Portales News

Six months after the drop in milk prices, Roosevelt and Curry county dairy owners are still trying to wait out the slump.

Every holiday seems to be a time for family to get together. The Fourth of July, however, is often a wider community celebration.

The recession may have hit many people in their wallets, but they are still going to go out with a bang for the fourth.

Portales Municipal Schools back to school schedule for 2009-2010: Students may register at their respective schools beginning Aug.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: DATE: 01 Jul 09 NEWS RELEASE Deputies from the Roosevelt County Sheriff's Office arrested Dustin Nelson, 31, of Clovis New Mexico, on Wednesday July 01, 2009 for Receiving Stolen Property during a follow-up investigation.

Portales and Clovis area residents won't be short on options for celebrating July 4th this year.

I can only remember falling for two April Fool's jokes that were in print. One was Sports Illustrated's hoax that an eccentric pitcher named Sidd Finch had learned how to throw a baseball 168 miles an hour and had been signed to the Mets.

Representatives from Cannon will be hosting public meetings July 1 in Clovis and Portales, N.M., to speak directly with local communities about the base's mission and training, and how these will affect the local populace.

How Portales won the battle for Eastern New Mexico University Louise H. Coe, the senator from Hondo, was unescorted while in Santa Fe.

On Sunday, June 28, 2009 at approximately 7:00 p.m., Officer Ramon Borjas with the New Mexico State Police investigated a one vehicle accident that resulted in the death of Jose M. Mendoza .

Local residents and alumni took a trip down memory lane Sunday during the Founders' Day Picnic at Eastern New Mexico University in Portales.

Can't wait for the next parade? Clovis News Journal and Portales News-Tribune readers won't have to wait much longer.

Thirteen-year-old Coby Carter has been playing fiddle for five years. He has played with big name bands, including Restless Heart at last year's Dairy Fest.

Living a few blocks from her alma mater - Eastern New Mexico University - 1937 graduate Lois Cantrell recalls the days when the school had a tenth of its current enrollment and not even a handful of buildings.

Editor's note: Reprinted with permission of New Mexico Magazine. In 1912, the New Mexico Constitution called for "a normal school, which shall be established by the Legislature and located in one of the counties of Union, Quay, Curry, Roosevelt, Chaves or Eddy." A normal school was a term used for a teachers' training institution.

Some come for the money, some come for the camaraderie. Naturally, many vendors are actually drawn by both to farmers' markets in Clovis and Portales, which are just now gaining momentum for the summer season.

It's curtains today for the Tower Twin Theatre. After years of entertaining Portales residents, the city's only movie theater is closing its doors due to cooling troubles.

A 38-year-old man has been arrested and charged with the 1993 shooting death of Reynaldo "Rey" Ornelas Sr.

Other than yet one more case of bad timing for the Portales High class of 1969, Saturday's Heritage Days Parade went off without a hitch.

Fall is traditionally the homecoming season for schools and their alumni, but summer has more than its fair share of happy returns as well.