Portales News Archives

It's well known the tallest building in Clovis, Hotel Clovis, was once used as sleeping quarters for many but is now unoccupied.

Area agriculture programs and Future Farmers of America chapters are beginning their fundraising with fruit and meat sales.

With October comes the guessing game of who's going to dress up as what for Halloween.

Area schools are waiting for Gov. Bill Richardson to sign a package of measures that gives a less than 1 percent budget cut to public education.

When Cannon Air Force Base reaches full capacity in about five months, communities outside Clovis and Portales may figure into the solution of finding affordable housing for personnel.

With the harvest about halfway there, this year's peanut crop is good to average, according to people in the know.

Lawmakers in recession-wracked New Mexico who are trying to wrap up a special legislative session gave final approval to several deficit reduction bills and moved closer to deciding how much to cut schools and state agencies.

A regular meeting of the Portales City Council did take place on Tuesday, although normal business took a back seat to the recognition of one hard-working citizen.

The recession is causing more people in the area to turn to taxpayer-supported health centers that provide care on a sliding fee scale.

Chris Tarango is head cashier at Russell's Super Save in Portales. Background: Tarango was born and raised in Portales and is the youngest of a large family.

Eastern New Mexico University in Portales is adopting two rescued former racing Greyhound dogs, from the New Mexico Greyhound Connection, as its official animal mascots.

A Roosevelt County man charged with shooting an eastern New Mexico farmer in 2005 as part of a murder-for-hire drug deal has pleaded guilty in exchange for a life sentence, avoiding the death penalty.

Seniors with farmers' market vouchers are running out of time to use them. Heidi Liedtke with the New Mexico Farmers' Marketing Association said while the vouchers expire on Nov.

The Little Wranglers Junior Association gives children a chance to compete in rodeo style events for fun.

Macy Mitchell does know when she was diagnosed with diabetes: It was back when she was 5 years old.

Why did the chicken cross the road? Maybe it was to get to the Roosevelt County Bantam Show.

There are plenty of budget questions when the New Mexico Legislature goes into a special session Oct.

The annual Peanut Valley Festival at Eastern New Mexico University in Portales will be held in the Campus Union Building from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Saturday, Oct.

A Wayland Baptist University student was killed, and four others were injured after a drunk driver collided with their vehicle south of Hale Center early Sunday morning.

A small noise startled Donna Foster awake. As she looked around her dark bedroom, she saw the outline of two heads in the doorway and as she realized someone was standing beside with a gun pointed at her head.

The excitement is almost tangible when some locals talk about rebuilding the oldest, grandest hotels in Clovis and Portales.

Following an exchange, which was heated at moments, Luna County is one step closer to its next legal counsel, much to the chagrin of one lawyer who applied for the position.

Fall means an outpouring of help from churches all over the state for the Baptist Children's Home in Portales.

High numbers of patients with flu-like symptoms and concern about the H1N1 virus have prompted Roosevelt General Hospital to set up a special triage unit in the parking lot.

Jail escapee Reynaldo Jeremy Enriquez - who police called the ringleader in eight home invasions - was sentenced to 30 years in prison Wednesday for the home invasion that ended a 2008 summer crime spree.

In New Mexico this afternoon there's worry from some parents since the H1N1 virus elevated.

Incidents of flu in the schools: Relatively normal. Worry from some parents because of the H1N1 virus: Elevated.

Portales officials are trying to rebuild the city's Web site after it crashed, and they're finding out it's no easy task.

It rained candy for children in a more than 60-float Eastern New Mexico University homecoming parade Saturday for in downtown Portales.

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - An eastern New Mexico couple has been jailed after a 10-year-old girl told police her father and stepmother used a timer to limit her meals, then locked her inside her bedroom to keep her from getting up to eat.

A story of helping others after tragedy and contributions of time, effort and money make the recipients of this year's Eastern New Mexico Foundation awards stand out.

A 10-year-old Portales girl was forced to eat meals quickly, by herself, then locked in her room at night "to prevent her from getting up and eating food," according to a police incident report .