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Dozens of memories flooded my mind over this past week as I grieved - along with many others - the loss of an amazing man who touched many lives across eastern New Mexico and beyond. I was about 8 when my parents began taking us to a non-denominational church called Living Stones Community Fellowship, which was pastored by Jim Kelly. I was shy and quiet that first Sunday. By the third Sunday, I was wrapping my little arms around Jim's big frame for a hug every time I saw him....
Managing Editor [email protected] 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, Roosevelt County, 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...
Managing Editor [email protected] 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, Roosevelt County, 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...
Dozens of memories flooded my mind over this past week as I grieved — along with many others — the loss of an amazing man who touched many lives across eastern New Mexico and beyond. I was about 8 when my parents began taking us to a non-denominational church called Living Stones Community Fellowship, which was pastored by Jim Kelly. I was shy and quiet that first Sunday. By the third Sunday, I was wrapping my little arms around Jim’s big frame for a hug every time I saw h...
Dozens of memories flooded my mind over this past week as I grieved — along with many others — the loss of an amazing man who touched many lives across eastern New Mexico and beyond. I was about 8 when my parents began taking us to a non-denominational church called Living Stones Community Fellowship, which was pastored by Jim Kelly. link Boswell I was shy and quiet that first Sunday. By the third Sunday, I was wrapping my little arms around Jim’s big frame for a hug every...
Managing Editor [email protected] Ninth Judicial District Judge Donna Mowrer says National Adoption Day is her favorite day in her job, because everyone leaves happy. That’s not to say there are no tears. Plenty of tears were shed Wednesday afternoon in the Portales district courtroom as parents shared their stories of how their children had changed their lives. “What a blessing,” Kerry Ennis of Clovis said through tears as she stood with her wife, Kayla, and their two children, Angelique, 6, and Nathaniel, 4. Kerry...
Managing editor [email protected] Ninth Judicial District Judge Donna Mowrer says National Adoption Day is her favorite day in her job, because everyone leaves happy. Staff photo: Alisa Boswell From left, District Judge Donna Mowrer and Kayla and Kerry Ennis smile down at Nathaniel Ennis, 4, as he bangs the gavel to make his and Angelique’s adoptions final Wednesday during National Adoption Day. That’s not to say there are no tears. Plenty of tears were shed Wed... Full story
Whether in person or on social media, over the last few days, I’ve watched people being elated as they celebrated the presidential election results, and I’ve watched people being devastated to the point that you would think Armageddon has come. One person on Facebook even went as far as to post a suicide hotline number, telling people not to give up and reach a point of desperation. That one really got me, because I couldn’t help but think, “Is it really that bad?” No matter...
Managing Editor [email protected] The former Roosevelt County worker beaten by a murder suspect at the county fairgrounds in 2014 has sued the county. Documents acquired by the Portales News-Tribune this week, in response to a public records request, showed that Zebas Law Firm of Hobbs filed the lawsuit in July on behalf of Leroy Manzanares. It’s suing the county board of commissioners, the Roosevelt County Adult Detention Center and Eddy County. Manzanares is seeking compensation for “general damages,” his attorney fees...
Managing editor [email protected] The former Roosevelt County worker beaten by a murder suspect at the county fairgrounds in 2014 has sued the county. Documents acquired by the Portales News-Tribune this week, in response to a public records request, showed that Zebas Law Firm of Hobbs filed the lawsuit in July on behalf of Leroy Manzanares. They’re suing the county board of commissioners, the Roosevelt County Adult Detention Center and Eddy County. Manzanares is seeking compensation for “general damages,” his attor...
STAFF WRITER [email protected] Four New Mexico women walked away from the Miss Portales Pageant with titles Sunday night at Eastern New Mexico University. Eight contestants, many of them locals, from across the state competed Sunday night at pageant held in ENMU’s Campus Union Building Ballroom. Miss Portales Leah Taylor was elated after receiving a title that she has wanted “for a very long time.” Taylor won the title of Miss Quay County at a spring workshop pagea... Full story
Posting a very young picture of Frances Bavier on Facebook spurred a lot of old movie discussion and some further investigating on my part. For those of you who don’t know, Frances Bavier played Aunt Bea on “The Andy Griffith Show” in the 1960s; it was one of my favorite shows growing up and still is, along with the “Dick Van Dyke Show.” I don’t really remember why I looked up “The Andy Griffith Show” on Google the other day, but when I did, I clicked on Frances Bavier...
Managing editor [email protected] Six Portales teens were arrested and charged Wednesday for a string of graffiti incidents that took place in September. Portales and Eastern New Mexico University police officials had at least 20 incidents of graffiti on various buildings across town reported to them at the end of September, identifying suspects in the case the same week the incident occurred. Most of the buildings tagged were businesses across Portales. After more than a month-long investigation, police arrested the fol...
Managing Editor [email protected] Roosevelt County sheriff’s deputies violated the New Mexico Safe Pursuit Act during a vehicle chase that resulted in the death of a 33-year-old Portales woman, according to a notice of a planned lawsuit. The tort claim is filed on behalf of the family of Iresema Hernandez who died on Aug. 31. Sheriff Malin Parker declined comment on the issue Tuesday, though he said at the time of the accident that deputies followed safe-pursuit policies. Hernandez was on house arrest related to drug c...
