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Families USA, a national organization for health care consumers, issued this press release on proposed Medicaid and Meidcare cuts. The budget legislation passed last week in the U.S. House of Representatives along partisan lines would decimate health care funding in states across the country, according to a pair of reports released Tuesday. The cuts would exceed $2.75 trillion over the next decade, and would range from $5.3 billion in Wyoming to $303.8 billion in California. The reports are based on the budget's cuts over...
Older retirees such as Air Force Master Sgt. Floyd Sears, 81, stand shoulder to shoulder with younger generations of retirees in opposing any of the higher fees being proposed for hard earned TRICARE benefits. But Sears also agrees with many retirees of his own generation that there's something especially wrong with the Obama administration's plan to impose a first-ever enrollment fee on 900,000 retirees age 65 and older and their surviving spouses. The oldest among them entered service in World War II or during the Korean...
Older retirees such as Air Force Master Sgt. Floyd Sears, 81, stand shoulder to shoulder with younger generations of retirees in opposing any of the higher fees being proposed for hard earned TRICARE benefits. But Sears also agrees with many retirees of his own generation that there's something especially wrong with the Obama administration's plan to impose a first-ever enrollment fee on 900,000 retirees age 65 and older and their surviving spouses. The oldest among them entered service in World War II or during the Korean...
Granted, the state Campaign Reporting Act isn't beach reading. But taxpayers should be able to trust that the people they have elected to write their laws understand those laws and follow them. And granted, it might be understandable if a legislator in his or her first term wasn't up to speed on the law that you can't spend campaign money on living expenses during sessions. But when you've been in office, writing laws, for 11 years? For 24 years? Sen. Howie Morales has been in the state Senate since 2008. Sen. William Sharer...
Granted, the state Campaign Reporting Act isn't beach reading. But taxpayers should be able to trust that the people they have elected to write their laws understand those laws and follow them. And granted, it might be understandable if a legislator in his or her first term wasn't up to speed on the law that you can't spend campaign money on living expenses during sessions. But when you've been in office, writing laws, for 11 years? For 24 years? Sen. Howie Morales has been in the state Senate since 2008. Sen. William Sharer...
Imagine we're in next year's Legislature, and a representative suggests the following: Whenever the police arrest you for a crime, they can only keep you for as long as they reimburse you the wages you've lost. Cue the cadre of political strategists, arguing that we're wasting money. Arguing that we're giving people a free pass to commit crimes we can't afford to prosecute. Arguing we're coddling a special segment of society. It's not too much of a stretch, if you live in Alaska. Its Legislature is currently debating House Bi...
Imagine we're in next year's Legislature, and a representative suggests the following: Whenever the police arrest you for a crime, they can only keep you for as long as they reimburse you the wages you've lost. Cue the cadre of political strategists, arguing that we're wasting money. Arguing that we're giving people a free pass to commit crimes we can't afford to prosecute. Arguing we're coddling a special segment of society. It's not too much of a stretch, if you live in Alaska. Its Legislature is currently debating House Bi...
At the Portales Municipal Schools Board of Education meeting Tuesday in the Administration Building, board members: - Presented the board vice president Antonio Sanchez Jr. with the New Mexico School Board Association Leadership Achievement Award and Exemplary Award. - Presented board member Inez Rodriguez with the New Mexico School Board Association Exemplary Award. - Announced that Portales Municipal Schools received the second place Pacesetter Award from the United Way. - Spoke with New Mexico state representative, Dennis...
Hannah Altheide spoke to her professors, worked, walked around campus and drove her car Tuesday without shoes. The only time the Eastern New Mexico University junior wore shoes was during basketball practice. Benna Sayyed: Clovis Media Inc. Eastern New Mexico University junior Adriana De La Rosa, left, receives information about the One Day Without Shoes event from event coordinator Hannah Altheide, right, and event co-coordinator, Alexandria Weakley. Altheide's shoeless day was intended to bring awareness to children around...
Senior shortstop Jobi Fontenot went 6-for-9, including a game-tying single in the seventh inning of the opener, and Clovis High's baseball team went on to an 8-7, 9-3 sweep of Roswell High on Tuesday at Bell Park. CNJ staff photo: Tony Bullocks Clovis senior second baseman Jared Hughes tags out Roswell's Johnny Chavez during a sixth inning on a steal attempt. In the first game, the teams picked up in the bottom of the third inning with the Coyotes leading 2-1 after rain...
Senior shortstop Jobi Fontenot went 6-for-9, including a game-tying single in the seventh inning of the opener, and Clovis High's baseball team went on to an 8-7, 9-3 sweep of Roswell High on Tuesday at Bell Park. CNJ staff photo: Tony Bullocks Clovis senior second baseman Jared Hughes tags out Roswell's Johnny Chavez during a sixth inning on a steal attempt. In the first game, the teams picked up in the bottom of the third inning with the Coyotes leading 2-1 after rain...
RUIDOSO — The Clovis High boys golf team couldn't move up in the standings Tuesday in the Class 4A-5A portion of the Leroy Gooch Invitational, but the Wildcats did manage to earn their third leg to qualify for state competition next month in Las Cruces. Ruidoso Free Press: Todd Fuqua Junior Sam Bridgwater shot an 84 Tuesday at the Links of Sierra Blanaca in Ruidodo. CHS improved by seven shots to 315 in the second round of the event, played Tuesday at the Links of Sierra Blanc...
Clovis – April 10, 2012 – On Saturday, April 7, 2012, at approximately 7:31 PM, the Clovis Police Department Dispatch Center received a 911 call with information someone had been stabbed in the 300 blk of Aspen Street. Clovis Police and Clovis Fire Rescue personnel arrived on the scene to find 35 year old Santiago Betancourt suffering from stab wounds. Mr. Betancourt was transported to Plains Regional Medical Center where he later died from his injuries. The investigation rev...
