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Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
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ALBUQUERQUE — The Clovis Wildcats had a puncher’s chance late in the second quarter, and even still going into half against the top-ranked Eldorado Eagles. And then the third quarter happened. Any doubt that remained was obliterated with a 27-0 third, as the Eagles took a 70-29 victory over the Wildcats in the District 2-6A opener for both teams. Clovis (8-8, 0-1), led by Brandon Romero’s 19 points, only trailed 31-18 at the break before things fell apart. “We couldn’t buy a basket,” Clovis coach Scott Robinson said. “Some...
FLOYD — Neither illness nor a slow start could derail the Dora Coyotes in Tuesday night's 64-31 girls basketball win over Floyd. The Coyotes did not enter the contest with a full deck of cards, so to speak, as multiple players — as well as head coach Gabe Montoya — were out with the flu or other illnesses. "We had three with the flu and just some other sicknesses — coughing, but we overcame it," acting head coach Benny Tapia said. "Just probably missing some girls with si...
ROSWELL — After a slow start, the Portales girls basketball team surged in the second quarter of Tuesday night's win over Goddard. The Rams outscored the Rockets, 20-4, en route to a 65-41 victory. "We started off horrible, down 10-2. We just did nothing right," Rams coach Wade Fraze explained. "But we adjusted and played much better in the second quarter, and basically the final three quarters." Portales (17-2) trailed by four to start the second quarter, but turned around a...
CLOVIS — The old phrase ‘close but no cigar’ has seemed to haunt Clovis High girls' basketball team this season. And Tuesday night, the stogie proved elusive once again in the Lady Wildcats’ District 2-6A opener against Eldorado. Despite battling back to erase a 10-point first-half deficit, despite leading by a point in the waning minutes of the fourth quarter, the Lady ’Cats were beaten 45-42 at Rock Staubus Gymnasium, as Teya Morris’ last-second three-point attempt hit...
PORTALES — Since 1932, discoveries have been made at the Blackwater Draw National Historic Landmark that have shed light on the earth's history. Now, however, the site is getting some recognition of its own. The "Black Water Draw Black and White" photo series, on display in the Runnels Gallery in Eastern New Mexico University's Bernalillo Hall until Jan. 26, showcases over 50 photographs, from the site's initial excavation in 1932 to the 1970s. Barbara Senn, department s...
Are you looking for extra work to supplement your income? Is your school and home life preventing you from getting full-time employment? Then Eastern New Mexico University has an event for you. The university is hosting a part-time job fair from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Thursday in the Campus Union Building’s Sandia Room, and is inviting employees and employers alike to participate. Businesses will not be charged to reserve a table, according to a press release by ENMU. “This is a great way to reach lots of potential employees in...
PORTALES — After almost two years of discussion, Roosevelt County Commissioners last week voted unanimously to close a half-mile stretch of road out of concerns for public safety. In coming weeks the road department will begin work on the multi-phase closure of South Roosevelt Road Q 1/2 between 18th Street and South Roosevelt Road 7, according to a news release from County Manager Amber Hamilton. "I feel this road closure request has been considered and researched through a v...
PORTALES — State police on Tuesday released the name of the man shot by deputies in Roosevelt County after leading officers on a chase in a front-end loader. James Wallace McFarlin, 48, of Portales, was in police custody while recovering from "non life-threatening injuries" at University Medical Center in Lubbock, according to New Mexico State Police Public Information Officer Carl Christiansen. NMSP is investigating the incident, which originated shortly before noon Monday w...
On this date ... 1983: The Curry County Commission voted to rescind a pay raise it had approved two weeks earlier for county elected officials. The New Mexico Legislature had passed legislation allowing raises of up to 25 percent for elected county officials, but the state attorney general's office later issued an opinion citing the raises as unconstitutional. Curry County Commission chair Travis Stovall, and commissioners Cullen Williams and Claude Burkett agreed to withhold...
Two issues involving our current president seem to be taking all the air out of the room at this time. One of these is the long-running charge of collusion with the Russian government and President Trump during last year’s campaign. In spite of the best efforts of Director of National Intelligence James Clapper, CIA Director John Brennan and FBI Director James Comey to oust Curley, Moe and Larry from their position in Hollywood folklore, no collusion has been found. What h...
