Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
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PORTALES - Eastern New Mexico University is looking for feedback from faculty, staff, students, alumni and community members regarding how to proceed with the university's next presidential residence. ENMU put up an online survey earlier in the week to elicit input regarding the timing, financing and needs of a new president's home, which Regent Terry Othick said had already received over 420 responses as of Friday afternoon. He said the search for a new home was sparked by th...
CLOVIS - For the fifth straight year, Living Word Church of God in Clovis will join other churches around the country in helping incarcerated parents provide Christmas gifts for their children. The Angel Tree program, organized by the Christian non-profit Prison Fellowship, has brought some joy to children in difficult circumstances since 1982, according to the organization's website. Associate Pastor Bonetta Hutson said this year Living Word will facilitate Christmas gifts fo...
o CHS labs add 3D printing, robotics kits, milling machine. By Jamie Cushman STAFF WRITER [email protected] CLOVIS - An upgraded technology lab at Clovis High School has given students the chance to explore new tech that wasn't even invented when their parents went to school. Tech lab teacher Adrian Lucero said the upgraded lab was completed in early October and includes 3D printing, new robotics kits and a milling machine that carves designs the students created on a com...
CLOVIS — Though it wasn't listed among the baker's dozen of action and discussion items on the agenda for the Clovis Municipal Schools Board of Education meeting Tuesday night, Deputy Superintendent of Operations Carrie Bunce provided an update on several of the district's construction projects. Bunce said the projected completion date of October for the high school's tennis courts was delayed because the surface of the courts needs to be applied when temperatures are 50 d...
PORTALES - Members of the Portales Municipal Schools Board of Education and other PMS staff toured the recently renovated Portales Junior High School cafeteria prior to Monday night's board meeting. Michael Rael, project manager for Nick Griego & Sons, highlighted the changes to the cooking area, which included new flooring, ceiling, dishwasher, restrooms and kitchen equipment in what he called "a complete gut and renovation of the interior." Superintendent Johnnie Cain said...
CLOVIS — Patriotism is in the news again. This time, it’s at the heart of a project aimed at involving Clovis students in the civic process. Curry County Manager Lance Pyle said he came up with the idea a couple of months ago. “The United States Pledge and New Mexico Salute is something that brings us together,” Pyle wrote in a message to The News. “This is an opportunity to involve our future leaders in the County Commission meetings and assist them on their public speaking skills.” When commissioners meet on Tuesday, the Pl...
MULESHOE — A fire on Avenue D in Muleshoe on Monday destroyed a home and briefly impacted activities at Dillman Elementary School. Muleshoe Superintendent R.L. Richards said smoke from the house fire inundated the school. That resulted in the 400-plus students being moved to the gymnasium where there was no smoke. Richards said electricity to the school was out for about 40 minutes; he did not know if that was a direct result of the smoke in the building. He said the gym was also without power, but it has skylights so it wasn...
Snow - eastern New Mexico's and west Texas' old friend or foe, depending on your perspective - returned to the area for the first time in nearly two years late Sunday. The snowfall was likely celebrated by students at Grady, Melrose, Farwell, Texico, Muleshoe and Fort Sumner schools, which either canceled or delayed classes Monday as a result of the overnight storm. The 175 people in the Clovis area who were left without power, according to Xcel Energy spokesman Wes Reeves,...
MELROSE - After eight years providing medical services to the people of Melrose and surrounding communities, the Melrose Health Clinic appears on the verge of closing. That was the message Roosevelt General Hospital Chief Executive Officer Kaye Green and hospital staff shared with just over a dozen people during an hour-long town hall meeting at the Melrose Senior Center on Wednesday. Green said the decision to close the clinic in Melrose was a financial one, noting the... Full story
It appears eastern New Mexico will have two new first-time lawmakers heading to Santa Fe in January, though the race for District 63 state representative may not be officially decided until December. Unofficial results show Republican Martin Zamora defeated Democrat incumbent George Dodge Jr. by 26 votes on Tuesday — 2,980 to 2,954. Secretary of State Communications Director Alex Curtas said that race would go to an automatic recount when the state canvassing board, made up of the SOS, governor and chief justice of the New M...
CLOVIS — The Clovis Community College Board of Trustees heard a review of the college’s financial aid for the previous school year during Wednesday’s meeting. Director of Financial Aid April Chavez said for the 2017-18 school year CCC students received about $5.4 million in financial aid, with the majority coming from nearly $3.7 million in federal Pell Grants awarded to approximately 1,100 students. Also at Wednesday’s meeting (all votes 5-0): n The board approved a revised drug-free workplace and campus policy. Directo...
PORTALES — After an approximately 35-minute executive session following Tuesday’s meeting, the Portales City Council unanimously voted to join several other municipalities in a lawsuit against the state’s Taxation and Revenue Department. City Attorney Randy Knudson said the city is seeking to recover funds it believes should have been paid in the form of gross receipts tax revenue, a maximum of about $400,000. Knudson said Albuquerque, Artesia, Bloomfield, Farmington, Jal and Moriarty have already filed suits and a numbe...
