Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
Sorted by date Results 1 - 25 of 1609
Women of all ages donned bonnets and cowboy hats Friday morning to celebrate their western heritage. The 12th annual Pioneer Women Breakfast welcomed 125 guests, including reigning and potential Rodeo New Mexico queens and princesses, city officials, Chamber of Commerce members, and most importantly, descendants of the men and women who helped put Clovis on the map. CMI correspondent photo: Joshua Lucero Miss Rodeo America Chenae Shiner of Utah speaks at the 12th annual Pioneer Women Breakfast Friday morning at Clovis Civic...
Double elimination MAJORS Monday Game 1: Zia Indians 17, Quay Cubs 6 Game 3: Quay Storm 19, American Red Sox 9 Game 6: Zia Rangers 12, American Yankees 11 Tuesday Game 2: American Braves 9, Zia Braves 8 Game 4: Zia Orioles 16, Zia Pirates 6 Game 5: Zia Angels, bye Wednesday All games, ppd., rain Thursday Winners bracket Game 7: Zia Indians 7, Roosevelt Braves 6 Game 8: Americaqn Braves 13, Quay Storm 1 Game 9: Zia Orioles 7, Zia Angels 3 Game 10: Zia Rangers 11, American Rangers 8 Losers bracket Game 11: Zia Pirates, bye...
River Fine was Portales High's only representative on the South squad for this weekend's Class 1A-3A New Mexico High School Coaches Association all-star series at Cobre High School in Bayard. Fine was chosen as a third baseman. The teams will play a doubleheader at 4 p.m. today, then a doubleheader on Saturday starting at 10 a.m. PHS coach Arturo Ontiveros also released All-District 3-4A and All-Class 3A selections for the recently completed season. Fine and outfielder Omar Legarda were honorable mention selections for the Ra...
Rain hit eastern New Mexico hard Wednesday night, with Portales taking the brunt of the inclement weather with about an inch of rain, but emergency crews in both Portales and Clovis reported they responded to no calls for injuries. Mark Fettig, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Albuquerque, said the highest rain total reported in Roosevelt County was 1.1 inches a mile northeast of Portales. The biggest issues in Curry County were with dust and wind, Fettig said, but he noted reports of hail in Texico and...
Double elimination MAJORS Monday Game 1: Zia Indians 17, Quay Cubs 6 Game 3: Quay Storm 19, American Red Sox 9 Game 6: Zia Rangers 12, American Yankees 11 Tuesday Game 2: American Braves 9, Zia Braves 8 Game 4: Zia Orioles 16, Zia Pirates 6 Game 5: Zia Angels, bye Wednesday Winners bracket Game 7: Zia Indians at Roosevelt Braves, 7:30 p.m. Game 8: Quay Storm at at American Braves, 7:30 p.m. Game 9: Zia Angels vs. Zia Orioles, 7:30 p.m.-x Game 10: American Rangers vs. Zia Braves, 7:30 p.m.-x Losers bracket Game 11: Zia...
Roosevelt General Hospital CEO Larry Leaming says the ultimate goal of a state-run health exchange is to get uninsured people in New Mexico health coverage. But with that goal in mind, Leaming says it's not clear how the state will achieve that goal while making health care affordable. "Well if we're going to have an exchange, we should be the ones to design it," Leaming said. "I'm very much opposed to governmental bureaucracy. Even good ideas can turn into regulations." Leaming sits on the board of directors for the state's... Full story
A convicted killer stole 40 seconds of freedom after being sentenced to life in prison Friday when he escaped while being escorted from district court in Muleshoe. Daniel A. Cardon Jr., 50, who was convicted earlier in the day by a Bailey County jury of gunning down his estranged wife, broke free from police and ran about a block before being apprehended, according to Bailey County Sheriff Richard Wills. Wills said Cardon was transported for detention at the Lubbock County Sheriff's office due to security concerns. Cadron...
