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Roosevelt County Sheriff’s Office deputies arrested two Portales men Friday in connection with the theft of scrap metal from a rural Roosevelt County residence, according to a RCSO press release. Sanford Long, 28, and Steven Long, 51, both of Portales were arrested at a scrap metal recycling center in Clovis after a witness provided information about a vehicle that was possibly involved in a theft of scrap metal from a residence on South Roosevelt Road 4. Deputies, along with Clovis Police Department officers located the v...
A professor of political science told the Roosevelt County Democratic Women this week that this year’s presidential election would be historic because it will gauge the country’s ability to deal with gender and race in a political campaign. Sue Strickler, professor of political science at Eastern New Mexico University says what is known as identity politics is being turned inside-out by the close race between a black man, Barack Obama, and a white woman, Hillary Clinton, for the Democratic nomination. Identity politics is... Full story
The theme for the American Cancer Society’s 2008 Relay for Life in Portales is, “Relay like a Rockstar,” and starting Friday night, area residents will be able to do just that. Portales’ Family, Career and Community Leaders of America is joining with Texico’s FCCLA and Yucca Junior High’s FCCLA in the event. Debbie Stenstrom, the advisor for the Portales chapter of FCCLA, has been involved on the team participation level as well as on an organizational level for about seven years. “As a team member it’s a lot less stressful.... Full story
Clovis Man Sentenced to the Maximum for Child Abuse Resulting in Death Clovis, NM ~ Ninth Judicial District Attorney Matthew Chandler announced today Leroy “Roy” Jaramillo, age 44, was sentenced to maximum time allowed under law for his recent jury trial conviction of Child Abuse Resulting in Death. On January 25, 2008, a Clovis Jury deliberated for approximately two hours before returning a Guilty Verdict against Leroy “Roy” Jaramillo for the death of a 9 month-old Clovis baby. The baby, Cristyan Ibarra, died on October...
A Clovis man was sentenced today to 19 years imprisonment for the death of a 9-month old child, according to a press release from District Attorney Matt Chandler. Leroy “Roy” Jaramillo, 44, was convicted Jan. 25 of child abuse resulting in death. The sentence Jaramillo received was the maximum allowed by law, according to the press release. In October 2004 the child, Cristyan Ibarra, was taken to the emergency room at Plains Regional Medical Center. The mother said she left the baby with Jaramillo for about 15 minutes and...
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CNJ staff photo: Tony Bullocks Keith Kiser, president of the Clovis High School Booster club, prepares hamburgers for the first day of the Clovis Invitational at Bell Park Thursday, Kiser said that the booster club will be cooking food for all eight teams during the tournament. The tournament runs today with semi-finals and concludes on Saturday with the finals....
Freedom New Mexico Eastern New Mexico University’s Department of Theatre and Dance will be having a Spaghetti Dinner from 5pm to 7:30pm. today at the Wesley Foundation South Avenue K and 14th Lane in Portales. Tickets are pre-sold and also available at the door. Price is $7 a ticket. All proceeds go to theatre students taking student designs to The Kennedy Center of American Theatre Arts festival in Huntsville, Texas on Monday. Donations are accepted. Information: 562-2711.... Full story
Columnist Argus Hamilton is poking fun at politicians and Roger Clemens. To access the column, click on “More features” below or follow the link: Argus Hamilton...
Glenda Price remembers the days of radio. “We could only get a few stations, but after school on certain days we could hear ‘The Lone Ranger,’ and sometimes there were mystery stories on,” she reports. See her entire column in the Opinion section. • • • Want to participate in questions and answers with the editors? [email protected] us • • • Columnist Argus Hamilton is poking fun at politicians and Roger Clemens. To access the column, click on “More features” below or follow the link: Argus Hamilton...
Need a little inspiration? Check out the Bible verse of the day, compiled by Dianna Hernandez: Bible verse of the day • • • Glenda Price remembers the days of radio. “We could only get a few stations, but after school on certain days we could hear ‘The Lone Ranger,’ and sometimes there were mystery stories on,” she reports. See her entire column in the Opinion section. • • • Want to participate in questions and answers with the editors? [email protected] us • • • Columnist Argus Hamilton is poking fun at...
Read any good blogs lately? Alvin Petty will give you something to think about: History and spirituality • • • Need a little inspiration? Check out the Bible verse of the day, compiled by Dianna Hernandez: Bible verse of the day • • • Glenda Price remembers the days of radio. “We could only get a few stations, but after school on certain days we could hear ‘The Lone Ranger,’ and sometimes there were mystery stories on,” she reports. See her entire column in the Opinion section. • • • Want to participate in questions... Full story
Glenda Price In the olden days folks who lived in the boonies didn’t have many formal entertainment choices. We could see a movie in town on shopping day, usually Saturday. The local theater kept the same movie a couple of weeks, so except for the Saturday afternoon serials (that always ended with a cliffhanger to get us back next week) we could just see the same movie again. When “The Ten Commandments” came out, it stayed in our local movie house almost a month. It was a good movie, but by the time it left I had Moses...
In the olden days folks who lived in the boonies didn’t have many formal entertainment choices. We could see a movie in town on shopping day, usually Saturday. The local theater kept the same movie a couple of weeks, so except for the Saturday afternoon serials (that always ended with a cliffhanger to get us back next week) we could just see the same movie again. When “The Ten Commandments” came out, it stayed in our local movie house almost a month. It was a good movie, but by the time it left I had Moses’ speech from th... Full story
We’re beginning to compile content related to the one-year anniversary of the March 23 tornadoes that caused major damage in Curry, Roosevelt and Quay counties. We’d like to hear your stories and publish your photos from before, during and after the big winds. If you’d like to share memories of that scary night: [email protected] us • • • Read any good blogs lately? Alvin Petty will give you something to think about: History and spirituality • • • Need a little inspiration? Check out the Bible verse of the d...
• “Tara Bulba” was playing at the Tower Theater and starred Tony Curtis and Yul Brynner. • “The Fastest Gun Alive” was playing at the Tower Theater and starred Glenn Ford....
