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Eastern New Mexico University is gearing up to start a big project in creating a new Student Academic Services Building on campus. The ENMU Board of Regents met via telephone Wednesday and approved the (up to) $35 million project on a unanimous vote. The current SAS is building on campus is across from the Administration Building at the edge of the campus along U.S. 70 and West Second Street. It used to serve as the campus union building. According to James Johnston, ENMU System Chancellor and President of the Portales...
The climate at the Republican National Convention has changed from what was expected – “but not in that we’re fearful, just the opposite. We are more determined and united than ever,” said Tina Dziuk on Monday. Dziuk of Clovis is a member of the New Mexico delegation serving on the RNC Committee on Arrangements for the convention being held this week in Milwaukee. Following Saturday’s apparent assassination attempt against former President Donald Trump, Dziuk said “there is nowhere in the nation that is more secure than...
By now, most New Mexicans are aware of the case against the movie star Alec Baldwin. It was getting plenty of play both here at home and abroad until, poof, it went away. It shouldn’t disappear so easily. There are more than enough questions still left to answer. The case against Baldwin was dismissed Friday after it was discovered that ammunition from the set of “Rust” had been “misfiled” and was not disclosed to the defense. That was enough to compel Santa Fe’s First Judicial District Judge Mary Marlowe Sommer to grant a mo...
Ruthann Kelly traveled to Lincoln County to help the emergency management teams any way she could during the South Fork and Salt wildfires in Ruidoso. She came home with ideas for better preparing our part of the state for potential disaster. "I've got so many notes on things that I want to change here on how we operate," said Kelly, the emergency management director for the city of Clovis and Curry County. Kelly was in the Ruidoso area June 18-21 after the fires – they ultima...
Federal authorities on Sunday identified a 20-year-old Allegheny County man as the gunman who shot at former president Donald Trump in what they described as an assassination attempt during a campaign rally in Western Pennsylvania. The bureau said Thomas Matthew Crooks, of Bethel Park, was responsible for the attack that left Trump with minor injuries, one spectator dead, and two others critically injured. Speaking at a news conference earlier Sunday, Kevin Rojek, special agent in charge of the FBI field office in... Full story
Editor’s note: This is one in a continuing series of interviews with local officials. Mark Gallegos is back in his position of jail administrator for the Curry County Detention Center after a recent military deployment. Q: You recently returned from military deployment. As much as you can, talk about your military commitment and what you were doing on this latest mission. A: I am in the Navy Reserves as a Naval officer. I was activated to active duty from Aug. 4, 2023, to June 21, 2024, under the Operation Spartan Shield O...
On this date ... 1881: Lincoln County Sheriff Pat Garrett killed outlaw William “Billy the Kid” Bonney at Fort Sumner. Fort Sumner resident Jesus Silva was among those witnessing the Kid’s death. “There on the floor, we saw Billy stretched out, face down,” he said. “We turned him over, and when Deluvina (Maxwell, a friend) realized fully it was the Kid, she began to cry bitterly, interspersing with her tears the vilest curses she could bestow on the head of Pat Garrett.” 1910: William Hanna was born in Melrose. The son of a...
The Democrat Party leadership has painted itself into a corner. It did it knowingly and diligently. In February of this year, Special Counsel Robert K. Hur published his report on the possible misuse of classified information by President Joe Biden. After interviewing Biden for five hours over two days, Hur concluded that Biden was an “elderly man with a poor memory.” Hur further determined that even if the president were indicted for any offence, he would probably be found un...
This month, Professor Ruth Ben-Ghiat, author of “Strongmen: Mussolini to the Present,” commented that “one of the most alarming things” about “Project 2025” is the blatant admission that Donald Trump did not accomplish everything he intended to in his first administration. “They got a slow start […] so their codeword is ‘day one,’” Ben-Ghiat told MSNBC’s Katie Phang of the think-tank’s proposal document, which is assumed to represent a considerable percentage of Trump polic...
SANTA FE -- District Judge Mary Marlowe Sommer brought the involuntary manslaughter trial of Alec Baldwin to an abrupt and stunning conclusion Friday when she dismissed the case based on the state's withholding of evidence. The dismissal was with prejudice, which means the charge cannot be refiled, bringing to an end a strange and tragic case that gained worldwide attention and may be discussed for decades. The judge's ruling was based on the state's mishandling of evidence — specifically, a box of ammunition turned into t...
On this date ... 1951: Portales was days away from the grand opening of the new Cal Boykin Hotel. A luncheon was set for the upcoming Saturday, with tickets $1.50. A banquet that night would cost $15 per ticket. Eastern New Mexico University coeds were acting as hotel tour guides. 1956: Floyd Golden, president of Eastern New Mexico University, was preparing to leave for an education workshop in Ann Arbor, Mich. The five-day seminar was to be held on the campus of the University of Michigan. 1956: An 8-year-old Clovis boy was...
The Roosevelt County Commission on Tuesday passed a resolution that opposes a proposal from the Land Protection Plan that could ultimately impact many private landowners in the county. The proposal from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service would acquire 7 million acres for the LPP, with the help of the Nature Conservancy. It would include the Muleshoe and Grulla National Wildlife Refuges in west Texas and eastern New Mexico called the “Conservation Partnership Area.” The mission would be to protect various wildlife hab...
