Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
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FORT SUMNER -- She's buried in an old Albuquerque cemetery where records were lost in a fire. Her grave is unmarked. On Wednesday, a group of Billy the Kid historians and enthusiasts brought back the memory of Deluvina Maxwell. Kid chronicler Michael Anthony Giudicissi and others gathered at the old Fort Sumner Cemetery, where they placed a memorial to honor the woman known to be friends with the outlaw. Giudicissi said Maxwell was present the night Pat Garrett shot Billy the...
A New Mexico State Police saturation patrol resulted in 16 arrests, about 135 traffic citations and seizure of 1.5 grams of methamphetamine in Clovis over the weekend. State Police Capt. David O’Leary said three arrests were for felonies and 11 were for outstanding warrants. The operation, conducted about twice a year, was in response to recent reports of drive-by shootings, juveniles shooting up neighborhoods and an uptick in the theft of catalytic converters and Ford F150 auto thefts, O’Leary said. There were also some spec...
Many people enjoy watching exotic birds in nature documentaries on television. But residents in eastern New Mexico might try glancing out of their back door to witness something just as spectacular. Eastern New Mexico is under the Central Flyway, one of four flyways that span across the continental United States and parts of Canada, which help the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service manage migratory birds and their habitats, according to the USFWS website. Grant Beauprez, a...
Vernon Long died in a Japanese prison camp during World War II in 1942, records show. On Oct. 9, 1949, a sealed casket the military assigned to Long was buried in the Portales Cemetery. The Portales Daily News reported it was a "reburial" service. Long's family believed his remains were finally home. The local American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars provided full military honors. Now fast forward almost 75 years to a time when DNA testing allows the Department of Defense...
In the early 1920s, A.G. Kenyon owned and operated a Bessemer Hot Hall engine, which was integrated into a state-of-the-art system called a vertical irrigation pump, according to the book Roosevelt County History and Heritage. The machine allowed Kenyon to pump 1,500 gallons of water per minute, enabling him to cultivate his family’s land into a 245-acre peanut farm with just one well starting in 1920. Kenyon shared his knowledge with fellow farmers in the region, allowing them to retrieve water and farm efficiently. L...
Editor's note: This is one in a series of profiles focused on local newsmakers. Since Laura Wight was a young woman, she has been an activist. Starting in high school, Wight began filling her free time volunteering for social advocacy groups and carried that work with her into college. "I just became really sort of troubled by a lot of the issues that we have in the United States with poverty, injustice, you know, racial inequality," she said. Now 46 and a mother of four, the...
It all starts with a bunch of junk. "According to my wife, it's junk," said Daron Roach with a smile, surrounded by pressure tanks, smokers, and giant spools that once held fiber adorning the edge of his property in downtown Clovis. Now art work, it's no longer as their maker intended, but molded into some familiar faces. Garage sales, auctions, or donations from family members; if you don't want it, Roach will take it. But you most likely won't recognize your item the next...
Every day, Bonetta Hutson wakes up and prays. At age 63, she preaches weekly at Living Word Church of God. But this is a special week for her church and churches worldwide. It's Easter. "It's our Super Bowl," Hutson said Thursday afternoon, smiling while preparing small cups of juice for communion at the evening service. Hutson is the church's new pastor, beginning her time as a church minister last year and being a congregation member since 2010. She said this Easter is uniqu...
