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Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
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PORTALES — Friday afternoon was supposed to mark the home-opener of the 2018 Eastern New Mexico softball season, but Mother Nature had other plans. A double-header against Lone Star Conference rival Western New Mexico was originally supposed to take play at 5 and 7 p.m., before being moved up to 3 and 5 p.m., due to the chance of inclement weather. Ultimately, Friday’s games were canceled, as the area experienced its first heavy rain in months, while temperatures sat around 40 degrees and under throughout the daytime. The...
ALBUQUERQUE — University of New Mexico football coach Bob Davie said Wednesday he has been assured his 30-day suspension would not be imposed during the Lobos’ spring practice, which began on Friday and will extend into March. University President Chaouki Abdallah announced the suspension without pay, stemming from three investigations into Davie’s conduct, on Feb. 8. On Tuesday, the UNM Board of Regents declined to consider Davie’s appeal of the suspension. After Wednesday’s spring practice session, Davie said he hadn’t sp...
Curry, De Baca and Roosevelt county communities received over $2.1 million of the nearly $180 million in capital outlay dollars approved by the New Mexico Legislature, officials announced on Thursday. Eastern New Mexico’s largest project to receive lawmaker approval was $713,400 for Curry County road improvements. Curry County Manager Lance Pyle said the funds will go toward • a chip seal for Curry Road E from Curry Road 3 to Curry Road 6, • crack seal and overlay for Curry Road 4 from U.S. 70 to Curry Road M, • caliche...
CLOVIS — The Clovis police officer who brought a criminal suspect into the Curry County jail on Feb. 1 was heard to say, “This is all my fault,” after the suspect pulled a gun, took a hostage and eventually shot himself, records show. Curry County officials late Wednesday released emails and other records that allege Officer Sanford Wagner failed to properly search the suspect, expressed regret and was “shaken up” by the resulting four-hour standoff with law officers. The records were released in response to an Inspectio...
CLOVIS — The Clovis City Commission unanimously adopted three recommendations from the Water Policy Advisory Committee with regard to the Clovis Master Water Assurance plan at Thursday's meeting. A range was set for the price of the city's effluent reuse water: $2.34 per 1,000 gallons on the low end and $3.30 per 1,000 gallons on the high end, with negotiation powers left to City Manager Justin Howalt. Initially language was included in the motion to suggest the low end be u...
SANTA FE — The New Mexico Department of Transportation is asking for public input in the next month on its “four-year plan for the state’s federal aid highway program,” according to a DOT news release. The second amendment to the 2018-2023 State Transportation Improvement Plan includes proposed road and bridge projects on federal and state highways and can be viewed online at https://estip.dot.state.nm.us/ Personnel will receive comments through an Amendment tab on that website until March 16, the release said....
Who says metal music has no merit? Certainly not Sweden’s Polar Music Prize, which will be rewarded to metal institution Metallica in June. The band will receive 90,000 euros for creating emotional works that recall “Wagner’s emotional turmoil and Tchaikovsky’s cannons,” according to Polar Prize judges. Past recipients of the award have included Joni Mitchell, Paul McCartney and Chuck Berry. Metallica’s award will be the first given to a metal band. “It puts us in very distinguished company. It’s a great validation of e...
Homework, of the kind that we’re all familiar, with numbers and letters and grades that range from A to F, was rarely, if ever, done on a desk. Flat surfaces include the floorboard of most tractors, the tailgate of a pickup, the nearest side of a piece of box-tubing that’s either in a pile of steel or part of an implement toolbar. You can note, however, that a horse isn’t easy to write on, but some saddle-horns are the right size and shape to get a little spot that is more...
Ah, winter. How do I love thee? Let me count the ways. Reason No. 1: Christmas usually comes during winter, thus Reason No. 1 by itself would more than tip the scales. Reason No. 2: Christmas singing (where “yours truly” gets to croon Christmas tunes) comes, yes, indeed, during Christmas which ... well, refer to Reason No. 1. Reason No. 3: My favorite days tend to be days during which I get to spend at least a little time reading, drinking coffee or tea, and/or just bre...
Dietrich Bonhoeffer, a German pastor, theologian and anti-Nazi dissident was imprisoned for his faith and later hanged in the Flossenbürg concentration camp in Germany. But while in prison, he prolifically wrote about God’s love. Bonhoeffer’s statement about who God loves is one of my favorites. He wrote: “God does not love some ideal person, but rather human beings just as we are, not some ideal world, but rather the real world.” I contend Bonhoeffer’s most definitive...
