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Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
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Portales High’s girls let it be known early that they were ready to play. After a slow start, though, Clovis High got untracked and the Lady Wildcats pulled away to a 50-39 victory on Friday night at Rock Staubus Gym. CHS (17-3) won its seventh in a row and used its advantage in depth to subdue the Lady Rams (14-5), who came in with a six-game winning streak. Lady Cats coach Jeff Reed said he thought depth might be a factor. “I knew we had a chance to wear them down,” he said. “We cranked it up on defense. We went to (a 2-3)...
PANHANDLE, Texas – Farwell's boys opened a 28-point halftime lead on Tuesday night and cruised past Panhandle 59-41 to maintain the top spot in District 3-2A. The Steers (17-9, 4-0 district) posted their sixth consecutive victory. They have a one-game lead over Vega (11-7, 3-1) while the Panthers (12-10, 2-2) fell two games off the pace. Farwell outscored Panhandle 24-6 in the second frame for a 41-13 cushion. The Panthers then limited the Steers to four points in the third s...
Harden Andrew Douglas III, also known as "Andy," a cherished husband, father, grandfather and friend, departed from this world and was embraced with open arms in Heaven on January 21, 2024. Andy's journey began on July 1, 1948, in Muleshoe, Texas, born to Harden Andrew "H.A." Douglass III and Ruby Helen "Chubby" (Seales) Douglass. He attended high school in Muleshoe, TX , where he met his high school sweetheart, Terri Jan (Wiedebush) Douglass. They married on November 10,...
Ask Seth Daniel who he is and the first thing he says is, "Father." After that answer he describes himself as "husband and proud member of our community." "I am also a chicken farmer," Daniel said. After his Wednesday morning radio show he told The News more about his life. Q: What brought you to Portales? A: My family moved here in 2002 when my parents took a job as house parents at the New Mexico Children's Home. I've moved around a lot but I always find myself back here. I...
Last week we held our annual banquet at the Roosevelt County Chamber of Commerce and it marked a milestone for me as it will be my last as the Chamber’s executive director. Many of you probably know that I announced my plans to retire to our board last fall so they could be prepared before my Medicare kicks in this spring and I’m relaxing on Easy Street. Sure, I’ll have to get familiar with where all the soup kitchens are located and maybe check out those senior meals, but I d...
If city Animal Control won’t deal with squirrels in your house or outbuilding, who will? Darren Vaughn, communications director with the New Mexico Department of Game & Fish in Santa Fe, in an email, outlined options in dealing with squirrels in the house. “New Mexico is home to four tree-dwelling squirrel species, with three of those species documented in the vicinity of Clovis,” Vaughn wrote. Vaughn noted having these species native to the state add to New Mexico’s natural diversity. “Squirrels can become a nuisance...
On this last Sunday of January, I invite you to open whatever you use for a calendar and jot down some dates because we have several great eating opportunities — many of them for good causes — heading our way. The first takes place today at St. Ann’s Catholic Church in Bovina — their annual German sausage dinner. The church is located at 409 S. Third St. in Bovina, and they’ll be dishing up sausage, mashed potatoes and gravy, green beans, homemade sauerkraut and more from...
Enamored by their stoic personality and versatility within the ranch, owner of Windrush Alpaca Ranch Rosemary Metcalf said she fell in love with alpacas as soon as she saw them in a farm journal. Metcalf said alpacas are not your everyday livestock, but the adventure in taking care of them is an experience she wouldn’t trade for the world. “The beautiful thing about alpacas is their gentle and very stoic personalities … They’re very low maintenance and I loved the versatility of the alpaca fiber provided,” Metcalf said. Win...
Jan. 28 On this date ... 1941: W. H. Spaulding, a Clovis hardware man, had been named president of the Panhandle Hardware and Implement Association. The announcement was made at the group’s 32nd annual convention in Amarillo. 1956: Jack Stagner was the new president of the Clovis Chamber of Commerce. New directors were Carleton Davis, Mark Sellars, John Gott, Floyd Bresenham, T.W. Goolsby, Odis Echols Sr., and Bud Cagle. The annual gathering of Clovis’ business leaders saw an overflow crowd at Hotel Clovis. About 35 peo...
