Recently added articles from The Portales News-Tribune (Portales, NM):
Board approves $4.5 million bond sale.
Oct 10, 2007 ... Byline: Karl Terry Oct. 10--Portales Municipal Schools Board members briefly celebrated a successful bond election at Tuesday's regular meeting, then took action to put the wheels of that victory in motion. The board gave unanimous approval to canvassed results of the ...
BRIEF: Sheriff: Progress slow in child death investigation.
Oct 10, 2007 ... Oct. 10--Roosevelt County Sheriff Darren Hooker said Tuesday no arrests have been made in the Sept. 6 death of a 9-month-old and the investigation is close to a standstill with reports pending. "We're still waiting on some stuff from the Office of the Medical Examiner," Hooker ...
Cats scratch Rams.
Oct 10, 2007 ... Byline: Mickey Winfield Oct. 10--The Ram and Lady Ram soccer squads both played the Clovis junior varsity Tuesday afternoon and managed just two goals between them. The Portales boys led their Clovis counterparts 2-1 at the half, but the Wildcats outscored the Rams ...
Lady Rams sweep Demons: Portales volleyball opens district with win.
Oct 10, 2007 ... Oct. 10--Portales volleyball coach Ruth Chavez looks at the Lady Ram's district schedule as a new season, and Tuesday night, the Portales girls started the second season with a strong win sweeping Dexter 25-12, 25-15, 25-16. "We look at the district season as kind of a second ...
Sheriff's office: Three arrested in connection to copper wire theft.
Oct 10, 2007 ... Byline: Karl Terry Oct. 10--Roosevelt County Sheriff's Office deputies arrested three people Monday in connection with the theft of copper wire from a barn west of Portales. Sheriff's deputies had been struggling to stop thefts of wire this summer driven by increases ...
Fighter jets staple of younger years.
Oct 02, 2007 ... Byline: Karl Terry Oct. 2--Like many who grew up on the eastern plains of New Mexico, I can't remember a time when there weren't fighter jets in the sky above me. Monday that chapter of history closed at Cannon Air Force Base and a new one opened. It's ...
BRIEF: It's their job: Nancy Tivis.
Oct 02, 2007 ... Byline: Casey Peacock Oct. 2--Name: Nancy Tivis Job: Owner, The Fashion Girl/Merle Norman Cosmetics Time on the job: 21 years Background: Tivis retired from Portales National Bank in the position of vice president after 36 years. Q ....
Residents draw up downtown dreams.
Sep 30, 2007 ... Byline: Casey Peacock Sep. 30--Community members, business owners and officials met for a design session Saturday morning as part of the Portales Downtown Plan. During the session, participants were able to break into small groups and lay out designs they envisioned ...
Angelo State sweeps Zias.
Sep 30, 2007 ... Byline: Mickey Winfield Sep. 30--First-year Eastern New Mexico University volleyball coach Kim Falkenhagen knows her squad is close to being competitive in the Lone Star Conference. But Falkenhagen and her Zias are getting tired of being close. The Zias were swept by ...
The Portales News-Tribune, N.M., Karl Terry column: Blog: Verb, noun and new territory.
Sep 30, 2007 ... Byline: Karl Terry Sep. 30--Welcome to my blog. Now that I've researched it, I think maybe I can blog. You'll notice that I've used the word blog as both a noun and a verb. Pretty good for a word I couldn't even find in my dictionary. OK, maybe ...
Witnesses discuss weapon: Testimony focuses on gun believed used in shooting.
Sep 29, 2007 ... Byline: Karl Terry Sep. 29--A man originally charged with tampering with evidence in the trial involving the shooting death of a 10-year-old Clovis boy testified Friday in the district courtroom in Portales about helping hide a gun and a vehicle, as well as an early morning ...
BRIEF: Hay fire erupts at Roosevelt County dairy.
Sep 29, 2007 ... Sep. 29--Firefighters from multiple area departments were on the scene Friday night fighting a hay fire at Grande Vida Dairy, approximately nine miles east of Portales. As darkness fell flames could be seen by motorists traveling U.S. 70 between Portales and Clovis. ...
Area mother ordered to remain committed.
Sep 28, 2007 ... Byline: Karl Terry Sep. 28--A Portales mother charged with first-degree murder in the death of her son in January has been ordered to remain in the custody of the New Mexico Behavioral Health Institute in Las Vegas, N.M., pending another competency hearing. Teresa K ....
Rockets sure to test Rams tonight: Portales still in search of first win.
Sep 28, 2007 ... Byline: Mickey Winfield Sep. 28--A sleeping giant. That's how Portales Ram head football coach Andy Correll and defensive coordinator Mark McAfee both described their Ram football team this season. Both coaches hope their slumbering behemoth (0-4) wakes up ...
NMMI Colt soccer pounds Portales 5-0.
Sep 28, 2007 ... Byline: Mickey Winfield Sep. 28--The New Mexico Military Institute Colts jumped out to a fast lead and kept the pressure on, in a 5-0 win against Portales Thursday afternoon at the Portales High School soccer pitch. NMMI's Doria Griegos single-handedly gave the Colts ...
Helicopter based at area hospital.
Sep 27, 2007 ... Byline: Casey Peacock Sep. 27--Roosevelt General Hospital now has AeroCare during the day, allowing the facility to transport patients to Lubbock in a timely manner. According to RGH administrator James D'Agostino, the helicopter is based at the hospital on a ...
Victim's brother takes stand: Perez recalls shooting.
Sep 27, 2007 ... Byline: Karl Terry Sep. 27--Ruben Perez described to a Roosevelt County jury how he held his little brother and tried to stop the blood from a gunshot wound to the 10-year-old's head while waiting for ambulance crews to arrive. Carlos Perez died later that day at a ...
West Texas hassles Hounds.
Sep 27, 2007 ... Byline: Mickey Winfield Sep. 27--Eastern New Mexico men's soccer coach Carlos Elizondo knows his team can compete with the West Texas A&M Buffaloes on a good day. Wednesday wasn't that day. The visting Buffs beat the Greyhounds 7-1 in a Southwest Soccer ...
Lady Rams pushed to five games in win at Roswell.
Sep 27, 2007 ... Sep. 27--For their second consecutive match, the Lady Rams won another nail-biting five-game contest -- this one was at Roswell High Tuesday night. The Portales girls won the decisive Game 5, 15-8. "I thought in Game 5, we just completely took control of the game," ...
AYSO introduces sport of soccer to youth.
Sep 26, 2007 ... Byline: Mickey Winfield Sep. 26--Each week, hundreds of Roosevelt and Curry County children burn off energy and learn life-long lessons as they run up and down area soccer fields in the American Youth Soccer Organization. According to AYSO regional commissioner Jolene ...