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Local Realtor Brett Johnson called The News not long ago. "I know a guy you need to interview for 'Our People' in your Sunday paper. Alan Kinlund. He just won his second award from Forbes magazine," Johnson said. When you go into Kinlund's meeting room in his office on 21st Street in Clovis, there are the awards to the man from Raton who went to Eastern New Mexico University, spent time in San Francisco and came to Clovis. His 2023 award features a bear, his 2024 award...
My phone rang last week and the caller ID read Jim Love. There’s only one Jim Love in this area, Coach Jim Love. He was the best thing about ninth-grade football, which proved to be my swan song in the sport. He was one of the best things about Portales High School. All the students and teachers loved Jim Love. He had a way of calling you out if you were out of line that got the message across quickly without him becoming the bad guy, unlike some of the other coaches. We h...
To put it mildly, the Clovis High boys soccer team came to life in the second half on Tuesday night. Locked in a scoreless tie with New Mexico Military at the intermission, the Wildcats put four goals on the board in the first 10 minutes of the second stanza and cruised to a 5-0 victory over the Colts at Leon Williams Stadium. Sophomore forward/midfielder Rony Enamorado notched a hat trick while senior forward Ihab Mesbah posted two goals and a pair of assists for the Cats...
TEXICO – Senior Alex Fuentes scored four touchdowns and threw for one on Friday night, and Texico held on for a 32-19 victory over Farwell. Fuentes' last touchdown came on a scoop-and-score with under two minutes left after a sack on Steers senior quarterback Jonathan Armstrong, clinching the win for the Wolverines (3-0). Texico led 20-0 in the second stanza, but Armstrong threw touchdown passes of 9 yards to junior Hudson Agee and 17 yards to senior Ryder McElroy and s...
LAS VEGAS, N.M. – Suffice it to say, it was a pleasant bus ride home on Wednesday night for Portales High’s soccer teams. Both squads posted shutout wins, the boys defeating West Las Vegas 2-0 while the girls notched a decisive 5-0 triumph. Goals by senior forward Tony Cordova in the first half and senior forward/midfielder Gabriel Duran in the second were enough for the Rams (4-1) in the boys matchup. Senior defender Elijah Tellez had an assist on Cordova’s goal, while junior midfielder/defender Ediel Aniles assisted on th...
PUEBLO, Colo. – Eastern New Mexico University’s volleyball team got off to a tough start on Friday, dropping its first two matches of the season in Colorado State-Pueblo’s Steel City Showcase. The Greyhounds were bounced 25-13, 25-18, 18-25, 25-17 by Minnesota-Crookston, then lost to Lake Superior State 25-17, 25-19, 25-20. ENMU was slated to face Cal State East Bay and the host Skyhawks on Saturday to round out the event. Crookston (2-0), which swept East Bay 25-22, 25-21, 25-20 in its opening match of the event, score...
If anybody needs an excuse to stay up late to watch college football, Muleshoe's Lincoln Riley gives us one. The University of Southern California's third-year coach has been under fire since last year's 8-5 season that was even more disappointing in the Pac 12 (5-4). But all is forgiven for now after Riley's Trojans beat 13th-ranked LSU, 27-20, on Sunday. Sports writer Luca Evans of the San Gabriel Valley Tribune called it Riley's first "signature win" at the West Coast...
The Agricultural Science Centers at Clovis and Tucumcari have released their weather statistics for August. The numbers show it was hot, hot, hot. In Clovis, the average high was 95 degrees with four days topping out at 100 or more. The hottest day was 103 on Aug. 23. Twenty days in August hit 95 or more. Think that's warm? Tucumcari says, "Hold my iced lemonade." The ag center in Tucumcari reported an average high of 100 degrees for August. It recorded 16 days of...
A gentleman by the name of Maynard Good Stoddard wrote an article for The Saturday Evening Post many moons ago that my brother, for some reason, sent my way. It is entitled “To Beard or Not to Beard.” Stoddard said one day he finally figured out why he had been pushed around at home for so many years. It was, he had discovered, because his chin lacked authority. He mentioned that he felt no need for one of those “Jay Leno jobs.” But he felt a definite need for somethi...
On this date ... 1914: The Barbara Worth Hotel in San Diego advertised “A room with a bath for a dollar” in The Clovis Journal. 1941: Portales city officials were making plans for a Sept. 12 statewide blackout. About 80 “special police” were appointed to help organize the civilian defense drill in which all lights were to be shut off and windows covered. The drill was mandatory across New Mexico because military leaders considered border states “of strategic importance from the standpoint of an invasion possibili...
BOVINA – Senior running back Alex Fuentes ran for four touchdowns and sophomore Jaheim Moses returned the second-half kickoff 70 yards for a score, and Texico pulled away to a 50-12 victory over Bovina on Friday night. Fuentes, who finished with 122 rushing yards, scored on a 53-yard run in the first quarter and a 3-yard run early in the second to stake the Wolverines (2-0) to a 12-0 lead. The Mustangs (0-1) closed to 20-12 at halftime, though, on senior Angel Lara's 4...
So far, so good for the Portales High volleyball team. The Lady Rams improved to 3-0 for the young season on Saturday at the Ram Athletic Center with a solid 25-20, 25-18, 25-12 victory over Las Vegas Robertson, which also came in having won its first two matches. “We started a little slow, but we gained confidence with each set,” PHS coach Bailey Greenwalt said. “It was a good match. “There are still some kinks, but we’re playing scrappy. It’s going to be fun to see this team when we find our roles.” Senior outside hitte...
