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Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
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Boys Clovis at Santa Fe High When: 7 p.m. today in a District 2-6A game. Records: Clovis (8-10, 1-1), Santa Fe High 12-6 (2-0). Last time out: The Wildcats beat Manzano 72-60 at The Rock. while the Demons defeated La Cueva 68-51 at home. Of note: Both teams have shown significant improvement over last season, when the Cats were 3-22 and the Demons went 9-17. Clovis edged Santa Fe High 58-57 in last year’s season opener on the road. … Saturday’s win means the Cats have matched their win total from the previous two seasons comb...
CARLSBAD — Clovis High’s girls made a clean sweep of the Artesia Invitational on Saturday. The boys, meantime, settled for a near-sweep. The Lady Wildcats won all 11 events on the girls side while the boys were first in eight of 11. Clovis won the girls division with 316 points to 195 for Hobbs and took boys team honors with 275 to 214 for the Eagles in a six-team get-together. Clovis didn’t swim its top swimmers in all events, instead choosing to let them do some different events. “I thought the kids had a great meet,...
Deanna Richards left a lasting impression with those who knew her. “She was an amazing woman,” said Matt Duncan, an Air Force master sergeant who worked with Richards when both were deployed in Kuwait last year. “She had an outgoing personality and managed to make friends with everyone around base. She was so active and always on the go. One minute she would be in the office taking customer calls, the next minute she was going out (to) the shops to make repairs and relat...
Boys Non-district Fort Sumner 87, New Mexico Military 51 New Mexico Military (1-13) — Fausto Baranzini 8, Jesus Luy 8, Hector Reyna 15, Andres Aranoa 6, Jake Guerrero 14. Totals 21 3-6 51. Fort Sumner (13-3) — Francisco Chavez 2, Alex Moyer 2, Jacob Maxwell 3, Peyton Lewis 2, Brant West 29, Cory Terrell 15, Jude Segura 7, Noah Maxwell 10, Hunter Sparks 6, Kreston Butterfield 11. Totals 31 14-26 87. New Mexico Military 17 14 7 13 — 51 Fort Sumner 16 27 28 16 — 87 3-pointers — New Mexico Military, Guerrero 4, Luy, Reyna. Fo...
The following is a sampling of calls received by dispatchers for Clovis police, Curry County sheriff and area fire stations: Friday • 8:18 a.m.: Following too close, 1000 block of West Seventh Street • 9:04 a.m.: Leaving scene of crash with property damage, 1300 block of Ross • 11:07 a.m.: Shoplifting up to $500, 1900 block of North Prince Street • 12:49 p.m.: Traffic accident, intersection of Manana and Wallace • 12:56 p.m.: Failure to appear, Magistrate Court • 2:32 p.m.: Shoplifting up to $500, 4000 block of North Princ...
Today • Clovis Municipal Schools Board of Education — 5:30 p.m. at the CMS administration building, 1009 Main St., Clovis. Information: 575-769-4300. Wednesday • Public Works Committee — 8:30 a.m. at city hall, Clovis. Information: 575-769-7828 • Curry County Commission — 9 a.m. in commission chambers at 417 Gidding Street, Clovis. Special meeting. Information: 575-763-6016 This calendar is a daily listing of area public meetings. To place an item on the calendar, call the newsroom at 575-763-6991 or e-mail: mmontgomery...
Today • Afterschool STEAM — 4:30 p.m. at Portales Public Library for grades K-6. Activity: Shrinky dink art. Information: 575-356-3940 Wednesday • Preschool storytime — 10:30 a.m. at Portales Public Library. Book: Now You See Me. Information: 575-356-3940 • Teen program — 4:30 p.m. at Portales Public Library for ages 13-18. Game day: Xbox One free play. Information: 575-356-3940 • Toddler Time — 10 a.m. at Clovis-Carver Public Library. Information: 575-769-7840 • Blood drive — 9:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. at Portales High Schoo...
The following is a sampling of calls for Portales police, fire and sheriff: Friday • 10:03 a.m.: Ambulance requested, 1500 block West Ivy Street • 10:51 a.m.: Ambulance requested, 200 block South Knoxville Street • 12:04 p.m.: Criminal damage, 600 East Amazon Street, report taken • 12:39 p.m.: Verbal domestic, 700 block West 17th Lane • 4:09 p.m.: Ambulance requested, 1400 block South Avenue C • 5:05 p.m.: Breaking and entering, 4600 block New Mexico 206, report taken • 7:33 p.m.: Domestic report, 1100 block West Juniper...
