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Cannon Idol holds auditions Auditions to become Cannon Air Force Base’s first “Cannon...
The Employee Compensation Review Committee will recommend today to let the City Commission decide how to adjust city employee compensation. According to the committee’s recommendation, the state of the economy and limited city funds contributed to the decision. The committee was formed in December and have met every month since January comparing city employees' salaries of cities similar to Clovis, according to City Manager Joe Thomas. Former Mayor David Lansford suggested forming the committee in November, two months a...
Cannon Idol holds auditions Auditions to become Cannon Air Force Base’s first “Cannon... Full story
Freedom New Mexico Charges of manufacturing a controlled substance were filed in magistrate court on Wednesday against three subjects arrested in connection with seized meth labs in Portales. Manufacturing charges were filed against Cody Banister, 27, Brandy Rury, 24 and Troy Thompson, 29. “The investigation is still ongoing and there could be additional arrests and charges filed,” Roosevelt County Sheriff’s Deputy Malin Parker said. The trio were arrested on May 6 after officers seized the first of three meth labs at Banis...
Freedom New Mexico An earthquake, upgraded by seismologists from a 7.8 to 7.9 magnitude in Sichuan province in central China, is first of all a reminder that few parts of this world are immune from what we call natural disasters. We’ve had more than the usual number of tornadoes in the southeast this year; we have hurricanes, wildfires, cyclones, tsunamis, and flooding in various parts of the world. This earth is beautiful in many ways and can be bountiful as well. But it can also be treacherous. As we have discovered in t...
Money has been tight and it’s going to be tighter in the short term for the Eastern New Mexico Rural Water Authority. At its monthly meeting Wednesday in Portales, the authority voted to rescind acceptance of two grant-loan agreements with New Mexico’s Water Trust Board, totaling $3.52 million. The issue came up after some members expressed concern that they hadn’t been given enough time to present the agreements to their individual entity....
Transitions Birthdays and Anniversaries Thursday — Kendall and Shelly Buzard Friday — James Whitecotton Saturday — Kenny Richerson Sunday — Shelly Buzard...
Elementary graduations to be held Area elementary schools will hold promotion ceremonies for their kindergarten and sixth graders. Arts Academy at Bella Vista Kindergarten: 9:15 a.m., May 22 Sixth grade: 1 p.m., May 22 Barry Elementary School Sixth grade: 9:30 a.m., May 22 Kindergarten: 1:30 p.m., May 22 Cameo Elementary School Kindergarten: 9 a.m., Monday Sixth grade: 9 a.m., Tuesday Highland Elementary School Sixth grade: 8:30 a.m., May 22 Kindergarten: 1 p.m., May 22 La Casita Elementary School Kindergarten: 9 a.m., May...
Courtesty photo: Lisa Graham Melrose 2008 senior class of 13 will graduate Saturday, May 17 at 7 p.m. at the school’s secondary gymnasium. All 13 of Melrose High’s 2008 graduating seniors plan to attend college in the fall, which is a rarity according to school principal Jamie Widner. He estimated 75 percent of the Melrose students have gone to college after graduation and 11 percent have joined the military in his 12 years as Melrose junior high/high school principal. Most of the graduates looked forward to their n...
Samplings of recent calls received by Clovis-area law enforcement officers, according to reports: Around 10:30 a.m. Thursday an officer responded to a school in the 500 block of 14th Street for a student with a knife. The principal said a student turned a knife into a teacher that another student had put in his pocket. The boy said another child had shown him the knife in class and he later found it in the pocket of his sweatshirt. The boy who reportedly had the knife first... Full story
Plagued with staffing issues, the Curry County Adult Detention Center is switching to longer but less frequent works shifts at the request of detention center officers. Curry County Manager Lance Pyle said he recently approved a petition request by detention officers to switch from 10 eight-hour shifts in a two-week period to seven 12-hour shifts. Pyle said detention center employees have been working a lot of overtime and view the schedule change as an opportunity for more... Full story
Amarillo police are investigating the possibility of a Clovis connection to a recent homicide in Amarillo. A 45-year-old Clovis man called local police Monday after he saw an evening news story that reported painted quarters were connected to an Amarillo homicide, according to a report filed by Clovis police. Max Steven Stanhope, 77, was found dead Saturday in his Amarillo home, according to Amarillo Police Cpl. Jerry Neufeld. Preliminary information points to blunt force as...
Cannon Connections staff WASHINGTON, D.C. — A Senate measure cosponsored by U.S. Sen. Pete Domenici, R-N.M., honors the children of military service members by designating Thursday, May 15 as “Military Kids Day,” according to a news release....
Cannon Connections staff WASHINGTON, D.C. — A Senate measure cosponsored by U.S. Sen. Pete Domenici, R-N.M., honors the children of military service members by designating Thursday, May 15 as “Military Kids Day,” according to a news release....
Couples who wind Maypole together sometimes end up tying the knot together. At least two Portales High School seniors who took part in the 79th annual winding of the Maypole on Monday and Tuesday nights have close family members who wound together and shortly after, ended up being bound together, in holy matrimony. Clint Brakebill’s grandparents, Corte and Cleta Prude, wound the Maypole at PHS in 1949 and married that year. Another PHS senior, Heather Stroud, has an aunt and uncle, Josephine and Tommy Patterson, who wound i...
Thomas Garcia, PNT Staff Writer The teachers, staff and students of Lindsey Middle School reached out to help a fellow student after a fire destroyed his family’s home, according to the school’s principal. On May 5 the Portales Fire Department responded to a report of a fire at 1609 South Ave. I, the home of the family of Sean Fried, a sixth grade student at Lindsey Middle School. A small effort to help the family mushroomed into a larger effort this week....
Portales City Councilors gave the OK at a special meeting Tuesday to participate in a study that could transform the Portales Country Club golf course into an 18-hole private/public course. Mayor Orlando Ortega Jr. told councilors that he and City Manager Debi Lee were invited to participate in a discussion with the PCC board on a possible partnership between the two entities that would expand the golf course and provide more public play in Portales. “They felt water was really a main concern of theirs and that’s why hav... Full story
