Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
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Where the 2007-2008 United Way Campaign currently stands... Total Pledged $579,985 102.64% of $565,000 Goal Curry $487,026 100.4% of $485,000 Goal Roosevelt $92,867 116.6% of $80,000 Goal By extending the deadline, United Way includes the giving of Accounting & Consulting Group, ConAgra Foods, Law Office of Max Best, Nationwide, Walgreens, Elliott Marketing, Mark's Pipe & Iron, Palla Dairy, Office of Dr Jeff Naggs, Allsup’s, and numerous Women’s Initiative Network members. Giving is a very personal thing and United Way suc...
The Clovis Lady Wildcats need overtime to beat Roswell 41-37 Thursday in the first of the three-team Milk Cow Classic at Rock Staubus Gym. Antiesha Brown led Clovis with 15 points and Jadee Isler added 11. Look for Dave Wagner's game report on the VarsityNow section of this page. Other scores Thursday: Girls Clovis Christian 53, House 18 Grady 36, Mosquero 28 Boys Clovis Christian 74, HOuse 52 Grady 44, Mosquero 36 • • • Our Web poll asks, "Do you think state lawmakers should pass a law recognizing domestic partn...
CNJ staff photo: Liliana Castillo Portales Fire Department works to clear debris off a women trapped in her home after an explosion damaged the structure of the building. An explosion rocked a south Portales neighborhood shortly after 6 p.m. Wednesday, resulting in serious injury to an elderly woman, police said. Police were notified of a loud explosion and a home with major structural damage at 2113 S. Ave. I Place with at least one injured person inside, Portales Police Capt. Lonnie Berry said. Neighbors said the home... Full story
BAn explosion rocked a south Portales neighborhood shortly after 6 p.m. Wednesday, resulting in serious injury to an elderly woman, police said. Police were notified of a loud explosion and a home with major structural damage at 2113 S. Ave. I Place with at least one injured person inside, Portales Police Capt. Lonnie Berry. Neighbors said the home belonged to Clytie Calton and that she was injured in the explosion. The cause of the blast was not immediately known, but police speculated it may have been gas related.... Full story
“New Mexico Stockman” humor columnist Glenda Price will be joining cnjonline.com beginning next month. The Mesilla Park woman writes about “country living.” She’s sort of a female Baxter Black. We plan to publish her column in our bi-monthly “Farm and Ranch” magazine in addition to the online slot. More details coming soon. • • • Eastern New Mexico has lots of questions related to the numbers of personnel assigned to Cannon Air Force Base as it transitions into an Air Force Special Operations Command facility. Read abou...
Bilingual services are available for voters in the March 4 Curry and Roosevelt county elections. Spanish-language voters will have the aid of bilingual precinct workers and an translating device at each of the precincts. Called AutoMARK, the device has an audible and visual translation of the ballot for voters, according to Curry County’s Chief Deputy County Clerk Coni Jo Lyman. The AutoMARK devices have been in use since August 2006. “For the past 23 years we have always tried to have a translator at each precinct dur...
Eastern New Mexico has lots of questions related to the numbers of personnel assigned to Cannon Air Force Base as it transitions into an Air Force Special Operations Command facility. Read about what we know on Editor David Stevens’ Web log Falling, With Style • • • Clovis’ Bill Zarges says he’s concerned about the economy. “Too many questions and no clear policies,” he wrote in an e-mail. “Loss of the ConAgra ethanol plant could have an impact on growth. The re-tasking of Cannon (Air Force Base) may play out all right, ho...
Any person who plans to run for political office in the June Primary must make any necessary changes to their voter registration before 5 p.m. Monday, according the Curry County Clerk’s office. The potential candidate’s voter registration must show their correct address and political party affiliation to be included on the ballot. The cutoff is tied to the governor’s issuing of the Primary Proclamation, which will be made Monday for the June 3 primary. De Baca County sheriff resigns De Baca County will be looking for a sheri...