Booked The following were booked into local jails (Tuesday - Friday): Clovis • Laurence Perez, 24, failure to comply with specific requirements, use of telephone to terrify, intimidate, threaten, harass, annoy or offend • Alexandra Romero, 29, first degree murder • Kyle Trujillo, 26, abandonment of a child • Brian Stotts, 42, probation violation • Casey King, 51, probation violation • Joseph Sandoval-Gallegos, 30, criminal damage to property • Ramon Perez, 31, false imprisonment, battery against a household member • Michael D...
Today *Annual German sausage dinner – 11:30 a.m.-2 p.m. (CST), St. Ann’s Catholic Church, 409 S. Third St., Bovina, TX. Suggested donations: $15 for adults; $6 for children under six; dine in or carry out. Menu includes sausage, creamed potatoes and gravy, green beans, homemade sauerkraut, homemade bread, homemade desserts, tea and coffee. Additional regular, jalapeno, or green chile sausage available for purchase day of event. Information: 806-251-1511 Monday *Clovis/Portales Microplex Legislative Dinner in Santa Fe – 6:30...
Monday *Clovis-Carver Library Board – 5:30 p.m., North Annex, Clovis-Carver Public Library, 701 N. Main St., Clovis. Information: Margaret Hinchee at 575-769-7840 *Clovis/Portales Microplex Legislative Dinner in Santa Fe – 6:30 p.m., Hotel Santa Fe, 1501 Paseo de Peralta, Santa Fe. Sponsored by Clovis Economic Development (CED), the Clovis/Curry County Chamber of Commerce and the Roosevelt County Chamber of Commerce. Cocktail reception at 6:30 p.m.; dinner at 7 p.m. Tickets $125 per person; advance purchase required. To res...
Annual awards from the Roosevelt County Chamber of Commerce were handed out Thursday night at the "Uptown Soiree." Liane Schmidt was awarded the Ambassador of the Year award. The honor is handed out to the Chamber ambassador who shows up at the most events and meetings, according to award presenter Kathy Mead. Two Harley and Faye Borden awards went to the Portales Walmart and Western Commerce Bank. Walmart was recognized for its complete remodel in 2023. Amid this major...
Retired state Sen. Stuart Ingle, R-Portales, received his second Chamber of Commerce award last week when he was given the Heartfelt Connections award at Friday night's Clovis-Curry County annual banquet. Ingle was the recipient of the Roosevelt County Chamber's Warm Heart of the Sunbelt award Thursday night. In receiving the Clovis-Curry County award, Ingle was lauded as his "Legislative contributions have played a pivotal role in shaping the policies that impact the lives of...
He was a dedicated leader. A friend of the community. A mentor to those who sought his guidance. That's how friends and family described former Portales Mayor Ronald Jackson, who died Wednesday evening. "He was dedicated. Ron was the type of guy who would go out of his way to help anyone and everyone. ... He always made friends easily," Jackson's brother, Roger Jackson said. Ron Jackson, 63, died at a hospital in Lubbock. Roger said his brother's medical condition had been...
Alexandra Romero admits she shot and killed Javier Jimenez on Aug. 4. She called police to report the shooting, claiming her longtime stalker and former friend had entered her house without permission. She said she was "terrified" of the man she said had previously threatened to kill her. "I believe when all the evidence is brought to light, she was within her right to protect herself and her family from a known stalker," said Matt Chandler, Romero's attorney. But prosecutors...
Education leaders spent the pandemic telling students that showing up to school wasn’t necessary. Unfortunately, many of them took the lesson to heart. The New Yorker recently featured a long piece on chronic absenteeism. Students receive that designation when they miss 10% of school days, which in most places is about 18 days. Reporter Alec MacGillis tagged along with Shepria Johnson, who visits the homes of chronically absent students. She has firsthand insight into why so many students aren’t showing up: It’s much easie...
