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SILVER CITY – Western New Mexico pulled out three close sets and the Mustangs handed Eastern New Mexico University a 25-22, 25-22, 26-24 Lone Star Conference setback on Saturday. ENMU (3-10, 0-2 LSC), which dropped its conference opener on Thursday at Texas-Permian Basin on Thursday, battled evenly through most of the match but couldn’t pull out points late in each set. Senior outside hitter Jessica Sales had 15 kills while senior outside hitter Jazmyne Walker earned a double-double with 11 kills and 10 digs, to go with fou...
The Eastern New Mexico University soccer teams picked up shutout wins over Sul Ross State on Saturday, the women winning a Lone Star Conference clash 1-0 at Alpine, Texas, while the men posted a non-league victory over the Lobos 2-0 at Steve Loy Family Foundation Stadium. Senior midfielder Meghann Wingsutton put the Greyhounds on the board in the 27th minute in the women’s contest. Junior forward Mariana Gonzalez Jimenez earned the assist on the play. Both sides had scoring opportunities the rest of the way, but the d...
A Clovis man on Thursday pleaded guilty to murder in the second degree and was sentenced to 15 years in prison. Jimmy Whitlock, 45, is accused of killing 16-year-old Jesse Villanes-Lerma at an apartment on Sycamore Street in Clovis on Aug. 14, 2022. District Judge Ben Cross sentenced Whitlock, who will be required to serve 85% of his sentence, according to a news release from District Attorney Quentin Ray. A second suspect connected to the homicide, Deionte Fannin, 29 at the... Full story
West Texas A&M spoiled the Lone Star Conference opener for the Eastern New Mexico University women's soccer team on Wednesday, handing the Greyhounds a 2-0 loss at Steve Loy Family Foundation Field. ENMU (1-3-1, 0-1 LSC) took a season-best 17 shots overall, with five on goal for the second-most in a match this season, but the Greyhounds were unable to penetrate WT senior goalkeeper Reagan Heelan and the Lady Buffs' defense despite having a number of quality chances to score....
The Gattis 7th grade football team improved to 3-0 on Tuesday with a 21-12 victory over visiting Portales. Rick Fenstermaker, Nathan Lewis and Luke Clements each scored a touchdown for the Cubs, while Fenstermaker added a PAT kick and a 2-point conversion. Defensively, the team was led by Jamie Fernandez with two sacks and a forced fumble, Fenstermaker with two sacks, Nate Lewis with a sack and an interception and Langdon Lewis with a fumble recovery. Both Bryan Terrarzas and Andres Cabrerra posted six total tackles. Next up...
ROSWELL – Clovis High’s volleyball team seemed on its way to victory Tuesday night before things came a bit unraveled. Roswell Goddard roared from behind to take a 23-25, 20-25, 25-20, 25-7, 15-7 victory over the Lady Wildcats. “We played incredible in Games 1 and 2,” CHS coach Cristy Hill said. “We missed 11 serves in Game 1, and we still won.” Junior outside hitter Ashlynn Evans collected 18 kills, seven digs, two blocks and two aces for Clovis (5-4). “Ashlynn was getting balls down every time,” Hill said. “Maybe she got...
I haven't been inside the Mesa theater in downtown Clovis for years. Is the gold chain curtain still there? The gold metal drape still hangs at the Mesa theater, 206 N. Main St., in Clovis. "The drape is still on the stage, although I understand that it might have been modified a little bit from the original installation," Bob Dart said. Dart is vice president of Internet Technology & Operations at Clovis Community College, which owns the theater. Members of the rock 'n' roll...
FRIONA – Suffice it to say, it was a long day for Portales High’s volleyball team on Tuesday. Playing in what was essentially a triangular, the Lady Rams had to wait around for Vega and Friona to complete a five-set marathon, won by the host Squaws. They then went five sets before losing to the Lady Longhorns 26-24, 27-25, 23-25, 19-25, 15-8. In the finale, Friona (23-6) notches a 25-13, 25-23, 25-22 win over PHS. Friona is ranked 30th out of 175 Class 3A schools in Texas, while Vega (24-5) is 17th out of nearly 150 Class 2A...