The United Way of Eastern New Mexico had to go into overtime, but it did reach its 2008 fundraising on Wednesday, according to Executive Director Erinn Burch. She said the organization collected about $580,000 as of Wednesday, which is $15,000 over its campaign goal. The campaign, which had an original deadline of last Friday, was about $24,000 short and the organization opted to extend its deadline by a week. “Since Friday we added about 30 donations from businesses and individuals,” Burch said. The donation that pushed the...
The Portales Police Department arrested 10 subjects and confiscated 5.3 grams of cocaine and 8.78 ounces of marijuana Tuesday during a warrant and narcotic sweep, according to a PPD press release. The charges ranged from a bench warrant to possession with the intent to distribute a controlled substance, according to the release. The Roosevelt County Sheriff’s Office assisted with the operation....
While the nation worries about mortgage foreclosures, unemployment, an unpredictable stock market and rising oil and gas prices, the city of Clovis seems to be holding its own financially. Gross receipts tax revenues were down slightly — 1.21 percent — in 2007, according to documents provided by LeighAnn Melancon, the city’s finance director. However, city officials planned ahead. “We felt we were going to see a little bit of a downtrend,” said City Manager Joe Thomas, referring to the changeover in missions and associate...
Clovis’ Bill Zarges says he’s concerned about the economy. “Too many questions and no clear policies,” he wrote in an e-mail. “Loss of the ConAgra ethanol plant could have an impact on growth. The re-tasking of Cannon (Air Force Base) may play out all right, however, and alleviate the ConAgra loss.” • • • Portales’ Wendel Sloan says he’s looking forward to watching the Super Bowl on Feb. 3: “Definitely, to see Tom Petty (halftime entertainment) and for the outside chance of seeing the secret smirk wiped off the Patriots...
Portales’ Wendel Sloan says he’s looking forward to watching the Super Bowl on Feb. 3: “Definitely, to see Tom Petty (halftime entertainment) and for the outside chance of seeing the secret smirk wiped off the Patriots’ faces.” • • • Want to participate in question-and-answer sessions with the editors? [email protected] us We’ll provide the questions. Your answers will be posted here....
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Pete Domenici and Jeff Bingaman today asserted that a new Governmental Accountability Office (GAO) report affirms that the Air Force used the correct analysis and made the right decision to locate an Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC) mission at Cannon Air Force Base in New Mexico The GAO-initiated report, “Defense Infrastructure: Realignment of Air Force Special Operations Command Unites to Cannon Air Force Base, New Mexico,” studied the decision to locate AFSOC assets at Cannon and f...
On Friday Night, 1/25/2008, from 11:00 PM to 3:00 AM, Officers of the Clovis Police Department will be conducting a DWI Saturation Patrol in the City of Clovis. Officers will be specifically targeting drunk drivers. The ODWI Grant makes this possible from Safer New Mexico Now. The Clovis Police Department would like to remind you that Law Enforcement Officers throughout New Mexico will be out in force to make sure that drunk drivers don’t cause tragedy on the roads this new year. Remember, Sobriety Checkpoints and Patrols a... Full story
Statement released Wednesday by Air Force Special Operations Command regarding the Jan. 18 Government Accountability Office report on Cannon Air Force Base: Air Force Special Operations Command worked closely with the General Accounting Office, throughout the audit process, to provide information regarding the transfer of people and equipment to Cannon Air Force Base, N.M. The numbers of Airmen and aircraft moving to Cannon have always been contingent upon maintaining the force structure flexibility required to fight the... Full story
From Ken De Los Santos, emergency management director for Clovis and Curry County, on this weekend's weather for Curry and Roosevelt County: WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 6 PM MST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 6 PM MST THURSDAY. WINTER WEATHER DEVELOPING DURING THE DAY ON THURSDAY WILL PRODUCE SPOTTY AREAS OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET MAINLY SOUTH AND EAST OF A LINE FROM CLOVIS TO RUIDOSO ON THURSDAY...WITH...
