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PORTALES — The way Eastern New Mexico’s men have started their season, West Texas A&M coach Tom Brown said, is a perfect example of just how good the Lone Star Conference is from top to bottom. “They’re going to get some Ws,” Brown said. Just not Thursday, as last year’s NCAA Division II runner-up and this year’s No. 5-ranked team showed why it belonged at the top of the LSC with an 81-63 win in a non-conference matchup on Thursday night at Greyhound Arena. The Buffs (9-1) hit 3-pointers on three of their first five possessi...
CLOVIS - Monday marked one year since Tchicaya "Caya" Williams was killed in a drive-by shooting at her family's apartment. Her family, growing frustrated no arrests have been made on the case, spent an hour in front of the Clovis Police Department on Monday seeking answers. "No one's been arrested," said Franzes Williams, Caya's mother. "I haven't heard anything from them. They keep telling me, 'Be patient.' It's been a year. How much longer can I be patient?" In a May update...
CLOVIS — When it came to a review of the city’s animal shelter and animal control policies, its task force never veered from a simple concept over 90 minutes. Free is a very good price. With that in mind, the task force unanimously recommended a partnership with the Best Friends Animal Network to take place in the next few months. Final approval will go to the Clovis City Commission, with Dec. 16 the earliest the commission would consider such an item. Any memorandum of understanding with Best Friends, City Manager Jus...
CLOVIS - After more than a quarter century of prosecuting accused criminals in Curry and Roosevelt counties, Andrea Reeb is calling it a career. But she likely won't be far away from prosecuting, even after her March 1 retirement as the Ninth Judicial District attorney. "I just felt it was time to give somebody else a shot at the position," said Reeb, who has been DA for seven years. "I thought it was time to get my retirement, move on and try some other things." Reeb, a 1989...
CLOVIS — The city of Clovis will have a new police chief in 2022, as Doug Ford is retiring from the Clovis Police Department after more than five years as chief and 24 in the department. In a Monday letter acquired by The News, Ford said his last day will be Dec. 31. “This decision was not an easy one,” Ford wrote to police personnel, “and comes after lots of discussion with my wife, along with the desire to be able to enjoy retirement while we are still physically capable...
TEXICO — An infrastructure bill that should cover the full federal share of the Eastern New Mexico Rural Water System over the next five years was signed into law Monday by President Joe Biden. That’s the good news for the Eastern New Mexico Water Utility Authority, which is working on building the system to supply groundwater from the Ute Reservoir in Quay County to member communities in Curry and Roosevelt counties. The not-so-bad news the authority discussed at its Thursday meeting in Texico is how it needs to stand out...
CLOVIS — Esperanza Tafoya and Marina Sena still have another season to do some damage for the Clovis High softball team. But they already know where their gloves and bats will take them next year. The two signed letters of intent Friday evening at a ceremony held by friends and family at Traci’s Greenhouse — Tafoya to Lamar Community College in Colorado and Sena to University of the Southwest in Hobbs. The two signed their letters in front of family members with cameras in hand, at a table decorated with their uniforms from...
CLOVIS — Clovis school board members met for an hour in executive session regarding the contract for Superintendent Renee Russ. It only took a few minutes in open session to show they were pleased with her work. By a 4-0 vote, board members provided Russ with a contract extension to June 30, 2025, with a 5% raise. Board member Shawn Hamilton said the board appreciated the work Russ did and the raise is intended to reward Russ and make sure the salary is competitive with similar-sized school districts. Russ, who began as super...
CLOVIS — After an admission that no choice would please everybody, and a discussion that illustrated just that, Clovis city commissioners on Thursday adopted a redistricting plan to take effect next year. The commission by a 6-2 vote picked Plan A, one of six options created by Research and Polling to satisfy the city’s requirement to create four commission districts that were roughly equal in population determined by the 2020 Census. Essentially, the plans found different ways to move population from Districts 1 and 4 to...
PORTALES — Eastern New Mexico University’s regents got a touch of good news, along with a dose of uncertainty, on various building projects during their Friday meeting. Vice President for Business Affairs Scott Smart told regents design is complete on Roosevelt Hall renovations, and he’s hoping to get construction documents in late February to set up March bidding and May construction. He did say construction price increases could wreak havoc on the budget, and that he plans to see what additional help the state could provi...
PORTALES — Eastern New Mexico University, like any college, has had its challenges over the last two years. In a discussion-only matter, the college’s regents on Friday first looked at a likely hike in tuition and fees for the 2022-23 school year. Regents were floated a 5% increase, which would be an increase of about $162 per semester for a full-time student, with a request to act in the Dec. 10 meeting so the college would have solid numbers to tell potential students and their families. The board plans to discuss the mat...
PORTALES - Roosevelt County is admittedly behind on the decennial redistricting required under the U.S. Census process, but county officials don't believe they'll have any issues handling the matter by the Dec. 30 deadline. By a 3-0 vote, commissioners approved a $14,000 agreement with Research and Polling of Albuquerque. County Clerk Mandi Park said both Research and Polling and New Mexico Demographic Research offered similar packages, with a $9,000 option to give...
CLOVIS — An ad hoc animal control task force quickly came to agreement on one thing Monday night, as it was succinctly put by Justin Howalt. “We’re not going to solve the problem this evening,” Clovis’ city manager said as task force members met for 30 minutes to take a first glance at spay/neuter issues and other pet-related problems the city has faced — some longstanding and some more recent. The task force, which began the meeting with each member introducing themselves and noting what pets they had, was formed prim...
