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Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
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The stretch of Highway 60/84 between the Clovis city limits and Cannon Air Force Base has been commonly referred to as an eyesore, a reference to the run-down properties that put uneasiness into the families newly assigned to the military installation. CMI photo: Tony Bullocks Project organizer Stacey Martin operates a front loader Friday to tear down a home destroyed by fire on Highway 60-84 between Clovis and Cannon AFB. Martin was assisted by Stevens Construction in the...
Harry Miller wasn't a man of many hobbies away from the hardwood. "My dad was a basketball coach," youngest son Gary Miller said. "It was basketball. When it's not basketball season, you're on the road recruiting or you do camps. We would tag along in some cases, and Mom would go with him." But when he stepped back into his home, he was Dad, and Coach Miller could wait. Harry Miller, who coached Eastern New Mexico University to the NAIA national championship in 1969, died...
A Clovis man has been arrested and charged in connection with the theft of a plaque of slain civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr., and destruction of the plaque with the intent to sell it for scrap metal. Jeremy R. Palmer, 27, of Clovis, is in the Curry County Adult Detention Center in lieu of $20,000 bond. He faces felony charges of larceny and possession of stolen property. Jeremy Palmer, 27, of Clovis, faces charges of larceny and possession of stolen property in...
Friday showed that even when the Clovis girls basketball team isn't running on a full tank, and doesn't play all that well, it's still one of the top five teams in Class 5A. As it stood, the top-ranked Lady Cats had little trouble dispatching No. 6 Eldorado 53-36 in a game they led for the final 26 minutes and never by less than nine in the second half. CNJ staff photo: Tony Bullocks Clovis guard Brandi Gomez looks for a teammate against defense from Eldorado's Ellie Guerra...
In its first meeting of 2013, the Local Growth Management Committee set up its leadership and its goals for the next few months. The group, created to deal with community growth issues resulting from the change of mission at Cannon Air Force Base, took 90 minutes to span various topics. The meeting was chaired by Portales Mayor Sharon King, who was voted to the position left vacant when former chairman Caleb Chandler's term expired with the Curry County Commission. Clovis City Commissioner Sandra Taylor-Sawyer was voted in as...
In its first meeting of 2013, the Local Growth Management Committee set up its leadership and its goals for the next few months. The group, created to deal with community growth issues resulting from the change of mission at Cannon Air Force Base, took 90 minutes to span various topics. The meeting was chaired by Portales Mayor Sharon King, who was voted to the position left vacant when former chairman Caleb Chandler's term expired with the Curry County Commission. Clovis City Commissioner Sandra Taylor-Sawyer was voted in as...
A smattering of large donations has helped lead to another passed goal for the Salvation Army this Christmas season. Monday totals show the charity is ahead of last year's numbers for both its kettle money and its annual Empty Stocking Fund to help families. So far, $13,800 has been collected for the Empty Stocking, exceeding the $10,133.92 collected at the same time last year. The amount of the Salvation Army Red Kettle campaign, totaled on Saturday, is $42,794.23. Maj. Jim Gallop of the Salvation Army said that is about...
A state judge on Monday granted a motion to dismiss litigation the Village of Logan filed in an attempt to halt construction on the Eastern New Mexico Rural Water System, also known as the Ute Water Project. The litigation, heard by Judge Sarah Singleton of the First Judicial Court in Santa Fe, is one of three that have been filed this year against the Eastern New Mexico Water Utility Authority, a body comprised of municipalities in Curry and Roosevelt counties. The authority is responsible for the construction, operation...
The state's military base planning committee descended upon Clovis Wednesday afternoon, where members received an update on Cannon Air Force Base and heard about a push for renewable energy and better transmission lines. The committee's quarterly meeting, held at Clovis Community College, took about two hours — including a 20-minute closed session to discuss propriety information, with no action taken afterward. During the meeting, the committee heard updates from Col. Craig Walker, vice commander of the 27th Special O...
Family put Scot Stinnett in the newspaper business, and inadvertently kept him from trying his craft at a bigger newspaper. One week after receiving a New Mexico reporter's highest honor, the Portales native insists that family put him there, too. The 1974 Portales High graduate, who got his start at the Portales News-Tribune before he was a teenager and has run the De Baca County News for the last 20 years, was inducted Oct. 27 into the New Mexico Press Association Hall of...
The county clerks for Roosevelt and Curry counties say early voting for Tuesday's general election feels just as busy as it was in the last presidential election 2008, but the numbers don't bear it out. As of Wednesday, there have been 4,337 early vote ballots in Curry County, compared 4,537 at the same point in 2008. The 200-vote discrepancy is paired with an even slower call for absentee ballots. The county has so far mailed out 1,142 absentee ballots, County Clerk Coni Jo Lyman said, against 2,539 absentee ballots in...
The Clovis City Commission, with aims to avoid a sticky situation on fee waivers, tabled a request Thursday night to help reduce landfill costs for a local peanut plant. Portales-based Sunland Inc., in operation since 1988, has massive disposal issues associated with a nationwide recall of products. A salmonella outbreak was traced back to a product made at the plant, and a recall eventually included all products made at the plant after March 10, 2010. Those products are now being disposed of at the Clovis city landfill. The...
Stan Patterson at one time owned about five dozen clocks in his Clovis home, but has over the years downsized to about 20. He's learned all kinds of lessons, like the importance of staggering the ones with hourly chimes. "When all of those things go off," Patterson says with a laugh, "it drives you crazy." CMI staff photo: Kevin Wilson Stan Patterson of Clovis looks over a grandfather clock he recently purchased at an auction. Patterson believes the clock was made in London...