A Fort Sumner teen was charged with second-degree murder Thursday for his involvement in a fight a little more than a week ago during a drinking party in Fort Sumner, according to jail records. Caleb West, 19, was released on a $200,000 bond early Thursday evening. Police say Anthony Sandoval of Espanola was involved in a physical altercation with West on May 17. Sandoval was knocked unconscious when his head hit a cement floor during the struggle. Sandoval regained consciousness, but was discovered dead May 19 at a Fort...
Eastern New Mexico University senior designated hitter Peter Creamer has been chosen as an NCAA Division II honorable menton All-American by the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association. Creamer, from Boston, is the first player in the history of the ENMU program to earn All-American status from the NCBWA. Creamer, who led the Lone Star Conference with a .422 batting average and also had 36 RBIs, 31 runs scored and five stolen bases, was a first-team All-LSC and All-South Central Region selection this...
Three members of the Eastern New Mexico University baseball squad — senior designated hitter Peter Creamer, senior outfielder Luis Quinones of Las Cruces and junior infielder Colton Sims of Reno, Nev. — were chosen to the ABCA/Rawlings All-South Central Region team on Tuesday. Creamer, who led the Lone Star Conference in hitting at .422, earned his fourth postseason honor, including first-team All-LSC and third-team Daktronics All-America team. Quinones and Sims were both first-team All-LSC and second-team Daktronics Sou...
David Hemley said if employers are using a candidate's credit score as an initial screening tool for hiring, they probably shouldn't because it's not indicative of that person's job performance. Hemley, a professor of economics at Eastern New Mexico University, is concerned that the unemployed in New Mexico may stay that way because a state senate bill that would have kept credit scores out of the hiring process was vetoed by Gov. Susana Martinez. "The thing is, I can see where that can be extremely discriminating," Hemley sa...
Dozens of state law enforcement officers began an effort Tuesday to search for more than 100 fugitives who have failed to appear on felony cases over the last decade, according to a release from the Ninth Judicial District. Each person on the search list has been arrested, indicted and released from jail, then later failed to appear in court to answer for their charges, which range from shoplifting to child abuse and sexual assault. Agencies participating in the sweep include the New Mexico State Police, the New Mexico Adult... Full story
PUEBLO, Colo. — Eastern New Mexico University sophomore Alesha Jones finished 16th out of 22 runners in Friday's preliminaries of the NCAA Division II national outdoor track women's 800 run, hosted by Colorado State-Pueblo. Jones, from Wilcox, Ariz., posted a time of 2 minutes, 14.55 seconds to finish sixth in the first of three heats in the event. She set the school record in the event during the Lone Star Conference championships earlier this month in Canyon, Texas, with a time of 2:12.08. The top two in each heat plus t...
PUEBLO, Colo. — Eastern New Mexico University sophomore Kaspars Briska finished 14th overall in Thursday's preliminaries of the 3,000-meter steeplechase in the NCAA Division II national outdoor track meet, hosted by Colorado State-Pueblo. Briska, who had a top time coming in of 9 minutes, 4.71 seconds, finished in 9:37.34 on Thursday. He needed to make the top 12 out of 20 entrants to advance to today's 7:35 p.m. final. All of the runners were well off their top times. ENMU's second entrant in the nationals, sophomore A...
Three Clovis lawyers and an attorney in Portales have applied to become the next district judge for Curry and Roosevelt counties. One of the four will be picked by Gov. Susana Martinez to succeed 9th Judicial District Chief Judge Teddy Hartley, who is retiring in June. A press release late Wednesday from the Judicial Selection Office at the University of New Mexico law school identified the four applicants for Hartley's job as: - Christian Paul Christiansen, Portales - Wesley O. Pool, Clovis - Brian Scott Stover, Clovis -...