Some say the Federal Reserve did just the right thing by cutting the federal funds interest rate Tuesday by an unexpectedly bold three-quarters of 1 percent, and it just might have kept the plunge in the stock market from being deeper than it was. While the Fed’s move and the president’s “stimulus” plan (if it passes) might ease some pain for some people, they cannot reverse more fundamental forces that will make economic times quite tough for the U.S. economy. If anything, they could make the situation worse by delayin...
The Associated Press The National Weather Service has posted a winter storm watch for Thursday night and Friday for New Mexico’s northwestern mountains. Lea County will be under a winter storm watch Thursday and Thursday night. The unsettled weather is being ushered in by a storm moving east from the California coast toward the Great Basin. A cold front was pressing south Wednesday across New Mexico’s eastern plains, heralding another round of chilly air. The Rio Grande Valley likely will be buffeted by east canyon wind Wed... Full story
The Associated Press The National Weather Service has issued a winter weather advisory from 6 a.m. Wednesday to 6 p.m. Thursday for Curry, Roosevelt and De Baca counties. Winter weather developing Wednesday will produce spotty areas of freezing rain and sleet mainly south and east of a line from Clovis to Ruidoso, with freezing rain expanding in coverage and intensity in the afternoon. Freezing rain and sleet may glaze roads in spots, especially along U.S. 70, N.M. 285 and N.M. 380. Freezing rain may continue into the evening...
From Ken De Los Santos, Clovis/Curry County emergency management director, warning of wintry weather expected for Clovis, Portales and Tucumcari areas: A LARGE STORM SYSTEM SPINNING OFF THE NORTHERN CALIFORNIA COAST WILL WEAKEN AND MOVE INLAND THURSDAY WITH ITS REMNANTS CROSSING NEW MEXICO FRIDAY. ANOTHER STORM WILL ORGANIZE OFF THE WEST COAST LATE THIS WEEK AND AFFECT NEW MEXICO THIS WEEKEND. THESE TWO SYSTEMS WILL COMBINE TO BRING A PERIOD OF UNSETTLED WEATHER TO NORTHERN AND CENTRAL NEW MEXICO. THE TIMING AND TRACK OF THE... Full story
The Associated Press NEW YORK — Wall Street pulled off a stunning comeback Wednesday, surging higher in late trading and wiping out what looked to be yet another precipitous decline. The Dow Jones industrials, down more than 323 points in earlier trading, ended the day with an advance of just under 300 points, according to preliminary calculations. While such volatility has become a hallmark of Wall Street’s performance in recent months amid the ongoing housing and credit crisis, analysts saw some positive signs in the day... Full story
Freedom New Mexico Staff The military murder trial of Airman Basic Edward M. Novak for the October 2004 death of his wife is scheduled to begin at 8 a.m. Monday at the Cannon Air Force Base courthouse. Kimberly S. Novak, 20, was found dead Oct. 28, 2004, in the military housing unit the couple shared on base at Cannon. Military officials said she died of blunt force trauma to the head and neck. Novak has been held in confinement at Cannon since he was charged March 21, 2006. He could face life in prison if convicted. A...
Freedom New Mexico Staff The military murder trial of Airman Basic Edward M. Novak for the October 2004 death of his wife is scheduled to begin at 8 a.m. Monday at the Cannon Air Force Base courthouse. Kimberly S. Novak, 20, was found dead Oct. 28, 2004, in the military housing unit the couple shared on base at Cannon. Military officials said she died of blunt force trauma to the head and neck. Novak has been held in confinement at Cannon since he was charged March 21, 2006. He could face life in prison if convicted. A...
Freedom New Mexico Staff Military officials are considering sending fewer planes and personnel to Cannon Air Force Base than originally planned, according to a report released last week by the Government Accountability Office. “AFSOC originally projected that about 5,700 personnel would be moved to Cannon by the end of fiscal year 2010. However, because of funding constraints, the decision to move about 1,400 of these people is under review by (Department of Defense),” according to the GAO report. “Further, the expec...
