Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
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BASKETBALL Prep summaries Friday Boys District 4-5A Hobbs 96, Clovis 29 Clovis (3-19, 0-2) — Brian Weiss 5, Luciano Webster 2, Manuel Gutierrez 6, Juan Hernandez 6, R.J. Nora 2, Andrew Hall 8. Totals 12 2-4 29. Hobbs (20-2, 2-0) — Michael Mackey 18, Gilberto Miranda 3, Jesus Ramos 17, Ronnie Ross 8, Ethan Vanlandingham 2, Jalen Goar 24, Cautrey Morgan 6, Aaron Mora 16, Nik Pina 2. Totals 41 6-8 96. Clovis 11 7 6 5 — 29 Hobbs 28 26 23 19 — 96 3-pointers — Clovis, Hernandez 2, Weiss. Hobbs, Goar 5, Mackey, Miranda, Ramos. Junio...
Almost 4,000 residents of Curry-Roosevelt counties were diagnosed with COVID-19 in January – by far the most in a single month since the pandemic began in 2020. State health department officials reported Curry County recorded 2,801 COVID-19 cases last month. The previous single-month record for Curry County was 1,559 cases reported in November 2020. Officials said Roosevelt County reported 1,105 COVID-19 cases in January. The previous record for a single month in that county was 514 in November 2020. The counties combined r...
CLOVIS - With injuries and COVID sidelining three top players, Hobbs' girls turned to their freshmen class on Friday night - four of them started in a District 4-5A clash against Clovis High at Rock Staubus Gym. For a while, it looked like it might be their undoing. The Lady Wildcats rode four first-half 3-pointers from sophomore guard Zarai Lewis to a 29-20 lead at the break. Then the script was flipped. The Lady Eagles outscored Clovis 18-5 in the third period and added a...
BUSHLAND, Texas — Trying to build a wrestling program is a process, and Clovis High’s first-year squads are finding that out. The Wildcats and Lady Wildcats came in third on Friday against well-established Canyon and Bushland programs in a triangular competition. “The girls did phenomenal,” CHS coach Eric Zottneck said. “The guys were just ‘out-strengthed.’ They had eight boys — four for each team — who were state champions.” The boys managed just two forfeit wins against Canyon — eighth-grader Nolan Rodriguez at 126 poun...
SAN ANGELO, Texas — Junior guard Payton Brown led four Angelo State players in double figures with a season-best 20 points on Saturday, and the Rambelles relied on stiff defense to subdue Eastern New Mexico University 78-61 in Lone Star Conference women’s play. The Rambelles (7-10, 4-2 LSC), coming off a stunning 67-63 upset of eighth-ranked Lubbock Christian on Thursday, held the Greyhounds to just 32 percent shooting from the floor, including 2-of-15 from 3-point range. In addition, ENMU (8-7, 4-5), which had a thr...
ALBUQUERQUE — Saturday’s Tom Casey Memorial Invite swim meet, hosted by Albuquerque Academy, wasn’t exactly what Clovis High co-coach Gordy Westerberg had in mind. In normal meets, he said, teams may have two or three entries in a relay and four individuals per event. This meet restricted teams to one relay and two individuals per event. “My original plan was to focus on the relays and put kids in one individual race, most likely an ‘off’ race — one they normally don’t get to swim — so there went my plan out the window,...
JAL — Junior Catelyn Breshears and sophomore Kaya New combined for 31 points Monday night as Texico’s girls posted a 48-35 non-district win over Jal. Breshears had 16 points and New added 12 as the Lady Wolverines (6-10) rolled to a 37-15 halftime advantage. The High scorer for the Lady Panthers (4-16) was junior Leilani Sauceda with 15 points. In area boys games on Monday: Gateway Christian 45, Floyd 23 — At Roswell, the host Warriors held Floyd to seven first-half points in a District 6-1A matchup. Senior Luke Tipton score...