RICHARDSON, Texas – Eastern New Mexico University was picked for eighth place this season in the 11-team Lone Star Conference in a men’s soccer poll released by the LSC office last week. ENMU (4-7-6, 2-3-4 LSC in 2023) received 136 points in the poll, finishing ahead of Texas-Tyler (124), St. Edward’s (113) and conference newcomer Sul Ross State (35). Defending champion Midwestern State was tabbed a prohibitive favorite with 32 of 33 first-place votes and 362 points. West Texas A&M (303) was second, followed by St. Mary...
Eastern New Mexico University senior fullback Ron Craten cracked up while reflecting upon a smiley face tattoo on his right bicep. Though it's the size of a dime, it unearths who this first-year transfer from Mississippi College is and where he hails from. "It's definitely a country tattoo," laughed Craten, a native of Oak Grove, a rural, low-income town in northeastern Louisiana of fewer than 2,000 people where folks honk their horns to holler at one another, kids fish, play...
Following one of the hottest months on record throughout New Mexico, the first week of September is expected to see high temperatures more like fall in the Clovis-Portales area, with a chance for rain most days. The National Weather Service predicts highs in the mid-80s all week with lows in the mid-50s. Thursday night offers a 20% chance of rain, forecasters say. “We have a backdoor front coming through Wednesday night. It’s going to give us enough moisture for isolated storms late [in the] week into the weekend,” said Matt...
Complying with a ruling from Third Judicial District Court Judge James T. Martin, the city of Las Cruces has released unlawfully withheld public records and provided a written description of other withheld records and passages redacted. The case was brought by attorney Peter Goodman on behalf of Michael L. Hays when the city of Las Cruces failed to comply with a request from Hays to inspect records under the Inspection of Public Records Act, according to a news release from the New Mexico Foundation of Open Government. The la...
Seven people were transported to Plains Regional Medical Center on Monday after an SUV “contacted” the rear of an 18-wheeler on Mabry Drive not far from the eastern Clovis city limits at CR G. Clovis Fire Department Battalion Chief Chris Elam said Tuesday the unidentified occupants of the SUV were two adults and five children. The driver of the semi was uninjured, according to Elam. “The SUV driver is a 34-year-old male, there was a female about the same age and five children who ranged in age from an infant to a 12-ye...
My best friend Kelly and I frequently had loud, boisterous arguments over politics that led folks to believe that we disagreed about everything. They were mistaken. His views were influenced by watching Fox News, and mine are influenced by watching CNN, so that’s where the arguments would start. But they didn’t end there. It usually didn’t take long for both of us to call BS on the TV talking points and get to the heart of the matter. That didn’t always lead to an agreement, but it almost always led to a common underst...
Sutton’s Bakery has established regular open hours. The bakery opened in July and was essentially open when it was open. But with a Clovis MainStreet ribbon cutting Aug. 28, the bakery at 515 Main St., downtown Clovis, will be open Wednesday through Friday, from 7 a.m. until sold out. That’s according to a Facebook post by Sutton’s Bakery. “My inspiration for this is when I started baking it was a change in my life that felt like I had a sense of direction and enjoyment,” owner Nick Dominguez said in an earlier article i...
After a couple of decades, Lucio Marin can still remember the people – Loyce Hodges was a favorite teacher – and activities – kickball, blacktop basketball – that made Lincoln-Jackson, an original Black school and later a Clovis public school, so special. "I think it really represented the core of what education should be," Marin said. Given the positive experience Marin had, it made Saturday's reunion "bittersweet." "Sweet" because it honored 100 years of the school'...
The Democratic Party of Roosevelt County has announced days and hours of operation. According to a DPRC news release, the headquarters in Portales are at 604 E. Second St., in the little red caboose. It will be open from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Wednesdays and Saturdays. The release reports hours and days of operation will increase in October. Members at the HQ are encouraging voter registration for anyone. Other activities include phone banking along with preparing postcards to send to “battleground states.” The release also not...
St. Helen Catholic Church in Portales will host its annual fiesta this Saturday and Sunday. “We invite the whole community to come join us this weekend. We will have entertainment, fun, games, and excellent food for the whole family,” said John Houser, co-chair of the fiesta committee, in a news release. Live music will be featured throughout the day on Saturday and Sunday at the gazebo at the center of the church courtyard. Games “for kids of all ages” are scheduled, including a dunk tank. Participants can win tokens they ca...
The other day I was chatting with a friend about a deal they were working on when an old saying came to mind. “It’s like this radio station owner back east told me a long time ago, ‘Everything I own is for sale,’ part of stuff he said on a road trip,” I said. I was remembering “Bossman.” I call a few people “Bossman.” I managed one of Bossman’s radio stations in West Virginia. One day he called me up. “McGee, come on up here and pick me up. It’s a surprise inspection. I want to see what you’re doing at my station,” he said. S...
Eastern New Mexico University and the ENMU Foundation will host an inaugural music, arts, film, and masterclass festival on the Portales campus, Tuesday through Sept. 12. According to an ENMU news release the festival is called "Return of the Hounds: Alumni Masterclass+Festival." The event "will bring back some of the university's most notable alumni for a three-day event to inspire a new generation of artists, musicians, and journalists." The festival is the creation of ENMU...
Clovis police are investigating a shooting that occurred about 10 p.m. Monday in the area around 11th and Wallace streets. Records show Angel Villalobos was shot in both legs and then moved to the area of 10th and Mitchell where he was interviewed by police and treated for his wounds. Villalobos told police there was no altercation but that he didn’t know what had happened. “Angel was visibly distraught from the pain,” according to a police incident report. “There is no information indicating this is a self-inflicted gunshot... Full story