A local communications provider is one of three statewide that received federal money to upgrade mobile service in rural areas of New Mexico that lack 3G or 4G wireless service. According to a release from Sen. Tom Udall, D-N.M., Plateau Telecommunications Inc. received $9.6 million to upgrade service across seven counties in the central and southeastern areas of the state. The project will provide up to 17,920 road miles served by the upgrades, with projects set for completion within three years. A road mile, Plateau Chief... Full story
Kevin Wilson: CNJ staff photo Pastor Bonita Knox of Trinity Lutheran Church delivers a blessing to Solis, a mixed terrier, as Mazdin Grim, 11, of Clovis looks on Saturday at the church's animal blessing event. Bonita Knox stepped to the podium, as she had so many times before as pastor at Trinity Lutheran Church, and surveyed a crowd of a dozen about to receive blessings. All dogs, and one cat," said Knox, pastor of Trinity Lutheran Church, said to a rambunctious audience and their owners at the church's annual blessing of... Full story
Bonita Knox stepped to the podium, as she had so many times before as pastor at Trinity Lutheran Church, and surveyed a crowd of a dozen about to receive blessings. CNJ staff photo: Kevin Wilson Pastor Bonita Knox of Trinity Lutheran Church delivers a blessing to Solis, a mixed terrier, as Mazdin Grim, 11, of Clovis looks on Saturday at the church's animal blessing event. "All dogs, and one cat," said Knox, pastor of Trinity Lutheran Church, said to a rambunctious audience and... Full story
In what was reasoned as a choice between Albuquerque or Denver, the Clovis Civil Aviation Board chose the latter with a recommendation of Great Lakes Airlines to provide federally-subsidized air service at the Clovis Municipal Airport. The recommendation will go forward to the Clovis City Commission on Thursday. The recommendation passed on a 5-1 vote. Members Russ Backoff, City Commissioner Chris Bryant, Terry Moberly and Karl Spence voted yes. Ty Curtis cast the dissenting vote. "In two years, if we feel it's not doing...
A cosmetics company that has received nearly $2 million in financial assistance from the city is having issues opening its facility. Clovis city officials are planning a meeting next week to get more information and see what can be done to keep the project alive. Beauty Health and Science Innovations Corp. was formed when Minnesota-based Z. Bigatti was bought out by California-based COBE Chem Labs, with the intent to move to Clovis and open operations earlier this year at the former Froze Fruit plant south of the Clovis...
RIO RANCHO — Whether by ground or by air, Jordan Rommell delivered. The 5-foot-9, 165-pound senior saved most of his deliveries for the second half, posting 134 of his 181 yards of offense after halftime to help the young Cleveland Storm move to .500 on the season with a 27-20 victory over the Clovis Wildcats. Rommell rushed 29 times for 149 yards, with touchdowns of 3 and 4 yards, and caught eight passes for 131 yards — including a 71-yard score with less than five min... Full story
Saturday afternoon at F.M. Wilson Stadium will feature a team in purple, white and black facing a team in white, purple and black. While that may seem like a simplistic description of the 2 p.m. tilt between Manzano and Clovis, there's no denying the teams are somewhat looking at themselves in the mirror. Both teams are going from a running quarterback to a throwing quarterback. Both teams are senior-laden in the trenches, and young and athletic at the skill and secondary... Full story
Saturday afternoon at F.M. Wilson Stadium will feature a team in purple, white and black facing a team in white, black and purple. While that may seem like a simplistic description of the 2 p.m. tilt between Manzano and Clovis, there's no denying the teams are somewhat looking at themselves in the mirror. Both teams are going from a running quarterback to a throwing quarterback. Both teams are senior-landed in the trenches, and young and athletic at the skill and secondary positions. And both teams know their first two games...
A year after it began construction on its new Clovis plant, an agricultural feed company has called its move a success. Quality Liquid Feeds, which relocated a plant from Hereford for liquid feed to serve the dairy and beef production industries, was the second tenant to join the Clovis Industrial Park last year. Construction ran from August to December of last year, before the producer opened for business to start 2012. "This January through July, we are experiencing a 36 percent increase in business versus the same period i...
By a unanimous vote, the Clovis City Commission agreed Thursday night to give city employees a 3 percent raise Each year, following completion of the final budget, City Manager Joe Thomas said consideration is given as to how much money is available to provide annual increases. "For the last couple of years, due to financial concerns," Thomas said, "we have not been able to give any increases to this level." City employees received a 2 percent increase in 2011. The last year city employees did not receive a raise was 2002. Th... Full story
Matt Lowe hasn't been in Clovis long, but he is a relative groundbreaker for Clovis with a small online dream. CMI staff photo: Kevin Wilson A shot of Matt Lowe's Kickstarter project page for Micro Wars, an online game he is trying to complete with help from the crowd-funding website. Lowe, a second lieutenant at Cannon Air Force Base, is a few weeks into an attempt on the crowd-funding website kickstarter.com to fund Micro Wars, a game he and friends have been tackling for...
Matt Lowe hasn't been in Clovis long, but he is a relative groundbreaker for Clovis with a small online dream. CMI staff photo: Kevin Wilson A shot of Matt Lowe's Kickstarter project page for Micro Wars, an online game he is trying to complete with help from the crowd-funding website. Lowe, a second lieutenant at Cannon Air Force Base, is a few weeks into an attempt on the crowd-funding website kickstarter.com to fund Micro Wars, a game he and friends have been tackling for... Full story
