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Portales City Council members voted 6-2 on Tuesday to terminate the contract of City Manager Sarah Austin. Council members went into executive session for about 30 minutes before voting. Veronica Cordova and Eldon Merrick opposed Austin's termination. The other six Council members voted for termination "without cause." Austin and Council members all declined comment. Austin was placed on paid administrative leave last week. She said she was not given a reason for the action. It wasn't immediately clear whether Austin will be...
Eastern New Mexico University's track squads hosted their first home meet since 2019 with the Greyhound Invite on Saturday at Greyhound Stadium. The meet was a triangular, also including Wayland Baptist and Hardin-Simmons, and no team scores were kept. Final results in some of the events were not available as of Tuesday morning due to glitches in the system. Still, coach Josh Hardin said the meet was an overall success. "It was amazing," he said after the meet. "To be able to...
GRADY – It looked like a football linescore – Grady scored 14 in the first, three in the second, six in the third and seven in the fourth. The result was a 30-3 victory over winless Jal on Monday, keeping the Bronchos undefeated for the young season at 5-0. The game was called after 4 ½ innings because of the 10-run rule. Senior Zane Rush went 4-for-4 with eight RBIs – a grand slam, a three-run homer and an RBI single. He also drew a walk and scored five runs. Freshmen Andre Garcia and Hays Rush both finished 3-for-4 for Gr...
Routed in its first three meetings this season against Roswell Goddard, Clovis High's softball team managed to throw a bit of a scare into the Lady Rockets on Saturday. Down 7-1 in the fourth inning, the Lady Wildcats pulled to within a run in the sixth but couldn't complete the rally in an 8-6 setback at Lady Wildcat Field. Goddard (10-5) swept the four-game season series from CHS, but after outscoring the Lady Cats 54-1 in the first three tilts – including a 15-0, three-inni...
Eastern New Mexico University's spring football drills came to an end on Friday night with coach Kelley Lee and his staff getting a look at players in game situations in the program's annual Green and Silver intrasquad game at Greyhound Stadium. The Green squad defeated Silver 13-3. Lee said he and his staff were pleased with how the spring drills went. "It was really good," Lee said. "We were able to evaluate our kids. Our young kids got a lot better." Nearly 80 players took...
TYLER, Texas – If it hopes to reach the Lone Star Conference baseball tournament for a second consecutive year, Eastern New Mexico University’s baseball team will need to come out of its recent funk. And soon. The slumping Greyhounds struggled through the final three games of their Lone Star Conference series against Texas-Tyler over the weekend, dropping a doubleheader on Friday and the getaway game on Saturday as their losing streak reached seven games. Junior left-hander Kolby Parker (2-1) and senior right-hander Log...
A new restaurant serving Mexican food has opened on South Prince Street. El Buen Sazon, owned and operated by Arturo and Alina Anchondo is at 3120 S. Prince St. south of Clovis. “Our specialties are tacos and hamburgers,” Alina said. The Anchondo’s menu lists a variety of meats for the tacos: Carne asada or grilled beef, pastor which is marinated pork, tripas or tripe, Alambre which is a mixture of meat with bell pepper, bacon and onion and Buche or stomach pork with chorizo. El Buen Sazon is open Wednesday through Satur...
A Portales business owner, Mik Plunkett who operates Lists 4 Less LLC, has picked up a national award from the Alignable network. According to an Alignable news release, Plunkett was selected as Portales’ 2024 Business Person Of The Year. Lists 4 Less is a direct marketing firm that has achieved success through the use of “high quality” mail lists, direct mail and proprietary integrated digital marketing programs, according to the news release. In the release, Alignable describes itself as “the largest online busine...
SDV Construction, the Albuquerque company that worked on the Curry County Courthouse addition and renovation in Clovis reports the company earned a national “Excellence in Construction® Pyramid Award” for the project. According to a SDV news release, the national award was presented at the Associated Builders and Contractors convention 2024 in Orlando on Mar. 14. “We’re honored to have the dedication, attention to detail, ethics and hard work of our team recognized by ABC,” SDV Construction President and CEO Paul Farless sa...
