By Karl Terry, The Portales News-Tribune, N.M. Apr. 15--The lesser prairie chicken was once prolific across the shortgrass prairies of the Great Plains. The birds were often the only meat on a pioneer family's table in hard times, which never seemed to go away for the plains sodbuster.

By Karl Terry, The Portales News-Tribune, N.M. Aug. 18--Sen. Jeff Bingaman, D-N.M., told a crowd of Roosevelt and Curry county agriculture producers Thursday in Portales he was pessimistic about passage of a new farm bill this fall in Washington.

By Casey Peacock, The Portales News-Tribune, N.M. Aug. 13--Having reached many milestones on its journey to re-establish healthcare services in the community, Roosevelt General Hospital will be celebrating another one on Friday.

By Helena Rodriguez, The Portales News-Tribune, N.M. Aug. 6--After some initial hesitation about moving to Causey, Maureen Kennedy felt at home in the small town in southeastern Roosevelt County.

By Paula Cronic, The Portales News-Tribune, N.M. Jun. 29--Roosevelt County 911 dispatchers now have a new system using global positioning satellite technology (GPS) which allows dispatchers to pinpoint the exact location of a cell phone caller.