Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
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CLOVIS - Curry County commissioners on Friday unanimously voted to impose the 2018 property tax rates - mostly flat compared to a year ago - during a 22-minute meeting. Assessor Candace Morrison said the rates are set by the state's Department of Finance and Administration based on a number of different factors. The majority of districts saw an increase less than 1 percent, while non-residential properties outside the Clovis city limits actually saw a 0.145 percent decrease...
OGDEN, Utah — Three years ago, Clovis native Makayla Drake started a new hobby — wakesurfing at Ute Lake. Now she’s a world champion. Makayla left Ogden, Utah, on Saturday with two trophies, $250 and some bragging rights after winning first place in the amateur women’s surf category during the World Wake Surfing Championship held last weekend. Makayla bested seven other competitors in her division to earn that title. “I was so happy,” she said. “I was actually kind of shock... Full story
PORTALES - Seventeen years later, we still remember. That was the message during the annual Sept. 11 ceremony held outside James Polk Stone Community Bank on Tuesday morning as dozens came out to honor the thousands who lost their lives and millions more who were affected by the 9/11 terrorist attacks. "We can't ever forget watching TV as we watched that second plane fly into the Twin Towers. When we say the towers crumble, we can never forget that and today we especially... Full story
PORTALES — The Roosevelt County Commission approved a resolution supporting the New Mexico Counties 2019 legislative priorities during Tuesday’s meeting. Several of the priorities are related to detention facilities, with funding for jails and prisoner transport and an improved approach to behavior health inside correctional facilities among them. Also included on the list of priorities are tax reform, Forfeiture Act reform and the removal of the fire protection fund from the New Mexico Public Regulation Commission The com...
PORTALES — City Manager Sammy Standefer shared details about a conceptual design for a new city recreation facility during Tuesday's Portales City Council meeting. Located next to the existing city pool on Seventh Street, the plans call for a full gymnasium, multi-purpose room, racquetball courts, arts and crafts areas, locker rooms, office space and a sports lounge. Standefer said the price estimate for the facility was around $8 million, which he said was more than the city was expecting. He said the next step would be t...
PORTALES — Dozens of competitors took to Idsinga Dairy on Saturday to take part in Roosevelt General Hospital's fourth annual target shooting fundraiser. While promoters called it a skeet shoot, if you want to get technical, it was more like a sporting clay competition, said Joe Whitehurst, shooting director of the gathering. Either way, the basic goal is the same — shoot a clay target out of the air. The National Rifle Association tell us a skeet shoot is all about "cr...
CLOVIS — When three different groups submitted applications last month to bring a racetrack and casino to Clovis, many of the details of the projects were similar: hundreds of jobs, millions of dollars of revenue for the state and a location on the east side of town. One element that was not consistent throughout the three proposals was how spectators would watch the races, should the state's Racing Commission select their bid for the sixth gaming license. The application f...
Several local events are planned for Tuesday as eastern New Mexico will join the rest of the nation in commemorating the 17th anniversary of the events of Sept. 11, 2001, and the most deadly terrorist attack in American history. Remembering the Heroes of 9/11 will be held for the first time, beginning at 7 p.m. on Tuesday in the Eastern New Mexico University Theater Center. Organizer Patrick McCreary said the event will feature live readings of text messages and other communications that involved those who were in the planes...
A frequent complaint of eastern New Mexico residents is that there’s nothing to do on the High Plains. That won’t be the case this weekend as there are events taking place in Clovis, Melrose and Portales. Those venturing into Hillcrest Park today will get a two-for-one as both the fourth annual Rotary Arts in the Park event (9 a.m. to 4 p.m.) and the Desert Cruzers 22nd annual car show (8 a.m. to 4 p.m.) are set to take place there. Clovis Civic Center General Manager Misty Bertrand said Arts in the Park will feature at lea... Full story
OGDEN, Utah — Eastern New Mexico isn't exactly a hotbed for wakesurfing, but don't tell that to Clovis native Makayla Drake. Makayla, 13, will be riding in the World Wake Surfing Championship in Ogden, Utah, today along with 88 other competitors in the women's amateur surf group, which is pretty much the open category since it's 13 to adult. She qualified by making top eight in her division at past competitions including Wake the Desert, Tommy's U.S. Wakesurfing Open in Michig... Full story
CLOVIS — More jobs, more revenue, prioritizing racing and “the nicest casino in New Mexico” were some of the projections of Full House Resorts’ pitch to Clovis Industrial Corporation members, Vision 2020 representatives and Clovis city officials during a presentation Wednesday at the Clovis/Curry County Chamber of Commerce. Officials from Full House, one of three groups looking to bring a racino to Clovis and one of five proposals statewide, answered questions from the com... Full story
CLOVIS — The Curry County Commission took the first step in addressing the issue of political signage at the Events Center and fairgrounds during Tuesday's regular meeting. The commission unanimously approved a resolution calling for Spectra, which manages the Events Center and fairgrounds for the county, to formulate a plan regarding political signs at the annual county fair. Spectra will be tasked with making a presentation to the commission by August and putting a plan in p...
County officials in eastern New Mexico struck back against New Mexico Secretary of State Maggie Toulouse Oliver's announcement last week to bring back straight-party voting for the 2018 general election. Both the Curry and Roosevelt county commissions held special meetings on Tuesday in which they unanimously approved resolutions opposing straight-party voting. The two resolutions are nearly identical and call for their respective commission chairman, Ben McDaniel in Curry...