The Clovis-Curry County Chamber of Commerce’s newest “Retail Rockstar” is City Printing. Presentation of the honor was last Thursday at City Printing’s location at 117 W. Grand Ave. City Printing was nominated by the previous “Retail Rockstar” honoree, Fuller Supply Company....
Samantha Rubino clammed up and didn't say a word. After the unexpected death of her mother in April 2020, the 7-year-old put her head down on her knees when asked whether she wanted to go live with Juan Lerma, a man believed to be her father whom she hadn't seen in years. A few months later, Samantha never would speak again — her lifeless body discovered in a garbage bag in a trash can. The case, which resulted in the state of New Mexico agreeing to pay a $5.5 million settlement last month, should send a resounding message t...
TYLER, Texas – After dropping a tight series opener on Thursday night, Eastern New Mexico University’s baseball team was left in the dust by Texas-Tyler on Friday. The Patriots took full advantage of 13 walks to rout the Greyhounds 19-1 in the opener of their Lone Star Conference doubleheader, then junior right-hander Wyatt Wick threw a five-hit shutout for a 6-0 victory in the second of two seven-inning contests. The lone tally for the Hounds (14-19, 12-19 LSC) came on a sixth-inning home run by junior shortstop Willie Pon...
MORIARTY – Portales High’s baseball team broke a tie with three runs in the bottom of the sixth and defeated Santa Fe Capital 9-6 in Thursday’s fifth-place game of an eight-team tournament hosted by Moriarty. Senior Edel Legarda hit a go-ahead RBI single, senior Dylan Saunders delivered a run-scoring double and senior Andru Ontiveros hit an RBI single to snap a 6-6 tie against the Jaguars (6-6). Portales (5-3) pounded out 17 hits, with senior Noah Swift going 4-for-4 and Ontiveros, Swift and junior Elijah Tellez all finis...
LAS VEGAS, N.M. – Senior Daltyn Cain’s two-run single capped a three-run sixth and Texico, down by seven runs early, held on to edge East Mountain 10-9 on Friday in the consolation semifinals of an eight-team tournament hosted by West Las Vegas H.S. East Mountain (6-6) led 8-1 after the second inning, but Texico (2-3) put together three-run innings in the third, fourth and sixth to win it. Senior Erik Davalos pitched the final three innings for the Wolverines for the win, allowing three hits and no runs with two walks and...
SANTA FE – Freshman Annaleah Lujan threw a five-inning three-hitter and belted a three-run home run as Portales High’s softball team rolled over Santa Fe High 12-1 on Friday. Lujan went 2-for-4 with a double and her home run, which came as part of a six-run fifth that eventually ended the contest on the 10-run rule. In the circle she allowed only a second-inning run to the Lady Demons (6-6), with two walks and 10 strikeouts. Sophomore Skyler Massey led the attack for the Lady Rams (4-3), going 3-for-4 with a double and two...
LAS CRUCES – The Clovis High baseball team was expecting to take it easy during spring break this week, with no games scheduled. At the last minute, though, a doubleheader at Mayfield was added to accommodate a trip the Trojans made last spring to Bell Park. All’s well that ends well, as the Wildcats posted 5-4 and 11-6 victories to improve to 8-5 for the campaign. “It was huge for us,” CHS coach Richard Cruce said. “The kids just said, ‘Let’s go out there and go play.’” In the opener, the Cats rallied for three runs in the...
When tree limbs are getting entangled in the power line running from the pole to my house or building doesn’t the power company come to trim those away? The quick answer is “no.” “The line that runs from a pole to a customer’s home or business is referred to as a service drop, and tree trimming around this line is the responsibility of the customer,” Xcel Energy’s senior media relations representative Wes Reeves wrote in an email. Reeves noted there is an exception. “If a tree branch falls onto the service drop, which is...
