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Clovis Schools will be operating on a two-hour delay Friday, this according to spokesperson Eric Wimbish. Portales Municipal School District Superintendent Johnnie Cain announced Thursday afternoon that Portales Schools would be on a two-hour delay for Friday. Eastern New Mexico University's main campus in Portales will also be operating on a two-hour delay Friday. The delays come after winter weather hit a large area of eastern New Mexico Thursday with strong winds and snowfall. A Facebook post on the Portales Municipal...
TUCUMCARI -- Two Tucumcari people were criminally charged in the death of another resident who was attacked and killed last week by a pack of dogs. Mary Olimpia Montoya, 50, and her son Kristopher Jaquaris Morris, 27, both of the 400 block of West High Street, were charged with involuntary manslaughter (reckless) and a dangerous dog (death of a person). They were booked into the Quay County Detention Center on Wednesday after warrants were issued for their arrests. They were...
A Clovis woman is in critical condition in a Lubbock hospital after being hit by a vehicle Monday night near the intersection of Seventh and Jones Streets. According to a news release from Clovis Police Department Captain Roman Romero, officers and Clovis Fire Department Emergency Medical Services were dispatched to the scene of the accident at 9:18 p.m. Monday. On arrival officers found Lisa Gutierrez-Ruiz, 43, in the roadway. Romero reports officers learned the involved motor vehicle was driven from Seventh Street, south...
Perspective. It matters. You’ve heard the “ham and egg breakfast” wisdom? The chicken is involved, but the pig is committed. (Of course, these days, anyone who needs eggs is pretty committed, too.) Point of view. How we see. What we see. How we evaluate what we see. I was out in the backyard one recent evening trying to catch a glimpse of the International Space Station zooming by. And I wasn’t just looking up and hoping for luck. A couple of years ago when my brother told me...
On this date ... 1943: The Clovis Army Air Force basketball team was looking for competition. Lt. George Pastor, the team’s coach, said they would play high school teams, independent teams or other service teams, home or away. They were coming off a 39-30 loss to Clovis High, but Pastor said his men had been practicing and would make a better showing in their next appearance. 1965: The Curry County Clerk’s office reported it issued 57 marriage licenses in January 1965. Only 45 marriage licenses were issued in January 196...
The High Plains Humane Society (HPHS) is going to be vaccinating all dogs and cats that enter the City of Clovis Animal shelter. The agreement comes after Clovis City Commissioners voted to partner with the Humane Society at their most recent regular meeting Thursday. “We see the need, and we offered to do it because it’s needed,” HPHS Vice President Gaye Cooke said. According to the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), the city agrees to allow HPHS, its employees, agents and volunteers, to provide safe and appropriate vaccinat...