An economist from the state Economic Development Board visited the region on Thursday to get the word out about a new program that can provide capital gains tax benefits for investments in certain designated areas called opportunity zones. Economist Ryan Eustice said opportunity zones were a last-minute addition to the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 to ensure bipartisan support to get the bill passed. Opportunity zones are designated census tracts in low-income areas that offer investors an opportunity to defer paying taxes...
Both the Curry and Roosevelt county commissions are scheduled to hold special meetings today to consider resolutions opposing the inclusion of straight-party voting in the Nov. 6 election. New Mexico Secretary of State Maggie Toulouse Oliver announced Wednesday that straight party-voting would return to the state after a six-year absence, a decision that has elicited a bipartisan challenge in the New Mexico Supreme Court and inspired several other counties including Chaves, Dona Ana, Eddy, Lea and San Juan to call special...
CLOVIS - While several major airlines nationwide are placing restrictions on what animals can fly on their planes, a non-profit animal rescue group based out of Jackson, Wyoming, is catering flights exclusively for dogs and cats. And it will be bringing its plane to Clovis for the first time on Monday. Since its creation in 2012, founder Peter Rork said Dog Is My Copilot has rescued more than 10,000 animals from shelters where they would otherwise be euthanized; instead they...
With the nation set to celebrate Labor Day on Monday, The News asked for residents’ worst workplace experiences. Two stood out: • As he loaded up a fishing hook with bait at Greene Acres Park on Saturday, Gabriel Mundine recalled the three years he spent in Iraq deployed with the U.S. Army. “I went over there trying to win the hearts and minds and bring democracy I guess over there and they basically told me to shovel it, ‘We don’t want it,’” Mundine said. While it was a tough three years that included being hit by an imp...
A storm that reminded one resident of a classic 1939 film quickly swept through eastern New Mexico on Saturday. It left large puddles, blown over trees and some soggy shoes in its wake. The third annual sidewalk sale in Clovis had been scheduled to run until 5 p.m. but was cut short by the rain and a large amount of sand being blown around by high winds. "Everything was wonderful until about 3 (when) it blew in," organizer Shane Grah said. "It was almost an immediate change....
CLOVIS - The phrases may sound like they are straight out of a fortune cookie: • The grass is greener when you water it; • Don't regret the past, learn from it; • Live what you love. But the messages are rock solid. Literally. The uplifting messages are painted on rocks located outside Clovis-Carver Public Library. Clovis Civic Center General Manager Misty Bertrand said the #Clovisrocks campaign started prior to last August's deadly library shooting, after which the rocks... Full story
ALBUQUERQUE— New Mexico Secretary of State Maggie Toulouse Oliver on Wednesday announced her plans to bring back straight-party voting for the Nov. 6 general election. Reaction has largely been consistent across party lines. Rube Render, a Clovis city commissioner and the Curry County Republican chairman, said straight-party voting negatively targets Republicans but really is a bad idea for all parties. “As the Republican Party chairman, I think that is done specifically to hurt Republicans,” Render said. “I believe that voti... Full story
CLOVIS— Angelina Baca, the District 1 Curry County commissioner and the winner of the July primary in her re-election bid, will not appear on the ballot for the general election on Nov. 6, a spokesman for New Mexico Secretary of State Maggie Toulouse Oliver told The News on Thursday. John Blair, communications officer for the secretary of state, said the office determined on Thursday that Baca was ineligible because she failed to meet Tuesday's deadline to pay a $1,200 fine le... Full story
CLOVIS — Thanks to a new grant from the state of New Mexico, Clovis Municipal Schools is offering a district-wide preschool program at each elementary school site for the first time this year. Deputy Superintendent of Instruction Joe Strickland said CMS did have a preschool program in years past, but it was primarily for developmentally delayed students; otherwise parents had to pay for their child to participate. With 276 students currently enrolled in the free, optional p... Full story
CLOVIS — The Clovis High School football bell is headed home. The Clovis Municipal Schools Board of Education unanimously approved the return of the bell — stolen off of the old locomotive at Hillcrest Park in 1959 — to the same locomotive where it once sat, now restored to its former glory and located at the historic rail yard organized by Clovis MainStreet. In return, CMS will receive a reproduction bell that Superintendent Jody Balch said is nearly identical. "I would...
PORTALES — The Roosevelt County Commission unanimously approved a planning document and a change to the county’s organizational chart during a quick 10-minute meeting on Tuesday. The fiscal year 2020-2024 Infrastructure Capital Improvement Plan approved by the commission includes upgraded road equipment, road improvements, Americans with Disabilities Act transition and improvements at the Roosevelt County Fairgrounds and new equipment at the detention center as the top priorities for 2020. The change to the county’s organ...
PORTALES — The Junior Livestock Sale at the Roosevelt County Fair edged last year's results in terms of total sales as 58 kids entered the show ring on Friday night and left with some well-earned cash. Roosevelt County Junior Livestock Sale Committee Secretary Joy Levacy said Friday's sale total was $134,975, up from the $128,024 collected last year. The highest sale belonged to Portales' Klayt Hamilton, 11, who's steer Waldo went for $8,000, which Klayt said he would put t...
