Apex domains cannot have CNAME records.
Question and response
Question
dig nwtime.org. NS
Answer
nwtime.org. 5 NS ns2.everett.org.
nwtime.org. 5 NS ns1.everett.org.
Authority
The response has no authority records.
Additional
ns1.everett.org. 3 A 66.220.13.229
ns2.everett.org. 3 A 66.220.13.230
. 0 OPT ; payload 1232, xrcode 0, version 0, flags 0