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Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
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DALLAS – Eastern New Mexico University’s volleyball team finished another long weekend on the road on Saturday, dropping a 25-12, 25-15, 25-18 Lone Star Conference decision to Dallas Baptist. Senior outside hitter Delaney Fuller led the Patriots (12-6, 6-2 LSC), ranked 25th in NCAA Division II and the defending LSC regular-season champions, with 17 kills and five of the team’s eight aces. She collected eight of her kills in the opening set, when DBU finished with 19 as a team. Sophomore outside hitter Karly Wells added 11 ki...
The city of Portales is hosting an “EPCOR Workshop” at 4 p.m. Thursday in the Memorial Building, 200 E. Seventh St. “I believe it is a more in-depth dive into things that… need improvement or change,” said City Manager Christopher Moyer. “The mayor and Council want to make sure that we are transparent in our interactions with EPCOR, which is why the public is invited to attend.” The city is considering a partnership with EPCOR to provide water services. “I do not know how the meeting will be set up as far as if there will b...
The last days this year for the Portales and Clovis farmers’ markets are this week. The last day for the market in Portales is Thursday, according to Market Manager Margie Plummer. North Plains Mall General Manager Leeann Glen said Saturday is the last day for the Clovis Farmers’ Market. Glen said the market started at the end of June and is located in the mall parking lot behind Taco Bell. Plummer is market manager for both the Clovis and Portales markets. Of the 2024 season, Plummer said, “The season was better than it co...
More than 4,200 residents in Curry and Roosevelt counties by Monday morning had already voted for the Nov. 5 election. Curry County Clerk Annie Hogland said 2,301 had voted early at the Curry County Courthouse; Roosevelt County Clerk Mandi Park said 1,221 had voted early at the Roosevelt County Courthouse and the county’s alternate site in the Jake Lopez Community Center at the fairgrounds. In addition, the clerks reported more than 700 absentee ballots had been returned prior to Monday. Early voting in Curry County is now u...
A flood watch has been issued for much of eastern New Mexico through Sunday morning. Forecasters are also warning thunderstorms on Saturday and Sunday nights could be severe. The chance of precipitation is 70% in the Clovis area, according to the National Weather Service. NWS reports most rainfall totals will be less than a quarter of an inch but thunderstorms could produce 2 to 6 inches of rain in parts of Curry, De Baca, Quay and Roosevelt counties, which could result in flash flooding. Severe thunderstorms are most likely...
LAS CRUCES – New Mexico writer-photographer Julie Carter and musician Joe Delk received the 2024 Rounders Award Oct. 16 at the New Mexico Farm and Ranch Heritage Museum. According to a news release from the New Mexico Department of Agriculture: The award was named after “The Rounders,” a classic Western novel written by Max Evans. Created in 1990 by former New Mexico Agriculture Secretary Frank DuBois, the purpose of the award is to honor those who live, promote and articulate the Western way of life. New Mexico Agric...
It costs between $50 and $100 to produce a pound of a product containing forever chemicals. But if those chemicals infect a public water system, cleanup can cost millions per pound, according to a panel presentation at a meeting Tuesday of the Legislature's interim Radioactive and Hazardous Materials Committee. "You can see why it's so important for my job and my department to educate and prevent PFAS from getting into our water system," said New Mexico Environment Secretary James Kenney. Kenney on Monday made clear to the...
A special meeting Wednesday by Portales Municipal Schools to evaluate first-year superintendent Sharon Rowley yielded no action. But there was action approved to begin a discussion about updating district-wide evaluation standards and practices. While it may not be of high priority now, it could be relevant for end-of-year surveys, officials said. School Board Secretary Cade Standifer, who joined from Zoom, said the current evaluation standards are “weak.” The scale is too wide-ranging and unclear, he and other members sai...
