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PORTALES — When Nature's Way Dairy northeast of Portales lost 10 percent of its herd last December, it took six months to rebuild the numbers, said General Manager Jamie Kulesa. Kulesa said his dairy lost more than 300 cows, with 88 dying in the storm and 232 having to be sold to be butchered, because their teets had frozen, which was the case with many of the cows lost locally, according to Kulesa. "I think initially I was dealing with the logistics of getting back to normal. It was mainly taking care of cows and people. E...
PORTALES — I recently read a coworker's column in which he talked about having a hard time getting into the Christmas spirit this year. I could relate. I was also delayed in finding the spirit this year, and I couldn't grasp exactly why that was the case. I normally love Christmas. I love the twinkle lights, the stockings, the classic movies, like "It's a Wonderful Life" and "White Christmas," but more than anything, I love the way this time of year changes people — how the...
By Alisa Boswell Managing editor [email protected] PORTALES - Roosevelt County officials are working to find the best solution for a county road that appears to be getting increasingly more dangerous for local drivers. County Manager Amber Hamilton updated commissioners Tuesday during their regular meeting regarding where the city and county stand with finding a solution to the dangerous conditions on Roosevelt Road Q 1/2. The road, also known by locals as "Roller Coaster...
By Alisa Boswell Managing editor [email protected] Roosevelt General Hospital CEO Larry Leaming asked county commissioners Tuesday to change a clause in a bond resolution, so the hospital can expand its resources. Leaming told commissioners hospital officials and board members have spent the last 18 months putting together a master plan for the hospital, which highlights plans to expand various departments and sections of RGH, such as storage space, emergency room services, the RGH Clinic, business offices, surgical...
PORTALES — County Manager Amber Hamilton stressed improvement as she addressed Roosevelt County commissioners on the county’s 2016 audit report. “It has been phenomenal to see the way this team has worked together, and I think you all will see that,” Hamilton told commissioners during their final meeting of the year on Tuesday. Hamilton said county officials and auditors wanted to “get down into the details, and we really wanted them to find everything.” Hamilton said that 11 of the 14 findings from the 2015 fiscal year...
PORTALES — Residents of eastern New Mexico communities woke Sunday morning to discover a voice they had become so accustomed to hearing every day — whether in their home, car or office — would no longer be there. Local radio personality Steve Rooney was killed in a single-vehicle accident over the weekend. According to New Mexico State Police, Rooney, 45, was northbound on South Roosevelt Road S when the vehicle he was driving encountered ice on the roadway with Rooney losing...
I love music in general, and I love the notes and rhythm just as much as I love the lyrics, but I have noticed many people don’t focus on the words in songs. Maybe it’s the writer in me, but I have to have the story/message to go with a song or a movie. No matter how great the rhythm is in a song or the storyline in a movie, the words being sung or the story being told has to reach me. I’ve also noticed that the songs I love the most are those with little play on the radio, and the lines from movies that capture my atten...
PORTALES — Eastern New Mexico University President Steven Gamble confirmed Friday a Title IX investigation on a university fraternity is complete, but did not disclose the college's disciplinary measures. According to documentation from an investigation by the ENMU Police Department, several members of the Zeta Sigma chapter of the Sigma Chi fraternity may have used more than one type of controlled substance in the fraternity house. "That's where we're at right now," said Gamb...
The accidental push of a button sent police rushing onto the Eastern New Mexico University campus on Wednesday morning in search of an active shooter. But it turned out there was no emergency at the Student Academic Services (SAS) building. The university’s emergency alert system, RAVE Alert, sent out the false alarm a few minutes after 8 a.m. Wednesday. University Police Chief Brad Mauldin said officers arrived on scene one minute later. After identifying that the alert was a...
PORTALES — A federal lawsuit filed earlier this year by a former Roosevelt County sheriff’s deputy has been dismissed by a U.S. magistrate judge. Robert Ellison sued Roosevelt County and the sheriff’s office in May for wrongful termination. According to the suit, Deputy Christopher McCasland allegedly told Ellison he intentionally injured an inmate while working for another law enforcement agency and when Ellison reported this to superiors, nothing was done about it. The lawsuit also alleges superiors accused Ellison of “m...
PORTALES — The parent company of Heartland Continuing Care Center in Portales recently filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, according to a notice from Moore, Bassan & Behles Attorneys at Law. The Heartland Healthcare bankruptcy was filed on Dec. 2, according to court documents provided by the Albuquerque law firm, which filed a motion requesting the facility in Portales be allowed to remain in operation using its current funding. “If the debtor is unable to continue its operations, the residents will be helpless, and the Sta...
I never participate in those Facebook chain posts where it asks you to answer questions like • what’s your age? • have you ever been married or divorced? • what was the last thing you ate? Because honestly, I’ve always thought they were pointless. What does that really tell anyone about you? It doesn’t give people insight into who you are as a person. Then I had this thought the other day: What would give people insight into who I am? These are the things that came to mind: • For about four years of my childhood, I obsessivel...
PORTALES — One distinct trademark of the Portales Police Department's Santa Cop program each year is everyone leaves happy, according to those who make the program happen. The annual charity event, which provides Christmas presents to children who may not have otherwise had a Christmas, was held Saturday morning at the Memorial Building in Portales. "I heard an 18-year-old young man telling someone that his family has done this program for several years, and there have been y...