On this date ... 1983: With what a Clovis News-Journal sports writer called "one of the best lady teams in the state," the Portales Ramette basketball team had defeated the Clovis Lady Wildcats 46-30 in Portales. Portales' Robbie Robinson ("who should be an all-state pick," according to sports writer Jeff Martin) led her team with 11 points and nine rebounds. Ann Timmons and Janet Baker each added nine for the Ramettes, and Julia Schmuck had eight. The Lady Wildcats' shots...
PORTALES — A week certainly made a night-and-day difference for Eastern New Mexico women's basketball team, which returned home on Thursday night and poured it on Midwestern State 81-66 at Greyhound Arena. The Greyhounds (15-9, 11-6 Lone Star Conference) controlled most of the game, en route to a 54.3 percent shooting night from the floor. Back on Jan. 23 at Midwestern (12-11, 9-8), ENMU lost, 73-57, making Thursday's game an especially welcome sight. "I think the biggest t...
ELIDA — There will likely be bigger games to come for Elida’s girls basketball team. But Thursday was about as big as it gets in the regular season. Elida hosted Melrose while trying to win the regular-season district A title and stay undefeated in district play at that. And on the strength of Kasyn Creighton’s three-point play with seven seconds to go in the fourth, Elida pulled out a 40-38 vistory, ran the 10-game table in district competition, won the regular-season title, and headed into the postseason district tournament...
Booked The following were booked into local jails Wednesday: Clovis • Jose Marin, 26, failure to appear, failure to pay fines • John Montes, 25, aggravated driving while under the influence • David Gee, 52, parole violation • Alicia Alcala, 34, residential burglary, forgery • Ruby Nguyen, 28, failure to appear • Isaiah Ulibarri, 22, forgery, fraud, receiving stolen property • Samuel Martinez, 25, possession of a controlled substance, possession of drug paraphernalia • Minnie Hernandez, 44, possession of a controlled subs...
Curry Road 9 from Curry Road L to Curry Road M and Curry Road K from Curry Road 9 to Curry Road 8 will undergo repairs next week. That’s according to a press release from Curry County Road Superintendent Dennis Fury. The road department is requesting residents seek an alternate route during the road work, scheduled for 6:45 a.m. to 5 p.m. from Monday until Feb. 23, and to minimize use of the roads for three to four hours after the oil is applied. According to the press release, “Driving on fresh oil not only damages the roa...
CLOVIS — The Clovis-Carver Public Library will be closed on Monday in honor of President’s Day, according to a release from the library. The library will reopen on Tuesday at 9 a.m....
The following are Q&As with candidates for contested Texico city council races. Oren Jay Autrey, Max Carter and Josh Scioli are running for two at-large positions on the council. Autrey and Carter currently hold the seats. Candidates were given the same questions, and asked to answer them on the spot. Oran Jay Autrey Why do you want to run? I’ve been on city council for 30 plus years and I just feel like serving the community. What do you feel qualifies you for the position? Being on it so long. What’s an issue you want to...
Today • Friday Knit Night — 5 p.m. at The Happy Place, 119 S. Main St., Portales. Information: 575-226-2253 Saturday • Library Olympics — 1 p.m. at Clovis-Carver Public Library. For children ages 6 through 12. Information: 575-763-9687 • AARP Tax Aide — 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. at Clovis-Carver Public Library. Information: 575-763-9687 • Portales Schools Gifted and Talented Program Spaghetti Dinner and Auction — 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. at the Memorial Building, 200 E. Seventh St., Portales. $10 per plate. Auction begins at 6 p.m. Infor...
Monday • Grady Board of Education — 6 p.m. in the Grady Municipal School District board room, 100 Franklin St., Grady. Information: 575-357-2192 Tuesday • Curry County Commission — 9 a.m. at commission chambers, 417 Gidding St., Clovis. Information: 575-763-6016 • Roosevelt County Commission — 9 a.m. at the Roosevelt County Courthouse, 109 W. First St., Portales. Information: 575-356-5307 • Clovis Friends of the Library — 11:30 a.m. at Clovis-Carver Public Library, 701 N. Main St., Clovis. Information: 575-763-9687 • Farwell...