The following are the number of building permits and a sampling of the businesses who applied for them for the second half of 2016: July • Garcia & Sons Roofing • ABF Roofing & Foam • Jimenez Roofing Inc. • AG Construction • Reed Roofing • Griffith Home Builders • Clovis Pool & Spa • 4N Construction • Hanks Roofing & Foam • Coast to Coast • Foster Construction • Surplus City • Empowered Welding • Nixon Enterprises • Redwind Construction • Diversified IMP Construction • Clovis Construction Total: 38 Total value: $3,320 Aug...
On this date ... 1972: The Kelly Green Seeds Inc. elevator in Farwell was destroyed by fire. Firefighting units from seven area communities responded to the blaze and needed more than nine hours to contain it and prevent it from spreading to other parts of the town. Officials said 2 million pounds of milo, soy beans, hybrid Sudangrass and red-topped cane were stored in the structure, but a large portion of the seed could be salvaged. Damage was estimated at $100,000. Farwell...
PORTALES — Roosevelt County Sheriff Malin Parker confirmed Monday that deputies responded to a one-vehicle accident Saturday night on a county road. According to police records, a call for a motor vehicle accident with injuries came into police dispatch at 10:05 p.m. Saturday for the 600 block of Roosevelt Road Q 1/2. Parker confirmed that there were injuries in the accident but declined to comment on how serious they were or if there were any fatalities. Police records also showed an accident with injuries at 10:44 p.m. S...
New Mexico Sen. Pat Woods of Broadview has been reappointed to serve on the Senate Conservation Committee during the legislative session. Woods said his priorities for the session include public lands reform, improving education and increasing economic opportunities for his district. Woods has previously served on the Grady School Board, as well as the New Mexico Farm and Livestock county and state boards and the National Cattleman’s Beef Board. The leadership of the New Mexico Senate also appointed Woods to serve on the S...
Chief operating officer named for region J.D. Heiskell Holdings LLC recently named Rick Bowen its chief operating officer and promoted him to executive vice president, the company announced last week. J.D. Heiskell Holdings LLC is a privately owned commodity trading and livestock feed manufacturing enterprise with local branches in Portales, Rogers and Friona. Bowen will have oversight of the Elkhorn Trading Group and general managers of four of Heiskell’s regional operating groups in California, the Pacific Northwest, the S...
CLOVIS — The Clovis Municipal Schools Board of Education is scheduled to meet at 5:30 p.m. today at the school district’s administrative office at 1009 Main Street. A key item is discussion of a board regulation regarding student dress. “The district encourages students to take pride in their attire as it relates to the school setting,” per the regulation’s introduction. “Students should dress in a manner that, in addition to the guidelines, takes into consideration educational environment, safety, health and welfare of self...
CLOVIS — The trial for the 2002 shooting death of Jose Valverde was slated to begin Monday in district court, but jury selection efforts pushed the start of proceedings to today. Jury selection began at 10 a.m. Monday and was still in process as late as 4:30 p.m. David Gutierrez, 35, is accused of shooting Valverde in his boxcar home, with court documents noting the killing was revenge for Valverde allegedly molesting a relative of Gutierrez’ wife. Gutierrez is represented by attorney James Klipstine while the state’s case...
They start out so very cute — little plump bundles of fur that live to cuddle, stick close to their human’s side and hang on every sound or movement their people make. It’s not long — a matter of days or maybe a couple of weeks — before life changes and that cute little cuddle-buddy becomes a complete stranger. It’s a guarantee that eventually the honeymoon will end, the new puppy that slept soundly in the crook of your arm for days after it arrived will start to show what i...
It was, arguably, the most telling moment of Donald Trump’s inauguration speech. People want good schools, neighborhoods and jobs, said the incoming president. “But for too many of our citizens, a different reality exists: mothers and children trapped in poverty in our inner cities; rusted-out factories scattered like tombstones across the landscape of our nation; an education system flush with cash, but which leaves our young and beautiful students deprived of all knowledge; and the crime and the gangs and the drugs tha...
