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Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
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A winter storm watch is in effect across eastern New Mexico from late Saturday afternoon through Sunday evening. And temperatures late Friday morning were already among the coldest this season. National Weather Service officials said they expect snow accumulations of 3 to 6 inches by Sunday afternoon with travel “difficult to dangerous.” Temperatures across the region were in the high teens late Friday morning with highs expected in the 20s. Friday night lows were expected in the lower teens. On Saturday, NWS predicted freezi...
PORTALES - Monday night was like any other night in recent memory, but it sort of felt like Christmas Eve for the Portales school board. The board met in regular session Monday, the day before in-school learning began for all grades throughout the Portales school system. Since a state-mandated three-week spring break last March, students have largely been learning in remote settings. They'll still do so at least two days a week, with two separate in-person cohorts and a third...
Daniel Segars was always interested in fitness, even going back to his time as a three-sport athlete at Clovis High School. Suffice to say the 1999 CHS grad's interests have paid dividends. Segars, now a Seattle-area resident, co-owns Fitness Blender with his wife Kelli. The two struck a friendship as gym coworkers, got married a year after they started dating and became business partners as well. Their YouTube channel has grown in its 10-plus years to 6.5 million subscribers,...
SANTA FE — Effective Thursday, New Mexico will no longer require quarantines from out-of-state travel. The state had required anybody traveling into New Mexico from a “high-risk” state to quarantine for 14 days, and will now strongly advise people to do so and seek out a COVID-19 test upon their arrival in or return to the Land of Enchantment. The state defined “high risk” states as those with 80 or more new daily cases per million residents and/or test positivity above 5%. As of Feb. 9, Hawaii was the only state that avoi...
SANTA FE — Curry County entered the yellow designation of the state’s “Red to Green” reopening plan for the first time Wednesday afternoon, while Roosevelt County just missed reaching the mark. The state, beginning Nov. 30, evaluated counties on two-week periods based on whether they met the metrics of 8 daily COVID-19 cases per 100,000 residents and test positivity of 5% or lower. Green counties meet both, yellow counties meet one and red counties meet neither. Curry County, for the Jan. 26-Feb. 8 data period, submitt...
The COVID-19 infection rate is continuing to drop statewide, with February shaping up to be much better than its three predecessors. Eight days into February, the average daily case count of 5.9 in Curry County is nearly one-fourth of the January average of 22.7, and down from 27.3 in December and 52 in November. For Roosevelt County, the 4.3 daily February cases are a drop from 8.4 in January, 16.4 in December and 17.1 in November. On Monday, the Department of Health reported 315 new cases of COVID-19, including seven in...
CLAYTON — If you are wondering what is going on with the ditch alongside Clayton Ranch Market, it is a Tesla Supercharger station being installed. It should be finished before March. A Tesla representative approached Ranch Market owner Brian Moore and proposed putting in a charging station on the market’s property. The closest charging stations are in Amarillo, Texas, and Trinidad, Colorado. The Tesla company is trying to put charging stations for their vehicles within 200 miles of each other throughout the United Sta...
TUCUMCARI -- Three Tucumcari festivals usually scheduled during the first half of the year have been canceled or at least delayed because of ongoing COVID-19 health restrictions. The latest was the New Mexico Music Showcase, usually set in the first weekend in June. One of the organizers, Jerry Lopez, said the festival's committee decided Jan. 28 to cancel the event and concentrate its energies on the 2022 festival. The official Facebook page for the Rockin' Route 66 festival, scheduled for late June, stated Jan. 27 the...
FORT SUMNER — One person has been arrested and another is being sought in connection with the recovery of a stolen recreational vehicle Jan. 27 at a residence here. Kendra Ammons, 37, remains in the De Baca County Jail after she was found in the 1977 Dodge motor home on Jan. 27. She is charged with transferring or receiving a stolen vehicle, a fourth-degree felony. De Baca County Sheriff Chad Roybal said his office is also seeking to arrest 20-year-old Terrance Abeyta on the same charge. Ammons is also being held on a w...
I love winter. Plenty there is to love about each of the four seasons. The best features of each one are incredibly amazing and delightful and might tempt you to cast your vote once and for all: This season is my favorite! Truth be told, each also comes with its own failings. Be ye frozen or boiled or dried out or almost blown away as the wind howls and rodents, small children, and acres of dirt fly across the landscape, it’s not fair to judge any of them — the seasons, I mea...
TUCUMCARI - A Tucumcari man caused a stir on social media over the weekend when he flew at his south-side home two flags representing the Nazi Germany era - including one with a swastika. Dave Shine, the owner of the flags, said he simply was honoring his German heritage and "wanted to do something different." Estefanita Garcia, who lives near the same south-side neighborhood, said she was driving by Shine's home on Saturday afternoon when she saw a flag on a pole with a...
Booked The following were booked into local jails (Friday - Tuesday): Clovis • Marcus Vargas, 26, aggravated driving while under the influence of intoxicating liquor or any drug, open container, no drivers license, expired registration plate, no insurance • Matthew Reyes, 42, criminal trespass • David Devenport, 48, failure to appear on misdemeanor charge, probation violation, parole violation • Jacob Sena, 28, battery against a household member, criminal damage to the property of a household member, battery upon a peace o...
