Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
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A Roosevelt County detention officer is facing petty misdemeanor embezzlement charges, accused of stealing prescription drugs from an inmate. Carolina Gonzalez, 27, of Clovis, is the second detention officer this year to be accused of stealing drugs from inmates. Detention center Administrator David Casanova said Gonzalez stole the pills the night of Oct. 19, when she was the officer in charge of inmate medication. The next shift noticed the missing pills through inventory procedures, Casanova said, and notified the...
A Clovis homemaker and military spouse won $30,000 playing scratch off lottery’s Big Bingo Monday night. Darlene Greene told lottery officials she plans to use some of the money to pay off a car loan, according to a press release. Linda Hamlin, New Mexico Lottery spokeswoman, said Greene’s husband Wendell, stationed at Cannon Air Force Base, recently returned from a deployment to Iraq. Greene said she was playing the game Monday evening before bed when she discovered she had won. “I just fell down and started thanking God,...
PNT staff reports KENW-TV and New Mexico First are sponsoring a debate between candidates in the local Congressional District, and are looking for voters to help choose the questions, according to a news release from Eastern New Mexico University. Candidates for New Mexico’s 3rd Congressional District seat, Democratic incumbent Ben Ray Lujan and Republican challenger Tom Mullins, are scheduled to hold a debate from 4:30-5:30 p.m. Saturday in the KENW studio on the ENMU campus. Forty to 60 voters are to discuss what q...
PNT staff reports Portales and Floyd Fire Departments responded to a hay fire on Highway 236 at Anderson Dairy this morning at 8:30 a.m. No one was injured in the fire that burned 20 bales of hay, said Lt. Floyd Hancock. The cause of the fire was undetermined, but might be ruled as wet hay, said Hancock. High moisture levels in stored hay can cause mold growth and other chemical reactions that raise the temperature to a burning point. Four units from Portales and three from Floyd responded to the fire and was under control...
Clovis police arrested two men Monday in connection with a Sept. 18 stabbing. Kenneth Lamar Nash, 24, and Angelo Vargas, 25, are being held at the Curry County jail. Vargas is facing two charges — aggravated battery with a deadly weapon and aggravated burglary — and is being held on $35,000 bond, as is Nash, who is charged as an accessory to those crimes, according to a press release from police. Police said the pair forced their way into the apartment of Eric Lundgren and attacked him. Lundgren told officers he...
Members unanimously approved six policy updates during a special meeting Tuesday of the Eastern Plains Council of Government’s executive committee. The policies updated were: a Workforce Investment Act policy and procedures manual, a disaster and recovery plan, a teleworking policy, fiscal monitoring and procedures and records retention and a public access policy. Director Richard Arguello said a WIA audit revealed the policies needed to be updated and that policy changes had been reviewed and approved by the Department of L...
CNJ staff reports The Clovis-Carver Public Library is one of five New Mexico libraries taking part in a power meter loan program, according to a release from Xcel Energy. The company’s Power Check program gives libraries portable power meters, which patrons can check out and use to determine energy consumption and cost of using individual appliances and electronic devices. The program started last year in libraries in Colorado and Minnesota, and has expanded to 50 libraries in five states where Xcel provides electric s...
Habitat for Humanity of Roosevelt and Curry Counties has scheduled the groundbreaking ceremony for its ninth house for 8:30 a.m. Saturday at 310 E. Kaywood St. The ceremony is open to the public, and attendees can meet the family who is to help build and receive the home. The house is the sixth in Portales. Habitat volunteers have built three homes in Clovis. Information: 359-1344 or www.habitatrcc.com...
Sharon Hicks of Clovis was named Realtor’s Association of New Mexico 2010 Realtor of the Year. She received the award Thursday during ceremonies at the association’s annual conference in Santa Fe. Hicks began her real estate career in 1971 in Levelland, Texas. Her New Mexico real estate career began in 1989 when she joined Re/Max in Clovis. She will be honored with other state winners at the National Association of Realtors Annual Convention, Nov. 3-8 in New Orleans. Business Digest is compiled by CNJ Staff Writer Sharna Joh...
We recently lost a Clovis Pioneer baseball player, Ray Bauer, who died at age 93. He came to Clovis to play for the Pioneers, a member of the West Texas/New Mexico League. Ray played for pro teams affiliated with the Cincinnati Reds, St. Louis Cardinals, Chicago Cubs and Cleveland Indians. I played with Ray from 1947 to 1949. I was drafted by the New York Giants and was to report to their farm club in Oswego, N.Y., on March 15, 1941. I was drafted by the U.S. Air Corps on Feb. 26, 1941, and could not continue my baseball...
A Houston area school teacher was arrested Friday for child solicitation following an investigation by the Curry County Sheriff’s Office. Michael Crawley, 30, is being held in Harris County, Texas, in lieu of $200,000 bond, Undersheriff Wesley Waller said Monday. Curry County deputies contacted the Harris County Texas High Tech Crimes Unit, who charged Crawley with online solicitation of a minor and distributing obscene material to a minor. He is also charged in Curry County with solicitation of a child by electronic d...
A lieutenant general who served as operations commander of Cannon Air Force Base in the late 1990s is being promoted to vice chief of staff of the Air Force. Lt. Gen. Philip M. Breedlove will assume the position in March, replacing Gen. Howie Chandler, who is slated to retire, according to an article in Air Force Times. Breedlove has commanded Air Force operations, plans and requirements since August 2009. A fighter pilot, Breedlove is expected to receive a fourth star with the promotion. Breedlove served as commander of the...
