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Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
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PNT Staff Reports Winter wasn't ready to let up Friday morning. The temperature was 16 degrees just before 8 a.m. in Portales, according to Accuweather. Overnight, 1-5 inches of more snow had accumulated on top of yesterday's snow in the area, said Maria Torres, intern meteorologist with the National Weather Service office in Albuquerque. She said Saturday and Sunday were expected to be sunny with a high of 46 Saturday and 51 Sunday. Portales Police Deputy Chief Lonnie Berry said his department had no major weather-related...
During their meeting at 7 p.m. Tuesday at City Hall, Portales City Council is set to discuss a resolution of support for a proposed bill to authorize Eastern New Mexico Water Authority to operate the Ute Water Pipeline Organization. The state Legislature opens Tuesday and is to consider the bill during the session. “It’s basically asking for support from the community that it belongs to,” City Clerk Joan Martinez-Terry said. The organization is looking for support from Roosevelt and Curry counties, Portales, Clovis, Texic... Full story
Three Portales residents have been arrested for breaking into a home, taking items and spraying tear gas on a 26-year-old woman and two girls, ages 5 years old and 6 months old, according to a news release from the Portales Police Department. According to police, the incident happened Monday in the 1900 block of South Avenue I. They said the victim and suspects knew each other. Jeremy Claudio, 19, Kelsey Creek, 18, and Chaz Alcorn, 21, were arrested in connection with the incident are charged with aggravated battery, a...
Crime Stoppers is offering a $1,000 reward for information leading an arrest in the robbery of the Dawg Houze in Portales on Wednesday. Portales Deputy Chief of Police Lonnie Berry would not disclose the amount of money taken. Contact Crime Stoppers at 356-8100....
Portales had a string of burglaries this week, according to information from Portales Police Department. Police don’t believe all the incidents are related. According to police: • Unknown subjects took items Monday from a residence in the 900 block of East Second Street. No one was home. • A big-screen TV was taken Tuesday from a business in the 400 block of South Avenue C early in the morning. • Also Tuesday, subjects took items including firearms from a residence in the 900 block of Brazos Street while no o...
The Portales Dream Center is in the process of being rebuilt after high winds blew the roof off last March. Victory Life Church and the Dream Center board decided it would be better to build another facility than to replace the roof. “We decided to build a new building and we’re still working on it,” Dream Center volunteer Gail Kenner said. “We completed the outside, now we’re working on the inside. “There was a lot more damage than was thought and it is cheaper to build a new building,” Keener said. “The old building needed...
Deadline for the Clovis/Curry County Chamber of Commerce 2009 Annual Awards is 5 p.m. Tuesday. A nomination form is available at www.clovisnm.org. A fax copy may be requested by calling the chamber at 763-3435. Categories include citizen of the year, chamber volunteer, heart award, business of the year, ambassador of the year and the Ken Huey Patriot Award. Recipients will be honored Jan. 15 at the Clovis Civic Center.... Full story
A Cannon airman led a jammed funeral service for his father earlier this week, slain in an East Oakland, Calif., robbery. Bounhom Manyvong, 59, was a security guard at an Auto Zone store. He was shot and killed Dec. 19. Tuesday, about 300 people — including more than 50 security guards from a variety of agencies — paid tribute along with his son, Cannon airman Thomas Manyvong. Manyvong, who has been in the Air Force for two and half years, said his father was his inspiration for being an airman with the 27th Speci...
PNT staff reports District Attorney Matt Chandler is still reviewing information turned over by the Portales Police in the case of a 71-year-old Portales woman who died after being struck by a vehicle on Oct. 30. Chandler said Monday his staff is still reading through a huge file submitted by Portales police concernign the death of Gloria Ann Inge. “It is 700 pages of information including medical records,” Chandler said. “We are reviewing that and hope to have it back to the police by the end of the week.” Chandler said he...
Police say an 88-year-old Portales woman was taken to Roosevelt General Hospital for observation Monday after her runaway car crashed into the state Motor Vehicle Division building and continued across several lanes of traffic. Around 10 a.m., Minnie Fulton, 88, left the New Mexico Motor Vehicle Department on Avenue O, and her 2003 Ford Taurus possibly malfunctioned, Deputy Chief of Police Lonnie Berry said. “It could be a malfunction with the vehicle, or it could be something that she caused, but it is not known at this t...
Firefighters said no one was injured Sunday in a fire that gutted a house on Roosevelt Road U Sunday night. Portales Fire Department Lt. Shannon Lee said firefighters believe the blaze started at a stove in the kitchen. Firefighters arrived at 8:20 p.m., and flames had already reached windows and eaves, he said. Lee said the fire was under control in half an hour, but the house was a total loss. Lee said he hasn’t been able to identify residents. The house is a rental property owned by Teflon Construction....
At the Eastern New Mexico University Board of Regents meeting at the ENMU-Roswell campus Thursday afternoon, Regents: • heard the administration is looking into tuition increases, departmental cuts in supplies and services, and leaving vacated positions unfilled to deal with possible cuts in legislative appropriations, said President Steven Gamble. The worst-case scenario he anticipates would mean cuts ranging from $2 million to $2.5 million for the 2010-2011 fiscal year. Gamble said he didn’t know how high tuition i...
PNT Staff Reports No one was injured when a fire started early Wednesday morning on the back porch of a house undergoing remodeling. The Portales Fire Department responded to the fire at 1716 S. Main Ave., said Portales Fire Marshal Mike Inge. “The house has some minimal damage,” Inge said. “The fire got inside the attic.” Firefighters were able to contain and put out the fire. Inge said the cause of the fire is still being determined. He said the back porch had no electrical heat source that could have started the fire. T...