Managing editor [email protected] Roosevelt County sheriff’s deputies violated the New Mexico Safe Pursuit Act during a vehicle chase that resulted in the death of a 33-year-old Portales woman, according to a notice of a planned lawsuit. The tort claim is filed on behalf of the family of Iresema Hernandez who died on Aug. 31. Sheriff Malin Parker declined comment on the issue Tuesday, though he said at the time of the accident that deputies followed safe-pursuit policies. Hernandez was on house arrest related to drug c...
I had a good chuckle this week while checking the commentary on stories on our website. One of the only comments I’ve ever had on my column was basically, “your column is good, but Betty Williamson’s is better.” When I returned to the Portales News-Tribune as managing editor in January 2015 after a five-month absence, my first year in this position was spent trying to get my staff on a normal system of operation — something they had never had with PNT not having had its own m...
Managing editor [email protected] A Portales man entered a plea of not guilty to charges of first-degree criminal sexual penetration Friday morning during a district court arraignment. Roy Brown, 28, was charged with second-degree criminal sexual penetration in June in connection to an alleged home invasion and rape of a Roosevelt County woman. His case was brought before the grand jury again earlier this month with the Ninth Judicial District Attorney’s Office requesting the charges be increased to first-degree. The g... Full story
Managing editor [email protected] A Portales man entered a plea of not guilty to charges of first-degree criminal sexual penetration Friday morning during a district court arraignment. Roy Brown, 28, was charged with second-degree criminal sexual penetration in June in connection to an alleged home invasion and rape of a Roosevelt County woman. His case was brought before the grand jury again earlier this month with the Ninth Judicial District Attorney’s Office requesting the charges be increased to first-degree. The g...
Managing Editor [email protected] Two attorneys from the Portales Law Office of the Public Defender are asking charges be dismissed against their clients on their claim Roosevelt County’s sheriff made a false statement. Public defender Evan Arendell filed a motion to dismiss charges of trafficking controlled substances against Armando Pena on Oct. 5, with public defender Chris Christensen filing a motion the next day to dismiss the same charges against Antonio Salguero. Pena and Salguero were two of 11 arrests by the R... Full story
Managing Editor [email protected] Two attorneys from the Portales Law Office of the Public Defender are asking charges be dismissed against their clients on their claim Roosevelt County’s sheriff made a false statement. Public defender Evan Arendell filed a motion to dismiss charges of trafficking controlled substances against Armando Pena on Oct. 5, with public defender Chris Christensen filing a motion the next day to dismiss the same charges against Antonio Salguero. Pena and Salguero were two of 11 arrests by the R... Full story
The following are events being held in conjunction with Halloween this weekend in the Clovis and Portales area. Today • The Sigma Chi Fraternity is hosting their annual Haunted House at 8 p.m. to midnight at 600 W. First Street. $3 admission for ENMU Students, $5 for non-students. Friday • Portales community safe trick-or-treat: 3-6 p.m. on the Portales town square. • Portales First Baptist Church will be selling Chick-fil-A items from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. to raise funds for mission work next summer. There will be bounce house...
The following are events being held in conjunction with Halloween this weekend in the Clovis and Portales area. Friday • Portales community safe trick-or-treat: 3-6 p.m. on the Portales town square. • Portales First Baptist Church will be selling Chick-fil-A items from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. to raise funds for mission work next summer. There will be bounce houses at the church from 3-7 p.m. at 100 South Avenue C in Portales. • Times Remembered Photography, 222 W. Second St. in Portales, will be giving one free 4X6 costume photo...
Managing Editor [email protected] Roosevelt County Sheriff Malin Parker on Tuesday issued a news release insisting he did not challenge the mayor of Elida to a fist fight. Also, Parker said in the release, the sheriff’s office has only responded to calls for service in Elida on request from residents. Parker issued the news release in response to accusations from the town of Elida, which filed a lawsuit against Parker last week. Parker declined to answer questions from the Portales News-Tribune, but in his statement h...
Managing editor [email protected] Roosevelt County Sheriff Malin Parker on Tuesday issued a news release insisting he did not challenge the mayor of Elida to a fist fight. Also, Parker said in the release, the sheriff’s office has only responded to calls for service in Elida on request from residents. Parker issued the news release in response to accusations from the town of Elida, which filed a lawsuit against Parker last week. Parker declined to answer questions from the Portales News-Tribune, but in his statement h...
Managing Editor [email protected] The Roosevelt County sheriff has challenged Elida’s mayor to a “fist fight in the middle of the road.” At least that’s the claim made in a lawsuit filed last week by the village south of Portales against Sheriff Malin Parker. The lawsuit claims Parker has interfered with Elida police business on at least three occasions. Most recently, according to the lawsuit: • Elida Police Chief Joe Alford was enforcing a town ordinance related to dogs killing livestock on Sept. 27. • Alford issu...
