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A Muleshoe woman died Wednesday night in a vehicle crash in Lamb County, Texas, near Amherst. Sherri Harrison, 57, was killed after her 2009 Toyota Camry collided with a truck near the intersection of U.S. 84 and Farm to Market Road 37, according to a report by the Texas Department of Public Safety. A preliminary investigation revealed that Harrison’s vehicle was leaving a private drive off U.S. 84 and “pulled into the path” of a 1998 Kenworth tractor-trailer driven by Clay Hayes, 66, of Albuquerque, according to DPS. Hayes...
ALBUQUERQUE – The track season comes to an end this weekend for New Mexico Class 1A, 2A and 3A schools with state competition on tap Friday and Saturday at the University of New Mexico track facility. A total of 54 boys and 54 girls will represent the area in the smaller two divisions, with Texico in Class 2A sending 11 boys and 18 girls. Area boys Class 1A schools will have 11 representatives from Melrose, 10 from Floyd, nine from Elida, seven from Grady and six from Dora, while on the girls side, Melrose is sending 15, D...
A Clovis man Thursday was found guilty of two counts of battery on a peace officer by a Curry County jury. Francisco Arzola, 46, was accused of punching one officer in the neck and scratching another officer as they attempted to serve a warrant against him in 2021. The warrant was for failure to pay fines, according to a news release from 9th Judicial District Attorney Quentin Ray. Arzola is to be sentenced later this month. He also has pending charges out of Bailey County in Texas. After sentencing on the New Mexico...
The Roosevelt County Chamber of Commerce has named Creighton’s Town & Country its business of the month for May. Creighton’s recently expanded a section of its store in collaboration with Foote Family Meats. Creighton’s is located at 1625 S. Ave. D in Portales....
One of Clovis’ eateries celebrates its 16th anniversary this week. Coffee Bistro, located at 1717 W. 21st St., is owned and operated by Kerry and Cristy Walsh. The coffee and sandwich shop was initially located at Colonial Avenue and North Prince Street. From there it moved to Tracy’s Greenhouse on Mabry Drive before moving to 21st Street in October 2021....
The Clovis-Curry County Chamber of Commerce has named its newest Retail Rockstar: Backwoods Apparel & Graphics. The Chamber is hosting a presentation ceremony for the business at 8:30 a.m. Thursday, at its new location, 600 Commerce Way. Backwoods Apparel & Graphics was nominated by the most recent winner of the Retail Rockstar award, Serendipity Engravers....
The state Supreme Court Monday upheld the intentional child abuse conviction of a Carlsbad man for the death of his 8-year-old daughter, whose body he dumped in a trash can. The victim was Clovis-born Samantha Rubino. In a unanimous decision, the Court rejected arguments by Juan Lerma that he failed to receive a fair trial. According to a Court news release: Lerma contended that jury instructions were improper and that his attorney was unduly restricted in cross-examining a key witness. He also alleged misconduct by the...
Holland’s Office Equipment has extended an invitation to the community to come to its 95th anniversary celebration Friday. The event starts at 7 a.m. at Holland’s location at Sixth and Pile streets in Clovis. That’s when Holland’s is hosting the Clovis-Curry County Chamber of Commerce membership breakfast. Starting around 10 a.m. Friday, owner Randy Holland said the store will be offering snacks and refreshments to its customers....
LOGAN – Melrose recovered from a heartbreaking loss in Game 1 to beat Logan 4-2 and gain a split of Friday's District 3-1A baseball doubleheader. The Longhorns (16-4, 7-2 district), who rallied to win the opener 6-3 in eight innings, clinched the district title while the Buffaloes (11-6, 6-3) were second. On Sunday, Logan earned the top seed and one of two first-round byes in the Class 1A state tournament, while Melrose was given the third seed and hosts sixth-seeded M...
ROSWELL – Texico's girls shot a four-person score of 377 to post a lopsided victory in Monday's District 4-1/3A golf tournament, played at the New Mexico Military golf course, and qualify for next week's state tournament at the New Mexico Tech golf course in Socorro. Dexter was a distant second at 430, while Gateway Christian shot 454 and Ruidoso came in a 474. Texico senior Liz Elam took medalist honors, shooting 39-42 – 81. Other Lady Wolverines scores were senior Sie...
Friday was the final night of the regular season for the Clovis and Portales High softball teams, and it was definitely tough sledding for both squads. Portales, though, did get a bid to the Class 4A tournament on Sunday. The Lady Rams (10-15, 5-9 District 4-4A) were seeded 16th and travel to No. 1 seed Gallup for a 4 p.m. first-round tilt on Friday. At Artesia, the Lady Bulldogs were rude hosts to Portales on Friday night, sweeping the twin bill 19-0 and 12-0. The Lady Rams...
HOBBS – Clovis High’s girls are sending three players to Class 5A state tennis competition, scheduled for today and Thursday at Jerry Cline Tennis Center in Albuquerque. Junior Hansini Lingala will represent the Lady Wildcats in singles after finishing second in Friday’s District 4-5A tournament, while senior Hannah Heath and junior Madita Ewert won the district tournament in doubles. Lingala will take on third-seeded senior Ellise Jay of Mayfield in her first-round match at 3 p.m. The winner moves on to the 7 p.m. quart...
A section of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard in Clovis will be closed for a week starting Monday. According to a news release from Daniel Lyons, Project Manager for K. Barnett & Sons, the closure is for the EPCOR Aspen Street Meter Relocation project. The project area is roughly 1/10th of a mile from Seventh Street north to Aspen Street along Dr. MLK, Jr. Blvd, and at the intersection of Aspen and Charlotte Streets. The release says the project includes waterline relocation and installation of a new meter station....