ROSWELL – Roswell High rallied from a one-set deficit on Monday night for a 19-25, 25-21, 25-23, 25-16 win over Portales High. PHS coach Bailey Greenwalt was disappointed her team couldn’t build off its quick start. The Lady Coyotes (10-1) finally took control with a dominant fourth set. “We played some really good volleyball at times, but we had too many errors,” she said. “It was a good, dominant first set. We led in the second set (16-10), and the third set was back and forth.” Junior middle hitter Skyler Massey post...
Gaia Chies scored early, and the Eastern New Mexico University women’s soccer team made it stand up on Sunday for a 1-0 victory over Colorado Christian at Steve Loy Family Foundation Stadium, the Greyhounds’ first win of the season. Chies, a junior midfielder from Italy, took a pass from senior midfielder Meghann Wingsutton and curled the ball past Cougars goalkeeper Alana Lopp and into the top corner of the net with just over 7 ½ minutes gone – one of just two shots on goal for the Hounds in the match. Meantime, the Cougar...
ALBUQUERQUE – Clovis High’s boys kept winning on Saturday, but veteran CHS coach Greg Trujillo is a bit concerned with District 4-5A competition about ready to begin. Senior forward Ihab Mesbah had two goals and an assist and junior forward/midfielder Julien Salinas delivered a pair of assists as the Wildcats topped Del Norte 4-2, improving to 10-2 for the season with their sixth consecutive victory. “It was a sloppy game on our part,” Trujillo said. “We didn’t take care of the ball and retain possession. “We couldn’t conn...
Portales High’s football team has developed a bit of a rivalry against Los Lunas-based Valencia over the past few years. Now the teams find themselves in the same district as they prepare for Friday’s 7 p.m. clash at Eastern New Mexico University’s Steve Loy Family Foundation Stadium. It’s the fourth year in a row the teams have played. After splitting a pair of tightly contested games the first two seasons, the Rams ran away to a 51-0 victory in 2023. PHS coach Jaime Ramirez doesn’t expect a repeat of that on Friday ni...
Construction at the southeast corner of Axtell and East Second streets in Clovis is the beginning of a new showroom for Beast Mode Equipment. “Basically, we’re expanding with our community. We’ve gotten a good welcoming in the area with our style of selling,” said Beast Mode General Manager Hayden Williams. Beast Mode’s storefront is on the corner of Axtell and East First streets. “We’re building a 50 foot by 100 foot ‘barn’ that we’ll be using as a showroom,” Williams said. As to when the new showroom will open, Williams s...
Mexican food is the fare at the new Cocina Delicious, 1501 N. Prince St., in Clovis. “It’s me, my mom Mila and our helper Ivonne,” owner George Alvarado said Monday. Alvarado said the restaurant is open Tuesdays through Sundays, “but we may be open some Mondays.” Alvarado said the restaurant will open at 8 a.m. and close at 2 p.m. “We are thinking about being open from 5 p.m. to 10 p.m.,” Alvarado said Alvarado said Cocina Delicious will be offering “different kinds of food, homemade.” “Menudo, enchiladas, smoked...
It was an oasis of, well, wings and wheels at the fourth year of Clovis Regional Airport’s fourth Wings-N-Wheels event. Amanda Brungart, the airport’s director, said 250 people, 25 cars and six aircraft were in attendance Saturday despite severe thunderstorm threats. “We had a Cessna 414, we had a Cessna Caravan, which was a freight aircraft that came in, and then a couple of our base tenants were able to come out as well,” Brungart said. While Brungart said she was pleased with the event, she said it was “somewhat minimized...
Glenco Inc., a Clovis’ structural steel fabricator, is celebrating its 70th birthday on Friday. “We started business in 1954 when my grandfather, Stanley Julian, opened the business,” Matthew Glenn said. Glenn is the owner of Glenco, Inc. “Grandad moved from Las Vegas (NM) to Clovis. He was a Santa Fe railroad man. He saw a need for the company in Clovis,” Glenn said. Glenn believes Glenco steel may be found in the construction of about 200 buildings, give or take, in Clovis. “Schools, churches, banks, Cannon Air Force Base....