CLOVIS - Wade Fraze saw a strong effort from his Portales High girls squad under challenging circumstances on Saturday night. He wishes it had come with a victory, but the Clovis High Lady Wildcats were determined not to let that happen. Senior guard Yvonne Fuerte hit a running floater from the left of the lane as time expired in overtime to give Clovis a 55-53 victory at Rock Staubus Gym. With a challenging schedule ahead, especially in District 4-5A, it was probably a win...
PORTALES — Eastern New Mexico University’s baseball and softball teams have their work cut out trying to climb the ladder in the Lone Star Conference. Both squads kick off the season this weekend, the baseball team with a four-game LSC series at St. Edward’s from Friday through Sunday and the softball team in the RMAC/LSC crossover tournament at Albuquerque on Friday and Saturday. The conference released its preseason polls last week, and they were not kind to the Greyhounds. ENMU was picked for last place in the 13-te...
ROSWELL — Senior guard Teagan Faust gave the Portales High girls a strong all-around effort on Friday night. Faust scored a personal-best 18 points, and added seven rebounds, six steals and two assists while also checking Roswell Goddard’s top offensive player as the Lady Rams opened District 4-4A play with a 55-48 victory. “We’ll like it,” PHS coach Wade Fraze said of the road win. “Goddard is always good, and every game we play against them seems to come down to the end.” Portales (13-4 overall) trailed 17-13 at the quarte...
On this date … 1952: Area March of Dimes fundraisers were exceeding expectations. In Curry County, more than $10,000 in donations had already been received and “there is still considerable money to be collected,” The Associated Press reported. “The county contribution has already increased 400 percent over last year.” In Roosevelt County, March of Dimes officials reported they’d collected $4,634.21 and they expected that total to grow to $5,000 soon. “Last year’s drive netted only $3,042,” The Portales Daily News report...
ENMU wins college blood drive competition ENMU was the winner of the first college blood drive competition held on Nov. 10 involving ENMU, Western New Mexico University and the New Mexico Military Institute. Officials said 69 ENMU donors contributed 83 liters of blood. Submissions for annual ENMU art show due Friday Submissions are due Friday for ENMU’s annual art show and are open to all public, private and homeschooled students from kindergarten to ENMU senior. Entry is free. The exhibition will be open to the public on F...
My brother in Taos told me recently about a breakfast foray he’d taken to the nearby northern New Mexico community of Tres Piedras. He asked if I’d ever been there. I pulled out the atlas and decided that I probably have not, even though I’ve wandered around a good portion of that area over the years. While I was perusing the map, I happened to notice that every road that leaves Taos in every direction is marked with those tiny green dots that atlases use to designate a “scen...
Booked The following were booked into local jails (Friday - Tuesday): Clovis • Chance Plummer, 35, trafficking controlled substances • David Brown, 50, failure to appear on misdemeanor charge • Patricia Martinez, 51, failure to appear on misdemeanor charge, failure to pay fines • Anthony Mesner, 47, driving while license suspended or revoked • Jose Rosas, 49, no drivers license, aggravated driving while under the influence of intoxicating liquor or any drug, improper use of evidences of registration, no seat belts • Jordan...
A toddler was reported in stable condition Monday after the child was injured in an auto accident at a vehicle dealership in Clovis, a Clovis police news release reported on Monday. According to the news release: The child, 2, was injured in an accident Thursday involving a car driven by the child’s mother, 29. Police and fire services responded, and found the child had suffered “significant physical injuries,” police said. The child was transported first to Plains Regional Medical Center and was then flown to a child...
Here’s something you probably don’t hear every day: I dislike obedience. Obedience is not something to be encouraged or celebrated; it’s one of the most dangerous human traits there is. Obedient people have caused far more problems than rebels. It’s not even close. The Holocaust can be laid directly at the feet of obedient people -- including people who weren’t otherwise bad, but who were obedient. It wasn’t only the Nazis and those who enabled them, their victims were also t...
