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Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
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Roosevelt County commissioners appear poised to offer their county manager position to Gowan Hays of Portales in a specially called meeting set for 9 a.m. Tuesday at the courthouse. The lone item on the agenda calls for discussion of limited personnel matters related to the county manager position. In a meeting held after an executive session on July 8, commissioners unanimously voted to offer the job to Hays, according to minutes from that meeting. After discussion of compensation and benefits, commissioners agreed to offer...
Portales police are investigating the early Monday shooting death of 51-year-old Benigno Castillo. No arrests had been made as of 3 p.m. Monday, District Attorney Quentin Ray said. Officers at 3:24 a.m. Monday responded to a 911 call in the area of West Kaywood Street and North Avenue B, according to a police news release. Upon arrival, officers found Castillo, who had suffered injuries from what appeared to be a firearm, Williams said. Castillo was transported to Roosevelt General Hospital where he died. Williams said the...
Clovis Municipal Schools and the city of Clovis are offering a free flag football program for boys and girls in kindergarten through fifth grade, according to a CMS news release. The program teaches kids the fundamentals of football. Participating students must be enrolled at Clovis Municipal Schools. Registration is ongoing at the city’s website: cityofclovis.recdesk.com/Community/Program?category=9 A parent meeting is set for 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. July 22 at the Clovis High School Lecture Hall. Practices begin Aug. 7 and flag f...
A “water service disruption” is planned from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday for parts of Portales. A city news release reports potentially affected areas will be North Avenue, North Avenue B and West Avenue B. Surrounding areas could also be affected as well between West Lime Street to West Hickory Street. The disruption is necessary to perform essential maintenance, the news release stated. Low water pressure may occur before and after the water is shut off, and “some water discoloration may occur,” the release stated. Informa...
When is ‘Border Town Days’ in Texico and Farwell? I’ve lost track. “It’s always the last Saturday in July,” Rob Pomper said. Pomper is president of the Farwell Chamber of Commerce, chairman of Bordertown Days and, since 2004, publisher of the weekly newspaper, “The State Line Tribune.” “Texico/Farwell is proud to present the only parade in America that starts in one state and ends in another,” Pomper said. July 27 festivities begin with a parade starting at 10 a.m. New Mexico time at KKR Park in Texico, Pomper said. The pa...
Portales' former City Hall building on the square is being demolished to make way for public parking and electric vehicle charging stations. Eric Segovia, general manager for Roosevelt County Electric Cooperative, said the demolition of the old City Hall building began Monday. He hopes to have the new parking lot ready for holiday shoppers and celebrations before Christmas. "It may not happen (that fast), but we're going to try," he said last week. Segovia said the city...
A Clovis occupational therapist was arrested Tuesday and charged with sex crimes against “more than three” children during in-home therapy treatments, court records show. Jared Cordum, 28, was in the Curry County Adult Detention Center on Tuesday morning without bond. He’s charged with one count of criminal sexual penetration of a child under 13, and multiple counts of criminal solicitation to commit criminal sexual contact of a minor and practicing medicine without a licen...
A Bovina man died Friday morning in a car crash in Lubbock County. Kevin Ortiz, 64, was traveling south on U.S. 84 near the intersection with County Road 1400 when his 2014 Hyundai Accent was struck by a 2022 Kenworth truck pulling a trailer, according to a report from the Texas Department of Public Safety. The driver of the truck was Abdusalam Salem Mohamed, 41, of Murrieta, Calif. A preliminary investigation showed Mohamed “traveled into the center median and crossed onto the U.S. Highway southbound main travel lanes,” DPS...
Xcel Energy has named three of its Texas-based directors as regional vice presidents over the company’s core grid operations in eastern and southeastern New Mexico as well as the Panhandle and South Plains regions of Texas. According to an Xcel news release, David Low has been promoted to regional vice president of Texas and New Mexico power plant operations. Additionally, Cory Wood and Casey Meeks have been named regional vice presidents for Transmission Operations and Distribution Operations respectively. Low and Wood a...
Changes are afoot with the three Stripes convenience stores in Clovis. The stores’ liquor licenses are being leased by the 7-Eleven Corp., based in Irving, Texas, pending the transfer of ownership of dispensing liquor licenses from Stripes previous ownership to 7-Eleven according to Clovis City Clerk LeighAnn Melancon. The actions have no impact on liquor sales at the Stripes stores at North Prince and Llano Estacado, South Prince and Mabry Drive. In February, The News reported 7-Eleven was paying $950 million to D...
A longtime Texas high school football coach is Clovis High’s new head coach, Clovis Municipal Schools officials announced Friday. Stan Hodges, who’s coached in Texas schools more than 25 years, is scheduled to meet with Wildcats players for the first time on Wednesday. He succeeds Andrew McCraw who last month was named offensive coordinator at Eastern New Mexico University. Hodges has been a part of 50 playoff games in his coaching career, according to a CMS news release. Mos...
The Roosevelt County Road Department will begin work this week on South Roosevelt Road P, according to a county news release. The work will be from SRR 10 to SRR 11. Personnel will also begin work on SRR 11 for one-half mile west from NM 206. “This work is expected to be completed by Aug. 23 … weather permitting,” the news release stated. The Roosevelt County Road Department also will begin applying microseal to the intersection area of Industrial and South Roosevelt Road 6, beginning Monday. That work is expected to be co...
