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• During the past year, how often do you have a drink with alcohol? • During the past year, how often did you have six or more drinks at one time? v During the past year, how often were you not able to stop drinking once you had started? Those are the questions the state Department of Health and Health Care Authority are asking in the new ePrevention tool, an online screening tool to combat alcohol misuse. For those whose responses indicate potentially dangerous alcohol use, the tool connects them with nationwide and New Mex...
Clovis Community College has more fall graduates this year than in 2023. The news came from CCC President Jonathan Fuentes to the college’s Board of Trustees on Wednesday at their regular December meeting. Fuentes called on Dean of Student Services Marcus Smith to speak of the specific numbers: 79 associates degrees, 93 certificates of completion and 137 certificates of achievement. “We’ll have 309 graduates, up from 238 last fall,” Smith said. With no ceremony planned for the fall for the graduates they are invited to be i...
Eastern New Mexico University swept a pair of Lone Star Conference basketball games against Oklahoma Christian on Thursday night at the Loy Family Foundation Arena. The ENMU women dropped the Eagles, 84-48, improving their season's record to 7-1. They are 2-0 in LSC play. The Greyhound men beat Oklahoma Christian, 91-68. The Greyhounds improved to 5-2 for the year, 1-1 in the conference. Ishuana Hunter led the ENMU women with 20 points, four steals and three rebounds, coming...
The Curry County Health Council has bicycle helmets available for school-aged children, it announced Friday in a news release. “Bicycle helmets include sizes extra small, small/medium, and large/x-large. The bicycle helmets will be available on a first-come, first-serve basis, beginning (Tuesday) and continuing until all bicycle helmets are distributed,” the release stated. The helmets can be picked up at the Curry County Administration Complex at 417 Gidding Street, Suite 100. Office hours are 8 a.m. to noon and 1 p.m. to...
A Clovis grand jury on Friday determined two teenage boys can be tried as adults in connection with the Nov. 14 slaying of a Clovis man in the Hilltop Plaza parking lot. The grand jury returned indictments against Jacob Garcia and Gustavo Herrera, both 16, said prosecutor Jake Boazman. Both are accused of murder, kidnapping, armed robbery and conspiracy to commit armed robbery. Herrera is also charged with tampering with evidence. If convicted and sentenced as adults the teens could each spend the rest of their lives in...
The Ten Commandments are on the lawn of the Curry County Courthouse. When were these put there? What about “the separation of church and state? The monument on the Curry County Courthouse lawn was erected July 15, 1967. According to a November 2003 Clovis News Journal article by the late Gary Mitchell, the monument was presented to the city of Clovis by the State Council of the Fraternal Order of Eagles. “The Clovis display, which stands 6-feet tall with two Stars of David at each bottom corner and miniature stone tab...
Eastern New Mexico University’s fall graduation ceremony is scheduled for 10 a.m. Saturday at the Steve Loy Family Foundation Arena. Associate Professor of Criminal Justice Omar Camarillo will give the commencement address, according to a university news release. “Turning Obstacles into Opportunity” will stress the importance of turning setbacks into opportunities and highlighting the importance of resiliency in overcoming adversity. The release stated 404 students are expected to graduate this fall semester, with 233 earni...
A Roosevelt County resident was arrested Wednesday and charged with leaving the scene of an accident that resulted in a death. Court records show Fredy Portillo, 31, was believed to be driving a silver Chevrolet pickup that collided head-on with a gray Nissan sport utility vehicle at the intersection of State Road 267 and South Roosevelt Road V on Tuesday night. The driver of the Nissan, identified as Rayleen Vasquez, 22, of Santa Rosa, died at the scene, records show. Witnesses said the pickup’s driver was seen leaving t...