To steal a quote from former GOP President George H.W. Bush, the Republican Party of New Mexico is in “deep do-do” these days, and it doesn’t look like it’s going to get any better anytime soon. Already the Republican Party is powerless statewide, since the Democrats control both legislative chambers as well as all statewide offices from the governor on down. But it’s recent news out of Washington, D.C., that has the state GOP stepping in its own mess. Last week the U.S. House Select Committee investigating the Jan. 6 at...
While state legislators consider a proposal requiring financial literacy be taught in high schools, it might be a good idea if they took a class themselves in investing wisely. Just two years ago, lawmakers and Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham created a state early childhood trust fund to help pay for expanded prekindergarten and other early childhood programs. The fund received a $300 million startup infusion from the state and gets energy-related tax collections in years when total state cash reserves exceed 25% of spending...
• Tuesday was the last day for voter registration for Curry and Roosevelt county voters who intend to vote on March 1 or submit absentee votes for the March 1 municipal elections. • Register at county clerk’s offices, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. Curry County: 417 Gidding St., Suite #130, Clovis. Phone, 575-763-5591. Roosevelt County: 109 W. First St, Portales. Phone, 575-356-8562. • Same day registration will be available to early voters through Feb. 26, at city clerk’s offices 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through F...
Statistics compiled by the New Mexico Human Services Department show Curry and Roosevelt counties share some good performance in basic economic measures and both score in the middle among state counties in measures of poverty. Despite these similarities, Curry County showed a slight increase of 0.1% in population between 2010 and 2020, bringing its 2020 population to 48,793, while Roosevelt County showed a population decrease of 3.3%, for a total of 18,350 in 2020. Among its neighboring counties in New Mexico and Texas,...
Recycling isn’t always a good idea – especially if you’re recycling property owned by someone else, without their permission. Two Clovis people are accused of stealing aluminum bleachers belonging to the city of Clovis and selling them to Clovis Recyclers. Michael Cordova, 26, and Rosa Arzola, 25, face felony charges for disposing stolen property sometime between Dec. 1 and Dec. 22. According to a criminal complaint filed Friday in Clovis’ Magistrate Court: Clovis City Parks Department Director Russell Hooper discovered bleac...
The famous quote, “It takes a village to raise a child,” is apparently an African proverb that exists in a wide variety of African languages across the continent. Not only has it come to be popular in our own culture, but it has also recently taken on greater significance. While things have returned to normal – albeit a new normal – we, in education, are still dealing daily with the residual effects of the pandemic. Readers may have noticed ads, job fairs, and other messagi...
Two candidates are hoping to be elected to a Clovis City Commission seat in District 3. David Bryant and Paul Nelson are both former city employees. They are vying for the seat previously occupied by Fidel Madrid who declined to seek re-election. Election Day is March 1. Early voting began Tuesday. David Bryant Q: In 100 words or less, why are you qualified for this position? Bryant: As previous Purchasing Agent for the City, all contracts for goods and services went through my office. As Risk Manager, I worked closely with...
Snow and wind followed by deep-freeze cold weather is expected to arrive today and continue at least through Friday, the National Weather Service predicts. The NWS expects up to 2 inches of snow to hit the Curry and Roosevelt county area today and tonight with sustained winds of 15 to 20 mph, continuing into Thursday morning. The snow and wind are expected to drop temperatures to the low single digits tonight, followed by a frigid day on Thursday with a high of about 16...
CLOVIS -- Teachers have forfeited their planning periods to fill in for teachers who are sick. Educational assistants are being pulled away from their typical assignments to oversee classrooms. Administrators and others are stepping in to help as well, in the classroom, on the playground, in the lunch room. “An individual from our finance department taught P.E. last week,” Clovis Municipal Schools Superintendent Renee Russ said on Monday. CMS, like most other school districts across the state and the nation, is trying to be c...
