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RICHARSON, Texas – Eastern New Mexico University senior running back Ron Craten has been named to the All-Lone Star Conference first team in football in a release from the conference office this week. Craten, a transfer from Mississippi College and a native of Oak Grove, La., led the conference in rushing yards per game (109.33), rushing touchdowns (13) and points scored (78), rushing yards per game (108.4) and scoring per game (8.7). Playing in only nine games for the Greyhounds (3-8, 1-8 LSC), Craten finished third in rushi...
The Gattis seventh grade boys basketball team won its season opener on Monday night, defeating the Hobbs Houston eighth grade B team 49-30. Nathan Lewis scored 23 points to lead the Cubs. Luke Clements and James Butler were next in line with 5 and 4 points, respectively. The Cubs do not return to action until Dec. 9....
LEVELLAND – Ropes put a relatively quick end to Farwell’s season on Friday night. The Eagles scored three times in the opening stanza and cruised to a 28-0 victory over the Steers in the bi-district (second) round of the Texas Class 2A Division II football playoffs. Senior running back Mason Marmolejo scored three times for Ropes (11-1) while sophomore quarterback Kaden Riker added the other TD, all on the ground. Ropes will face Wink (11-1) this weekend in a regional semifinal tilt, at a site and time to be determined. The W...
NAZARETH – A fast start helped Nazareth’s boys defeat Bovina 58-36 on Friday night. The Swifts (2-0) opened a 22-8 lead after one quarter, then put the game completely out of reach by outscoring the Mustangs 18-8 in the third stanza. High (19), Bacius (14) and Rogers (11) combined for 44 of Nazareth’s points. Sophomore Matthew Espinoza tallied 20 points for the Mustangs (0-2), including three of the team’s four 3-pointers. In Tuesday girls action: Farwell 65, Shallowater 56 – At Shallowater, the Lady Blue opened a 17-8 lead...
When will the Ulta store open at North Plains Mall? And what kind of store is that? “They haven’t announced,” Mall General Manager Leeann Glen said Tuesday. “Ulta requires they be the party that announces when they open,” Glen said, and that hasn’t happened. A neighbor to the Ulta Beauty store, Marshall’s, opened Thursday. Both stores are in what mall management has referred to as “the Dillard’s box,” the former location of Dillard’s in the mall. An online link to the Ulta Beauty website has the Clovis location’s address li...
The Clovis Municipal Schools Education Foundation has selected 26 winners involved with nine projects for 2024-25 foundation grants. The grants were announced at an Education Foundation ceremony Wednesday at the CMS administration building. The foundation's scholarship and grants committee met Oct. 29 to discuss 15 applications the foundations received. The finalists will be receiving $25,150 in awards. A grant of $3,000 was awarded to Mesa Elementary School's Tori Blair for...
La Casa Family Health Care Center and Molina Healthcare of New Mexico will host two separate events in Clovis and Portales offering free Thanksgiving meal bags along with $15 Walmart gift cards on a first-come, first-served basis. Also, La Casa will be holding a flu vaccination drive for attendees, while supplies last. Thanksgiving meal bags will contain a $15 Walmart gift card to buy a turkey or ham, cans of green beans, cream of mushroom soup, fried French onions, mashed potatoes, gravy and rolls. The Clovis giveaway will...
The New Mexico Senate Republican caucus has selected a former state representative as its new chief of staff. Dennis Roch, who served in the House from 2009 to 2018, was selected after an “exhaustive process,” the caucus announced Wednesday. “Dennis clearly has extensive knowledge of the Legislature and the legislative process,” Senate Minority Leader Bill Sharer, R-Farmington, said in a statement. “He also possesses contacts and connections across the state ensuring we fulfill our mission to represent all New Mexicans....
Eastern New Mexico University last week announced the inaugural induction of art educators into its Art Educators Hall of Honors. “This honor celebrates the extraordinary dedication, leadership, and impact of art educators who have significantly contributed to art education,” the university stated in a news release. The ENMU Art Educators Hall of Honors will induct two to three honorees every three years, starting with the inaugural class this fall. Kathy Craig of Fort Sumner schools and Jeanette Main of Roswell schools mak...
The Clovis Police Department last week announced a new program aimed at reducing retail theft. The task force, consisting of retailers, law enforcement, regional and state lawmakers, is called the New Mexico Organized Retail Crime Association. “NMORCA is cooperating with local businesses and shares information on retail theft and any organizations involved in retail theft,” according to a police news release. “The goal is to prevent these incidents, reduce losses, and prevent unnecessary price increases for merch...
ALBUQUERQUE -- The Board of Directors of the New Mexico Foundation for Open Government has named Christine Barber its new executive director. She will begin her new role Monday, according to a FOG news release. Her past employment includes work as executive director of two non-profit organizations focused on providing services to marginalized individuals and work as a journalist at the Gallup Independent, the Santa Fe New Mexican and the Albuquerque Journal, the release...
New Mexico lawmakers have long talked about changing the way the state handles capital outlay as projects that have been awarded funding fail to materialize and huge sums of money that could be used for other purposes sit in the bank. With balances of unspent capital outlay now approaching $6 billion, lawmakers pledged last week to finally take action. The amount includes the roughly $932 million budgeted for that purpose in the current fiscal year. "It's gotten out of hand," said Sen. George Muñoz, a Gallup Democrat who chai...
Bison RV Center of Clovis has been named the Clovis-Curry County Chamber of Commerce’s newest Retail Rockstar. A celebration will be held at 8:30 a.m. Thursday at Bison’s location at 1200 E. 1st St. Bison was nominated for the award by the Chamber’s previous Retail Rockstar, Clovis Equipment & Supply Company....
