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PORTALES - Maliyah Jones was only 22 months old, but she'd already developed an irresistible personality. "She was the sweetest, happiest, brightest little girl," said Janet Bradley, the toddler's cousin. "She was very talkative for her age, very smart, she remembered you, just so sweet." Maliyah died Tuesday after police said she was left in a hot vehicle for about 90 minutes by a daycare worker. A second child, whose name has not been released, was in critical condition...
PORTALES — One child died, another is in critical condition and two Portales daycare workers have been arrested for leaving the children in a hot vehicle for about 90 minutes on Tuesday afternoon. Sandi Taylor, 31, and her mother Mary E. Taylor, 62, are charged with child abuse resulting in great bodily harm and child abuse resulting in death, police officials said. Both are being held the Roosevelt County Detention Center on Wednesday awaiting a bond hearing scheduled for 1...
On this date ... 1977: A teenager had found an octopus in an irrigation ditch near Fort Sumner. Eugene Sena Jr., 14, said he was washing his hands in the ditch southwest of Fort Sumner when he spotted the creature, about 1.5 inches in diameter, floating in the water. He poked it with a stick and discovered it was dead. But movement in the water alarmed a second octopus, which swam away. Sena said the second octopus was about 6 inches in diameter. Dick Hanes, a biology teacher...
Area school districts are still crunching numbers, but most seem to be following statewide trends on test scores released this week. Most area schools showed more students are proficient or better in reading and math than a year ago. But still far fewer than 50 percent of students scored proficient or better in the tests. The New Mexico Public Education Department on Monday released the results from the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC)...
CLOVIS — School lunch prices will go up by 10 cents next year, according to a federal mandate. “I hate to say it, but we don’t have any choice but to approve it,” said Clovis Municipal Schools Board of Education Vice President Terry Martin at the board’s regular meeting Tuesday. A new United States Department of Agriculture regulation will bring the cost of “paid lunches” to $2.10 and $2.35 for elementary and secondary school students, respectively. The price hikes will not impact free breakfast, still available for...
The belief that good things can come through government is based in the superstitious belief that the wrong thing can be done in just the right way. It’s a Utopian dream. Make no mistake, everything governments do is built upon a rotted foundation. I’m not Utopian. I know people aren’t angels, but I also know they aren’t as bad as believers in government make them out to be. People usually do what they believe is in their best interest. Belief in government makes stealin...
For whatever reason, the term “impeachment” has been making a regular appearance in the media since Jan. 21. Democrats on the far left, alas I repeat myself, have the strange idea that if Donald Trump is impeached, Hillary Clinton will become president. They get this from reading blogs created by people who have never read the United States Constitution and the Presidential Succession Act of 1947 as subsequently amended to include the newly created cabinet offices. A rev...
In a classic New Mexico case of “Ready, Fire, Aim,” New Mexico Attorney General Hector Balderas has filed a lawsuit accusing Presbyterian Healthcare Services of defrauding the state and possibly engaging in criminal conduct as part of a long-running dispute over the amount of premium taxes the company owes. Except the lawsuit doesn’t actually say how much the AG thinks the state’s largest health care provider should fork over — because a separate audit of premium tax payments by Presbyterian and several other health pl...
PORTALES — A district court judge said she will make a decision by Thursday on whether to reduce bond for a rape suspect. Judge Donna Mowrer heard testimony on Tuesday as part of a continuation from a Friday hearing. Roy Brown is in the Roosevelt County Detention Center on $50,000 bond. Craig Acorn, attorney for Brown, 29, argued his client “has all these ties to the community. There’s no reason to think that he’s going to do anything but join with his attorney and defend this case, as we’ve been doing vigorously from the...
The Roosevelt County Commission has scheduled a special meeting for 1 p.m. Thursday in the County Commission Room at the courthouse at 109 W. First St. Commissioners are expected to approve the fourth quarter budget reports for fiscal year 2017 and will consider adopting a resolution for the FY 2018 budget. Roosevelt County Manager Amber Hamilton said the treasurer and finance departments have several steps to go through before the budget proposal can be approved. The next regular County Commission meeting is set for 9 a.m....
PORTALES — A petition seeking the recall of Roosevelt County Sheriff Malin Parker was stopped by a district court judge Tuesday. The petition, submitted by Portales attorney Eric Dixon on behalf of criminal defendants Cody Banister and Armando Pena, as well as the mother of a woman killed in a car chase involving police, was denied in a hearing in the Roosevelt County Courthouse. The hearing gave Dixon a chance to prove that Parker intentionally made false statements regarding the reliability of an informant who led to the a...
PORTALES — The Eastern New Mexico University men’s basketball team has added a junior college transfer in forward Brian Roberts. The team announced the signing of the 6-foot-6 Roberts, who will come from Western Texas Junior College, in a release from the school. Roberts, a Cleveland native, shot 52 percent from the field and had a total of 35 blocked shots. He also played a season at Jamestown Community College. He was the defensive player of the year as a senior at John Hay High School in Cleveland. “I am so excited that...
CLOVIS — Equipment will be handed out for the upcoming Clovis High School football season Thursday and Friday, beginning 5:30 p.m. both days. Players entering their freshman year will pick up equipment at the CHS Freshman Academy. Sophomores, juniors and seniors will pick up equipment at the high school. Proof of a physical must be presented before a player can receive equipment or participate in practice. The first week of two-a-day practices will run 7-8:30 a.m. and 9:45-11:15 a.m. Clovis will scrimmage at Roswell on A...
PORTALES — The Portales High School football program will hold a meeting Sunday at 11 p.m. for all high school players. The meeting precedes the Rams’ annual opening practice, which will be held 12:01 a.m. Monday — the first day New Mexico high school teams can hold practices. Two-a-day practices from Tuesday through Saturday are expected to go from 6-10:30 a.m. The defending Class 4A champion Rams will hold a four-team scrimmage Aug. 18 with the Clovis JV, Eunice and New Mexico Military Institute. Portales opens its regul...
New Mexico report This fishing report, provided by Bill Dunn and New Mexico Department of Game & Fish, has been generated from the best information available from area officers and anglers. Conditions encountered after the report is compiled may differ, as stream, lake and weather conditions alter fish and angler activities. Northwest Abiquiu Lake — Fishing was slow to fair using curly tail grubs, tubes, crank baits, wooly buggers, crawdad imitation flies and night crawlers for small smallmouth bass. Fishing for walleye w...
Thursday • Roosevelt County Commission — 1 p.m. special meeting in commission room at county courthouse. Information: 575-356-5307 • Curry County Commission — 9 a.m. special meeting at county offices, Clovis. Information: 575-763-6016 • Older Adults Division — 8:30 a.m. public meeting at Baxter Curren Senior Center regarding new senior center, meal site, Clovis. Information: 575-769-7908 Monday • Road Viewer Committee — 9 a.m. at Milnesand Fire Department. Public meeting about possible closure of SRR 44, one mile west of NM...
Today • Toddler Time — 10 a.m. at Clovis-Carver Public Library for ages 10 months-3 years. Information: 575-769-7840 • Kiwanis Club free swim — 1 p.m.-5 p.m. at Portales swimming pool. Free for everyone. Information: 575-749-1840 • Stitch Addicts — 7:15 pm. at Clovis-Carver Public Library. Open stitch, lesson review. Information: 575-769-7840 • Battle of the Badges blood drive — 9:30 a.m.-1 p.m. at the Youth Recreation Building, Clovis. Information: 575-625-9743 Thursday • Childrens’ Storyhour — 10 a.m. at Clovis-Carver Publ...
