Dale Hamlett

An explosion in a Portales home hospitalizes 91-year-old woman.

A Portales historian gives us a glimpse of our area's history and explains how Portales got it's name.

Two Portales members of the United Daughters of the Confederacy explain how the salute was born in Portales.

This is the police video from an Oct. 19 fatal vehicle accident in Portales. Miguel Gutierrez Ornelas, 25, was killed while fleeing police when the 2000 Plymouth sedan he was driving crashed at the intersection of Avenue A and Maple Street.

Fire caused mimimal damage to the Portales Valley Mills building on Sunday and a firefighter injured batting the blaze was released after treatment, officials said.