A Roosevelt County man has been arrested and charged with stabbing his brother in the stomach during an argument over money. Douglas Wood, 52, is charged with aggravated battery on a household member with a deadly weapon, a third-degree felony, according to a news release from the Roosevelt County Sheriff’s Office. About 7 p.m. Saturday, according to the release, deputies responded to the N.M. 236 residence Douglas Wood shared with his brother, 48-year-old Jeffery Wood. They found Jeffery Wood with one stab wound. A...
Patricia Rael from the New Mexico Attorney General’s Office is scheduled to give presentations today on methamphetamine to local junior high and high school students, teachers and parents. Rael’s presentation aims to explain and help youth make good decisions about methamphetamine, according to information from Portales Police Deputy Chief Lonnie Berry. Tips on what to look for in a child who might be using methamphetamine or be at risk for use will also be discussed. The presentation to parents is at 6 p.m. in the Por... Full story
Texico schools are planning a one hour delay for the school day on Friday. Clovis Municipal Schools will announce any weather delays for Friday at 8 p.m. Thursday via their Web site. Grady schools let out at 2:45 p.m. and Melrose schools released at 2:45 p.m. A Clovis Christian School spokesperson said the school ran Thursday on schedule and usually follows CMS’s delay plan. Parents who are signed up to receive weather updates via Skyward Family Access will receive an e-mail informing them of any delays or closures. Clovis C...
A swine flu vaccine clinic is scheduled for 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday at Eastern New Mexico University. The free shots will be provided in the Aztec Room of the Campus Union Building. The clinic is open to the public, with the following eligibility criteria: • Children, ages 6 months to 18 years old. • Pregnant women. • Parent/guardian of an infant under 6 months old. • Persons with chronic disease, ages 19 to 64: such as asthma or chronic respiratory condition, diabetes, heart disease and autoimmune... Full story
Portales police have autopsy results for a 71-year-old woman who died after being struck by a vehicle Oct. 30. Police said Thursday they are expecting to decide whether to charge the driver in a matter of days. Trevor Nuckols, 16, of Portales, was identified as the driver of the pickup truck that struck Gloria Ann Inge as she crossed Second at Abilene streets. Police Deputy Chief Lonnie Berry said the autopsy indicates Inge’s injuries and whether they were caused by the pickup or hitting the pavement. With the information, B...
The Clovis Municipal Schools music department is hosting the annual Tuba Christmas event on Saturday. Alan Dropps, music director for the district, said any high school, college or adult tuba or euphonium player is welcome to participate. Registration is $5 and will take place at the Norvil Howell Band Hall at Clovis High School. There will be a free public concert at noon in front of J.C. Penney at North Plains Mall....
The Clovis Police Department will be trading doughnuts for dollars Friday as part of its annual Shop with a Cop fundraising drive. Starting at 6:45 a.m., officers will be at Daylight Doughnuts on North Prince Street collecting donations to fund the Shop with a Cop program. Officers will be giving away doughnuts in exchange for donations during the peak of morning traffic as people head to work, Capt. Patrick Whitney said. The Shop with a Cop program is a donation-driven effort by police. Area children in need are taken on a...
Sherry Fahrenkrug found a niche when she came to Portales and started working in retail, selling candles, antiques and other odds and ends. Her business is Old Barn Finds. Fahrenkrug started out in landscaping in Las Cruces 14 years ago. She moved to Portales after she met her business partner, Dave Nash, in Las Cruces. What makes Old Barn Finds unique is the type merchandise and collectable antiques. “We look for something unique before we put it up for sale,” Fahrenkrug said. “It’s our stuff that we have collected for yea...
A 54-year-old Curry County woman and a Quay County infant are among four New Mexicans who died from the H1N1 flu virus this week, according to the state Department of Health. The Quay County infant had no other health conditions, but the Curry County woman suffered chronic health conditions, according to a news release from the New Mexico Department of Health. The deaths mark the first in their respective counties, with the Sept. 24 death of a Roosevelt County baby girl being the first H1N1 death in the High Plains of...
A Portales man has been charged with almost 250 counts of child pornography. Deputies from Roosevelt and Curry counties arrested Parviz Marcus McKeand, 22, Sunday after executing a search warrant at his residence in the 500 block of South Avenue F, according to a release from the Roosevelt County Sheriff’s Office. Investigators seized computers equipment containing more than 100 images and videos of child pornography, which McKeand admitted to downloading, according to the release. According to the information, McKeand was b...
Chad Heflin took a different path in life when it came to the family construction business. When the opportunity came to start a bar, Heflin jumped at the chance. “I just had the chance to get a liquor license was all it took,” Heflin said, “and then I learned from there.” Heflin owns the Package Store and the Dawg Houze. Helfin said owning his own business is a lifelong dream. Heflin was a student at Eastern New Mexico University when he got his chance. He talked with his wife, Kim, and with her and his dad’s support,...
PNT staff reports The Roosevelt General Hospital Board chose five finalists to possibly replace retiring administrator James D’Agostino in executive session Tuesday night at the hospital. Finalists are: • RGH Chief Financial Officer Eva Stevens of Portales • Richard L. Smith of Clovis • Larry Leaming of Colorado • James Faulwell of Minnesota • Jeff Comer Jr. of Arizona Thirty-five to 40 applicants have been considered, and Covenant Health System representative David Shaw has interviewed several by p...