Clovis police on Tuesday announced they’re investigating the death of a toddler that occurred last month. A police news release stated officials were notified Nov. 27 that a 12-month-old boy had been transported to Plains Regional Medical Center by ambulance. On arrival, Calian Skywater “was not breathing and live-saving measures were unsuccessful,” the release stated. Police said the child had bruising to his forehead and face. “When asked about the injuries, the mother explained that Calian had fallen three days prior,...
An angler, a biologist and a farmer walk into a commission meeting. It might sound like the start to a bad joke. But that could be the makeup of a future New Mexico Game Commission, as some legislators and nonprofits push for changes to the seven-member committee. A draft of a bill that would create specific "job descriptions" for commissioners, as well as raising hunting and fishing fees for the first time in decades, was presented last month at a meeting of the Water and Natural Resources Committee. Under the proposal,...
SANTA ROSA – It seems all the Texico Wolverines have had to do is reach the Class 2A state football championship game, and they cruise from there. A year after thumping Eunice – a team it had lost to earlier in the season – 44-7 in the finals, the Wolverines did the same against Santa Rosa on Saturday, posting a 50-0 win over the Lions in a game which ended on the 50-point mercy rule about a minute into the final quarter. Senior running back Alex Fuentes amassed 257 yards rush...
LOS LUNAS – Jeff Reed called it an “ugly” game. Still, winning ugly is better than the alternative. Clovis High’s girls shot 19-for-22 from the free throw line, including 6-of-6 in overtime, and rallied for a season-opening 62-58 victory over Valencia on Saturday afternoon. Senior guard Amanda De La Rosa scored a personal-best 19 points, including 4-of-9 from 3-point range and 5-of-5 from the foul line, while sophomore guard Gianna Cordova added 18 with 3-of-4 from distance, including a 3 to tie the game 54-54 with 21 seco...
Four teachers from Clovis Municipal Schools were recipients of scholarships from the Sonic Foundation, a branch of Sonic Restaurants of which there are four in the Clovis/Portales area. According to a Sonic news release, the Clovis teachers were four of 175 teachers nationwide who received scholarships in November to attend the Ron Clark Academy Experience, “a world-class, two-day educator training that occurred in Atlanta” in early November. The teachers are Brittney Sutherland and Stephanie Ramirez from Barry Ele...
ELIDA – Elida's basketball teams opened the season with resounding wins over Hondo on Tuesday night, the boys cruising 65-25 while the girls posted a 57-14 triumph. In the boys matchup, the Tigers opened a 16-5 lead at the quarter and never looked back. Senior Hayden Fraze tossed in 16 points and sophomore Hayden Wolf added 13 as all 12 Elida players reached the scorebook. For the Eagles, junior Ismael Ontiveros had eight points while senior Caleb Chavez and xxx Bryley M...
It certainly wasn't what Corey Pickett was looking for in his debut as the Clovis High boys basketball coach. Senior guard Latavious Morris scored 26 points and Atrisco Heritage took control from the start in a season-opening 72-46 victory over the Wildcats on Tuesday night at Rock Staubus Gymnasium. "They've got good players," Pickett said. "I think we had some first-game jitters, and our inexperience kind of got us." Morris tallied nine first-quarter points, including a...
Where can I get free flu and coronavirus vaccines? If they’re not free, how much are they? What may be “free” shots to insured individuals are not “free” to the uninsured. “(Flu and covid shots) are typically covered 100% by insurance providers,” Amanda Schoenberg said. She is director of Communications and Content Strategy for Presbyterian Healthcare Services, operator of Clovis’ Plains Regional Medical Center Pharmacy. In an email, Schoenberg wrote PRMC Chief Executive Bill Priest “confirmed that the PRMC Retail Pharmacy i...
The office of the State Auditor in Santa Fe is spreading the word federal money is available to some New Mexico counties. The money came to the state in the wake of the COVID-19 outbreak of 2020 as “state and local fiscal recovery funds,” according to a news release from the auditor’s office. New Mexico received $701.7 million in SLFRF federal commitment. Of that sum, $530 million was obligated around the state. The auditor’s report shows $171 million remains to be committed. “With the deadline to obligate these funds by...
