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DENVER — The Air Force said Wednesday it will indefinitely delay plans to fly low-altitude training missions over parts of New Mexico and Colorado. Officials at Cannon Air Force Base will examine the training requirements for the base's aircraft and then decide what kind of environmental review process to undergo, 1st Lt. Stephanie Schonberger said. The aircraft that would make the proposed training flights are based at Cannon. "We're taking a step back from the whole proposal to take a look at our training requirements," she... Full story
DENVER — The Air Force said Wednesday it will indefinitely delay plans to fly low-altitude training missions over parts of New Mexico and Colorado. Officials at Cannon Air Force Base will examine the training requirements for the base's aircraft and then decide what kind of environmental review process to undergo, 1st Lt. Stephanie Schonberger said. The aircraft that would make the proposed training flights are based at Cannon. "We're taking a step back from the whole proposal to take a look at our training requirements," she... Full story
DENVER — The Air Force said Wednesday it will indefinitely delay plans to fly low-altitude training missions over parts of New Mexico and Colorado. Officials at Cannon Air Force Base will examine the training requirements for the base's aircraft and then decide what kind of environmental review process to undergo, 1st Lt. Stephanie Schonberger said. The aircraft that would make the proposed training flights are based at Cannon. "We're taking a step back from the whole proposal to take a look at our training requirements," she...
DENVER — The Air Force said Wednesday it will indefinitely delay plans to fly low-altitude training missions over parts of New Mexico and Colorado. Officials at Cannon Air Force Base will examine the training requirements for the base's aircraft and then decide what kind of environmental review process to undergo, 1st Lt. Stephanie Schonberger said. The aircraft that would make the proposed training flights are based at Cannon. "We're taking a step back from the whole proposal to take a look at our training requirements," she...
Homicide suspect Jimmy J. Reagan Jimmy Reagan saw a woman on the porch at 1701 N. Wheaton Road on Wednesday night and asked her for money. When she declined, Reagan entered the house and killed 35-year-old Shondel D. Lofton. That's what witnesses have told police about Clovis' second homicide this year. Reagan, 31, was arrested after police said he shot Lofton in the head and kidnapped two women. Lofton worked as a custodian at Berry Elementary School. Clovis Police Capt. Patr...
Republican U.S. senate hopeful Heather Wilson delivered a message of women empowerment Wednesday at Eastern New Mexico University to the young women of Girls State. Wilson was a featured speaker at the American Legion Auxiliary's New Mexico Girls State, a leadership conference for rising seniors from New Mexico. Christina Calloway: Portales News-Tribune Heather Wilson answered Girls State participant Pilar Borneo's question about her time in the Air Force. Borneo told Wilson...
Six Portales residents face charges in connection with what state officials are saying is one of the largest driver's license frauds uncovered to date. In all, nine people have been charged with conspiracy, forgery and other felony charges for fraudulently using residential addresses in Portales and Clovis and falsifying other documents to obtain New Mexico driver's licenses for foreign nationals living outside of the state, according to a press release from 9th Judicial District Attorney Matthew Chandler's office. Hundreds...
Republican U.S. senate hopeful Heather Wilson delivered a message of women empowerment Wednesday at Eastern New Mexico University to the young women of Girls State. Wilson was a featured speaker at the American Legion Auxiliary's New Mexico Girls State, a leadership conference for rising seniors from New Mexico. Christina Calloway: Portales News-Tribune Heather Wilson answered Girls State participant Pilar Borneo's question about her time in the Air Force. Borneo told Wilson... Full story
Six Portales residents face charges in connection with what state officials are saying is one of the largest driver's license frauds uncovered to date. In all, nine people have been charged with conspiracy, forgery and other felony charges for fraudulently using residential addresses in Portales and Clovis and falsifying other documents to obtain New Mexico driver's licenses for foreign nationals living outside of the state, according to a press release from 9th Judicial District Attorney Matthew Chandler's office. Hundreds... Full story
Homicide suspect Jimmy J. Reagan Jimmy Reagan saw a woman on the porch at 1701 N. Wheaton Road on Wednesday night and asked her for money. When she declined, Reagan entered the house and killed 35-year-old Shondel D. Lofton. That's what witnesses have told police about Clovis' second homicide this year. Reagan, 31, was arrested after police said he shot Lofton in the head and kidnapped two women. Lofton worked as a custodian at Berry Elementary School. Clovis Police Capt. Patr...
Groundbreaking held at Lockwood Lockwood construction to start Thursday kicked off with a groundbreaking Wednesday at the school, according to Clovis Municipal Schools Superintendent Terry Myers: - Bradbury Stamm will do the construction. - Dekker/Perich/Sabatini are project architects. - Construction will last a little more than a year with an opening of the addition scheduled for August 2013. - The new 54,000 square feet building will be located just north of Lockwood and the cost is $14 million. Program workshop being...
Vote totals by county for Tuesday's Republican State Senate District 7 primary: Curry Quay Union Total John Patrick Woods 1,878 258 147 2,283 Mark W. Myers 83 31 9 123 Angela D. Spears 1,460 275 256 1,991... Full story
The Clovis City Commission will meet 5:15 p.m. Thursday at the North Annex of the Clovis-Carver Public Library. Agenda items include: - An ordinance to annex 593 acres of land northwest of Clovis. The land belongs to Sid Strebeck, and includes a 30-acre tract that he donated to Clovis Municipal Schools. That land is the site of the future Gattis Middle School, set to open in the 2013-14 school year. Strebeck said an annexation would allow the city to take advantage through gross receipts taxes of construction and sales of hom...
