Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
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With near-zero temperatures forecast overnight, below-freezing temps expected for most of Friday and the potential for ice on area roads, area entities have announced delays. * Roosevelt County offices will close at 4 p.m. Thursday to allow personnel additional time to travel home. The county will open at 10 a.m. Friday, and all nonessential personnel will be on a two-hour delay. * Portales Municipal Schools will be on a two-hour delay Friday morning due to freezing temperatures and possible ice. We will have more delays... Full story
Snow flurries will end soon and the region should not expect any more measurable accumulation from Wednesday's storm. But Dan Heerding, Clovis' emergency management coordinator, warned this morning that the weather still requires some respect. "The cold and wind chill will be the factor till tomorrow (Friday) as we slowly start to warm again," he said. The temperature in Clovis was 14 degrees at 11:45 a.m. Thursday. The wind-chill factor left it feeling like 2 below zero. The... Full story
Inclement weather forecasts have led to area schools announcing they will delay start times by two hours on Thursday. Portales Municipal Schools, Eastern New Mexico University and Clovis Community College will all plan to open two hours later than normal, according to school news releases. Clovis Municipal Schools officials announced earlier they plan to cancel in-school classes on Thursday, though students will work from home. Snow began falling throughout the region late Wednesday morning and continued throughout the day.... Full story
There’s quiet, and then there’s quiet. The first kind is expected. Really, I enjoy quiet like that because I can use the solitude to get a lot done before the noise of the day hits. The second kind is more solemn, somber. It’s the sort of quiet that settles over us when someone we love leaves this earth. That quiet hit again this past December, when former colleague and always-friend Lonzo Lassiter died. Given that Lonzo was larger than life, it’s hard to experience him bei...
No surprise, some of the greatest stories the world has ever known are found in the Bible book of Genesis. And one of the best of the best is the story of Jacob (Israel) and Joseph. My wife was reading in Genesis recently, and she reminded me of something I’d forgotten. When, after a long series of amazing events in the larger story, we come to Genesis 47, we find that the old patriarch Jacob (show me a life filled with more world-class chapters!) has made the journey to E...
ALBUQUERQUE — Junior Arianna Hayde broke Eastern New Mexico University’s school indoor record in women’s triple jump on Saturday, finishing seventh with a mark of 38 feet, 0 3/4 inches in the University of New Mexico’s Team Open indoor track meet. Hayde bettered the previous mark set by Kris Ann-Walters in 2014. Her seventh-place finish was ENMU’s best in a field ranging from Division I down to the NJCAA level. Hayde also posted the No. 3 all-time mark for the Greyhounds in long jump, finishing 20th in the meet at 17-6 3/4....
FARWELL — The Farwell Steers bounced back from a heartbreaking one-point loss at Olton a day earlier to beat Vega 63-44 on Friday night in District 3-2A boys action. Leading by seven at halftime, the Steers outscored Vega 18-10 in the third frame to take control. Seniors Leo Nunez and Juan Gaxiola scored 14 points apiece for Farwell (21-5, 3-1), while senior Ryan Grawunder topped Vega (6-9, 2-2) with 20 points. In other Friday boys contests: Lamesa 57, Muleshoe 56 — The Tornadoes rallied from a nine-point deficit for a Dis...