TEXICO - At more than one point on the sideline of Texico's 55-33 triumph over Capitan Friday night, Wolverine coach Bob Gilbreath summed up his thoughts on a play with words that were somehow dismissive and explanatory at once. "Playoff football." Fans who flocked to the Field of Hopes and Dreams got more than a little of everything in the three-hour, 15-minute affair with 50 first downs, 1,079 yards of offense and 13 touchdowns - the last one coming as the final horn sounded...
PORTALES — The sounds of the 53rd annual Eastern New Mexico University POPS Concert will no doubt be full of welcome sights and sounds for an audience that went without the dinner concert last year. But the people who organize it might need it just as much as the 250 audience members, if not more. “For a musician, it’s all about live performance,” ENMU Director of Music Dustin Seifert said. “While we were able to maintain a connection and relationship with our students, there’s nothing like live performance.” The concert,...
CLOVIS — A Clovis man was arrested Wednesday in connection with a Tuesday night shooting that left a 17-year-old dead. Theodore Avalos, 21, was in the Curry County Adult Detention Center with no bond this weekend on charges of involuntary manslaughter, tampering with evidence and two counts each of giving alcoholic beverages to a minor and negligent use of a deadly weapon. He’s accused in connection with the death of Malik Martinez-Daniels of Clovis. Avalos made his first app...
BOVINA - New Home would never proclaim it had figured out the Bovina Mustangs in Friday night's District 2-2A Division II tilt. The box score said otherwise. After a dominant Mustangs first quarter, it was all New Home the rest of the way as the Leopards scored 21 unanswered to topple Bovina 21-14. Freshman Caleb Cook threw for 173 yards and two scores, and the Leopard defense held its own after quickly falling behind 14-0. "I didn't do a very good job of getting us ready to p...
CLOVIS — Between six to nine months of project design, a similar timeframe to acquire easements and 12 to 14 months of construction, plenty of time still separates the Eastern New Mexico Water Utility Authority from the Texico lateral it envisions as part of its water delivery system. It’s just as well, since an agreement with EPCOR Water that’s a linchpin to the lateral is only at its starting point as well. But those who attended a Wednesday study session at the ENMWUA office saw no reason they couldn’t find common ground....
CLOVIS — The Clovis Municipal School district went just over a year without in-person art or music. Music Education Brandon Boerio told the board Tuesday how the students returned, almost without missing a beat, back to their winning ways. A pair of music programs were honored at the board meeting for their statewide victories, with the Clovis High School band taking its ninth consecutive state championship at the Zia Marching Fiesta Oct. 23 and choir students dominating the Southeastern New Mexico Music Educator’s Ass...
CLOVIS - The Clovis Community College Board of Trustees is a five-member organization again, with former instructor Jan Bradburn welcomed back into the fold. In a 28-minute meeting, trustees voted to select Bradburn from a field of four applicants. Bradburn, who retired from CCC in 2013 as director of its Workforce Training Center, will serve out the final two-plus years of the term that expires in 2023. She replaces Arnold Martinez, who resigned in August due to a move out...
CLOVIS — Whether it comes by a school alert or a child’s text, a school lockdown is a message a parent never wants to receive. Since Oct. 19, Clovis Municipal Schools has had to initiate five of them throughout their various campuses. Four of the lockdowns were lifted in 30 minutes or less, the fifth was lifted after nearly two hours and the district reported no injuries from any of the incidents. Clovis Police Capt. Roman Romero said of the five incidents between Oct. 19 and Wednesday, one did not include a citable or arr...
Be it the COVID-19 pandemic, a strong challenge from Organ Mountain or just generally a target on their backs, nothing seems to beat the Clovis High marching band. The band won the Zia Marching Fiesta for the ninth consecutive time Saturday, edging Organ Mountain 88.55 to 88.4 in the final round. After losing the 2020 competition season to the pandemic, Clovis came back with its baseball-themed "Home Run" show and took the title, along with outstanding musical effect and outst...
PORTALES - With the Portales Rams still technically its defending champion, following an abbreviated spring season with no title game, the field is wide open for the blue trophy in Class 4A. However, the Rams might not have a chance to defend their crown, with the latest blow a 12-0 setback to a defensively stout Silver squad. The visiting Colts (6-3, 2-1) held a punchless Ram offense to 72 yards and slowly took control of things in the second half. Silver took the lead with...
As the United States has removed itself from a long conflict in Afghanistan, it is considering how it will handle combat going forward. Air Force Special Operations Command is expected to play a significant role in that direction, with Cannon Air Force Base part of that effort. Col. Terence Taylor has been commander of the 27th Special Operations Wing at Cannon since June. Taylor, who joined the Air Force in 1997, previously served as commander of the 1st Special Operations...
CLOVIS — A pair of arrest warrants were filed Monday in connection with the Oct. 10 homicide of 28-year-old Ivan Luevano. Police are seeking David Valdez, 33, and Victor Quintanilla, 30. The two were last seen in the Lubbock area. Valdez is listed in court records as 5-foot-5, 160 pounds, while Quintanilla is 5-foot-10, 167 pounds. The Clovis Police Department and the district attorney’s office both told The News they didn’t have any information to release beyond what was in the warrants. According to criminal complaints file...