A great many people are upset because President Trump is claimed to have observed that many places around the world are, shall we say, “less than ideal.” Of course, being Donald Trump, he is claimed to have used a colorful metaphor to describe those places. It is honest, but not polite. His detractors see racism in this observation, which isn’t surprising since they are the same people who see racism around every rock and hear it in every word. I don’t see racism, but I do see...
FLOYD — Dora’s strong 22-point fourth quarter proved to be the difference in Tuesday’s 56-47 boys basketball win over Floyd. The Coyotes had four players in double figures en route to their 11th win of the season. “We lost Jarrett East to foul trouble and that hurt us,” Floyd coach Steve Foust said of his team’s fourth quarter struggles. “We just didn’t get execution at the end of the game, but Dora did.” Dora (11-6) and Floyd (7-7) swapped leads back and forth for three quarters, as the two were tied at 22-all at half, w...
Tuesday presented a chance the March municipal candidate list choices would add a few more names. Instead, the list got a little bit smaller in Clovis. City, town and village clerks throughout Curry and Roosevelt counties reported nobody had signed up Tuesday, the only day write-in candidates could file for the election. The city of Clovis, however, had candidate Steven Hill withdraw his name for the District 1 position. That means Juan Garza will be running unopposed for re-election. In a statement to the news Tuesday...
CLOVIS — Several power outages have kept Xcel Energy crews busy over the past couple days. Xcel Energy Spokesman Wes Reeves said 328 Clovis customers were affected by a blown fuse line at 9:08 p.m. on Monday. Reeves said crews reset the fuse and power was back on by 10:48 p.m. Then Tuesday a total of 17 Clovis customers were affected by three separate outages, including a transformer level outage that impacted 15 customers from 8:18 a.m. until 10:07 a.m., Reeves said. The other two outages on Tuesday were single customer o...
CLOVIS — The board for the Eastern New Mexico Water Utility Authority took no action following Tuesday’s executive session at the Curry County Administrative Complex. Authority Chair and Clovis Mayor David Lansford said no conclusions were reached at the executive session that consisted of approximately hour-long interviews with four applicants for the vacant executive director position. “It was a good day,” Lansford said. “We had some really nice conversations and some really good candidates.” Lansford said no finalists f...
New Mexico lawmakers reconvened in Santa Fe on Tuesday for a 30-day session in which their primary task is to adopt a balanced budget for the coming fiscal year. But this year they will have some “new” money to work with thanks to a rebound in oil and gas and a general strengthening of the state’s economy. These aren’t exactly boom times, but there is no question we have had some steady growth and major successes — such as the burgeoning international trade sector along the southern border and successfully landing the Faceb...
Booked The following were booked into local jails Friday through Monday: Clovis • Kimberly Dominguez, 26, battery against a household member, criminal damage to property • James Williams, 45, failure to pay fines • Dakota Massicotte-Lindley, 21, use of telephone to terrify, intimidate, threaten, harass, annoy or offend • Adrian Estrada, 33, out of state fugitive, parole violation • Bobby Sena, 50, battery against a household member, false imprisonment, criminal damage to the property of a household member • Somchith Vo...
Wednesday • Clovis Local Emergency Planning Committee — 1 p.m. at the Bert Cabiness City Government Center, 321 N. Connelly St., Clovis. Information: 575-769-7828 Thursday • Eastern New Mexico University Board of Regents — 2 p.m. at Hotel Santa Fe, 1501 Paseo De Peralta, Santa Fe. Information: 575-562-2121 • Clovis City Commission — 5:15 p.m. in the north annex of the Clovis-Carver Public Library, 701 N. Main St., Clovis. Information: 575-769-7828 Friday • Bovina City Council — 6:30 p.m. (CST) at XIT Center, 215 North St.,...
Today • Preschool Storytime — 10:30 a.m. at Portales Public Library. Story: “Pajama Party.” Information: 575-356-3940 • Tiny Tots — 10 a.m. at Clovis-Carver Public Library. Story and craft activities for children 1-3 years old. Information: 769 7840 • Medicaid Q&A — 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. at Memorial Building, Portales. Presentation on Medicaid renewal and enrollment. Information: 575-910-1319 • Tween Program — 4:30 p.m. at Portales Public Library. Activity: Xbox One free play. Information: 575-356-3940 • Stitch Addicts — 6:30...