Republican challenger Martin Zamora’s slim lead over Democrat incumbent George Dodge Jr. in the District 63 state representative race increased by one vote following the Curry County Commission and Roosevelt County Commission meetings held Friday to canvass the results of Tuesday’s election. When provisional ballots were hand tallied by county officials during the canvassing process, Zamora added two votes in Roosevelt County and Dodge added one vote in Curry County. Also at the Roosevelt County Commission’s Friday meeti...
CLOVIS - A shed fire behind a home in the 700 block of Gidding Street covered downtown Clovis in smoke and drew a pair of fire engines shortly before noon on Wednesday. Clovis Fire Chief Mike Nolen said firefighters did not actually receive a call, rather an engine was returning to the station from an unrelated trip when firefighters spotted the smoke and responded. "I walked out there thinking 'What in the world?' Smoke was already out in front of the station" on Mitchell...
CLOVIS — Come Christmas time, a little shoebox can go a long way. Literally. Starting Monday, Parkland Baptist Church in Clovis will once again be accepting donations for Operation Christmas Child in which shoeboxes filled with gifts like toys, school supplies and clothing will be sent to children in need all across the globe. According to the website for Samaritan's Purse, the Christian humanitarian organization that organizes the project, Operation Christmas Child, has s...
CLOVIS — For the third straight year, Clovis Municipal Schools has been recognized for having the best maintenance department among all 6A school districts in the state. CMS won the Best Performer Award from the New Mexico Public Schools Facility Authority. Larry Tillotson, the maintenance and operations manager for the PSFA, said the awards are based on real-life data including completing work orders in a timely and cost-efficient manner as well as doing preventative maintena...
CLOVIS — Eastern New Mexico will have several opportunities this week to recognize the sacrifice made by men and women in the military with a week of activities that began Monday night. Multiple veterans organizations hosted or will be hosting open houses this week in lead up to Saturday's Veterans Day parade, which will make its way down Clovis' Main Street starting at 10 a.m. Vernon Luce, commander of Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 3280, said the open houses are social g...
A third-generation family business with locations in Portales and Clovis was recognized earlier this month by the Parker Center for Family Business as the New Mexico Family Business of the Year. The Merrick family operates the third-generation Ace Hardware store in Portales, the second-generation Ashley HomeStores in Clovis and Portales and the Enchantment Vineyards winery that opened in Portales earlier this year, with over 60 full-time and part-time employees across the...
CLOVIS — OK, so maybe five years ago wasn't that long ago. Unless you are a student at Highland Elementary School in Clovis. Then it was nearly a lifetime ago. Students got a taste of what life was like at their school when they were toddlers as a time capsule was opened during an assembly Wednesday morning. Third-grade teacher Debbie Bracken and her students buried the capsule in 2013 under a pair of rose bushes located in front of their classroom at the old Highland s...
One Portales resident is showing there's no age restrictions on giving back. With the help of family friend Kerri Smith and her mother Tiffany Kendrick, 4-year-old Keslynn Thompson this year established a new project called "Keslynn's Reloveables." It provides baby dolls and stuffed animals to comfort residents at Park View Nursing Care Center in Muleshoe and Heartland Continuing Care Center in Portales. Smith said the project originated from a March trip to visit her mother... Full story
Seven full-time volunteers will soon be coming to Curry and Roosevelt counties as the United Way of Eastern New Mexico was recently approved to bring in individuals as part of a national service program offered by AmeriCorps. VISTA, or Volunteers in Service to America, is a poverty-fighting initiative that since 1965 has put volunteers in organizations around the country. “They’re very special people because this is a volunteer position and yet it’s full-time work,” said UWENM Executive Director Erinn Burch. Burch said th...
Seven full-time volunteers will soon be coming to Curry and Roosevelt counties as the United Way of Eastern New Mexico was recently approved to bring in individuals as part of a national service program offered by AmeriCorps. VISTA, or Volunteers in Service to America, is a poverty-fighting initiative that since 1965 has put volunteers in organizations around the country. “They’re very special people because this is a volunteer position and yet it’s full-time work,” said UWENM Executive Director Erinn Burch. Burch said th...
PORTALES — First United Methodist Church in Portales will kick off the Thanksgiving season on Thursday with its 65th annual turkey dinner and bazaar. Event Coordinator Shelly Atwood said last year's event served over 2,100 eastern New Mexico residents and this year the church will have 52 turkeys, 114 gallons of green beans, 300 pumpkin pies and a whole lot of homemade dressing on hand for the meal. "It is a community event and kind of sets off the whole holiday season," A... Full story
CLOVIS — If the thousands of costumed kids who attended Boo in the Zoo at the Hillcrest Park Zoo on Sunday are any indication, eastern New Mexico residents will likely see a lot of superheroes in town today for Halloween. Spider-Man seemed to be the most popular character, with dozens sporting the red and blue of the classic Marvel superhero, though Batman and Captain America were also well-represented. Atlas Schlau, 7, said he likes Spider-Man "because he's amazing," f...
CLOVIS — A town hall meeting — possibly at the end of next week — is planned to discuss water contamination around Cannon Air Force Base. That’s according to Col. Stewart Hammons, commander of the 27th Special Operations Wing at Cannon, who spoke to Curry County commissioners on Tuesday. Hammons told commissioners that residents in the affected area have been offered drinking water and that a town hall meeting is in the works to discuss how the contamination will be addressed. Hammons also said he will begin attending commiss...