The city of Clovis will be hosting a swearing-in ceremony on Monday at 11:30 a.m. at the North Annex of the Clovis-Carver Public Library. According to the press release from the city, the ceremony follows the recent municipal election results and will mark the commencement of the new terms for the mayoral positions and Districts 1, 2, 3, and 4 commissioners. The following commissioners will be sworn in during the ceremony: • Mayor, Mike Morris (re-elected), 4-year term • District 1, George Jones (re-elected), 4-year term • D...
The Clovis City Manager’s office has announced openings on some of the city’s boards and committees. The City is seeking two representatives to serve on the Civic Center Policy Board and has two vacancies on the Public Works Committee for one citizen member from District 1 and one citizen member from District 4. There is one vacancy on the Water Policy Advisory Committee for a resident of Curry County, and there are three vacancies on the Economic Incentive Board for a citizen representative from District 1, a citizen rep...
Rattler Relays Saturday at Tucumcari Boys Team standings: 1. Portales 71 ½; 2. Logan 60; 3. West Las Vegas 56; 4. Santa Rosa 38; 5. Tucumcari 30; 6. Dexter 29; 7. East Mountain 28; 8. Springer 24; 9. (tie) Cimarron and Pecos 22; 11. Capital 20; 12. Floyd 19 ½; 13. Raton 19; 14. LV Robertson 16; 15. Mora 7. Portales, Floyd results Field events Long jump: 2. (tie) Colton Cain, Floyd and Antonio Bonilla, Portales 19-9; 5. Isaias Nieto, Floyd 19-6; 6. Ja'Lyn...
Five boys and three girls have been chosen for various all-state basketball honors by the New Mexico High School Coaches Association. For the boys, Texico senior Cade Figg was a first-team selection in Class 2A, while Clovis High senior Marvin Cox, Portales High junior Paxton Culpeper in Class 4A and Melrose junior Brayden Eldridge in Class 1A were accorded second-team status. Also, Buffaloes junior Josiah Roybal was an honorable mention pick in 1A. Girls honorees, all in Class 1A, were seniors Graci Odom of Melrose and...
TYLER, Texas – Eastern New Mexico University’s softball program came into the season winless all-time against two Lone Star Conference programs – Lubbock Christian and Texas-Tyler. The Greyhounds have now scratched both of those items off their list, winning the second game of Saturday’s twin bill against UTT 3-2. They weren’t able to carry the momentum over to Sunday, however, as the fifth-ranked Patriots (28-7, 19-5 LSC) rode a six-run second to an 8-2 triumph in the series finale. ENMU is now 1-42 all-time against L...
ALAMOGORDO – With about a five-hour bus ride, it was going to be tough to play two games on Monday night anyway. With an hour delay for lightning in the middle, that pretty much took care of a second game. Portales High and Alamogordo did manage to get through one tilt, though, with the Tigers rallying after the delay for a 7-6 victory. PHS (3-2), coming off a championship in Eunice’s Cardinal Classic on Saturday, led 2-0 through three innings when play was halted. The Rams went up 5-1 with a three-run fifth, but the Tig...
Clovis resident David Brown was found guilty this week for trafficking substances such as methamphetamines, heroine, fentanyl, and Xanax. Brown, 53, had 10 grams of methamphetamines, black tar heroin, Xanax and fentanyl pills when officers searched his hotel room on January 25, 2023. He was then arrested and taken into custody. Trafficking a controlled substance is a second degree felony. The Honorable Fred Van Soelen presided over the trial with Brown being represented by Kaitlyn Cochran with the Las Office of the Public...
As of Monday, Portales Municipal Schools Board unanimously voted to be a part of the statewide lawsuit to challenge the state’s Public Education Department’s proposed changes to school calendars. The board approved a resolution supporting PMS Superintendent Johnnie Cain joining the New Mexico Superintendents Association’s opposition to the 180-day rule ordered by the PED. Multiple area school superintendents, including Clovis schools Rene Russ, have said they also will join in the planned lawsuit. The mission is to preve...