An Eastern New Mexico University graduate has gifted two oil paintings to be displayed in the main lobby of the Jack Williamson Liberal Arts Building on the Portales campus. "We want to display these paintings in high-traffic areas near the front of the (building)," said Bryan Hahn, manager of the Runnels Gallery and the university art collection curator. "Many people from various disciplines are in that building, so a variety of people from many different backgrounds and...
Rain and lightning delays dragged out Saturday's Lone Star Conference football game between Eastern New Mexico University and Midwestern State at Steve Loy Family Foundation Stadium. When play resumed, the Mustangs rained on ENMU's parade. Midwestern jumped out to a 16-0 lead in the second quarter and rode a 5-for-5 field goal performance from senior kicker Joseph Carlson to a 36-15 victory over the Greyhounds. The 6 p.m. start of the match was delayed by lightning for about...
Fire caused extensive damage early Monday morning to a home at 2021 Axtell St. in Clovis. Officials said the fire was reported about 6:40 a.m. No one was injured. No one was living in the home, said Clovis Fire Marshal Terrance Lizardo “It’s still under investigation right now,” Lizardo said late Monday morning. “We have figured out a point of origin for the fire itself, but depending on if there’s insurance on it, they may call in a private investigator. So we don’t want to d...
The Clovis High boys soccer team got off to a bit of a slow start, but in the end the Wildcats had too much for Portales High. Four second-half goals gave the Cats firm control in a 5-1 victory on Wednesday at the PHS pitch. The match had been slated for Tuesday, but was pushed back a day due to lightning. Senior forward Anthony Cordova gave the Rams a 1-0 lead early in the contest, but senior forward Ihab Mesbah headed in the equalizer off a corner kick from freshman...
Suffice it to say, Eastern New Mexico University’s volleyball team has turned it around against Sul Ross State over the years – and the Greyhounds are glad to now see the Alpine, Texas-based Lobos in the Lone Star Conference. ENMU earned just its second win of the campaign on Friday night, rallying past Sul Ross 21-25, 25-22, 26-24, 25-18 at Steve Loy Family Foundation Arena on the second night of an LSC Volleyball Challenge event. It was the Hounds’ 23rd consecutive win in the series, which dates to the late 1970s. Sul R...
ALBUQUERQUE – Clovis High’s football team broke its lengthy scoring drought on Thursday night and stayed competitive for much of the game. In the end, the Cibola Cougars were a bit too much and walked away with a 36-12 victory at Nusenda Community Stadium. Coming off losses against three of the better Class 6A teams in the state, the Cats had been outscored 158-0 since tallying a TD and a 2-point conversion on their first drive of the season. But early in the second stanza, the pulled to 7-6 when junior running back John Roy...
MULESHOE – A BNSF train derailed about 9:45 p.m. (CDT) Tuesday along U.S. 84 between Muleshoe and Sudan. BNSF spokesperson Kendall Sloan told The News in an email the train was “stopped during a high wind warning” when dozens of cars were tipped off the tracks. No injuries were reported. Sloan said mainline operations resumed through the area about 2 p.m. Wednesday. Sloan declined to provide any additional information....
Are people in New Mexico allowed to smoke marijuana outside of businesses in public? Consuming cannabis in public in New Mexico is illegal. The News got the answer from Clovis Police Department Deputy Chief Trevor Thron. “According to the New Mexico Cannabis Regulation Act: All cannabis consumption (smoking, vaping, eating, etc.) must be done either in your private residence or at a licensed consumption lounge,” Thron wrote in an email response Thursday. Thron also said it’s illegal to use cannabis or cannabis products while...
SANTA FE — The New Mexico Environment Department is offering free drinking water testing to residents who live around Cannon Air Force Base and get their drinking water from a private well. For decades, fire-fighting foams containing per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, collectively known as PFAS, were used by Cannon, which contaminated nearby groundwater. When ingested, PFAS could cause various health complications, including high cholesterol, birth defects, and several types of cancer. The testing is available to the f...
