Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
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Tutoring and other supportive services are just a few improvements being made at Clovis Community College and Eastern New Mexico University as officials work towards improving areas of student success. A recent report from the Institute for a Competitive Workforce, an affiliate of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, issued a state-by-state report card on public post-secondary education that showed New Mexico schools receiving low marks. Becky Rowley, President of CCC, said the college is making changes to advance academic success....
Affordable Care Act or not, Roosevelt General Hospital and Plains Regional Medical Center officials say they already serve the uninsured and underprivileged in Roosevelt and Curry counties. If President Barack Obama's health care bill were to be fully enacted in 2014, officials noted the changes they would see wouldn't be in who they serve, but how they serve. According to Hoyt Skabelund, administrator of Plains Regional in Clovis, about 10 percent of their patients do not have any form of insurance and that is not including...
Don Wiley hopped onto his shovel, slicing into the dry ground around a garlic bulb, which he plucked and threw behind him. CMI staff photo: Gabriel Monte Curry County farmer Don Wiley holds up bulbs of garlic he grew in his farm. Wiley said harsh weather has stunted his crops. In a good year the garlic bulbs grow to the size of baseballs. CMI staff photo: Gabriel Monte Curry County farmer Don Wiley inspects crop of topsetting onions on his farm. Wiley said the onions will be p... Full story
Some Portales and Clovis residents enjoyed cool treats to beat the triple-digit heat Tuesday, others say they're used to the hot temperatures in the summer. CNJ staff photo: Tony Bullocks Assistant Zoo Director Mark Yannotti sprays Rek, a young raven, with cold water Tuesday at the Hillcrest Park Zoo to aid in cooling him off. The high in Clovis for Tuesday was 101 degrees and today's high temperature is expected to be 102, according to Accuweather.com. Steve Garcia of...
Lawrence Riggins moved to Clovis in 1947 at the age of 20 from Haskell County, Texas where he was raised on a farm. After spending about a year and a half in the U.S. Army, Riggins started working in the carpet and furniture business and soon began selling Kirby vacuum cleaners. He has been selling Kirbys since 1956. He said he is one of Kirby's oldest employees. Riggins said he has stayed in the field so long because he enjoys communicating with people and loves working for... Full story
Lawrence Riggins moved to Clovis in 1947 at the age of 20 from Haskell County, Texas where he was raised on a farm. After spending about a year and a half in the U.S. Army, Riggins started working in the carpet and furniture business and soon began selling Kirby vacuum cleaners. He has been selling Kirbys since 1956. He said he is one of Kirby's oldest employees. Riggins said he has stayed in the field so long because he enjoys communicating with people and loves working for...
After more than a year of accusations Melrose Schools misused special education dollars, Superintendent Jamie Widner wants his school cleared of wrongdoing at a volume relative to which it was accused. A week after the New Mexico Public Education Department issued a press release on findings of Tier II special education audits, Widner on Friday issued his own release noting that the audits cleared Melrose of wrongdoing. "Our school was singled out because the data the PED used was incorrectly interpreted and I've asked for... Full story
After more than a year of accusations Melrose Schools misused special education dollars, Superintendent Jamie Widner wants his school cleared of wrongdoing at a volume relative to which it was accused. A week after the New Mexico Public Education Department issued a press release on findings of Tier II special education audits, Widner on Friday issued his own release noting that the audits cleared Melrose of wrongdoing. "Our school was singled out because the data the PED used was incorrectly interpreted and I've asked for...
Pure Heart Word Center is easy to miss. Pure Heart is a non-denominational congregation that started in the home of David and Gerri Dawson about nine years ago. It moved to its home in what used to be a cantina known as the Prince Lounge nearly three years ago. CMI staff photo: Benna Sayyed Pure Heart assistant minister Ledonna Dawson, far left, minister Teronda Hunter, middle left, co-pastor Gerri Dawson, middle right, and pastor David Dawson sing praise and worship songs...
Call logs for Portales police, sheriff and fire: Monday - 9:57 a.m.: Caller reported a bird flew inside his house and he can't get it out, 1700 block of South Avenue M. - 10:12 a.m.: Caller reported a truck is blocking her customers, 200 block of South Main. - 11:34 a.m.: Call in reference to a bench warrant served, police station. - 12:26 p.m.: Caller reported her grandson stole money, 300 block of South Roosevelt Road S. - 1:05 p.m.: Caller reported an alarm, N.M. 267. - 1:30 p.m.: Call in reference to an alarm, 1400 block... Full story
As she watched other high schoolers help kick off the New Mexico High School Finals Rodeo, Leia Pleumer was getting some harrassment from a Smoker. CMI photo: Tony Bullocks Dora senior Josh Fish takes part in the boys cutting competition of the New Mexico High School Rodeo Association State Finals 2012 at the Curry County Events Centers in the short go and finished with a score of 72. Pluemer's horse, called "Smoke" for short, kept sniffing at her decorated back number, each...
As she watched other high schoolers help kick off the New Mexico High School Finals Rodeo, Leia Pleumer was getting some harrassment from a Smoker. CMI photo: Tony Bullocks Dora senior Josh Fish takes part in the boys cutting competition of the New Mexico High School Rodeo Association State Finals 2012 at the Curry County Events Centers in the short go and finished with a score of 72. Pluemer's horse, called "Smoke" for short, kept sniffing at her decorated back number, each... Full story
William P. Hall started the Clovis Juneteenth Extravaganza about18 years ago with five other people. File photo Shawn Haskins, left, moves a chess piece on during a game with Gee Haskins at the 2011 Juneteenth Celebration in Potter Park. The two said they play chess together all the time but were planning to put the board away because there was too much fun going on around them. Friends and family of Hall said he has worked tirelessly throughout the past 18 years cooking tasty...
