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CLOVIS — Clovis / Curry County Chamber of Commerce officials are showing they love not just the Clovis sound. They love the '80s too. Winger and Firehouse are the headline musical acts for the 30th Clovis Music Festival, which is slated for June 22-23. "We have Winger and Firehouse here on June 23," Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Ernie Kos said. "We're really pumped about having them here. The tradition is to rotate from different genres of music as to relates to how a...
CLOVIS — Fueled by inspiration from family and friends, Kimberly Rae White managed a balancing act that will culminate with her becoming a Magna Cum Laude graduate en route to a bachelor's degree from Wayland Baptist University-Clovis on Friday. A Clovis High School graduate, White posted a 3.74 grade point average en route to her Interdisciplinary Studies degree — ranking her atop Wayland Baptist's undergraduate class. "I never dreamt that would happen," said White, who sai...
Prior to garnering approval during Wednesday’s meeting, a request before the city’s Planning and Zoning Commission was met with questions from a pair of residents. The first order of new business before the commission was approval of a preliminary plat of the Drake subdivision, which contains two lots on 0.764 acres of land. “There is one residential structure on the property,” action applicant Chad Lydick said. “The property owner wanted to split the property, which would allow them to have one more building site for futur...
The Curry County Commission is staunchly opposing a legislative bill it believes detrimental to the county’s financial bottom line. “Senate Bill 451 would stop state food and medical hold harmless payments to those counties and municipalities, including Curry County, which have imposed a local option hold harmless gross receipts tax,” said Curry County Manager Lance Pyle in introducing Resolution 2017-19 in opposition of the state measure at Tuesday’s board meeting. “During fiscal year ‘16 food and medical distributio...
Preliminary plans for an archery and shooting training center are moving from the city's Parks, Recreation and Beautification Committee to the full commission. Committee members voted Monday to forward the Clovis Archery and Wing Shooting Training Center proposal as a means of seeking approval for grant applications that could help the $862,623, 82-acre project get off the ground. The committee has estimated there would be a trap admission of $8 while the projection calls for...
CLOVIS — A vast array of talented canines placed their skills on display during Saturday's American Kennel Club agility competition, as hundreds of dogs are being put through the paces before judges throughout the weekend at the Curry County Events Center. AKC officials said the event, which is hosted by the Clovis-Portales Kennel Club, draws competitors ranging from novice to national title contenders, is designed to demonstrate a dog's willingness to work with his handler i...
The company that brought Travis Tritt to Clovis in January lost more than $13,000 on the concert, but taxpayers did not lose any money, the promoter told Clovis city commissioners on Thursday. On the heels of the city of Clovis granting $10,000 in lodgers tax funds toward promotion of the Tritt concert, the Curry County Events Center manager delivered a report to commissioners. “I was asked to come before the City Commission to answer questions regarding the Spectra Presents concert, which received lodgers tax funds,” Joe...
CLOVIS — Larry Fry is stepping away after nearly two years in Clovis' city manager's chair. City officials generated a media release Friday announcing Fry's intent to resign effective April 30. "I am retiring under the PERA (Public Employees Retirement Association of New Mexico)," said Fry, who will have served just over two years as Clovis city manager by the end of next month, after working in the same capacity in Roswell for more than 20 years. "But I am still resigning a...
As a means of offsetting a projected eight-figure financial hit spurred by “hold harmless” losses, the Clovis City Commission voted unanimously Thursday to introduce a resolution to implement a one-eighth of 1 percent gross receipts tax increase. Hold harmless, eliminated in the 2013 state legislative session, was a provision by which the state paid municipalities for lost revenues from the 2005 elimination of food and prescription drugs from gross receipts tax collection. As a condition of the waiver, municipalities are all...
MELROSE — A group of Melrose Municipal Schools students have qualified to attend the 2017 Business Professionals of America National Leadership Conference in Orlando. School officials said Zach Perkins, Ethan Wright, Hannah Wofford, Mackenzie Perkins, Rebecca Rush, Kiki Roybal and Brette Devaney will join thousands of students from across the country in gathering May 10-14 to compete, showcase their business skills and develop their leadership acumen. “This organization has been around for many years and helps students wit...
The attorney representing a defendant in the 2014 city park stabbing death of a Clovis woman has until March 8 to give the court direction on how his client wishes to proceed. District Court Judge Drew Tatum issued the order during a status hearing Tuesday for Matthew Jennings. Jennings is charged with first-degree murder and tampering with evidence in the death of Ariel Ulibarri. Ulibarri was found stabbed to death along the Goodwin Lake Walking Trail on Nov. 9, 2014. Police said she was out for a walk with her 6-year-old...
A Clovis city official said revising plans for a shooting training facility at Ned Houk Park is methodical but progressing. “It’s moving along, it’s just slow,” said City Commissioner Gary Elliott with regard to the Archery Wing Shooting Training Center. “We recently had a good meeting with (Shooting Program Coordinator — New Mexico Game & Fish) Jessica Fisher. The project is coming along pretty good, but in a slow manner.” In March 2016, the Clovis Parks, Recreation and Beautification Committee voted to recommend a s...