A meeting of the Joint Land Use Study Policy Committee is 2 p.m. Monday at Portales City Hall. The committee identifies potential compatibility issues between communities in Curry and Roosevelt counties and Cannon Air Force Base....
The deadline to apply for retroactive stop loss pay is Oct. 21. Service members whose service was involuntarily extended from Sept. 11, 2001 to Sept. 30, 2009 are eligible for Retroactive Stop Loss Special Pay. Stop loss is a policy used during major conflicts to quickly retain and generate forces to surge. Under the 2009 War Supplemental Appropriations Act, $530 million was set aside to pay stop loss compensation. All veterans, active service personnel and survivors of service members are entitled to a $500 payment for each...
CNJ staff photo: Tony Bullocks Jay Gurley speaks Wednesday at Clovis Community College, where the Town Hall was redidicated as the Dr. Jay Gurley Town Hall. Also seated are James H. Turner, left, for whom the Business Service Center was dedicted, and Clovis Community College President John Neibling. Clovis Community College dedicated areas on the campus Wednesday to two long-time educators. The board of trustees passed the resolution Sept. 1 to dedicate the Town Hall as the Dr. Jay Gurley Town Hall. Gurley served as the...
A former Eastern New Mexico University student body president died after rolling his vehicle Sunday in Texas, according to the university and the Amarillo Globe-News. Stephen Michael Frost, 26, of Amarillo was northbound in a 2001 Ford F-250 pickup on Texas Highway 207 about 10 miles north of Silverton when he ran into the ditch while trying to turn west onto Farm-to-Market Road 146, the Texas Department of Public Safety said. Frost overcorrected and the vehicle rolled about three times, ejecting him. Frost was pronounced...
Police are investigating a Saturday altercation in Clovis that left two men with stab wounds and a third man beaten. Around 4 p.m. Saturday police were called to the Clovis Apartments on North Martin Luther King Junior Boulevard for a multiple stabbing report. Police found two men with stab wounds and a third who had been beaten, according to police Capt. Patrick Whitney. The men were transported to Plains Regional Medical Center for treatment of non-life threatening injuries he said in a Monday e-mail. “The motive and s...
New Mexico Secretary of Education Susanna Murphy will recognize Ranchvale Elementary School 1 p.m. Monday for being named a 2010 National Blue Ribbon School recipient. The school was recognized as one of three in New Mexico and 314 in the country as a school whose students achieve at a high levels. The event will be held at Ranchvale and is open to the public....
Courtesy photo The Zombie Circus Extravaganza follows a circus that has a ringmaster, strongman, tightrope walker and the normal circus cast, but director Bryan Hahn said there is a twist. It might have been a nightmare to put together, but the director of an upcoming zombie show said there’s no nightmare for the audience. “It is a show of nothing but humor,” said Bryan Hahn, an Eastern New Mexico University dance faculty member directing the Zombie Circus Extravaganza. “Every step of the way, it’s got a laugh.” The show, w...
A Portales woman faces three felony child abuse charges and a misdemeanor drunken driving charge in connection with a crash Sunday in Portales. According to court records, 26-year-old Natalie Soto crashed her Chevrolet Cavalier into a cinderblock fence early Sunday morning in the 1200 block of North Avenue M. Court records indicated her two children were riding in the back seat. The children’s ages are not specified in the report. Police said they smelled alcohol on Soto and administered a breath test at police h...
St. Helen Catholic Church fiesta continues today with live entertainment, games, a bouncy house, food and a auction from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. The silent auction starts at 3 p.m., and all proceeds go toward the church community, different organizations and special church needs. All events are held on church grounds at 1600 S. Ave. O. Church officials said the 39th annual fiesta is a time to get together to celebrate a common faith with people from the community. Food included menudo, carne asado, gorditas and more. Church...
The Melrose City Council approved a resolution Thursday supporting a proposed $33 million Curry County criminal justice complex. The council supported both ballot questions voters are being asked to approve in the Nov. 2 general election. County voters are being asked to approve a $16.5 million bond and a one-quarter cent increase in the gross receipts tax to fund the complex, which would include a new jail....
The James Polk Stone Community Bank will host its annual 9/11 community memorial ceremony 7:30 a.m. today, according to a press release. The ceremony will take place near the bank’s flag pole at the corner of Abilene and West First Streets. Portales Police Deputy Chief Lonnie Berry and J.P. Stone Community Bank President David Stone will be featured speakers at the event. The Cannon Air Force Base Honor Guard will participate in the ceremony along with the Victory Life Church worship team. Leroy Thomas of Portales will o...
Portales city workers are making drainage improvements on Maple Street from North Main Street to North Abilene Avenue. According to a city press release, this phase of the improvement begins this week and is scheduled for completion in 45 days. It’s being funded by a grant from the New Mexico Department of Transportation. Portales Capital Projects Administrator Susan Baysinger said after the drainage phase is complete, an announcement will be made about “chip and seal” repairs on that same street. Residents traveling throu...
Charges in an Aug. 13 Muleshoe homicide will be presented to a grand jury, Police Chief Brian Frieda said Thursday. Frieda said police have a “particular person of interest” in the case and are continuing to conduct interviews and investigate the incident. “We kind of have an idea who this is,” he said. “They’re being cooperative and they’re not a threat to the community.” Frieda said there have been no charges filed in connection with the case and he does not have a timeline for when a grand jury might hear the case. Polic...