Two more arrests have been made in Portales connected to what officials are calling a sophisticated driver's license fraud ring. Ninth Judicial District Attorney Matthew Chandler said Wednesday that Victoria Diaz and Jose-Luis Tirado surrendered over the weekend to Portales authorities. Both are being held at the Roosevelt County Detention Center on $10,000 cash only bonds as of Wednesday evening. In addition to Diaz and Tirado, two others were arrested last week in connection to the ring. In total, nine were charged leaving...
Two more arrests have been made in Portales connected to what officials are calling a sophisticated driver's license fraud ring. Ninth Judicial District Attorney Matthew Chandler said Wednesday that Victoria Diaz and Jose-Luis Tirado surrendered over the weekend to Portales authorities. Both are being held at the Roosevelt County Detention Center on $10,000 cash only bonds as of Wednesday evening. In addition to Diaz and Tirado, two others were arrested last week in connection to the ring. In total, nine were charged leaving...
The suspect charged in last week's shooting death has a violent criminal history, court records show. Clovis police said Jimmy Reagan, 31, shot Shondel D. Lofton, 35, of Clovis in the head last Wednesday inside the victim's home. In addition to an open count of murder, Reagan faces 32 other charges, including aggravated assault, robbery, criminal sexual penetration, kidnapping and larceny. Reagan is held without bond at the Curry County Adult Detention Center. In addition to...
The suspect charged in last week's shooting death has a violent criminal history, court records show. Clovis police said Jimmy Reagan, 31, shot Shondel D. Lofton, 35, of Clovis in the head last Wednesday inside the victim's home. In addition to an open count of murder, Reagan faces 32 other charges, including aggravated assault, robbery, criminal sexual penetration, kidnapping and larceny. Reagan is held without bond at the Curry County Adult Detention Center. In addition to...
Nearly 100 Portales elementary students start their day by building their reading skills and putting these skills to practice at James Elementary School. According to James Elementary Principal Mark Gormley, the Portales Municipal Schools month-long reading program aims to provide extra help to students lagging behind in reading. "From the time school gets out in May till the time it starts back in August, some students always fall back a little bit," Gormley said. "So what we're trying to do is give students an extra month....
Clovis is expected to see an influx of cowboys and cowgirls this week as the city is to host the New Mexico High School Rodeo Finals for the fourth time at the Curry County Event Center. CNJ staff photo: Tony Bullocks Levi Molesworth of Logan holds on for a score of 63 during his bareback ride during last year's New Mexico High School Rodeo Finals at the Curry County Event Center. The rodeo returns for a fourth year starting Thursday. More than one hundred cowboys and... Full story
Portales resident Sharon Rowley was hit by a drunken driver in Santa Fe a little more than a week after graduating from high school and almost lost her life. The accident broke her back in two places and about 16 bones in her body. Rowley could no longer pursue an athletic scholarship to play volleyball at New Mexico State University, but while recovering, she managed to enroll in 1986 at Eastern New Mexico University. How did the accident change your life? Benna Sayyed: CMI...
Portales resident Sharon Rowley was hit by a drunken driver in Santa Fe a little more than a week after graduating from high school and almost lost her life. The accident broke her back in two places and about 16 bones in her body. Rowley could no longer pursue an athletic scholarship to play volleyball at New Mexico State University, but while recovering, she managed to enroll in 1986 at Eastern New Mexico University. How did the accident change your life? Benna Sayyed: CMI...
The Curry County Commission held a special meeting Friday afternoon at the North Annex of the Clovis Carver Public Library. During the meeting: - Commissioners approved the canvassing of the Tuesday county primary election results. County Clerk and Elections Chair Coni Jo Lyman said there were human errors, but the poll workers for the election did a great job during the election. There was one voting machine problem, Lyman said, which didn't result in any lost votes. The machine, poll workers said over the phone, was...
Several generations of Clovis women connected and learned from each other over breakfast Friday at the 11th annual Pioneer Women's Breakfast and Quilt Show. Curry County Chamber of Commerce: Nick Mondragon Barbara Voges, left, and Jacque Wuest, center, greet Clovis and Curry County Chamber of Commerce Ambassador Norma Patterson Friday at the Pioneer Women's Breakfast at the Clovis Civic Center. The event at the Clovis Civic Center was held to honor pioneer women whose...
Six Portales residents face charges in connection with what state officials are saying is one of the largest driver's license frauds uncovered to date. In all, nine people have been charged with conspiracy, forgery and other felony charges for fraudulently using residential addresses in Portales and Clovis and falsifying other documents to obtain New Mexico driver's licenses for foreign nationals living outside of the state, according to a press release from 9th Judicial District Attorney Matthew Chandler's office. Hundreds...
Six Portales residents face charges in connection with what state officials are saying is one of the largest driver's license frauds uncovered to date. In all, nine people have been charged with conspiracy, forgery and other felony charges for fraudulently using residential addresses in Portales and Clovis and falsifying other documents to obtain New Mexico driver's licenses for foreign nationals living outside of the state, according to a press release from 9th Judicial District Attorney Matthew Chandler's office. Hundreds... Full story
