Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
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Staff writer [email protected] The Eastern New Mexico Water Utility Authority’s interim pipeline has been awarded $700,000 from the federal Bureau of Reclamation, according to a news release Thursday from U.S. Senators Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich. The money is part of $2.2 million Udall secured in last December’s omnibus funding bill for drought relief projects in New Mexico, the news release said. This project will include 151 miles of pipeline to transport water purchased from landowners to communities in Curry and...
and Thomas Garcia Staff writers Turquoise Health and Wellness “cannot stand on its own” when Lifewell ceases operations with them March 31, according to an email sent to CNJ from Matt Kennicott, the director of external affairs for the New Mexico Human Services Department. Turquoise, a behavioral health agency treating Medicaid patients in Clovis and Tucumcari, has already notifiedthe state and all four managed care organizations contracted by the state that it will terminate its access in New Mexico on that date. When asked... Full story
Staff writers Turquoise Health and Wellness “cannot stand on its own” when Lifewell ceases operations with them March 31, according to an email sent to CNJ from Matt Kennicott, the director of external affairs for the New Mexico Human Services Department. Turquoise, a behavioral health agency treating Medicaid patients in Clovis and Tucumcari, has already notified the state and all four managed care organizations contracted by the state that it will terminate its access in New Mexico on that date. When asked about the imp...
Staff writer [email protected] The medical director at Plains Regional Medical Center in Clovis and the federal Centers for Disease Control are recommending getting a flu shot. “For November and December we have had a considerably higher number of flu cases compared to last year at both Plains Regional Medical Center in Clovis and Dan C. Trigg Memorial Hospital in Tucumcari,” said Donna Thibodeau chief medical director for PRMC. Thibodeau said some of the patients seen at both hospitals had received flu shots in late Oc... Full story
QCS Senior Writer The medical director at Plains Regional Medical Center in Clovis and the federal Centers for Disease Control are recommending getting a flu shot. “For November and December we have had a considerably higher number of flu cases compared to last year at both Plains Regional Medical Center in Clovis and Dan C. Trigg Memorial Hospital in Tucumcari,” said Donna Thibodeau chief medical director for PRMC. Thibodeau said some of the patients seen at both hospitals had received flu shots in late October and ear... Full story
Staff writer [email protected] Schools in New Mexico counties are combating bullying in compliance with state law and officials say they are seeing positive results. The state Public Education Department requires every school district and state-chartered school to implement bullying prevention programs, according to the education department’s website. The website defines “bullying” as “any repeated and pervasive written, verbal or electronic expression, physical act or gesture, or a pattern thereof, that is intende...
STAFF WRITER [email protected] Schools in New Mexico counties are combating bullying in compliance with state law and officials say they are seeing positive results. The state Public Education Department requires every school district and state-chartered school to implement bullying prevention programs, according to the education department’s website. The website defines “bullying” as “any repeated and pervasive written, verbal or electronic expression, physical act or gesture, or a pattern thereof, that is intended to... Full story
Staff writer [email protected] Enforcing New Mexico’s statewide ban on distracted driving has become a priority for the Portales Police Department. But Clovis police say the ban is difficult to enforce and they’ve not issued any citations. On July 1, a law went into effect that makes it illegal to send or read text messages and emails, or make Internet searches from smartphones or other hand-held wireless devices while driving in New Mexico. The law, however, also says drivers can talk on the phone if they’re using... Full story
Staff writer [email protected] Enforcing New Mexico’s statewide ban on distracted driving has become a priority for the Portales Police Department. But Clovis police say the ban is difficult to enforce and they’ve not issued any citations. On July 1, a law went into effect that makes it illegal to send or read text messages and emails, or make Internet searches from smartphones or other hand-held wireless devices while driving in New Mexico. The law, however, also says drivers can talk on the phone if they’re using...
Staff writer Eastern New Mexico was dusted with its first snow of the season Wednesday, sending residents to fetch heavy coats and into hardware stores for pipe-repair parts and space heaters. The storm system produced reports of up to a half-inch of snow two miles northwest of Clovis and two-tenths of an inch three miles southwest of Portales, but most of Curry and Roosevelt counties had just enough snow to frost the grass. A half-inch of snow was reported in Quay County three miles northeast of Tucumcari, according to the...
Staff writer Eastern New Mexico was dusted with its first snow of the season Wednesday, sending residents to fetch heavy coats and into hardware stores for pipe-repair parts and space heaters. The storm system produced reports of up to a half-inch of snow two miles northwest of Clovis and two-tenths of an inch three miles southwest of Portales, but most of Curry and Roosevelt counties had just enough snow to frost the grass. A half-inch of snow was reported in Quay County three miles northeast of Tucumcari, according to the...
Staff Writer [email protected] Area lakes are resting at comfortable depths after relatively plentiful rainfall this summer and last fall. Officials who oversee Sumner and Conchas lakes are expecting those depths to remain desirable with better-than-average snowpacks predicted this winter. Sumner Lake is expected to keep its volume within 1 percent of capacity this year, said Mike Cantrell, damtender for the Sumner Dam Carlsbad Irrigation District. This summer’s improved rainfall totals have left Sumner Lake’s volume at...
