Coyotes a menace to area
Coyotes are described as cunning and pervasive by hunters in Portales and the Southwest. Roy Tivis recalls calling a coyote with a distressed rabbit whistle, and notes coyotes circle hunters and exploit wind. They target weak calves and can snatch newborns, while stock up on coyote calls at Big 5 Sporting Goods as hunting stays popular.
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Roy Tivis
Portales
Rodney
Richard
Tivis
Southwest
Roy Rocha
Big 5 Sporting Goods
Rocha
Barnett
Lovington Highway
Homer Barnett
Tme
BRAC group forms to save Cannon Air Force Base
The BRAC strategy team met at Clovis Community College bringing together local and state groups and three lobbying firms to prepare a June 24 presentation to the BRAC commission. Leaders say the effort pools resources to keep Cannon Air Force Base from closing amid a history of bases being shuttered.
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Clovis
Cannon Air Force Base
Pentagon
Clovis Community College
Randy Harris
Committee of Fifty
Cannon
BRAC
Air Base
Ted Hartley
9Th Judicial District
Portales Pool Opens for Summer with Plenty of Lifeguards
As May ends and June begins the Portales City Pool fills with children. Assistant director Tessa Smith notes strong attendance after initial clouds cleared, with 17 lifeguards including ENMU and high school students. Passes cost 16 per child and 28 per adult for 20 admissions, baby pool hours run 2 to 5 pm daily, and family swim nights are Wednesdays.
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Portales
Tessa Smith
Smith
ENMU
New Mexico
Portales City
Isaac Duarte
Nicole Duarte
Isaac
Nadie Hawkins
Jazzmin Griffith
Hawkins
Griffith
Alex Adams
Adams
Clovis man receives two life terms for double murder
Dominic Murphy, 26, of Clovis, was sentenced to two life terms with 60 years before parole for the 2003 executions of Alex Rodriguez and Wesley Griest over a $150 drug debt. Prosecution evidence included shoe and paint transfer traces and witness testimony linking Murphy to the scene. defense argues innocence and claims sole eyewitness is paranoid.
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David Irvin
Freedom
David
Teresa Rodriguez
Murphy
Chandler
Clovis News Journal
Martinez
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