committee on Monday. Roch, superintendent of Logan schools, 16 years experience as an educator. He represents District 67 representative...
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STAFF WRITER [email protected] link Staff photo: Jackie Johnson Second grade students at James Elementary admire recently hatched chicks from the embryology program. The program teaches students about the life cycle. The annual three-week embryology program held at James Elementary came to an end on Wednesday with a lot of broken eggs. According to Ryan Craig, a 4-H agent with the Roosevelt County Cooperative Extension Service that sponsors the program, it has been in...
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MANAGING EDITOR [email protected] A gas leak Wednesday in Portales caused police to shut down 18th Street between Avenue B and Abilene and evacuate residents from their homes. Portales Police Detective Charlie Smart said TLC, the company contracting to build and install the wastewater plant pipeline, struck a gas line. The section of street was closed down as of 2 p.m. with residents being allowed to return to their homes just after 4 p.m. Smart and Officer Chris Valdez said TLC officials said the repair of the line...
Today • Preschool story time — 6 p.m., Portales Public Library. Information: 575-356-3940. Saturday • ENMU choir’s Spring Concert — 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. at Buchanan Hall in the music building. Free and open to the public. Information: 575-562-2377. • Prehistoric New Mexico Open House — 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Blackwater Draw ‘Clovis Site.’ Activities, demonstrations start approximately 10 a.m. Free, open to the public. Information: 575-356-8541. • Roosevelt County Extension Club meeting — 10:30 a.m., McAlister Room. Information: 57...
Hit the road... • Get yourself some culture and live music. The Eastern New Mexico University choir’s annual spring concert fills the air starting 7 p.m. Saturday at Buchanan Hall. Hit the circuit... • High speed and lots of dust. Sounds like a typical spring day in eastern New Mexico but no. It’s dirt track demons tearing up the Ned Houk Sports Complex for the High Plains Motor Speedway’s first race of the season. Starts at 3:30 p.m. Sunday at the Ned Houk Sports Complex north of Clovis. Thoughts on speed... • We hit the...
BPA Nine students from the Dora Chapter of the Business Professionals of America, who qualified at the State level will be traveling to the National contest on Tuesday, May 5, through Sunday, May 10: Jessica Barron, Isaac Carrasco, McCray Clark, Velinda Fierro, Amanda Hurt, Francis Lopez, Shania Ramirez, Charlyn Simpson and Gema Villanueva. Sponsor Colleen Tollett will accompany the students to the competition, which is held this year in Anaheim, California. Sports • Friday – Varsity baseball double header at Gateway Chr...
Editor’s note: Following is one in a series of profiles about graduating high school seniors. link Lucero Portales High School Austin Lucero, 18, plans on attending Eastern New Mexico University to pursue a degree in engineering. Lucero participated in basketball, tennis and National Honor Society during high school, and said the activities gave him the discipline and work ethic necessary to be successful. Describe your favorite teacher. What was it about this teacher and the...
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DEPUTY EDITOR [email protected] A few tough holes for everybody, and the Clovis boys golf team just missed its third and final qualifying leg for the state tournament. The Wildcats placed third with a 318 at the Murphy Black Invitational in Lovington, but needed a 311. The boys have one more chance to earn a qualifying leg during the district championship Monday at Spring River in Roswell. “Conditions were great, perfect,” boys coach Cal Fullerton said. “Some of the greens were pretty hard, but we couldn’t have asked f... Full story
The best kinds of people rarely make headlines. Living a simple, honest life isn’t newsworthy. link Betty Williamson But they are my favorite stories to tell. Lifelong Roosevelt County resident Walter “Cotton” Clark died last week at the age of 87; Ila Jean, his wife of 64 years, preceded him in 2012. Cotton (who picked up his nickname as a white-blonde tot) was a familiar fixture for decades at the old Food Town grocery, which anchored the Sands Shopping Center in Porta...
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Staff report A Rio Rancho High senior signed to play for the Greyhound basketball team next season was named the state’s player of the year by USA Today. Brady Patterson, who also repeated as a selection for the Albuquerque Journal’s All-Metro Team, led the Rams to the semifinals while averaging 21.3 points and 6.4 assists per game. “We are very excited to have a player of Brady’s caliber join us here at ENMU,” Eastern New Mexico University men’s coach Stott Carter said in a release from the college. “We have always been c...
Portales police say a scam artist is going around town representing himself as a officer. Police said the man tells his targets they are winners of Royal Star Sweepstakes and to collect their prize, they need to give him 1 percent of the total prize money. Police said they are not part of any sweepstakes and will not solicit money from anyone. Police are asking anyone with information to contact Detective Charlie Smart. — Staff report... Full story
On this date … 1970: New Mexico’s Supreme Court ruled Eastern New Mexico University could keep teacher salaries secret, for now, if its board of regents promptly appealed a Roosevelt County District Court decision to make them public.link ENMU student journalists Ernest Sanchez and Arthur Dula took the college to court, claiming its 280 teacher salaries should be made public. 1964: Teola Artman received a 25-year veterans award for service to area Boy Scouts. The El Llano Gra... Full story
Staff Report Officials say a crew member from Texico who was aboard a freight train that struck a parked train near Roswell probably would have survived if he had not jumped right before impact. Jesse Coburn III, 48, the engineer, was found dead at the scene Tuesday by first responders. National Transportation Safety Board investigators said Wednesday that the locomotive’s survival area was completely intact after it struck the train parked on a siding. They say a manually operated switch was locked in place, sending the t...
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 Charette Lakes: Fishing was slow. Cimarron River: Stream flow was 25 cfs near Cimarron. Trout fishing in the lower canyon below Clear Creek was fair for anglers using brassies, bead head hare’s ears and Panther M...
link Derek Major PNT staff writer When I tell people I’m from New York City, the first thing I get is a weird stare. Then comes the question I’ve heard dozens of times in the eight months I’ve lived here. What are you doing in Portales, New Mexico? Now that I’m leaving, I must say the answer is the people of Portales. Coming from New York, you cannot talk to strangers and when I first got here, I didn’t talk to anyone; I just did my job and went home. However, the people of... Full story
Staff report A Rio Rancho High senior signed to play for the Greyhound basketball team next season was named the state’s player of the year by USA Today. Brady Patterson, who also repeated as a selection for the Albuquerque Journal’s All-Metro Team, led the Rams to the semifinals while averaging 21.3 points and 6.4 asissts per game. “We are very excited to have a player of Brady’s caliber join us here at ENMU,” Eastern New Mexico University men’s coach Stott Carter said in a release from the college. “We have always been c...
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linkSTAFF REPORT The 2015 New Mexico legislative session is over, but the 60-day period entailed hard-fought battles over education legislation with wins and losses on both sides. The education battles, however, are long from over, according to state Rep. Dennis Roch, R-Logan, who was named the incoming chairman of the Legislative Education Study Committee on Monday. Roch, superintendent of Logan schools, 16 years experience as an educator. He represents District 67... Full story
Hit the road... • Get yourself some culture and live music. The Eastern New Mexico University choir’s annual spring concert fills the air starting 7 p.m. Saturday at Buchanan Hall. Hit the circuit... • High speed and lots of dust. Sounds like a typical spring day in eastern New Mexico but no. It’s dirt track demons tearing up the Ned Houk Sports Complex for the High Plains Motor Speedway’s first race of the season. Starts at 3:30 p.m. Sunday at the Ned Houk Sports Complex north of Clovis. Thoughts on speed: • We hit the cur...