HOBBS – It was another long night for the Clovis High football team. Rival Hobbs wasted no time, scoring five first -quarter touchdowns and handing the Wildcats a 63-8 setback in District 3-6A football on Friday night. Clovis (0-8, 0-4 district) moved the ball at times, but struggled to sustain anything. The Cats got their only points on a fumble return for a touchdown by junior Jaden Tapia-Cordova and a 2-point conversion run by sophomore quarterback Javier Jimenez in the second period. CHS returns home on Friday night to f...
Carlsbad forced overtime with a goal in the final three minutes of regulation, then scored again two minutes into sudden-death overtime to edge Clovis High 2-1 on Tuesday night in District 4-5A girls soccer at Leon Williams Stadium. The win avenged a 3-2 setback to the Lady Wildcats in the district opener for both teams at Carlsbad on Oct. 1. Junior forward Ava Evans split a pair of Carlsbad defenders and slipped the ball into the back of the net to give Clovis (5-11-2, 1-3...
The Gattis seventh grade football team defeated Portales 14-8 on Tuesday at Portales, improving to 5-1 for the season. The Cubs finish the campaign with a 6 p.m. tilt on Tuesday against Yucca at Gattis Field to determine the city championship. Nate Lewis accounted for the Cubs’ scoring with two touchdowns and a 2-point conversion. Defensively, Ricky Fenstermaker had one sack and five total tackles, Jaime Hernandez recorded a sack and a tackle for loss and Larry Munoz-Bravo and Andres Cabrerra each recovered a f...
TYLER, Texas – Texas-Tyler wasn’t about to be caught looking ahead to a Saturday’s showdown with ninth-ranked West Texas A&M for the Lone Star Conference volleyball lead. Tyler took control from the get-go and never let up in a 25-13, 25-11, 25-18 sweep of Eastern New Mexico University on Friday night. UTT (10-5, 7-0 LSC) converted 47 kills on 90 attacks in making short work of the struggling Greyhounds (3-15, 0-7). Junior outside hitter Kota Hartman notched 14 kills and six digs and sophomore outside hitter Autumn Perry...
New Mexico’s Department of Justice issued an opinion Thursday that Clovis schools are violating the “spirit of the law” with their online meetings policy. Schools Superintendent Renee Russ said Friday the board will change its policy at its next meeting to "align with the guidance" from DOJ. The policy requires those watching school board meetings online keep their cameras on with their face visible to board members throughout the meeting. A letter to school board members from Assistant Attorney General Stephanie Padil...
Freshman Nathan Le Roux scored with just over five minutes left and the Eastern New Mexico University men's soccer team edged Texas A&M International 2-1 on Saturday at Steve Loy Family Foundation Stadium for its first Lone Star Conference victory of the season. Senior Loris Tsiatsipy played a long diagonal pass forward, drawing the Dustdevils out of the 18-yard box and leaving Le Roux open for a shot into an empty net. It was his first collegiate tally. ENMU (3-3-4, 1-1-1...
HOBBS – Seven Eastern New Mexico University runners – four for the men, three for the women – took part in the New Mexico Junior College Invitational cross country meet on Friday. It was the Greyhounds’ final tuneup before the Lone Star Conference meet, scheduled for Oct. 26 at Texas A&M-Kingsville. In the men’s 8-kilometer event, featuring 53 finishers, all four ENMU contestants were bunched in the 40s – freshman Bryan Hernandez, 41st in a time of 28 minutes, 35.1 seconds; freshman Justin Sauceda, 45th in 29:09.6; fr...
Another week, another challenge for Clovis High’s football team. Coming off one of their better performances of the campaign, the Wildcats visit longtime rival Hobbs in a 7 p.m. District 3-6A contest on Friday. Hobbs (3-4, 1-2 district) has alternated wins and losses throughout the season. Last Friday, the Eagles were dealt a 51-12 setback at second-ranked Centennial (7-0, 3-0). Meantime, the Cats (0-7, 0-3) led 24-21 at halftime against Organ Mountain on Friday at Leon Williams Stadium and hung around until the fourth q...
