Portales, NM

ESPANOLA - After enduring a gut-wrenching loss in their season opener, the Portales Rams were looking to more than make up for it against host Espanola Valley. The Rams did so in a big way. Junior quarterback Jacoby Bamforth combined for four touchdowns and Slade Segovia combined for three touchdowns as Portales blew out Espanola Valley, 58-6, in less than three quarters of play on Aug. 28....

Today *Tiny Tots storytime – 10 a.m., Clovis-Carver Public Library, 701 N. Main St., Clovis. Information: 575-769-7840 *Preschool storytime: “Welcome Back” — 10:30 a.m., Portales Public Library, 218 S. Ave. B, Portales. Information: 575-356-3940 *Blood drive — 11 a.m.-3 p.m., Wells-Fargo, 316 W. Second St., Portales. Advance appointments strongly recommended. Information or to make an appointment:...

On this date … 1910: C. S. Hart of Portales was shot in the arm, face and leg in a dispute over $14 in pasture rent. The injuries sustained from shotgun pellets did not appear life-threatening, but were described as painful. The shooter was described as a "mad man" from Bovina, the Roosevelt County Herald reported. Hart had tried to escape the shooter by jumping on his frightened horse a...

PORTALES -- Sophomore midfielder Addison Garver scored late in the first half to put Eastern New Mexico University in front for good and the Greyhounds held on for a 2-1 victory over Western Colorado in women’s soccer on Aug. 29 at Steve Loy Stadium. ENMU kicked off the new season on Aug. 27 by playing New Mexico Highlands to a scoreless draw at home, snapping an 18-match losing streak dating to a...

It was evident from the start that Clovis High's girls had the upper hand in the Lady Wildcats' season opener against Portales High on Aug. 18 at Leon Williams Stadium. It just took them a while to find the net. CHS posted all of its goals in an 18-minute span of the second stanza and notched a 3-0 victory over the Lady Rams. Clovis' defense held Portales to no shots on goal and...

This is going to be fun. Art Briles brings his run-like-a-Greyhound, let-it-fly-like-a-silver-pack-of-bullets offensive style to the Eastern New Mexico University football team this week. He’ll try for his 100th win as a college football coach Thursday at New Mexico Highlands University in Las Vegas. We can see the show at home at 2 p.m. Sept. 5 in Portales. No promises this ENMU squad will produc...

PORTALES -- Youth collected $291,650 at the livestock sale at the 2026 Roosevelt County Fair with the highest price going to a steer raised by Kourtney Brandenberger, sold for $18,500. Friday night's sale drew a packed crowd to the arena at the fairgrounds, buyers and families filling the stands as auctioneers moved quickly through each lot. The auctioneers alternated between teasing and...

Thursday *Eastern New Mexico Water Utility Authority - 2 p.m., ENMWUA conference room, 5140 N. Prince St., Clovis. Information: 575-935-4262 Monday *City of Portales Water Advisory Working Group – 2 p.m., Memorial Building, 200 E. Seventh St., Portales. Information: 575-356-6662 Tuesday *Roosevelt County Commission - 9 a.m., Commission Room, Roosevelt County Courthouse, 109 W. First St., Portales....

PORTALES -- Roosevelt County Sheriff Javier Sanchez said Aug. 20 there is no evidence of foul play in the previous morning’s fire that claimed two lives. Sanchez said the bodies of Annabelle Marie Garcia, 61 and Thomas Kenneth Black, 58, were discovered in a residence located along the west side of U.S. Highway 70 after firefighters responded to reports of smoke. The fire was reported about 7:45 a...

Por Valeria León, CNN en Español Sobrevivieron cinco días a la deriva en el océano Pacífico, flotando sobre una hielera y aferrándose a su fe. Es una extraordinaria historia de supervivencia que los pescadores mexicanos José Luis Portales y Daniel Guerrero vivieron para contar.“La hielera que usamos como balsa y unos botes de gasolina fueron The post Así fue el rescate de dos marineros que conmueve a México: “No pensamos que fuéramos a sobrevivir” appeared first on KVIA.