Elida News

The following will be closed in observance of July 4th holiday. Trash will be picked up as normal on Friday.

Col. Stephen Clark salutes Herman Wallace following the presentation of a Bronze Star Medal June 21 in Portales, N.M. In the center is Mr.

The 2009-10 state FFA officers are, from left, Haley Montes, District VI president, state vice president; Cady Mathews, District II president, state vice president; Lane Harris, District III president, state vice president; Ryan Best, state president; Tell Runyan, District IV president, state vice president; Joseph Ogden, District V president, ...

Roosevelt County fire crews helped fight a grassfire 45 miles south of Elida on Thursday afternoon, said Portales Fire Chief John Bridges.

High school rodeo contestants will be converging on Clovis this week for the New Mexico High School Rodeo Finals.

Fred and Molly Anthony of Elida will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary on June 14 at Elida School's cafeteria.

Twelve women and men became nationally certified site coordinators for the Christian Women's Job Corps and Christian Men's Job Corps during a training event held May 4-7 at the New Mexico Baptist Children's Home in Portales.

This weekend promises flying caps, smiling graduates and proud parents as Roosevelt County small schools prepare for graduation.

The Ute Water Project's been approved. But there are plenty of details left to pour over.

The Portales Municipal Schools director of special student services plans to retire July 1. At Monday's Board of Education meeting in the district administration building, Superintendent Randy Fowler announced Terry Warnica's retirement.

Mary Louise Walker Martin, 75, was born in Elida, New Mexico on January 16, 1934 to the home of William H. and Rosalie Aschbacher Walker.

Monday: Texico JV, V: 3 p.m., 5 p.m. April 3: Grady Varsity -- 3 p.m., 5 p.m. April 4: Melrose JV, V-- 3 p.m., 5 p.m. Spring break is March 23-27. District FFA will be at Eastern New Mexico University Tuesday and Wednesday.

Only two New Mexico counties - Roosevelt and Curry - will have to test for bovine tuberculosis in cattle leaving the county, according to a new federal directive announced Friday.

The Roosevelt County Sheriff's Office and the New Mexico Sheriff's Association will be awarding three scholarships to area students.

Two incumbent Elida school board members retained their seats during Tuesday's countywide school board elections.

Boys Clovis 46, Los Lunas 35 Portales 53, Roswell 52 Elida at Fort Sumner Gateway Christian at Melrose Springlake-Earth at Farwell Morton at Bovina Muleshoe at Childress Floyd at Dora Girls Clovis 61, Artesia ...

A dry winter, on top of a dry year, is leaving some area farmers worried and some just waiting to see what happens.

The police officer knocks on the front door, and it opens a crack and then more.

There are two contested races for February's Roosevelt County school board elections - both in Elida.

11 /CNW/ -- BlackLight Power Inc. today announced its first commercial license agreement with Estacado Energy Services, Inc.