Like Thomas Jefferson, "I would rather be exposed to the inconveniences attending too much liberty than those attending too small a degree of it." I also know there can be no such thing as "too much liberty" since liberty -- freedom tempered with responsibility -- is self-regulating. Jefferson knew this, too, since he was smarter than me, but he may have been trying to get his point across to someone less aware. There are also people who are scared of liberty. Liberty is...
You can’t be on the internet for 10 minutes without stumbling onto some sort of clickbait icon. The original clickbait is the newspaper headline, honed to a fine point by the supermarket tabloids. Who can resist “Blind Man Gets 20/20 Vision After Eating 500 Bushels of Carrots?” You just gotta buy that rag. Because I’m a reader of newspapers, I’m a collector of headlines. One that caught my eye recently was, “Economy Better, but People Feel Worse.” The writer went on to ex...
As this year’s legislative session gets underway, there’s one wedge issue already getting lots of attention. Rest assured that any and all gun-control proposals, no matter how reasonable, will get plenty of attention by the usual band of Second Amendment reactionaries and their demagoguing leaders. Remember last September when Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham issued an executive order limiting the carrying of firearms in Bernalillo County? It was specific to metro Albuquerque, but some of the most aggressive demonstrations cam...
The other day, I was walking through the bookstore and ended up in the sports section. Perusing the football biographies but deftly avoiding anything that shouted “Eagles” because I’m not a masochist, I found a volume I’d always meant to read: “When Pride Still Mattered.” Its subject is arguably the greatest football coach of all time, Vince Lombardi. So I bought it, probably more because of the title than anything else. Pride doesn’t seem to matter much these days. After the...
MELROSE – Melrose’s girls survived a scoreless second quarter on Thursday night and posted a 29-21 victory over the Texico Lady Wolverines. Senior Karlee Elliott paced the Lady Buffs (15-2), ranked third in Class 1A, with 17 points. Melrose’s only losses this season are to Class 5A Roswell High and to Class 2A No. 1 Tatum. Meantime, the defending 2A champion Lady Wolverines (6-11) are almost exactly where they were last year, when they won 11 of 12 after a 6-12 state and took the 2A state crown as a No. 7 seed. Seniors Kaya...
DORA – Dora’s girls pushed Class 1A No. 4 Logan hard most of the way before the Lady Coyotes dropped a 70-61 decision on Friday night. Sophomore Desta Rosa led three players in double digits for the Lady Longhorns (13-7) with 24 points, while senior Camryn Cantrell had 12 – including 10 in the first half – and senior Lizzy Horner added 11. Logan’s losses have come to teams with a combined record of 95-17. Logan opened nine-point halftime lead with a 14-7 run in the second stanza. Sophomore Dakota Jones led four players i...
LAREDO, Texas – It’s been a good season for the Eastern New Mexico University men’s basketball team, but a tough one at the same time. ENMU erased an 11-point, second-half deficit and led by three with just under four minutes to go, then failed to score the rest of the way as Texas A&M International pulled out a 68-66 Lone Star Conference victory on Thursday night. This season, the Greyhounds (11-6, 7-4 LSC) have absorbed five losses by three points or less. It was also a season-scoring low, eclipsing the previous mark from...
Portales High’s boys got the sour taste of defeat from Monday night out of their mouths with back-to-back home wins. Now it’s on to District 4-4A competition. Six-foot-4 sophomore Carson Pfaffenberger posted a double-double with 19 points and 10 rebounds and the Rams cruised to a 62-34 victory over New Mexico Military on Thursday night at the RAC. PHS (13-7), ranked eighth this week in Class 4A by MaxPreps, will now have a full week to get ready for Friday’s district opener at Roswell Goddard, and the Rams are hopeful of bi...