With a new Marshalls store opening in the North Plains Mall, management described the shopping center as “busy” the weekend before Thanksgiving. “It was busy, everybody was happy that Marshalls was open,” Mall General Manager Leeann Glen said. Glen described the mall’s southwest parking lot as “almost full.” Marshalls is the mall’s biggest attraction since Big R opened its farm and ranch retail space last October. Ulta Beauty is expected to join the shopping center soon, though no opening date has been announced. Glen...
Roosevelt County Electric Cooperative held a ribbon cutting Monday for its new parking area, charging station and event area called The Courtyard. It’s located next to the RCEC offices at 121 N. Main St. in downtown Portales. The Courtyard used to be the site of Portales City Hall. “We added 30 parking spaces that will be available for RCEC and public parking,” RCEC General Manager Eric Segovia said earlier this month. Segovia added the parking lot will include two level-three fast-charge electric vehicle stations. “We h...
BOVINA – Sophomore Isaac Tavera scored 15 points and junior Angel Lara added 10 on Monday night as Bovina’s boys used a big fourth quarter to turn back Friona 49-39. Tavera (two) and Lara (one) accounted for the Mustangs’ three 3-pointers. Bovina (1-1) was tied with the Chieftains (0-3) at halftime and through three quarters, but pulled away with a 16-6 edge in the final segment. Senior Justen Trevino tallied 16 points for Friona. Friona 40, Bovina 34 (girls) – Outside of the second quarter, the Squaws (4-1) had no more th...
With some recent wins, Eastern New Mexico University's women have made their all-time series against West Texas A&M look at least a little better. Senior guard Jayla Smith led three players in double figures with a season-best 20 points, shooting 8-of-11 from the field and 3-of-4 from 3-point range, and narrowly missed a double-double with nine rebounds as the Greyhounds handed WT a 74-57 shellacking in the Lone Star Conference opener for both teams on Saturday at Steve Loy Ar...
EUNICE – The score was virtually identical to the teams’ first meeting this season, and once again Texico had to come from behind late to get past Eunice. Junior wide receiver Maverick Hawkins scored on an 82-yard pass play from junior quarterback Bennett Wahlen with about seven minutes remaining, and senior running back Alex Fuentes added the go-ahead 2-point conversion run as the top-seeded and top-ranked Wolverines rallied for a 36-27 win over the fifth-seeded Cardinals in the Class 2A state semifinals. In October, Tex...
A Portales police officer on Sunday was arrested and charged with aggravated battery and false imprisonment during a domestic dispute, records show. Jarvis Hall, 31, was booked into the Roosevelt County Detention Center. Jail records show he had been released as of Tuesday morning. A news release from Portales police states Hall was placed on paid administrative leave “pending the outcome of the internal investigation, as per policy.” The Roosevelt County Sheriff’s Department is handling the criminal investigation, the relea...
A Portales restaurant caught fire early Sunday morning, forcing its closure due to smoke damage. K&H Cocina posted on its Facebook page that reopening will be “a long process due to the extensive smoke damage and the clean up that will need to be done.” Fire Chief T.J. Cathey said firefighters were called to the scene at 4:18 a.m. Sunday and arrived about two minutes later. Firefighters left the scene just after 6:30 a.m., Cathey said. The restaurant is located at 1126 W. 22nd St. across from McDonald’s. The fire began in th...
A Sunday night fire destroyed an empty trailer and empty recreational vehicle in the 300 block of Dawn Loop in Clovis, said Deputy Fire Chief Terrance Lizardo. No one was injured in the blaze officials said appeared to have been caused intentionally. Lizardo said security footage in the neighborhood showed someone throwing a Molotov cocktail, or a hand-thrown incendiary device, into one of the structures. The fire was reported at 9:34 p.m., Lizardo said. Firefighters left the scene at 1:30 a.m. Monday....