CANYON — Vega’s girls went on an early 23-1 blitz and held off a late Farwell comeback on Monday to post a 55-47 victory over the Lady Blue in a playoff seeding tiebreaker game played at Canyon H.S. The win means the Lady Longhorns (18-7) will be No. 1 seed for District 3-2A in the University Interscholastic League playoffs. Farwell (18-10), as the No. 2 seed, faces Hale Center in the bi-district round at 6:30 p.m. (CST) on Thursday at Sundown. Farwell and Vega finished 7-1 in district play, with each winning on the oth...
On this date … 1951: Burglars and thieves had a busy weekend in Clovis. The Clovis News-Journal reported four businesses, the Clovis Country Club, two parked cars and 17 parking meters had been victimized. One parking meter, located just a half block from the police station, was carried away “on the post it was fastened to.” The Ranchers and Farmers Café and the Cattle Capitol Café were broken into for the second time in two weeks. Burglars hit a cigarette machine, a juke box and pinball machines in the restaurants, making...
Understand first that I did not grow up around violence. My father was basically a pacifist, a Methodist minister all his adult life, though he did have a temper, and six sons. We never got beatings, but we did get our share of spankings. At school, we would get “licks” — you’d be called up to the front of the class, told to bend over and the teacher would pull out a paddle and slap your butt two, three or more times, depending on the severity of your crime and the teacher’s level of frustration. For the boys, the number of...
If you were out and about last weekend on U.S. 70 from Roswell to Clovis, you may have passed a young backpacker on the side of the road, moving east with quick steps like a woman on a mission. We like to call it "walking with purpose." Because, in every sense of the word, she is. Hannah Bacon blew through our area like a tumbleweed, and along the way completed "days 79 and 80, and miles 1149-1187" of a trek that she hopes will take her completely across the United States -...
When something is important to you, you want to share it. If other people don’t understand it, you want to explain it to them. You usually want others to like and understand it as much as you do, whether it’s a skill, a hobby, a religion, knowledge, or an idea. It’s why — besides the remote possibility of making money — people write books and make movies. It’s why I write these weekly columns and blog daily. It’s also why I try to help people around me when they ask for my he...
The New Mexico Supreme Court ordered jury trials to resume on Feb. 1, following their suspension because of increasing numbers of COVID-19 cases statewide and potential for further cases after end-of-year holidays. Recognizing public concerns about the coronavirus, all courts have implemented carefully considered, successful measures to protect jurors and trial participants. New Mexicans who reported for jury service during the pandemic overwhelmingly have indicated they felt safe while performing their civic duty. Jury...
Scholarships open for seniors CLOVIS — Plateau’s Education Foundation has opened up its college scholarship applications for high school seniors, according to a company release. Since 1993, the foundation has awarded more than $1.5 million to area students. Scholarships range between $1,500 and $8,000 for area graduating high school seniors, while college juniors and seniors can apply for the $2,000 Tom M. Phelps Scholarship. Those applications are due Feb. 26. The foundation is also accepting applications or col...
CLOVIS — The El Llano Grande District of the Boy Scouts of America held its awards banquet virtually Feb. 3, with a dozen Clovis representatives taking 15 awards. The district serves Curry, Roosevelt and De Baca counties. Stephen Reynolds of Clovis was awarded the district’s Award of Merit, given to registered Scouters who render service of an outstanding nature at the district level. The following day, Reynolds received the Conquistador Council’s Silver Beaver award, marking those of exceptional character who have provided d...
PORTALES — The Roosevelt County Commission has announced it will have a quorum of commissioners at a pair of training classes Thursday and Feb. 23, but the release indicates no county business will be conducted. Additionally, the county announced its board of ethics will hold is annual meeting 4 p.m. Feb. 24 at the Jake Lopez Building. In-person attendance will be limited to board members, and the public can watch the meeting at youtube.com/channel/UC1bHckYttNQnmm6ymJhWaXQ. A recording of the video will be linked from the c...
SANTA FE — The New Mexico Department of Game and Fish is advising hunters of draw deadlines upcoming, including a pair closing today at 5 p.m. The Tuesday release included the following draw deadlines: • 5 p.m. today: Bear and turkey draw permits. • 5 p.m Monday: 2020–21 harvest report submissions for deer, elk, pronghorn and turkey license holders without late fees • 5 p.m. March 10: Incentive program qualification • 5 p.m. March 17: Barbary sheep, bighorn sheep, deer, elk, ibex, javelina, pronghorn and oryx. Late 2020–2...
There is a chance of snow heading this way, along with freezing temperatures, fog, and gusty winds. Predicted are some of the coldest temperatures for the state since 2011, according to the National Weather Service. “Widespread winter weather is looking more likely across the region Friday through Sunday,” a hazardous weather outlook warning from the National Weather Service on Tuesday said. Today and tomorrow an arctic airmass will move into eastern New Mexico, causing decreasing temperatures through Monday. High tem...
CLOVIS — The pandemic has been hard on small businesses. Even so, there has been an emergence of young entrepreneurs fighting the odds. Cassandra Hovious of Clovis, Cydnee Widner of Melrose, and April and Jason Roberts of Clovis have all planned or recently opened new business ventures this last year. Hovious, 22, launched her online shop Created Candle Co. on Feb. 1, with a variety of home-poured candles and wax melts. Inspiration for the name came from Revelation 4:11 (NLT), but her motivation for starting the business w...