More than three weeks after fall’s official arrival on Sept. 22, it’s starting to feel like the season. Eastern New Mexico was expected to wake up to temperatures in the low 40s this morning and forecasts show the warmest day for the next week won’t see 80. In addition, rain is expected across eastern New Mexico beginning Thursday night and continuing through the weekend. The National Weather Service predicted a 50% chance of rain for Friday and Saturday with high temperatures in the mid-60s to low-70s. While Clovis and P...
The Gattis seventh grade football team improved to 4-1 for the season on Tuesday with a 46-0 victory over Yucca. Ricky Fenstermaker scored two of the Cubs’ three touchdowns on defense and also tallied one on offense. Other TDs for Gattis came on a 55-yard run by Uriah Sarracino, a 28-yard run by Ezra Cano and a 30-yard run by Nathan Lewis, who also tacked on a pair of conversion runs. Meantime, Langdon Lewis returned an interception 50 yards for a score, while Jaime Hernandez had a forced fumble and a sack and Andres C...
LOVINGTON – The preliminaries are over for Clovis High’s volleyball team, which begins District 4-5A action on Tuesday at home against Carlsbad. The Lady Wildcats take a 7-9 overall record into district competition after polishing off Lovington 25-21, 25-18, 25-23 on Thursday night. Playing without senior outside hitter Ashlynn Evans (shoulder) and senior middle hitter Maricella Gutierrez (broken foot), the Lady Cats controlled their third match of the campaign with winless Lovington (0-15) most of the way. Lovington clo...
The Eastern Plains Council of Governments has scored a grant for more than $700,000 to help overcome youth homelessness in Curry, Roosevelt, DeBaca and Quay counties. EPCOR Executive Director Sandy Chancey shared the news with those in attendance at EPCOG's annual board meeting Wednesday at the agency's office in Clovis. The Youth Homelessness Demo Grant has EPCOG partnering with the United Way of Eastern New Mexico in the program that targets those age 18 to 25 who have been...
What’s the status on the Clovis Chamber of Commerce building a recording studio? When will it be ready? And did they resolve the issues with Norman Petty Studios? The Clovis Sound Studio project is under development, according to Clovis-Curry County Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Ernie Kos. “The demolition has taken place and we have been in design mode working with our contractor, the City of Clovis and our expert design team,” Kos wrote in an email Tuesday. Kos added construction “will begin soon” and equipment...
Eastern New Mexico University on Saturday will “officially rededicate the newly named Steve Loy Family Foundation Stadium,” according to an ENMU news release. “ENMU will welcome back former players from the Jack Scott and Don Carthel era, as well as those who were teammates of Steve Loy under Coach Scott, to a weekend full of activities celebrating the rededication of the ENMU football stadium,” the release states. A ribbon-cutting ceremony is set for 11 a.m. at the football field prior to the football game between ENMU an...
Clovis Assistant City Clerk Vicky Reyes reports the city has some board and committee vacancies. There are two vacancies on the Economic Incentive Board for a citizen representative from District 3 and an industry representative (i.e. manufacturing, warehousing and transportation). The Clovis-Carver Public Library Board has an opening for one student representative. The city of Clovis Water Policy Advisory Committee has one opening for a citizen representative. For the duties and responsibilities of the positions, interested...
Sandra Taylor-Sawyer, longtime director of the Small Business Development Center at Clovis Community College, is retiring. A “come-and-go” reception honoring her is set for 2:30 p.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday at the Eula Mae Edwards Museum on the CCC campus. Taylor-Sawyer, also a former Clovis city commissioner, has been director of the SBDC since 1996....
Curry County has been awarded a $25,000 grant to “purchase and install picnic tables and benches created from recycled windmill turbine blades,” according to a county news release. The Outdoor Recreation Trails+ Grant Program was created to support projects that enhance community outdoor recreation opportunities, including trail systems, handicap-accessible outdoor recreation spaces, signage, wildlife viewing areas, and more, the release stated. “This is a unique opportunity to utilize recycled turbine blades and at the s...