Carlos Lopez, 40, of Clovis, on June 18 was sentenced to 11 years in prison for two counts of battery on a police officer, according to a news release from the Ninth District Attorney’s Office. According to the release: On Oct. 2, 2023, officers were dispatched to the La Vista Inn for subject removal. The officers made contact with Lopez, and an altercation ensued. Police tazed Lopez. “While officers were detaining Lopez, he struck one officer in the jaw and another in the chest while attempting to bite officers,” the relea...
The former head of maintenance at Dora schools on June 26 was sentenced to three years in prison following his conviction on six counts of unfair bidding practices. Steven Butler, 56, was convicted by a jury on April 25. He faced a maximum of 10 years in prison, according to District Attorney Quentin Ray. “According to evidence presented, Butler was working as head of maintenance for Dora Schools and used that position to gain favorable bids for his own company to provide cleaning supplies and services to the school,” acc...
Vegetable lovers rejoice. Farmers markets are back on the High Plains. Clovis' farmers market was set to kick off Saturday at the North Plains Mall. Opening day for Portales' market is 5 p.m. Monday. It's at the corner of West First Street and South Avenue B. Selections may be limited at first, organizers warn. "It's been a bad growing year," said Margie Plummer, market manager for Clovis and Portales. Because of hail, high temperatures and wind, some products may take longer...
What’s with fuel prices in our area? Gas prices all around us are cheaper than Clovis and Portales. Why is this? “It’s really the price of crude oil that drives the price of gas,” Daniel Armbruster said Wednesday. Armbruster is corporate spokesperson and community relations person with the American Automobile Association, Texas/New Mexico. Prices are also affected by transportation costs and state taxes, he said. “The average price for a gallon of regular unleaded in Curry County today (Wednesday) is $3.21, $3.27 in Roosev...
Clovis police on Friday were investigating reports of shots fired and a man hit by a pickup truck near the 800 block of Wallace Street. When police arrived on scene late Thursday night they found a man in the road, bleeding from his head. Subsequent investigation found another man in the area who reported he hit a man with his pickup after the man shot at him, according to police Capt. Robert Telles. The man in the road was taken to a Texas hospital. Telles said he did not know the man’s condition but said injuries p...
Portales is hosting “Coffee Time with the Interim City Manager” from 7 a.m. to 9 a.m. Friday at the Do Drop In. T.J. Cathey is the city’s interim manager. Cathey is also Portales’ fire chief. Do Drop In is located at 123 S. Main in Portales....
Brown’s Shoe Fit, 1913 N. Prince St., Clovis, has been named the Clovis-Curry County Chamber of Commerce’s newest Retail Rockstar. The public is invited to a presentation of the honor at 11:30 a.m. Monday at Brown’s Shoe Fit, according to a Chamber news release. Brown’s Shoe Fit was nominated for the award by the Chamber’s previous Retail Rockstar winner, Johnson Lumber Company....
Independence Day is expected to be “mostly sunny and hot,” the National Weather Service reports. But chances of precipitation are at least 20% every day this week, starting tonight. The region can also expect a temporary break from the heat starting Friday, forecasters say, with high temperatures in the mid-80s. Lows are expected in the mid-60s all week. Most of the region saw their first 2024 triple-digit day for heat last month, with a high of 100.1 degrees on June 7 at the Agricultural Science Center north of Clovis. The...
Orenda Farms LLC of Clovis has been awarded $56,108 by the New Mexico Economic Development Department. The operation is a minority- and women-owned enterprise specializing in cannabis cultivation, according to an EDD news release. The release describes Orenda Farms as an indoor, state-of-the-art facility that has almost 1,500 plants. Orenda Farms has six trainees who are paid a wage of $17.41 per hour. The EDD approved the funding of $2.4 million that will be going to nine New Mexico companies to assist those companies with...
A Melrose man died during a motorcycle crash near San Jon last Sunday. Dustin Vineyard, 51, was traveling south on Highway 469 near milepost 17 that afternoon. “For an unknown reason, the motorcycle left the roadway and hit a highway sign,” New Mexico State Police Public Information Officer Silver Wilson said. “Vineyard was thrown from the motorcycle and was pronounced dead on the scene by the Office of the Medical Examiner.” Wilson said Vineyard was not wearing a helmet at the time of the crash. According to dispatc...
I just learned that Allsup’s headquarters is no longer in Clovis. I knew the company was sold several years ago. I was curious how many local HQ employees were laid off. Just personal curiosity. Allsup’s was purchased by the now Fort Worth-based convenience store chain Yesway in 2019. Yesway officials last week did not respond to The News. But an August 2020 article in The News reported the closure of Allsup’s headquarters on Thornton Street in Clovis. The closure was expected to result in 201 positions at the former headq...
Red Lobster Corp. is proposing to close about 100 of its locations nationwide in the wake of a bankruptcy filed in May. The Clovis location is not on a list of Red Lobsters proposed for closure published earlier this month in Newsweek magazine. No New Mexico Red Lobster restaurants are on the closure list. In Texas, 15 of the restaurants are listed for possible closure including one on 50th Street in Lubbock....
Curry County is set to unveil its revamped DWI program at the Judge Reuben E. Nieves Courtyard at 9:15 a.m. today. The courtyard is at the corner of East Eighth and North Main streets. The revamping, set to take place with the 2025 fiscal year, features a new campaign slogan and a slew of new tools -- all of it aimed at decreasing the amount of incidents stemming from driving while intoxicated, alcohol-related domestic violence and underage drinking, according to Brittany Carlock, the manager of the DWI program. “I don’t wan...
