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Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
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FARWELL – On paper, it looked like an even matchup. And for a half, it was just that. Leading by only three points at the intermission, Farwell outscored Spearman 42-13 over the final two stanzas to register a 69-37 win over the Lynx on Monday afternoon. Junior guards Braddock Foster (24) and Hudson Agee (15) and freshman guard Coy Miller (12) accounted for most of the scoring for the Steers (14-3), ranked 11th in Texas Class 2A by MaxPreps. Agee, scoreless at halftime, and F...
As the old saying goes, sometimes it's better to be lucky than good. Down by a point and in need of a break in the closing seconds, Clovis High's girls got one when Amarillo Caprock's inbounds pass instead hit the bottom of the backboard with 5.2 seconds left, giving the Lady Cats the ball with no time coming off the clock. They took advantage of the opportunity. Senior guard Amanda De La Rosa found sophomore post Kerrington Goff with an entry pass, and she converted a 3-point...
On this date … 1903: Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway workers began construction on the Belen Cutoff – 268 miles of track that connected Texico and the Texas-New Mexico border to the AT&SF’s main line near Belen, south of Albuquerque. The new route, avoiding the mountains of northern New Mexico, led to the creation of Clovis in 1907. 1931: About 100 men, most armed with shotguns, gathered outside the Clovis News-Journal office on Main Street. Then, “bent upon bloodshed,” they sped out of the city, the newspaper...
DALLAS - A casual stroll through an East Texas oilfield on a bright, moonlit evening ended with the barrel of a Smith and Wesson pressed to Larry Wansley's head as he stood next to a freshly dug grave. Wansley can't pinpoint the exact moment he made the decision to leave undercover work behind. But the sound of whirring rigs and the smell of loam as a corrupt sheriff led the FBI agent to his reckoning remain vivid. More than 45 years later, Wansley is the director of...
Editor's note: This is one in a continuing series of interviews with local officials and community leaders. Christopher Moyer is Portales' city manager. Q: You've been on the job now for five months. What has surprised you – in good ways or bad -- about what you've signed up for? A: Good -- I really enjoy working with the people who work for the city. Everyone wants great things for this community. Q: How are you feeling about the city's water situation? A: The aquifer is d...
Nothing went right for Clovis High's boys over the first five minutes of Friday's clash with Lubbock Cooper at Rock Staubus Gymnasium. The Pirates scored on their first six possessions and built a 16-0 lead. Meantime, the Wildcats didn't get on the board until senior guard Jayden Cox nailed a 3-pointer with two minutes left in the period. In a game featuring almost exclusively back-and-forth runs by both sides, the Cats (6-6) had the final answer, getting two free throws each...
The U.S. Embassy in Ukraine notes that, “U.S. policy is centered on realizing and strengthening a democratic, prosperous, and secure Ukraine more closely integrated into Europe and Euro-Atlantic structures.” A June 13 briefing from the White House says in part, “It is the policy of the United States to assist Ukraine in maintaining a credible defense and deterrence capability.” What are the U.S. goals in the Ukraine war? What do we want to accomplish? When do we know that we...
Three out of four low-income households in New Mexico struggle with legal issues impacting basic needs like housing, financial stability, access to social and medical benefits. New Mexico’s civil legal service providers handle thousands of cases every year, but a lack of capacity caused them to turn away more than half of the people seeking help last year. The New Mexico Commission on Access to Justice works with civil legal service providers to ensure equal access to the justice system for the most vulnerable in our c...
On this date … 1951: An increase in reports of dogs destroying property had prompted an “intensive campaign” to rid Clovis of strays. Police Chief John Droke was warning dog owners to make sure their dogs were licensed and wore their licenses. Dog catcher Juan Chavez had impounded 28 dogs in the past two days and only one was tagged, the Clovis News-Journal reported. Stray dogs were kept in the pound at the city zoo for 10 days before being destroyed, Chavez warned. 1957: Clovis merchants were gathering an impressive colle...
On this date … 1870: Christmas was celebrated as a federal holiday in the United States. Europeans long celebrated the birth of Jesus Christ as part of their Winter Solstice, when cattle were often slaughtered and food was plentiful as people celebrated the worst of winter behind them and promises of longer days and sunlight ahead. 1940: Clovis firefighters and other city employees had delivered sacks of toys to more than 600 children in the city. About 250 families benefited from the gifts, provided by volunteers and o...
Despite a 9-3 start to the season, veteran Clovis High girls coach Jeff Reed knows the Lady Wildcats are probably a ways away from competing with Class 5A's best. Saturday's finals in the Plateau Holiday tournament at Rock Staubus Gymnasium said as much. CHS held its own with Volcano Vista in the early going, but the Lady Hawks' pressure defense and 3-point shooting helped turn the game into a comfortable win for the Albuquerque-based squad, which pulled away to a 66-49...
Clovis High's boys gave it everything they had in Saturday's finals of the Montano Construction Holiday tournament at Rock Staubus Gymnasium. Once the shots stopped falling, Class 5A top-ranked Volcano Visto took control. Senior forward Kenyon Aguino scored 25 points and led the unbeaten Hawks to a 69-39 win over the Wildcats in the tourney's championship game. Meantime, Class 1A Melrose played its third consecutive 5A opponent and the Buffaloes took Roswell High to the wire...