Staff writer [email protected] Area lakes are resting at comfortable depths after relatively plentiful rainfall this summer and last fall. Officials who oversee Sumner and Conchas lakes are expecting those depths to remain desirable with better-than-average snowpacks predicted this winter. Sumner Lake is expected to keep its volume within 1 percent of capacity this year, said Mike Cantrell, damtender for the Sumner Dam Carlsbad Irrigation District. This summer’s improved rainfall totals have left Sumner Lake’s volume at...
Staff writer Recently resigned Tucumcari Police Officer Dustin "Dusty" Lopez was charged Tuesday with arson and conspiracy to commit arson in Quay County Magistrate Court, according to nmcourts.gov. New Mexico State Police Investigation Bureau Officer Chester Bobbit filed the charges with Quay County Magistrate Judge Joel Garnett. Lopez had been the target of a state police investigation in a series of arson fires in the city during September, according to court records. Lopez resigned Oct. 2, the day after New Mexico State...
Staff photo: Thomas Garcia Gov. Susana Martinez speaks with Tucumcari Mountain Cheese Factory owner Charles Krause on Wednesday during a ceremony celebrating the factory’s planned expansion....
link Staff photo: Thomas Garcia Gov. Susana Martinez speaks with Tucumcari Mountain Cheese Factory owner Charles Krause on Wednesday during a ceremony celebrating the factory’s planned expansion. Thomas Garcia [email protected] Gov. Susana Martinez was in Tucumcari on Wednesday to help celebrate the planned $4.5 million expansion of Tucumcari Mountain Cheese Factory with local officials and a dozen residents and employees. The expansion is expected to create up to 20 n... Full story
link Staff photo: Thomas Garcia Gov. Susana Martinez speaks with Tucumcari Mountain Cheese Factory owner Charles Krause on Wednesday during a ceremony celebrating the factory’s planned expansion. Thomas Garcia [email protected] Gov. Susana Martinez was in Tucumcari on Wednesday to help celebrate the planned $4.5 million expansion of Tucumcari Mountain Cheese Factory with local officials and a dozen residents and employees. The expansion is expected to create up to 20 n...
Staff photo: Thomas Garcia Gov. Susana Martinez speaks with Tucumcari Mountain Cheese Factory owner Charles Krause on Wednesday during a ceremony celebrating the factory’s planned expansion....
Staff writer [email protected] The Interstate Streams Commission has taken charge of a $50,000 capital outlay allocation requested by the village of Logan, approved in legislation and signed by Gov. Susana Martinez. A spokesperson said the ISC will use the cash to update its existing study of Ute Lake’s capacity. Officials in Quay County say that cash was intended to be used by Logan to conduct the village’s own independent study. Their claims are supported by state Rep. Dennis Roch of Logan, who requested the Leg...
Staff writer [email protected] The Interstate Streams Commission has taken charge of a $50,000 capital outlay allocation requested by the village of Logan, approved in legislation and signed by Gov. Susana Martinez. A spokesperson said the ISC will use the cash to update its existing study of Ute Lake’s capacity. Officials in Quay County say that cash was intended to be used by Logan to conduct the village’s own independent study. Their claims are supported by state Rep. Dennis Roch of Logan, who requested the Leg... Full story
Staff writer [email protected] Area phone company officials are trying to find out why some Sprint mobile phone customers cannot reach Plateau Wireless cell numbers. Kyleigh Knight, Sprint Store manager in Clovis, said she believes the issue is with Plateau. But Plateau regulatory manager Launa Waller said Thursday she knew of only one complaint, which was traced to an issue with Sprint. Curry County Commissioner Ben McDaniel is among those having problems. “For the past two days I have had 10 calls to Plateau c...
[email protected] Recently resigned Tucumcari police Officer Dustin “Dusty” Lopez is the target of a state police investigation in a series of arson fires in the city last month, according to court records. Lopez resigned Oct. 2, the day after New Mexico State Police searched his home. Investigators seized Lopez's cell phone while executing the search warrant, according to court records. According to an affidavit filed in Quay County Magistrate Court: • State police received information there was evidence on Lopez... Full story
[email protected] Recently resigned Tucumcari police Officer Dustin “Dusty” Lopez is the target of a state police investigation in a series of arson fires in the city last month, according to court records. Lopez resigned Oct. 2, the day after New Mexico State Police searched his home. Investigators seized Lopez's cell phone while executing the search warrant, according to court records. According to an affidavit filed in Quay County Magistrate Court: • State police received information there was evidence on Lopez...
Senior Writer [email protected] The history of the railroad will come alive with working model train displays as well as visual and static displays Saturday and Sunday during the Tucumcari Railroad Days at the Historic Train Depot in Tucumcari. Railroad Days is a collaborative effort among the Tucumcari/Quay County Chamber of Commerce, Tucumcari Main Street and the Tucumcari Railroad Museum, said Connie Loveland, railroad museum board member. Loveland said the entities wanted to hold an event for locals and tourists tha... Full story
Staff writer [email protected] Stan Furry believes he will be able to harvest a dryland winter wheat crop this spring on his Broadview farm for the first time since 2010. Even with less rainfall than their counterparts to the south, Furry said farmers in northern Curry County are grateful and optimistic about the moisture they did receive, since it will help the winter wheat crop take hold. “The important thing is to get a crop into the ground,” Furry said. “In the past we’ve been unable to get crops to take hold an...