RUIDOSO — The Clovis High boys golf team couldn't move up in the standings Tuesday in the Class 4A-5A portion of the Leroy Gooch Invitational, but the Wildcats did manage to earn their third leg to qualify for state competition next month in Las Cruces. Ruidoso Free Press: Todd Fuqua Junior Sam Bridgwater shot an 84 Tuesday at the Links of Sierra Blanaca in Ruidodo. CHS improved by seven shots to 315 in the second round of the event, played Tuesday at the Links of Sierra Blanc...
Hannah Altheide spoke to her professors, worked, walked around campus and drove her car Tuesday without shoes. The only time the Eastern New Mexico University junior wore shoes was during basketball practice. CMI staff photo: Benna Sayyed Eastern New Mexico University junior Adriana De La Rosa, left, receives information about the One Day Without Shoes event from event coordinator Hannah Altheide, right, and event co-coordinator, Alexandria Weakley. Altheide's shoeless day was intended to bring awareness to children around th...
ENMU graduate honored Eastern New Mexico University graduate Amber Maul, a registered nurse, was recognized as the Hospice Nurse of the Year at the Texas/New Mexico Hospice Organization's annual Meeting in March. Maul has worked for Hospice of Lubbock for the last two years, previously working in ENMU Health Services for two years. Civic center promotes alumna Global Spectrum, the company that manages the Clovis Civic Center, has promoted Operations Manager Maria Rainsdon, a 2009 ENMU graduate, to the center's general...
RUIDOSO — If the Portales Lady Rams are going to make a run at a Class 3A state championship this spring, they've got their work cut out trying to catch Socorro. The Lady Warriors proved Monday's first-round 314 score was no fluke, following it up with a 315 on Tuesday at Cree Meadows Golf Course for a 629 total in the Class 1A-3A division of the Leroy Gooch Invitational and a healthy margin over PHS, which finished a distant second at 696 after shooting 354 in the second r...
RUIDOSO — If the Portales Lady Rams are going to make a run at a Class 3A state championship this spring, they've got their work cut out trying to catch Socorro. The Lady Warriors proved Monday's first-round 314 score was no fluke, following it up with a 315 on Tuesday at Cree Meadows Golf Course for a 629 total in the Class 1A-3A division of the Leroy Gooch Invitational and a healthy margin over PHS, which finished a distant second at 696 after shooting 354 in the second r...
PLAINVIEW, Texas — Junior third baseman Sam Hedrick hit a go-ahead, two-run single with two out in the third inning and Eastern New Mexico University never looked back en route to a 10-4 win over Wayland Baptist on Tuesday. The Greyhounds (12-22) snapped a five-game losing streak and pounded out a season-high 21 hits against the Pioneers, led by Brooke Brooks, Daniel Binz and Derek Crenshaw with three apiece. Crenshaw belted his first home run of the season, a leadoff shot to left field in the seventh for a 6-2 lead. H...
PLAINVIEW, Texas — Junior third baseman Sam Hedrick hit a go-ahead, two-run single with two out in the third inning and Eastern New Mexico University never looked back en route to a 10-4 win over Wayland Baptist on Tuesday. The Greyhounds (12-22) snapped a five-game losing streak and pounded out a season-high 21 hits against the Pioneers, led by Brooke Brooks, Daniel Binz and Derek Crenshaw with three apiece. Crenshaw belted his first home run of the season, a leadoff shot to left field in the seventh for a 6-2 lead. H...
PORTALES — First baseman Allie Cranfill homered in each game and drove in six runs as West Texas A&M beat Eastern New Mexico University 13-2 and 6-2 on Tuesday in a Lone Star Conference doubleheader at Zia Softball Field. Cranfill, who now has 12 homers for the season, hit a two-run shot to center in the third inning of the opener and added a two-out, two-run blast in the fourth inning of the nightcap, the latter breaking a scoreless tie. She also had a two-run double in WT's seven-run fifth in Game 1, a contest which e...
PORTALES — First baseman Allie Cranfill homered in each game and drove in six runs as West Texas A&M beat Eastern New Mexico University 13-2 and 6-2 on Tuesday in a Lone Star Conference doubleheader at Zia Softball Field. Cranfill, who now has 12 homers for the season, hit a two-run shot to center in the third inning of the opener and added a two-out, two-run blast in the fourth inning of the nightcap, the latter breaking a scoreless tie. She also had a two-run double in WT's seven-run fifth in Game 1, a contest which e...
The wife of a Clovis man stabbed to death Saturday was arrested Tuesday afternoon on an open count of murder. Elizabeth Betancourt, 36, is being held without bail at the Curry County Detention Center. District Attorney Matt Chandler said a grand jury will be convened within the next 10 days to determine if there is probable cause to proceed with the charge. Santiago Betancourt, 35, was involved in a physical altercation with his wife, according to a press release from the...
The wife of a Clovis man stabbed to death Saturday was arrested Tuesday afternoon on an open count of murder. Elizabeth Betancourt, 36, is being held without bail at the Curry County Detention Center. District Attorney Matt Chandler said a grand jury will be convened within the next 10 days to determine if there is probable cause to proceed with the charge. Santiago Betancourt, 35, was involved in a physical altercation with his wife, according to a press release from the...
Roosevelt County Chamber of Commerce and New Mexico Department of Transportation officials are working to find ways to make an upcoming road project on the west side of the city less inconvenient for drivers and downtown businesses. Alisa Boswell: Portales News-Tribune Jamie Roberts of K Barnett and Sons slows traffic Tuesday afternoon as road crews put finishing touches on Chicago Avenue in Portales. The road work on the east end of Portales will be complete within three weeks, according to New Mexico Department of...
