Portales News

Master Sgt. Ed Hugo said his friends teased him for buying a four-cylinder Mazda Protg two years ago instead of a faster vehicle.

The Republicans want to give tax credits to individuals and families who choose to purchase health-care coverage.

Ben Ray Lujan, Democratic nominee for Congress in New Mexico's 3rd District, is holding town halls on Saturday in Tucumcari and Portales.

At least one Portales resident objects to the Roosevelt County field office of the Democratic party displaying an altered New Mexico Zia symbol used to promote Barack Obama.

Roosevelt County is losing significant peanut acreage to West Texas and the growth of the dairy industry, according to local farmers and agricultural officials.

A Portales woman charged with child abuse turned down a plea offer Monday morning in District Court in Portales, according to the district attorney's office.

It amazes me what folks who homesteaded this part of the country were willing to endure just to get title to 160 acres of sand and rattlesnakes.

Wednesday, October 01, 2008 at 11:16 a.m. Portales and Roosevelt County residents could soon be alerted of emergencies by telephone.

Tina Hughes was considering relocating the family business to Clovis but decided to stay in Portales thanks to an economic development grant.

Wendy Toombs has been sharing her love of horses by teaching people to ride for the last nine years.

A Portales man was seriously injured in a one-vehicle rollover Tuesday morning. Kyle Parrish, 25, apparently drove into the ditch on Roosevelt Road 8 about 1.5 miles off N.M. 88, overcorrected and lost control ...

Editor's note: The PNT is running periodic profiles on city and county workers. Janet Collins of Portales has worked at the Roosevelt County Clerk's office for 16 years.

It's not often that the teacher becomes the student, but it's been happening for the past two summers in Portales.

Members of the Eastern New Mexico University chapter of the Kappa Sigma fraternity helped raise $10,000 to support injured military personnel and their families.

Wednesday, September 24, 2008 at 3:46 p.m. Amarillo Police are investigating the death of a Portales man who was found dead in a motel along the Boulevard Monday night.

The Portales City Council is considering approval of a resolution that will allow a downtown Beer and Nut festival.

A Portales doctor is back to practicing medicine following Thursday's narcotics trafficking arrest in Belen.

Grabbing a copy of the Clovis News Journal as I stopped for a sandwich in eastern New Mexico, I spotted that the paper had landed a creditable scoop: an interview with Barack Obama.

Horse owners in eastern New Mexico can look forward to a tax break this year due to an oversight by the New Mexico Livestock Board.

With homecoming games just around the corner, mums will soon be blossoming across the eastern New Mexico.