A group of Texico High School students are planning a fair project that will last for years to come. During Tuesday’s Curry County Commission meeting, members discussed an approximate $15,000 request for purchase of a double-faced, illuminated sign from an Albuquerque company. The price included installation at the East Brady Avenue entrance to the Curry County Fairgrounds. As the discussion continued, Commissioner Robert Thornton suggested Texico’s Future Farmers of America (FFA) students tackle creation of the 10-foot by...
Curry County officials said Tuesday they want to send a clear message to legislators in Santa Fe with regard to counties being mandated to help fund the state's Medicaid program. Commissioners voted unanimously (5-0) to approve Resolution 2017-14, which opposes "any increased burden on the counties in New Mexico to fund" the state effort. "This bill (House Bill 490) will have a negative impact on all counties funding levels and would result, if passed, in a reduction in...
The unexpected death of Jo Lynn Queener put Annie Hogland in charge of the Curry County Clerk's office. The Curry County Commision decided to keep her there. Hogland, who assumed duties when Queener was hospitalized Jan. 24, was appointed by a 5-0 vote and sworn into office by County Attorney Stephen Doerr. The clerk term is four years, but the final two years will be up for election in 2018. Queener, who died Jan. 26, had hired Hogland to be her chief deputy. "It was a very...
The Curry County Water Co-op wants a seat at the table on a new water committee. But the chair said it’s not built that way. A strategic planning committee, built out of the city’s Water Policy Advisory Committee, rankles Co-op Vice President Josefita Griego because it excludes the co-op and is closed to the public. “We just feel like we need their help and they need ours, but it feels like they don’t want our help,” Griego said. “We can all work for the betterment of Curry County and Clovis. We have a water crisis and...
CLOVIS — During Thursday’s regular meeting, the Clovis City Commission voted to table a request for street closure between Purdue and Commerce on Main Street during the spring and summer months until more information can be obtained. “We would like to start a Main Street market for the purpose of allowing citizens of Clovis to come and set up vendor spaces,” said Lisa Kia, a Clovis business owner who initiated the idea for the market, which would be in operation during the first Saturday the months of April through Septemb...
CLOVIS — A magistrate court judge has increased the bond to $500,000 for a Clovis man accused of stabbing a woman to death on Monday. Lorenzo Martinez, 50, was arraigned before Judge Richard Hollis via videoconference Wednesday. Martinez told police he stabbed Mary Neal about 18 times and had sex with her twice after she died. He was arrested Monday night on an open count of murder and tampering with evidence in connection with Neal's death. During Wednesday’s proceedings, District Attorney Andrea Reeb requested the bond inc...
A New Mexico lawmaker is hopeful a measure she has introduced during this legislative session will help address the state's teacher shortage in the form of increased starting pay. According to State Sen. Mimi Stewart's Senate Bill 329, the beginning salary for a Level I nine month contract would rise from $30,000 to $34,000, the base salary for a Level II teacher would jump from $40,000 to $42,000 while a Level III educator would receive a boost from $50,000 to $52,000. A reti...
During Tuesday's Water Policy Advisory Board meeting, the body received an update with regard to the recent activities of a strategic planning committee spearheaded by City Commissioner Ladona Clayton. "We have research to do," said Clayton. The board, headed by Clovis City Commissioner Chris Bryant, is charged with developing water sources in the interim period before the Eastern New Mexico Rural Water System starts delivering water. "It's going to take us a while to do it...
CLOVIS — During its Jan. 21 meeting, the Curry County Commission plans to start the process of appointing a county clerk for the next two years. Deputy Clerk Annie Hogland has fulfilled the position after Jo Lynn Queener died last month. Queener won the Republican primary last year, faced no general election opposition and took office Jan. 1. "With all due respect to the loss of our county clerk, I think we need to move forward with finding someone to fill in this p...
With the theme "Heritage of Hope, Legacy of Victory" serving as the backdrop, African American Day at the State Legislature will be celebrated today at the Capitol Roundhouse. A Clovis delegation comprised of two busloads of students, as well as school district and city officials, is expected to join participants from across the state in descending upon Santa Fe in celebration of black history and culture in New Mexico. Former New Jersey Secretary of State Deforest Soaries is...
During Wednesday's meeting the Clovis Community College board received a thumbs up regarding an audit report that closed out the fiscal year ending June 30, 2016. "Big picture, you all have an unmodified or clean opinion on both your financial statements and your federal grants," Jaramillo Accounting Group Managing Partner Audrey Jaramillo said. "We did also issue a letter on your internal controls. We don't give you an opinion on your controls, but we are required to report...
CLOVIS — During Tuesday’s regular meeting the Curry County Commission granted approval of the 2016 fiscal year audit report, with an independent reviewer pronouncing the entity on sound financial footing. “An audit takes the cooperation of the whole county and we’ve got through this one pretty good this year,” said Griego Professional Services, LLC. owner and CPA J.J. Griego, who performed the audit. “The audit is a picture in time of the financial statements and our report is a picture of June 30, 2016. The financial s...
It's anticipated just over 100 million viewers will tune in to Super Bowl LI this evening to see the New England Patriots and Atlanta Falcons battle. Included in the masses will be a pair of Clovis residents who are fervent fans of the competitors. Marvin Cox was raised in a state that didn't have a professional football team, but he found himself drawn to the ATL. "I grew up in Mobile, Alabama, and there's no NFL team there, so you're either a New Orleans Saints or an...