ROSWELL - Officials have determined a lightning strike was the cause of the South Fork Fire that scorched areas in and around the village of Ruidoso and the Mescalero Apache Reservation. "The identification of the point of origin and all evidence and data support lightning as the cause of the fire. Human activity and factors did not contribute to the cause," said a press release issued last week from the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA). Several fire and law enforcement...
RUIDOSO — An Eastern New Mexico University graduate is the new general manager of the Ruidoso News. Eugene Heathman of Ruidoso will be tasked with print and integrative digital platform production in addition to marketing and staff management to fortify the return of the Ruidoso News to its local roots. New Mexico-based El Rito Media, LLC, recently purchased the newspaper. “I am very pleased to be part of a New Mexico-owned publishing group committed to redevelop the Ruidoso News into the leading local resource for news, ent...
Editor's note: This is one in a continuing series of interviews with local officials. Dr. Carlton Lewis is the director of mental health for Clovis Municipal Schools. Q: You have recently accepted the position as director of mental health for Clovis schools. Tell us about this position. What does it involve? A: The role is multifaceted, encompassing a range of responsibilities. My team and I will plan, implement, and coordinate events and programs focused on mental health. I...
About 12 years ago, when I was at the Las Vegas Optic, we worked up a special section on the seven-county region of Northeast New Mexico. Not surprisingly, our lead story was about water. At the time, Las Vegas was facing some serious drought conditions that had slowed the Gallinas River to little more than a trickle, leaving the city — which gets nearly all its water from the Gallinas — with only a couple months of water in reserve. City officials at that time said the reservoirs were only 68% full and sinking. Also aro...
On this date ... 1930: The Judevine Creamery of Portales shipped its first major order of butter to Los Angeles. A carload containing 25,000 pounds of butter featured a banner on the side proclaiming the contents were manufactured in Roosevelt County. 1941: A. B. Cares of Pep had lost about 25 acres of broom corn to heavy rainfall. Overnight rainfall had measured 3 inches. Cares, described by the Portales Daily News as “one of the best dry land farmers in the country,” said he planned to plant cane or hegaria in the next few...
The presidential debate once again convinced me that these shows have reached their “sell by” date. Neither contestant answered questions that could have been answered yes or no. This is not unusual. No politician running for any office will answer a yes/no question yes or no. Candidates also never have the time to explain policies or plans that are complicated and difficult to understand. One example of this is, “What is your plan to reduce global warming?” The thing that am...
When it comes to the issue of debates, perception is often just as crucial as reality and substance. There is no way to codify the fact that Joe Biden’s debate performance last month was nothing short of dismal. The ferocity we witnessed at his State of the Union earlier this year was absent, although his performance did incrementally improve as the evening progressed. The debate was an opportunity for Biden to ask the American people about what direction they wanted the n...
Ruby, our latest rescue dog, is a hoarder. She has a kennel in the living room, a good-sized wire kennel. We set that up the evening we trapped her. We floofed blankets and I put a couple of my t-shirts in there for her. The first couple of nights, I slept in the living room, just to keep her company. She never made a peep. She loves that kennel. She can come and go as she pleases. She has blankets, toys and a giant tennis ball in there. And if we don’t watch her, she’ll hav...
We all know the Declaration of Independence was unanimously adopted on July 4, 1776, by the Second Continental Congress, and signed by Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin and John Hancock. But how much do you know about the other 52 men who pledged “our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor” and signed the Declaration? Test your knowledge with this short, fun quiz. 1. Which colony had the most signers of the Declaration? A: New York B: Massachusetts C: Pennsylvania D: Virginia Answer: C. Home of Phi...
On this date ... 1930: Willie Chambers of Portales was brought to the Baptist hospital in Clovis by ambulance after he was injured in a gravel pit accident north of Portales. Caliche caved in on top of Chambers, burying him under several tons of dirt, the Clovis Evening News-Journal reported. Chambers was able to keep his head above the slide and called to men working nearby for help. He suffered a double fracture of the hip and other bruises and cuts. 1941: Two cowboys were hospitalized after suffering injuries at the...
The Portales City Council on June 25 unanimously approved a zoning change it hopes will make the downtown area more business friendly. At its regular meeting, the Council heard an explanation on a downtown ordinance first published about 15 years ago. That ordinance had multiple restrictions and rules for a section on Main Street, where the Courthouse and Courthouse Café are located. Those restrictions discouraged businesses from even making repairs to structures, said Kelly McLellan, community services director. So, the...
Set aside for a moment Joe Biden’s haunting performance at the debate last week, there was something even more troubling that just took place. It’s not getting as much attention because we’re used to it. The debate between Joe Biden and Donald Trump is an example of style versus substance. Trump won on style and Biden won, by default, on substance. Biden supporters blamed a head cold on their man’s hoarse voice and subdued manner, while Trump’s supporters declared Biden ready for the nursing home. Meanwhile, Trump used his...
Editor's note: This is one in a continuing series of interviews with local officials. Col. Jeremy Bergin is the commander of the 27 Special Operations Wing at Cannon Air Force Base. Q: Your assignment to Cannon is ending soon. What is in store for you and your family at Air Force Special Operations headquarters? Tell us about your new job. A: I will be on the staff at Air Force Special Operations Command, leading the headquarters staff in supporting our power projection wings...
