Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
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Coronavirus concerns will force many churchgoers to stay home this weekend. But larger churches will be doing what they can to bring Sunday morning service to the comfort of their members’ homes. While houses of worship are exempt from most government-mandated edicts, most local churches have closed willingly to help cope with the ongoing pandemic. But people of faith are finding ways to worship together, just separately, thanks to live-streaming technology. Faith C... Full story
Cannon Air Force Base has about 100 airmen and dependents who are self-monitoring while isolated in quarters, though it has had no confirmed cases of the coronavirus so far. Representatives from the base said it is important to differentiate between several terms related to the epidemic. Self-observation is when individuals are aware of the symptoms and monitor themselves. Self-monitoring is synonymous with quarantine and involves 14 days of staying in quarters, but is a self-enforced status and less legally binding. The... Full story
PORTALES — The Portales City Council on Tuesday made a tentative agreement with Elite Medical Transport to expand local emergency resources for the Portales Fire Department. Fire Chief T.J. Cathey said the agreement would provide a valuable resource for his department and provide an extra ambulance. He added it would help facilitate transportation for patients home or to different facilities, with no fiscal impact for the city. Other items from the meeting include: • The council reviewed and accepted its 2018-2019 audit rep...
PORTALES — State representatives for the Portales area had mixed feelings about the legislative session this year, where recreational marijuana remained a discussion item while a “red-flag” gun bill became law. Following the 30-day legislative session, senators and representatives from eastern New Mexico visited the Roosevelt County Chamber of Commerce Luncheon on Thursday to share the highlights from this year’s session. Rep. Phelps Anderson, who represents Rooseve...
PORTALES — Brady Brunson said he’s been doing his best to clean up the aftermath of a structure fire on his property from last summer. But progress has been slow-going and the Portales City Council has decided to take action to clean up the “dangerous” debris. Council members on Tuesday approved the filing of a formal complaint with the district court to abate the nuisance property at 210 N. Ave., which was burned in a structure fire last July and declared dangerous during a meeting in August. Brunson was in attenda...
PORTALES — Monica Eppinger wants to save as many Portales animals as she can from euthanasia at the local shelter. She even founded the non-profit Labor of Love Project to help do that. But she faces one major problem: The Labor of Love’s president has been barred from the shelter’s property and said she doesn’t know why. Linda Sumption, an English professor at Eastern New Mexico University and volunteer at the Portales shelter, went before the Portales City Council on Tuesday to bring attention to a string of “misund...
The accomplishments of Martin Luther King Jr. have echoed throughout generations and every year groups in Clovis and Portales make sure to celebrate his legacy. This Saturday, the Clovis chapter of the Martin Luther King Jr. Commission starts the celebration early with its 28th Annual Scholarship Breakfast at the Clovis High School Cafeteria. Tickets are $10 a person or $100 for a table and the event will feature a speech by James B. Lewis from Albuquerque. Students and...
CLOVIS — The Curry County Commission broke in the new year by approving the purchase of new security equipment at the detention center during their first meeting Tuesday morning. Mark Gallegos said the jail is in need of an advanced system to help screen new detainees for contraband. The new system would replace searches by staff with an x-ray machine and drastically streamline the screening process for new entries. “The primary job of this will be able to reduce and minimize the amount of contraband that might make it int...
While Lonnie Baca has served Clovis Municipal Schools for over 20 years, he only recently stepped into the position of athletic director at Clovis High, a position where he has already made an impression. Baca received the Rookie Athletic Director of the Year Award from the New Mexico Athletic Director’s Association (NMADA) on Monday. The announcement came during the New Mexico Activities Association’s fall conference. Rookie of the Year candidates must be nominated by the...