As Eastern New Mexico University faculty get ready for the summer semester, health and physical education professor Matthew Martin prepares to teach a new course geared toward getting students thinking about racial and gender issues and how violence plays a part. "I came up with all the topics," Martin said. "I'm reading about sociological and psychological issues, which generated ideas for that course." Alisa Boswell: Portales News-Tribune Eastern New Mexico University students are in for unique courses at the college this...
There is nothing like an election year with its endless squabbling to make me feel a bit disheartened about our political process. That's why I was particularly cheered recently to run into a young man I know who graduated from high school last month. He greeted me with a grin and announced, "I voted today!" He then went on to tell me his choices, race by race, sharing who he had voted for and why. It was clear he had given it a lot of time and thought. He had researched the candidates, read up on the issues and, best of...
Call logs for Portales police, sheriff and fire: Tuesday - 10:56 a.m.: Caller stated he believed he had located a stolen vehicle, South Avenue F and 17th Street. - 10:58 a.m.: Caller found kittens, 1800 West First Street. - 11:11 a.m.: Caller states damage to a city vehicle, 100 block West First Street. - 11:27 a.m.: Caller complained about loud music, 400 block South Avenue G. - 11:42 a.m.: Caller reported an alarm, 1500 block South Avenue B. - 11:54 a.m.: Officer requested case number, 700 block West 17th Street. - 12:04...
Republican leaders split by the bitterness of the Pat Woods-Angie Spears campaigns for state Senate may be divided on how to repair the damage. But they agreed Wednesday they must work to fix the chasm created in Woods' slim 2,283 to 1,991 vote victory in Tuesday's primary for District 7. Much of the bitterness stems from Gov. Susana Martinez's decision to endorse a candidate — Spears — in a primary election, a move many region Republicans saw as outside interference. Chief among them, state Sen. Clint Harden of Clovis, whose...
The week before school was out, there was a special reception held in the Clovis Municipal Schools' board room at Central Office. The occasion was to celebrate eight unique CMS students who graduated this year with "Bilingual Seal Recognition" on their diplomas. In the Clovis school district we are in our 13th year of our bilingual program. Not surprisingly, it remains a challenge to serve students whose native tongue is a language other than English, whether Chinese, Spanish or any other language. In public education we... Full story
Before enrolling in a basic math skills course at Clovis Community College last year, Blanca Alexander had not taken a math course since 1994. CNJ staff photo: Benna Sayyed Clovis Community College instructor Donna Pharies, left, helps CCC freshman Ashley Emmons, right, simplify linear expressions Wednesday in the CCC Math Emporium. Emmons is taking Basic Algebra and will enroll in basic algebra two next year. Alexander passed the course but still needed to sharpen her math...
Whether by water, bicycle or foot, with a stone in hands, or riding a horse, hundreds of people will take an active role this weekend in a jam-packed Old Fort Days in Fort Sumner. De Baca County News: Scot Stinnett The Old Fort Days Parade is scheduled for 10 a.m. Saturday. Old Fort Days is in its 37th year, and celebrates the heritage of the resting place of Billy The Kid. Held annually in the second week of June, the festival kicked off Wednesday night with a cowboy camp mee...
Whether by water, bicycle or foot, with a stone in hands, or riding a horse, hundreds of people will take an active role this weekend in a jam-packed Old Fort Days in Fort Sumner. De Baca County News: Scot Stinnett The Old Fort Days Parade is scheduled for 10 a.m. Saturday. Old Fort Days is in its 37th year, and celebrates the heritage of the resting place of Billy The Kid. Held annually in the second week of June, the festival kicked off Wednesday night with a cowboy camp mee... Full story
Here is a sampling of police, sheriff and fire calls for: Tuesday - 2:54 a.m.: Caller advised someone broke down their back door and ran off, 1000 block of West Manana Street. - 3:55 a.m.: Caller reported a car doing doughnuts in the parking lot nearly hit several vehicles, 1100 block of North Sycamore Street. - 6:16 a.m.: Caller reported a dump truck broken down in the alley, near Rodeo Drive and Remuda Street. - 8:15 a.m.: Caller reported heavy smoke to the west of his location, 1000 block of state road 288. - 8:55 a.m.: Ca... Full story
A Muleshoe man accused of shooting and killing his wife remains in Bailey County Jail on a capital murder charge, according to investigators. Daniel Cardon Jr., 49, is accused of killing his wife, Lucila Perez, 38, Monday. The couple was in the process of divorcing, said Bailey County Sheriff's Lt. Benny Parker. Parker said Cardon was arraigned Tuesday before Justice of the Peace Debra Redwine, who refused to grant bail on the murder charge. Parker declined to discuss details of the killing, saying it is still under...
Coal has produced the inexpensive electricity that has underpinned American industry for more than a century. But a combination of new developments in natural gas, a ruthless war by environmental zealots, and a hostile administration and U.S. Senate is killing that option. Here is the situation, as reported May 29 by The New York Times: Coal, which produced half the nation's electricity four years ago, now produces only a third of it. More than 100 of the 500-some coal-fired power plants in the nation likely will be shut... Full story
ALBUQUERQUE – An illegal foreign national from Mexico and his family are accused of running a $30,000 per month operation that includes human traffickers, mail collectors, and a public notary signing false affidavits to illegally obtain New Mexico driver's licenses for foreign nationals from Mexico, El Salvador, Brazil, Guatemala, Uruguay and Honduras who are now suspected of living in Georgia, Florida, South Carolina and Illinois. Luis Raul Collazo-Medrano and eight other accomplices, including his wife and daughter, have b...