It was in the year 336 when Jesus’ birthday was declared to be Dec. 25. Roman Emperor Constantine had declared Christianity the empire’s official religion and the church in Rome turned the 25th into a celebration of Christ’s birth, and we’ve been celebrating the day ever since. But celebrating Christmas isn’t the only thing that’s happened on Dec. 25, and with help from The Associated Press and its “Today in History” feature along with the website onthisday.com, here are a few Christmas Day events that stand out: • On Dec....
On this date … 1921: The headline across The Portales Valley News read: “Most revolting crime in history of Roosevelt County.” A secondary headline reported a father had shot his son and daughter-in-law dead while they were eating breakfast. The newspaper reported Lewis Hawes was confined in the county jail, “as the result of a family row, facing the gallows as the result of his hasty temper.” When law officers arrived at the death scene six miles south of Portales, Lewis Hawes admitted his deed. “Father and son Clinton had...
The torrential downpour greeting WNBA star Caitlin Clark over comments made during an interview at a Time magazine event have been both amusing and disturbing. Clark, the Indiana Fever star who was recently named Time magazine’s Athlete of the Year, expressed her admiration and respect for Black women who have paved the way in female basketball and the importance of promoting diversity as well as diverse voices in the sport. She also expressed hope to utilize her platform t...
It’s the night before Christmas, on the High Plains of Texas, And I ain’t getting a Porsche or even a Lexus. But under the tree in a neatly wrapped box, Is my usual present, skivvies and sox. That’s what I got in my days as a child, Gifts were more useful, not rad and not wild. But that’s what we got, usually something essential, Maybe something from Santa, with some help, providential. With a wee stroke of luck, we all got a toy, Girls prayed for dolls, cap guns for the boy...
Shad Mayfield had to play through pain all year. The reward was his first All-Around World Championship secured Saturday night at the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo in Las Vegas, Nev. Mayfield scored the Pro Rodeo Cowboys Association's biggest honor by earning $335,474 over 80 rodeos throughout 2024. He finished just $675 ahead of second-place Coleman Proctor of Oklahoma. Mayfield, primarily a calf roper who has won a PRCA tie-down title and finished second this year, said...
An early morning fire Saturday claimed the lives of three children and left five other people hospitalized, officials said. Firefighters were called to a trailer home on Conestoga Trail south of Clovis at 2:33 a.m. Clovis Fire Department Battalion Chief Chris Elam said the home was “fully involved” when firefighters arrived and the injured were in the yard outside. “It appears everyone was asleep (when the fire began). The children perished inside the residence,” Elam said. Two of the adults were initially in critical conditi...
Peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. I grew up on them. They were the first thing I learned to make in the kitchen. That and a glass of milk. Microwaves hadn’t been invented yet. Playing basketball on a dirt patch in our back yard. That’s where I learned to dribble and shoot with one hand. And football in our front yard. When no one else was around, I’d take the hike from an imaginary center, drop back and throw to the trees, believing that I was the star quarterback in a universe I could only imagine. Those were simpl...
Luigi Mangione, the accused killer of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, is being hailed by many as a hero. There’s something profoundly wrong with that. From the time of Thompson’s murder on a Manhattan street caught in surveillance camera photos, to snippets of Mangione’s alleged movements while on the run, online praise for Mangione has run neck and neck with vitriol for health insurers. Google removed a flood of negative McDonald’s reviews after a fast-food employee in an Altoona, Pa., location reported Mangion...
On this date … 1936: C.V. Steed Undertaking was “serving Clovis since Clovis began,” according to its newspaper advertisement. Anyone needing ambulance service or funeral service could reach Steed at phone number 14. 1954: Fourteen floats were entered in the upcoming Christmas Pageant Parade in downtown Clovis. The parade route was set to begin at West Seventh and Mitchell streets, then proceed down Mitchell to West First, over to Main Street and then to Ninth Street, where it would end. All of the floats were spons...
Shad Mayfield is atop the rodeo world. The Clovis native captured the Pro Rodeo Cowboys Association All-Around World Championship Saturday night before 17,227 fans at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas, Nev. Mayfield, primarily a calf roper, earned $335,474 for the all-around title, edging second-place Coleman Proctor, a steer roper from Pryor, Okla., by just $675. Mayfield also finished second in the PRCA’s final tie-down roping standings, trailing only Riley Webb of Dento...
A fall three days before a Clovis toddler’s death last month was the result of “rough play from his siblings,” a Clovis police report shows. The report also shows the 12-month-old boy and his siblings, ages 3 and 2, were taken from their home by New Mexico Children, Youth and Families Department about a year ago. They were returned to their mother on Oct. 23. That was about a month before Calian Skywater was hurt, his mother told police at Plains Regional Medical Center where Calian died after she reported he was not breat...
Over the years, maybe because of the way I grew up or because I chose the Marines as the cornerstone for my working life, I always hope for the best, but plan for the worst. While I hoped we were all going to be home for Christmas, I knew it would be a bad idea to turn in my rain suit and my jungle boots in November. This country is blessed in that we have oceans on either side of us, and borders that have at least amiable colleagues, if not exactly the best of friends...
A Clovis murder suspect accidentally released from a Lea County jail in October is back in custody, Clovis police said Thursday. Alex Zapata, 27, was booked into the Curry County Adult Detention Center at 2:12 p.m. Thursday, online court records show. A police news release issued Thursday stated Zapata was located at 3104 Smith Ave. in Clovis, the home of a “known associate,” Mikyla Sandoval. Agents from the U.S. Marshal Service, Region V Drug Task Force and Clovis police surr...