Clovis Community College will be graduating more students this year than in 2023. This year, the number of graduates will be about 479, over 80 more than in 2023 according to CCC Director of Enrollment Services and Registrar Kari Smith. Hall gave her report to the CCC Board of Trustees at their regular May meeting Wednesday. Hall reported 221 Associate’s degrees will be handed out, 103 Certificates of Completion and 155 Certificates of Achievement. Smith said 160 graduates will be walking in Friday’s graduation. The cer...
When will the senior meals site be moving to East Seventh Street? Why are they no longer fixing lunches ‘to go?’ The Hillcrest Senior Life Center is expected to be open later this month, according to Clovis Senior Services Director Barbara Riggan. “We’re planning on opening the third week of May, but this is all contingent on required inspections and if we get everything moved by then,” Riggan said Monday. A formal ribbon cutting is scheduled for 2 p.m. May 16. The Friendship Center on 13th Street closed Monday in advance o...
TEXICO – Pecos and Texico played to a 9-9 tie through four innings on Thursday night, then waited a long time before anyone scored again in their District 6-2A baseball matchup. It was still 9-9 through nine innings, but the Panthers scored twice in the top of the 10th and held on for an 11-10 victory over the Wolverines. Sophomore Jesus Chavez went 3-for-3 at the plate for Texico with a double, two runs scored and two walks. He also took over on the mound during the Panthers'...
The city of Portales has procured Constructors Inc. to improve the Intersection of Kilgore and 18th Street, utilizing Capital Outlay monies, according to a news release from Interim City Manager T.J. Cathey. “The scope of the work includes constructing a concrete box culvert, backfill/grading, and new pavement,” Cathey wrote in the news release. Work was initially set to begin last August, but was put off because of “required relocation” of public utility lines,” the release stated. The service lines have since been relo...
CANYON, Texas – Six members of the Eastern New Mexico University softball team were honored by the Lone Star Conference on Wednesday night prior to the start of the LSC tournament. Leading the way were junior catcher Samantha Gutierrez, senior designated player Taighen Whitzel and senior third baseman Alondra Vasquez, all chosen to the first team. Vasquez was also awarded a Gold Glove honor for her play in the field this season. Whitzel entered the tournament with a team-leading .387 average, 12 home runs, 60 hits and 24 w...
LOVINGTON – Portales High’s baseball team got just what it needed with a strong pitching performance from senior Kaiden Gutierrez on Thursday night. Gutierrez also did all right at the plate in sparking the Rams’ 5-1 District 4-4A victory over Lovington. The teams entered their regular-season-ending weekend series tied for the cellar at 0-6 in the four-team district, but the Rams (10-11) are hopeful an overall good showing against the struggling Wildcats (4-18) will be enough to lift them into this week’s 16-team Class 4...
Portales High’s softball team was close enough to breaking through in District 4-4A on Tuesday night that the Lady Rams could almost taste it. PHS led 2-1 after two innings, then scored twice in the bottom of the sixth to tie visiting Roswell Goddard only to see the Lady Rockets post a three-run rally in the top of the seventh for an 8-4 victory. Portales (10-13, 0-7 district) outhit Goddard 8-5 for the game, with sophomore Anetsy Acosta and eighth-grader Amaya Lujan both going 2-for-3. Acosta drove in a run, while f...
CANYON, Texas – Eastern New Mexico University’s softball team was the last squad to beat third-ranked Texas-Tyler, posting a 3-2 win on March 23 at Tyler. On Thursday, the Greyhounds nearly ended the Patriots’ 19-game winning streak, but instead saw their season come to an end in a 4-3 quarterfinal loss in the Lone Star Conference tournament. ENMU (26-26), which beat Texas Woman’s in a first-round match on Thursday morning, fell into a 3-0 hole in the first inning against the Patriots (47-7) and wasn’t able to catch up. Junio...
ROSWELL – Clovis High’s girls shot 387 for fifth place in a 10-team field in Thursday’s Colt Classic golf tournament, hosted by New Mexico Military. Lovington, led by medalist Bailey Alexander’s 76, ran away with the team title at 315. Carlsbad was a distant second at 368, followed by Texico (370), Hobbs (384) and the Lady Cats. Sophomore Kylie Sprinkle led the Lady Wildcats, shooting 37-49 – 86, while senior Emilee Spears followed at 50-49 – 99. Also, junior Jordyn Archuleta and sophomore Aahana Bhakta both shot 50-51 – 101...
A Roosevelt County jury on April 25 found the former head of maintenance at Dora schools guilty of fraud and other allegations for his role in alleged unfair bidding practices. Steven Butler, 56, faces up to 10 years in prison when he’s sentenced later this year, according to a news release from District Attorney Quentin Ray. Butler is alleged to have used his position with the school to gain favorable bids for his own company in providing cleaning supplies and services to the school. “The practices allowed him to obtain mul...
Pumbaa, the warthog in the children's classic "The Lion King," is a bit careless, but silly and fun. Hillcrest Park Zoo officials are excited to learn the personalities of their newest residents – two 3-pound warthogs who arrived on Monday. Zoo Director Stephanie Chavez said Hillcrest has been looking to expand its African wildlife for a while now. When she saw an opportunity to adopt the brother and sister duo from Georgia she knew it was meant to be. "It's exciting. The z...
A district court judge on Friday issued a temporary restraining order preventing the New Mexico Public Education Department from enforcing its 180-day school rule, court records show. The PED’s new rule was to be implemented with the 2024-2025 school year. The order issued by Judge Dustin K. Hunter of Roswell requires the PED to “show cause” at a hearing on May 13 as to why the order should not continue “as a preliminary injunction pending final determination” of the case. The judge ruled that plaintiffs – New Mexico Scho...
