Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
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The end of summer is officially Sept. 23, but the ceremonial ending always feels like Labor Day — one last chance to get out, and forget there's work piled up once the week starts. CMI file photo The Clovis splash pad at Hillcrest Park, open since the Memorial Day weekend, will close up for the year when its Labor Day hours are complete. The park is $1 admission and will be open 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday, Sunday and Monday. The day at the lake might already be set, but here are...
The Octopus seemed like the ride of choice for teenagers looking for a thrill at the Roosevelt County Fair. CMI photo Christina Calloway Portales High School drum line members entertain the crowd to raise money for their band at the Roosevelt County Fair Friday afternoon. From left: James Idsinga, Marcos Lopez, Eric Sawyer, Edgar Estrada and Ty Bergman. Portales Junior High School student Zackery McClendon said that was clearly the best ride, but his friend Korbin Baldridge... Full story
The Octopus seemed like the ride of choice for teenagers looking for a thrill at the Roosevelt County Fair. CMI photo Christina Calloway Portales High School drum line members entertain the crowd to raise money for their band at the Roosevelt County Fair Friday afternoon. From left: James Idsinga, Marcos Lopez, Eric Sawyer, Edgar Estrada and Ty Bergman. Portales Junior High School student Zackery McClendon said that was clearly the best ride, but his friend Korbin Baldridge... Full story
Making it to the livestock show is considered an honor, according to Trent Bilberry, 4-H intern at the Roosevelt County Extension Office. CMI photo: Christina Calloway Jasi Roberts stands with her first place dairy cow, which she sold for $4,000 Friday night at the Roosevelt County Fair Junior Livestock Sale. Fifty-four youths participated in the show. Bilberry said it's one of the biggest nights in the year for the many youth who worked hard with their animals to make the... Full story
Making it to the livestock show is considered an honor, according to Trent Bilberry, 4-H intern at the Roosevelt County Extension Office. CMI photo: Christina Calloway Jasi Roberts stands with her first place dairy cow, which she sold for $4,000 Friday night at the Roosevelt County Fair Junior Livestock Sale. Fifty-four youths participated in the show. Bilberry said it's one of the biggest nights in the year for the many youth who worked hard with their animals to make the... Full story
Local hotels and stores experienced an influx of business from another incoming freshmen class at Eastern New Mexico University this weekend. Hotels and store owners said they expect and prepare for this crowd every year, usually consisting of the families moving in students to the dormitories and the return of current ENMU students. Spring enrollment is estimated to be at 5,800 students this year, according to ENMU officials. Parin Kumar, manager of the Holiday Inn in Portales, said their hotel was booked over the weekend....
From wind to rain to hail, with plenty of sunny skies in between, the weather changes plenty in eastern New Mexico. Grady Bright hasn't. CMI staff photo: Kevin Wilson Grady Bright of Melrose demonstrates how to check the weather gauge in his backyard in Melrose. Bright was honored Tuesday by the National Weather Service for 55 years of weather observation. For 55 years, Bright has been a constant source of information for the National Weather Service, calling in whatever's happening at his home in Melrose. He was recognized T...
A state police officer was defending himself when he fatally shot a Clovis man Sunday, a police spokesman said Monday. Capt. Jimmy Glascock of the New Mexico State Police said Benjamin Selgado, 29, was crouching behind a wall in a parking lot at the La Vista Inn on Mabry drive when he pointed a gun at the approaching officer. Selgado was shot three times, Glascock said. He died at the scene. The incident happened shortly before 1 p.m. Glascock said state police officer Bryan Conner, a nine-year veteran, clocked Selgado...
"It's good to be king," Tom Petty once sang, "whatever it pays." CMI photo: Kevin Wilson Kajlee Huysman of Clovis tries to keep her grand champion dairy heifer still while it is auctioned off Friday night at the Curry County Fair Junior Livestock Sale. Huysman's heifer brought in $3,200 at auction. At the Curry County Events Center Friday night, it was good to have a grand champion, But no matter what, it paid to be a youngster with a fair animal for sale. "This is as good as... Full story
"It's good to be king," Tom Petty once sang, "whatever it pays." CMI photo: Kevin Wilson Kajlee Huysman of Clovis tries to keep her grand champion dairy heifer still while it is auctioned off Friday night at the Curry County Fair Junior Livestock Sale. Huysman's heifer brought in $3,200 at auction. At the Curry County Events Center Friday night, it was good to have a grand champion, But no matter what, it paid to be a youngster with a fair animal for sale. "This is as good as...
Practices started on Monday for the Clovis Wildcats, but it felt like football started on Thursday for senior Jacob Esquibel. That's the day he and his Wildcats teammates put on the pads, and made it a contact sport. "It was hard," Esquibel said of the first week of practice, which ended Saturday morning at the practice field just north of Leon Williams Stadium. "It took a lot of hard work." CMI photo: Kevin WilsonClovis offensive coordinotor Chad Roanhaus, right, goes over a...
Ronald and Fred Anthony of Elida died doing what they were known for; lending a helping hand to the community. The two brothers were on their way back from gathering sand at the Pecos River, to help build a new playground for the Elida First United Methodist Church Thursday afternoon, when they were killed in a two vehicle crash on U.S. 70 near mile marker 380 in Chaves County. "That's what they did," said Fred's eldest son Mark Anthony, speaking of his father and uncle's helpful nature. According to New Mexico State Police,...
Carl Wesley moved to Clovis from Long Beach, Calif., about five years ago because he wanted to escape the rough inner city life he dealt with growing up. He also wanted to help his grandfather, Alton Spillman, who was experiencing health problems. Wesley grew up around rap stars such as Snoop Dogg, Nate Dogg and Warren G. He is the cousin of rapper Goldie Loc, who was once a member of Tha Eastsidaz with Snoop Dogg and Tray Deee, and who now lives in Clovis. Wesley goes by the...