Sunland Inc. Vice President Katalin Coburn said she's excited that Sunland is one step closer to getting its products back on the shelves as peanut butter production resumed Monday. Sunland is bouncing back from a salmonella outbreak that linked its products to 41 cases in 20 states last fall and shuttered its plant for months. Roosevelt County Chamber of Commerce Director Karl Terry said the community never lost faith in the company that is the heart of the Valencia peanut capital and the country's largest organic peanut... Full story
This fishing report, provided by Bill Dunn and the Department of Game and Fish, has been generated from the best information available from area officers and anglers. Conditions encountered after the report is compiled may differ, as stream, lake and weather conditions alter fish and angler activities. Northeast Charette Lakes — Fishing was fair using Power Bait, worms, Pistol Petes and salmon eggs for trout. We had no reports on perch. Cimarron River — Water flow below Eagle Nest on Monday was 67 cfs. Trout fishing was fair... Full story
Three Eastern New Mexico University baseball players, the most in program history, were named to the Daktronics All-South Central teams Thursday. Senior Peter Creamer was named to the first team as a designated hitter, while senior outfielder Luis Quinones and junior utility player Colton Sims grabbed second-team spots. Creamer led the Lone Star Conference with a .422 average and led the Greyhounds with 36 RBIs. Quinones hit .375 with nine doubles, two homers and a triple on the season, and ended his career third on the ENMU...
Environmentalists are concerned a new rule under the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's proposed lesser prairie chicken listing will weaken protections for the bird if it's listed as threatened under the Endangered Species Act. The special rule, commonly referred to as the 4D rule, says incidental take, or inadvertent killing, of a lesser prairie chicken would not violate the federal act if the take happens through either conservation programs or agricultural activities. The bird, native to New Mexico and four other states and... Full story
As a Portales High freshman in 2009, Sutton injured her back playing volleyball, something she said had been coming on for a while. "Doing sports all my life, it probably just finally gave out," she said, noting she had been playing in some pain. Sutton had to have surgery for two protruding discs, and she wasn't released for sports again until January of this year. CMI staff photo: Tony Bullocks Portales sophomore Serina Johnson cleared 4 feet, 10 inches a personal best... Full story
Clovis High sophomore Kane Bender needed a new pole after breaking his during pole vault practice earlier this week. Suffice it to say, the new one — actually an old one found by CHS assistant coach Casey Pack — worked wonders. Bender soared 1 1/2 feet above his previous best, going 12 feet, 6 inches to edge teammate Hector Flores on fewer misses for the win in Friday's District 4-5A track meet at Leon Williams Stadium. He also qualified for state competition next week at Alb...
Area residents gathered at Ned Houk Park north of Clovis on Friday night to "relay big" and honor those who have battled cancer as well as raise funds to fight cancer in the Relay For Life. CMI staff photo: Tony Bullocks Cheyenne Edwards, 5, of Clovis sings "God Bless America" during the opening ceremony Friday of the American Cancer Society Relay for Life at Ned Houk Park in Clovis. The relay began with cancer survivors, wearing their purple survivor T-shirts, taking the... Full story
Family, friends and faculty packed the Clovis Civic Center as Clovis Community College honored this year's graduates at a commencement ceremony held Friday evening. CMI staff photo: Kevin Wilson Student speaker Ami Kowalski pauses before making a point during her speech at the Clovis Community College commencement ceremony Friday at the Clovis Civic Center. Kowalski, a nursing graduate, said students needed to thank the loved ones who supported them in their studies and the...
Janet Buzzard has been named the new dean for the College of Business at Eastern New Mexico University, according to an ENMU press release. Buzzard earned her bachelor's degree of science from Missouri Southern State College, her master's degree of science from Pittsburgh State University, and an education doctorate from Oklahoma State University. She was also a tenured associate professor of information systems at ENMU's College of Business from 1996- 2005 and has worked as an information technology specialist for the...
The Eastern New Mexico University women's basketball team has added three former small-school state champions with local roots to play for the 2013-14 squad. The signings bring aboard junior college transfer Tori Tucker, who led Floyd to the Class 1A state title in 2011, and will reunite two members of the 2012 1A state champion Melrose Lady Buffs in guards Cassidy Doherty and Cara Barnard. They will join a Zia squad that has appeared in the last two Lone Star Conference postseason tournaments, and only graduates two players...
