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Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
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Two religious organizations in eastern New Mexico — one returning to Portales after a long absence and one in Clovis continuing work — share the same purpose: Healing. The Celebrate Recovery program is returning to Portales at First Baptist Church. Portales resident Vicki Bannister is heading the program with her family. Bannister said she attended programs for the recovery ministry in Clovis after looking for programs locally to help her son overcome addiction. "Through this...
CLOVIS — Firefighters needed about 30 minutes to extinguish a fire in a work area at Brother’s Tire Shop on Thursday night in Clovis. A passerby reported seeing smoke coming from the shop at 1220 W. Grand Ave. shortly after 6 p.m. Clovis Fire Department Battalion Chief Dale Hand said firefighters had the blaze under control in 15 minutes and limited most of the damage to a workbench and a tire changer. Hand said the cause of the fire was not immediately known. He said the shop could reopen in a couple of day...
Monday • Produce to the People — 11 a.m.-1 p.m. at the Memorial Building, Portales. Free in season fruits and vegetables. Bring your own bags. Information: 575-359-1048 ext. 1 • Stitch Addicts — 1:30 p.m. at Clovis-Carver Public Library. Information: 575-763-9687 Tuesday • Quilter’s Tuesdays — 6 p.m. at Clovis-Carver Public Library. Registration required. Information: 575-763-9687 • Afterschool STEAM — 4:30 p.m. at Portales Public Library for grades K-6. Activity: Play your way. Information: 575-356-3940 Wednesday • Toddl...
For years now I’ve been trying to get my head right about the New Year’s “holiday.” And there we have it. Tripped and skinned my knee on the problem right there in my first paragraph. New Year’s Day is indeed a holiday, but, if you ask me, the closest it gets to being a “holy” day is that it’s the eighth day of Christmas. Now that I will celebrate. (No maids a-milking required.) Don’t get me wrong. I like days off for pretty much any reason not related to sickness or death...
On this date ... 1972: A Clovis man freed a duck from a frozen pond, then needed to be rescued himself. Paul Jones, a municipal golf course maintenance supervisor, freed the duck in a "small, flat-bottomed skiff" before his vessel capsized, the Clovis News-Journal reported. Jones tried to swim to shore, but the icy water paralyzed him, the paper reported. A witness, Al Billingham, saw Jones struggling, jumped in the pond, and helped him to shore. Both men recovered from the...
I found an interesting news article about the New Year’s resolutions of extremely successful people. Even though I didn’t recognize anyone interviewed, the subject matter raised my curiosity because these people were considered successful. The interviewer asked each person to name a resolution or personal areas of focus for the coming year. The results surprised me. One person wanted to do more repurposing, like furniture clothes and such. Another executive wanted to “di...
Some skills are perishable and some skills go out of style, but the level of competence you achieve working as a farmer or rancher tends to be pretty stable. It is a hard-won handiness that is always in demand, no matter how far you may stray from the path of agriculture. As we’ve discussed before, the concept of a vacation is quite foreign to the dedicated farmer or rancher, and indeed, alien to the man or woman who is both. There are those, who, for one reason or another, le...
CLOVIS — A man facing charges in connection with the death of an 18-month-old child in 2015 received a bond reduction in district court Thursday. Christopher A. Waltrip appeared before Judge Drew Tatum with his attorney, Stephen Taylor, while the state was represented by Assistant District Attorney Kirsten Beltran. Waltrip has been charged with Intentional Abuse of a Child Under 12 (Resulting in Death). A grand jury indictment was returned against Waltrip on Oct. 21. Officials said Clovis police were called to the Plains R...
PORTALES — A district judge on Thursday ordered a psychiatric evaluation for a Lubbock teen charged with vehicular homicide. James Baiamonte of Albuquerque told Judge Donna Mowrer that Jerry Nale, 18, had been treated for mental health issues throughout his childhood and was diagnosed with schizophrenia and bipolar disorder when he was 15 years old. Nale was arrested in May 2016 on charges of homicide by vehicle, aggravated fleeing of a law enforcement officer, two counts of contributing to the delinquency of a minor and r...
CLOVIS — A plea of not guilty was entered for a man facing homicide by vehicle charges Thursday morning in District Court. Other charges for Kyle Mawhorter, 29, of Las Vegas, Nevada, include aggravated fleeing of law enforcement, receiving or transferring stolen motor vehicles, resisting, evading or obstructing an officer and reckless driving. Mawhorter was charged in November in connection with the death of Norman, Oklahoma, resident Kori Lynn Woods after allegedly crashing a vehicle on Hull Street and Brady Street f...
Monday • New Mexico Municipal League — 4 p.m. at city hall, Clovis. Information: 575-769-7828 • Shooting Range Ad Hoc Committee — 5:30 p.m. at city hall, Clovis. Information: 575-769-7828 Tuesday • Water Policy Advisory Board — 8:30 a.m. at city hall, Clovis. Information: 575-769-7828 • Portales City Council — 6:30 p.m. in council chambers at the Memorial Building, Portales. Information: 575-356-6662 ext. 1012 • Roosevelt County Commission — 9 a.m. in commission room at county courthouse, Portales. Information: 575-35...