PORTALES — The water that comes from the Portales wastewater plant is cleaner than almost any other water in eastern New Mexico, according to plant Foreman Chris Cordova. Cordova educated Portales High School students on Friday as he explained to them that the new water plant makes the roughly 707,000 gallons of water it sends out per day twice as clean as the old plant was able to through a two-step filtering process that includes disinfection. The water that leaves the plant...
PORTALES — Roosevelt County public officials are standing up for their sheriff. County Commissioners on Friday emerged from a special session to approve measures addressing what they’ve called “frivolous lawsuits” and other complaints against Sheriff Malin Parker. Commissioners approved county attorney Randy Knudson filing a motion to have a recently filed petition dismissed, as well as asking the petitioners pay county court and attorney fees regarding the petition. A petition was filed Dec. 2 in district court attempt...
PORTALES — Portales District Judge Donna Mowrer remanded a child molestation case back to magistrate court Friday due to the defendant not understanding paperwork he signed. Jacen Burton, 40, a former Portales man who had been living in Elgin, Oklahoma, was arrested in August and charged with eight counts of criminal sexual penetration of a child under 13 years old. Burton appeared in magistrate court Friday morning on a motion to withdraw the waiver he signed Aug. 26, the scheduled date of his preliminary hearing. The d...
PORTALES — Attorney Eric Dixon on Tuesday was found guilty of misdemeanor assault in Portales’ magistrate court. A six-person jury delivered the verdict after about 90 minutes of deliberation. Magistrate Judge Karen Mitchell of Harding County sentenced Dixon to 180 days of unsupervised probation and fines and court fees totaling $573. Mitchell also told Dixon to avoid contact with his accuser, Butch Allen of Portales, during the probation term and to seek another attorney to be a mentor. Dixon’s attorney, Michael Garre...
PORTALES — A state's witness testified Monday that Portales attorney Eric Dixon screamed at a man just inches from his face in a courtroom last year. "I've never seen an adult scream at another adult that way," said witness Charles Bennett while on the stand Monday. "The way Mr. Dixon was acting, I didn't know what to expect." Dixon's trial on charges of misdemeanor assault began in Portales Magistrate Court. It is expected to wrap up today. Testimony on Monday produced the following scenario: • Portales residents Cha...
I've been a little bit of a roller coaster lately. I would perk up for brief periods of time, then the exhaustion and the feeling of "I don't want to be here" would set in again. I spent Monday-Wednesday of last week and the entire week before in a funk. I didn't want to be at work; I didn't want to socialize. I didn't want to do much of anything. I immediately perked up on Thanksgiving Day when I woke up and knew my parents and other family would be getting into town in a few short hours. I had a wonderful weekend filled...
HOBBS — Fifth Judicial District Attorney Dianna Luce of Hobbs announced Thursday she will not file criminal charges against Roosevelt County Sheriff Malin Parker regarding allegations of perjury. Parker was investigated by New Mexico State Police following allegations by the Law Office of the Public Defender he made a false statement in multiple arrest affidavits connected to a string of April 2015 drug trafficking arrests. Reached Thursday evening, Parker said, “I will say at no time was there any untruthful statement mad...
A recent discovery that an oil shale formation in west Texas can likely produce billions more barrels of oil than initially thought will likely have no immediate impact on the New Mexico side of the Permian Basin, according to state experts. An oil shale is sedimentary rock beneath the surface of the earth from which oil is extracted. The U.S. Geological Survey recently announced that the Wolfcamp shale in the Permian Basin — a sedimentary rock basin that stretches across west Texas and a small part of southeastern New M...
PORTALES — "Seeing the smiles on everyone's faces" was the best thing about the annual Portales community Thanksgiving dinner Thursday at the Portales Memorial Building, according to 11-year-old Irene Cruz and other first-time volunteers. "I like to put smiles on people's faces," said Irene's older brother, Luis, 13. "The camaraderie, people wanting to come out and help on this special day" is what stands out for event coordinator Veda Urioste. "I like to see the younger g...
PORTALES — Board members of the Eastern New Mexico Water Utility Authority came together to discuss their options Tuesday after Portales city councilors refused to approve a resolution last week. ENMWUA Executive Director Justin Howalt said every other authority member community — Curry County, town of Melrose, city of Clovis, town of Elida, town of Grady and town of Texico — had already passed the resolution. The resolution states that if something were to happen to ENMWUA to cause it to not be able to pay existing and f...
Staff photo: Alisa Boswell Luis Cruz, 13, left, serves a local resident some sweet potatoes Thursday during the Portales community Thanksgiving dinner at the Memorial Building in Portales. MANAGING EDITOR [email protected] PORTALES — “Seeing the smiles on everyone’s faces” was the best thing about the annual Portales community Thanksgiving dinner Thursday at the Portales Memorial Building, according to 11-year-old Irene Cruz and other first-time volunteers. “I like to put...
Staff photo: Alisa Boswell Luis Cruz, 13, left, serves a local resident some sweet potatoes Thursday during the Portales community Thanksgiving dinner at the Memorial Building in Portales. MANAGING EDITOR [email protected] PORTALES — “Seeing the smiles on everyone’s faces” was the best thing about the annual Portales community Thanksgiving dinner Thursday at the Portales Memorial Building, according to 11-year-old Irene Cruz and other first-time volunteers. “I like to put...