Parkland Baptist Church Pastor Wayne Boydstun was surrounded by boxes Monday, preparing to pack for the church's annual Operation Christmas Child. Boydstun described Operation Christmas Child as "an international operation of Samaritan's Purse, an effort headed up by Franklin Graham." Graham is the son of the late Evangelist Billy Graham. "Samaritan's Purse has been doing operation Christmas Child for 30 years now. This is our 19th season at Parkland," Boydstun said. Boydstun...
Advance Auto Parts plans to close 727 stores across the country due to low demand for vehicle parts, according to an article from USA Today. But Clovis’ Advance Auto Parts Manager Zak Casarez said Monday his store is not slated for closure. The corporate announcement happened after the company's third-quarter report was released Thursday. Advance’s gross profit increased 11% in the third quarter this year compared to a nearly 37% increase in third quarter 2023, according to the USA Today article. Closures will take place by...
RIO RANCHO – Seeking a second consecutive Class 2A state volleyball championship, Texico had to get past a team it had already beaten in three sets the day before. After dropping a tight one in the first set, the Lady Wolverines found their stride and posted a 23-25, 25-14, 25-18, 25-10 victory over third-seeded Mesilla Valley at Rio Rancho Event Center, wrapping up the school's 18th state volleyball title all-time. Meantime, Melrose fell short in its bid for a repeat in C...
ALBUQUERQUE – Clovis High’s girls finished second to host Albuquerque Academy in the Chargers’ Peter B. Barney Memorial Relays swimming meet on Saturday. In an event which featured more than the usual number of relays, the Lady Wildcats won six of seven, finishing second in the 200-yard medley relay, en route to 185 ½ points in the 12-team field. Academy tallies 241 ½, while Los Alamos was third with 154. “We just ran out of kids,” CHS coach Vincent de Maio said. Clovis came in fourth out of 13 teams on the boys side with 7...
A relative newcomer picked eight of 10 games correctly last weekend to win the 11th week of the Pigskin Pick ’Em contest. Two season-long leaders, Adam Branham and Ricky Fuentes, meanwhile head into the final round of the contest tied for first place. Zachary Mockchew began playing in Week 8 and has correctly picked at least seven games each of the last four weeks. He won the $50 gift card from Juanito’s Mexican Restaurant in Week 11. The season’s final player card will publish on Sunday, Dec. 15, and feature 20 games, inclu...
KINGSVILLE, Texas – Texas A&M-Kingsville dominated early and the Javelinas cruised to a 28-13 Lone Star Conference football victory over Eastern New Mexico University on Saturday night in the regular-season finale for both squads. Junior quarterback Jalen Brown ran for one touchdown and threw for two for Kingsville (7-4, 6-3 LSC), completing 15-of-22 passes for 189 yards. The Javelinas took advantage of short fields to open a 21-0 lead in the third quarter. Sophomore r...
The city of Portales expects new trash dumpsters in the next 8-12 weeks. City Manager Chris Moyer said the city has ordered 750 dumpsters for residential use and 159 dumpsters for commercial use. The residence dumpsters have 3 yards of capacity; the commercial dumpsters have 4 yards, Moyer said. In all, he said the city has about 1,790 dumpsters in use. “We will be replacing ones that are broken beyond repair first, then replacing ones that can be fixed and used as spares,” he said. Cost for the new dumpsters is just und...
Portales Municipal Schools on Monday approved moving a teacher professional development day from Jan. 6 to Jan. 17. School officials also reminded parents and students the district will recess for Thanksgiving from Nov. 25 through Nov. 29. The next regular meeting of the school board is set for 6 p.m. Dec. 9 in the administrative offices, 501 S. Abilene, Portales....
Suppose the Ute Water Pipeline wasn’t completed and the aquifer dried up? What would happen? Would the federal government step in and run a water caravan to Clovis or what? Such a scenario is not imagined due to work done by the city to secure water availability, according to Clovis City Manager Justin Howalt. “The City of Clovis has taken a very proactive and well rounded approach to water security for our municipality and has many partners in doing so,” Howalt wrote in an emailed response. “The (Eastern New Mexico Water U...
A Portales resident Tuesday asked City Council members about city personnel vacancies and why salaries allotted for those vacancies aren’t being put to use. The question came during the “public comment” portion of the meeting from Portales resident Mike Davidson. Davidson told Council members he has it on authority from three people who work for Portales, the city has about 100 vacancies for city jobs. “That’s about $3 million per year we’re not spending on wages. It should have been put back into the budget. It’s money...
New Mexico lawmakers Wednesday discussed the prospect of giving “police power” to the state Cannabis Control Division, which issues permits for the state-legal industry, to ramp up enforcement against the still-thriving illicit market. The proposal comes amid concern from many retailers and growers who have sounded the alarm about black market products and a high volume of state-licensed dispensaries. “It’s a big problem. The underground market is very prevalent in New Mexico,” said Sen. Moe Maestas, D-Albuquerque, during a...
A man was shot in the leg Friday in Clovis and police are investigating whether it was self-inflicted or an assault. According to a Clovis police news release: * Police were called to the 1000 block of West 10th Street about 2:30 p.m. Friday in reference to a gunshot victim. * Raynaldo Enriquez, 36, told police he was shot by an unknown assailant while walking down the street. Enriquez was transported to Plains Regional Medical Center in Clovis before being transferred to a Texas hospital. * Detectives located the gun on...
