Local roundup — May 17

Road construction happening this week

TLC Plumbing and Utility continues to progress on the pipeline through Portales, officials said. This week, crews will be working on the following:

• North on Elgin from Third Street toward Morrison Park. Parts of Elgin will be intermittently closed during work.

• West on 18th Street to cross New Mexico 206 and continue on toward U.S. 70. Eighteenth Street will be closed periodically past James Elementary School during work.

• Paving on South Globe, Gemini, East Ninth, South Dallas and 18th Street.

For information, call 505-761-9696.

ENMU students named Outstanding Students

According to an Eastern New Mexico University public service announcement, the following local ENMU students were named Outstanding Students for ENMU’s College of Fine Arts at the scholarship awards ceremony on April 21:

• Shaun Banther of Portales

• Madison Barnard of Portales

• Anna George of Portales

• Kelsey Laurenz of Portales

• Wenhao Lu of Portales

The following local ENMU students were named Outstanding Students for ENMU’s College of Business:

• Tara Markham of Portales

• Ariana Terns of Clovis

Graduations scheduled for Roosevelt County

The following is the schedule for graduations for Roosevelt County schools:

• Portales Junior High: 5:30 p.m. Tuesday at the ENMU Greyhound Arena.

• Portales High School: 7 p.m. May 22 at the ENMU Greyhound Arena.

• Floyd High School: 1 p.m. May 23, in the Floyd schools old gym.

• Dora High School: 3 p.m. May 24, at Dora schools new gym.