Carl Wesley moved to Clovis from Long Beach, Calif., about five years ago because he wanted to escape the rough inner city life he dealt with growing up. He also wanted to help his grandfather, Alton Spillman, who was experiencing health problems. Wesley grew up around rap stars such as Snoop Dogg, Nate Dogg and Warren G. He is the cousin of rapper Goldie Loc, who was once a member of Tha Eastsidaz with Snoop Dogg and Tray Deee, and who now lives in Clovis. Wesley goes by the...
Carl Wesley moved to Clovis from Long Beach, Calif., about five years ago because he wanted to escape the rough inner city life he dealt with growing up. He also wanted to help his grandfather, Alton Spillman, who was experiencing health problems. Wesley grew up around rap stars such as Snoop Dogg, Nate Dogg and Warren G. He is the cousin of rapper Goldie Loc, who was once a member of Tha Eastsidaz with Snoop Dogg and Tray Deee, and who now lives in Clovis. Wesley goes by the...
Carl Wesley moved to Clovis from Long Beach, Calif., about five years ago because he wanted to escape the rough inner city life he dealt with growing up. He also wanted to help his grandfather, Alton Spillman, who was experiencing health problems. Wesley grew up around rap stars such as Snoop Dogg, Nate Dogg and Warren G. He is the cousin of rapper Goldie Loc, who was once a member of Tha Eastsidaz with Snoop Dogg and Tray Deee, and who now lives in Clovis. Wesley goes by the... Full story
New Mexico's current junior senator, and soon-to-be senior senator, made visits Friday throughout eastern New Mexico. CMI photo: Tony Bullocks Stephen Crozier, project developer and chief executive of Tierra Realty, left, briefs Sen. Tom Udall on Friday on the progress of the Hotel Clovis project, while touring the construction site. U.S. Sen. Tom Udall, D-N.M. visited a road construction project in Portales, toured ongoing renovations at Hotel Clovis and volunteered during...
New Mexico's current junior senator, and soon-to-be senior senator, made visits Friday throughout eastern New Mexico. CMI photo: Tony Bullocks Stephen Crozier, project developer and chief executive of Tierra Realty, left, briefs Sen. Tom Udall on Friday on the progress of the Hotel Clovis project, while touring the construction site. U.S. Sen. Tom Udall, D-N.M. visited a road construction project in Portales, toured ongoing renovations at Hotel Clovis and volunteered during...
In a year that was the hottest July on record, New Mexicans hardly felt a difference. At 77.6 degrees, last month was 3.3 degrees warmer than the 20th century average for July, which breaks the old record from July 1936 by 0.2 degrees, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Records go back to 1895. Meanwhile, in New Mexico the average was 74.6 degrees, which was 1.5 degrees Fahrenheit above the 20th century average. It was the 98th hottest July in New Mexico out of 118 years. Thirty-two states had...
Rodrick Chambers, the area's Upward Bound director, says the program provides opportunities for area high school students that they would not have been exposed to without the program. That's why Chambers is surprised that this federal year-round program, deemed successful by many communities across the nation for serving first generation college students in low-income households, has received harsh program cuts for the upcoming grant cycle. One year ago, the area's Upward Bound program, hosted at Eastern New Mexico...
Portales city councilor Keith Thomas said Saturday he was disgusted when he learned about felony charges against former Portales police officer Victor Castillo. Castillo, charged Friday with 31 felonies, is accused of maintaining a sexual relationship with a 16-year-old girl he met while serving as the department's school resource officer. Castillo maintains his innocence and his attorney Kirk Chavez said he has cooperated with New Mexico State Police and District Attorney Matt Chandler. "Most people know how I feel right...
John Nance of Rogers said the U.S. Postal Service has been offering less than stellar service in the last two years so it comes as no surprise to him that Rogers' office hours will be cut to four hours a day. Rogers and four other rural post offices in Roosevelt County who were at risk of closure last year. Now, they have been spared shut down but do face changes, according to postal service spokesman Peter Hass. "I'd hate to lose any service but it looks like its inevitable," Nance said. Nance said an example of poor...
One Clovis man died and another was severely burned when they apparently suffered electric shocks Friday while working on a billboard on east Mabry Drive, police said. Timothy J. Krach, 28, of Clovis, was killed and Randy Armstrong, 27, of Clovis, was flown to a Lubbock hospital for treatment, Clovis Police Capt. Patrick Whitney said. Armstrong's condition wasn't immediately known. The billboard is located between Curry Road H and Curry Road G, Whitney said. Whitney said the accident took place about 2:30 p.m. and the cause...
One Clovis man died and another was severely burned when they apparently suffered electric shocks Friday while working on a billboard on east Mabry Drive, police said. Timothy J. Krach, 28, of Clovis, was killed and Randy Armstrong, 27, of Clovis, was flown to a Lubbock hospital for treatment, Clovis Police Capt. Patrick Whitney said. Armstrong's condition wasn't immediately known. The billboard is located between Curry Road H and Curry Road G, Whitney said. Whitney said the accident took place about 2:30 p.m. and the cause... Full story
Sheila Hays, owner of Sheila's Ladies Apparel in Portales, expects to see the jeans and T-shirts fly off the shelves this weekend during the state's tax-free weekend sales. CMI staff photo: Alisa Boswell Portales Bealls Supervisor Robin Taylor organizes clothing in the juniors department at the store Wednesday afternoon. Taylor and store associate Rose Dominguez said juniors clothes and shoes are what sell the most on tax-free weekend, which will be Friday through Sunday....
