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Glad to be a grad
Friday, May 24th, 2013 // By Christina Calloway
ccalloway@pntonline.com
Marcus Sanchez said he saw a group of students who’s futures may entail college, the U.S. armed forces and motherhood as he looked onto the crowd of his fellow Portales High graduates, but...
ENMU's Jones 16th in 800 preliminaries
Friday, May 24th, 2013 // CMI staff
PUEBLO, Colo. — Eastern New Mexico University sophomore Alesha Jones finished 16th out of 22 runners in Friday’s preliminaries of the NCAA Division II national outdoor track women’s...
Judge gives permission to remove emaciated cattle from ranch
Friday, May 24th, 2013 // Staff and wire reports
The New Mexico Livestock Board received a judge's permission Friday to remove about 1,000 emaciated cattle from a drought-stricken ranch near Fort Sumner.New Mexico Livestock Board officials served...
Animal cruelty charges being investigated
Thursday, May 23rd, 2013 // CNJ staff
A De Baca County rancher could be charged with one or more counts of animal cruelty and have his cattle seized, according to 10th Judicial District Attorney Tim Rose. Rose said on May 17, members of t...
10 arrested for drug trafficking
Thursday, May 23rd, 2013 // By Christina Calloway
PNT senior writer
ccalloway@pntonline.com
Ten arrests were made Thursday in Portales and seven more are expected in one of the city’s largest drug trafficking busts, according to the Portales Police Department.Charges for the individual...
Local tornado relief effort mobilized
Tuesday, May 21st, 2013 // By Kevin Baird
CNJ staff writer
kbaird@cnjonline.com
Jessica Sleeman thinks she might have found her calling. Helping strangers.For the second time in a just over a month, she will bring aid to a community affected by a disaster.This morning, Sleeman pl...
Portales eliminated at state
Friday, May 17th, 2013 //
Portales couldn’t cobble together another magical run through the loser’s bracket at the state tournament a third time.Senior Erin Torrez’ home run over the centerfield fence in the...
Parks getting prepped
Friday, May 17th, 2013 // By Emily Crowe: CMI staff writer
Temperatures in eastern New Mexico are heating up just in time for residents to spend quality time cooling down in city pools and relaxing in local parks.CMI file photo The Potter Park pool will...
Guthals will be missed
Friday, May 17th, 2013 // By Grant McGee: Local columnist
Charles Guthals passed away a few weeks ago. I’m going to miss him.Lots of High Plains folks knew him far better than I did. To me, he was the guy who knew everything about plants and trees and...
In search of ponies: Funnels funny, but effective
Friday, May 17th, 2013 // By Sharna Johnson: Local columnist
The T-shirt had nothing to do with fashion; it was hiding something, or better yet, protecting it. Underneath the black cotton there was a shoulder wrapped in bandages which were holding gauze an...
Incidental take rule for lesser prairie chicken draws ire
Wednesday, May 15th, 2013 // By Christina Calloway: CMI staff writer
Environmentalists are concerned a new rule under the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s proposed lesser prairie chicken listing will weaken protections for the bird if it’s listed as threate...
Gas prices heating up
Tuesday, May 14th, 2013 // By Christina Calloway
PNT senior writer
ccalloway@pntonline.com
Sumer Garcia said she’ll have to limit the number of trips outside of Portales after seeing gas prices jump more than 60 cents a gallon within two days.The gas station attendant and mother of th...
ENMU grads prepare to take next step
Saturday, May 11th, 2013 // By Kevin Baird
CMI staff writer
kbaird@cnjonline.com
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Residents 'relay big'
Friday, May 10th, 2013 // By Kevin Baird: CMI staff writer
Area residents gathered at Ned Houk Park north of Clovis on Friday night to “relay big” and honor those who have battled cancer as well as raise funds to fight cancer in the Relay For Life...
CCC students take next step
Friday, May 10th, 2013 // By Emily Crowe: CMI staff writer
Family, friends and faculty packed the Clovis Civic Center as Clovis Community College honored this year’s graduates at a commencement ceremony held Friday evening.CMI staff photo: Kevin WilsonS...
Scaring Mom has potential to backfire
Friday, May 10th, 2013 // By Grant McGee: Local columnist
Mother’s Day is tomorrow. I’ll catch up with mom and see how she’s doing. I’ll tell her she’s “The Greatest Mom Ever” and how much I love her. I wish I k...
ENMU graduating class moves into the future
Thursday, May 9th, 2013 // By Jillian Holbert
PNT staff writer
jholbert@pntonline.com
Another semester has come to pass and Eastern New Mexico University’s spring class of 2013 will be graduating Saturday at the Greyhound Arena.Most students have put in four years of hard work to...
Woody Guthrie sing-along draws locals
Thursday, May 9th, 2013 // By Christina Calloway
PNT senior writer
ccalloway@pntonline.com
Woody Guthrie did what he was famous for Thursday night at the Portales Yam Theatre, organizing and uniting people.Locals sang with passion as they clapped along to the folk icon’s tunes played...
Portales man charged with sexual assault
Wednesday, May 8th, 2013 // By Christina Calloway
PNT senior writer
ccalloway@pntonline.com
A Portales man charged with the criminal sexual penetration of a 14-year-old girl was released from jail Tuesday on a $30,000 cash bond.Jose Zamora, 29, of Portales has been accused of raping the girl...
ENMU employee charged with embezzlement
Wednesday, May 8th, 2013 // By Christina Calloway
PNT senior writer
ccalloway@pntonline.com
An Eastern New Mexico University employee has been charged with embezzling more than $15,000 from the university.Jeremy Phillippi, 26, was arrested Saturday after admitting to using a university purch...
Senator opening local office
Tuesday, May 7th, 2013 // By Christina Calloway
PNT senior writer
ccalloway@pntonline.com
Portales Mayor Sharon King is enthusiastic about U.S. Sen. Tom Udall, D-N.M., opening an office in Portales, a first for the area.“I’m very excited because he’s always been so suppor...
Press release: Great White, Night Ranger highlight Clovis Music Festiv...
Monday, May 6th, 2013 //
From the Clovis-Curry County Chamber of CommerceThis year will mark the 26th anniversary of the Clovis Music Festival which honors one of Clovis' most influential and successful residents, world reno...
Old-school workout
Friday, May 3rd, 2013 // By Emily Crowe: CMI correspondent
Getting in shape for the summer is always hard work, and many local residents are taking their fitness to the next level with boot camp-style workouts.CMI correspondnt: Emily CroweParticipants work on...
Governor pays visit to cheese plant
Friday, May 3rd, 2013 // By Kevin Wilson: CMI staff writer
Gov. Susana Martinez got a slice of local economics Friday during a brief visit to the Southwest Cheese plant in southern Curry County.The first-term governor did not arrive in time for a tour of the...
Banter thrown at bicyclists amusing, varied
Friday, May 3rd, 2013 // By Grant McGee: Local columnist
Riding a bicycle gives you a different perspective of the road as you pedal along. There’s interesting flotsam and jetsam, critters, flowers and such. Riding a bicycle also makes one vulnerable...
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