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Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
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Hope Christian (17-8, 7-0) at Portales boys (14-10, 4-3) 5 p.m. On the air: KSEL 1450 AM Last time out: Hope lost to St. Pius Thursday, 74-73. Portales beat NMMI on Tuesday, 57-32. Last meeting: The Huskies routed the Rams, 76-41, on Jan. 30. Notes: The Rams have now won back-to-back games, following a rough stretch of seven losses in 12 games. Hope, meanwhile, had won 10-straight games, prior to Thursday. Nonetheless, the Huskies are still perfect in 4A-District 4 play,...
Cameron at Eastern New Mexico Men Time: 4 p.m. On the air: KSEL 105.9 FM Records: Cameron 10-15, 6-10. Eastern New Mexico 10-14, 5-10. Last time out: Cameron is coming off an 82-78 win over Western New Mexico. The Greyhounds suffered an 89-74 loss against Midwestern State. Last meeting: Jan. 11. The Greyhounds pulled off a 70-67 road win. Notes: The Greyhounds are a game ahead of Texas A&M-Kingsville for the eighth and final Lone Star Conference tournament spot, while Cameron...
Clovis girls (15-10, 6-3) at La Cueva (13-10, 6-3) 6:30 p.m. today, La Cueva High School, Albuquerque Last time out: In their last regular-season home game against Sandia Tuesday night, the Lady Wildcats opened the first quarter on a 6-0 run and the second quarter with an 8-1 spurt, building a 20-10 lead. Yet they found themselves tied 22-all early in the third quarter and had to embark on another 8-1 run to construct a 30-23 lead, then stayed in control from there, going on...
TEXICO — Texico High's boys basketball team reached two big mileposts Friday night, the Wolverines hope the first two of many en route to a state title in March. Friday, the Wolves went undefeated in district play while also posting an undefeated overall regular season, finishing the job by routing Tucumcari 65-24 at Texico High School. Texico improved to 6-0 district, 25-0 overall by jumping out fast on the Rattlers and staying in control. The Wolverines opened an early 5-0 l...
TEXICO — Prior to Friday night's Tucumcari-Texico girls basketball game, the laptop tasked with playing the national anthem malfunctioned and churned out what sounded like hoe-down music, followed by some Zeppelin. The Texico High School crowd turned toward one section of the bleachers and chanted, "Mil-ton! Mil-ton!" A guy named Milton Brown hustled down to the scorer's table, grabbed a microphone and knocked his impromptu, acapella version of "The Star-Spangled Banner" o...
PORTALES — Friday afternoon was supposed to mark the home opener of the 2018 Eastern New Mexico softball season, but Mother Nature had other plans. The Greyhounds (5-5) will instead start their home and Lone Star Conference schedule today at noon against Western New Mexico (1-9), followed by a 10 a.m. Sunday single game. The three-game series was originally slated for a 5 p.m. Friday doubleheader and noon Saturday single game. The Greyhounds initially planned to move the F...
ALBUQUERQUE — The qualifying times are set, the swimmers are shaved and the high-tech swimsuits are back out of the closet again as the Clovis High boys and girls swim team is in Albuquerque for the state championship meet. "It's that time and I think we're ready," Clovis coach Vincent de Maio said. The state meet takes place over two days, with the preliminary races on Friday and the finals scheduled for today. De Maio said the team's goal was to get as many swimmers into t...
WASHINGTON — Special counsel Robert Mueller indicted 13 Russians and three Russian companies Friday, accusing them of using stolen identities, fake campaign events and hundreds of social media accounts while spending millions of rubles to interfere in the 2016 presidential election in a secret effort to aid the Trump campaign. The 37-page indictment, the first charges by Mueller’s office accusing Moscow of illegal meddling in the election, says that the Internet Research Agency, a Russian firm known for using troll acc...
PORTALES — Roughly 20 years after Mike Walton's name became synonymous with Greyhound defense, it's happening again. Walton, a two-time all-America linebacker and assistant with Eastern New Mexico University, is coming back to the Green and Silver as defensive coordinator. He said being closer to family and working with head coach Kelley Lee were chances he couldn't pass up. "It's an opportunity to work for a guy I trust," said Walton, who left Portales after the 2006 season....
On this date ... 1983: A leaking exhaust pipe in the Campus Union Building at Eastern New Mexico University had left seven ENMU students and one faculty member hospitalized in Portales, but all were soon released. Officials said 28 people — almost all ENMU students — were checked at the hospital after the incident, including 17 who were transported by fire and ambulance crews. Capt. Gary Watkins of the Portales Fire Department said the toxic fumes had leaked into the Faculty Lounge where a meeting of the ENMU student Sen...
PORTALES — If a picture is truly worth 1,000 words, then Portales MainStreet may have just hit the jackpot. Thirty-eight photos brought to Executive Director Sandy Vigil in December appear to depict life in Portales during the early 20th century. Vigil received the photos from a previous director who had found them in a house on Yucca Drive, and wanted to find out if any locals might recognize the subjects. Once relatives are found, they will be able to take the photos home, a...
Ink will usually outlast the relationship, local tattoo artists said Friday. Concurrent with an annual tattoo festival taking place this weekend in Amarillo, The News spoke Friday with those in Clovis practiced in the storied skin art. Among their observations was a common advisory: branding your partner’s name on your person rarely ends well. “I don’t like doing names, it’s just bad luck,” said Greg Eschenbauch, who runs a parlor on Prince Street. “Something about the name being so permanent scares the crap out of the othe...
CLOVIS — The suspect sought by law enforcement since the Sept. 5 shooting death of David McDonald at Clovis Apartments was arrested Friday in Sacramento, according to the Clovis Police Department. Darryl Turner, 30, was held Friday in the Sacramento County Main Jail pending extradition, CPD said in a news release posted on their Facebook page that evening. “This capture would not have been possible without the cooperation and assistance of law enforcement agencies in Sacramento and the United States Marshals Service in New...
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 ...
Today • 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. Information: 575-309-6683 Tuesday • Books and Babies — 10:30 a.m. at Portales Public Library. Story: “Shape Up.” Inf...
Booked The following were booked into local jails Thursday: Clovis • Arron Mills, 42, parole violation • Brian Burnett, 34, trafficking, possession of drug paraphernalia • Taylor Mobley, 19, probation violation • Justin Clayton, 42, failure to appear • Timmothy Williams, 21, probation violation • Ernie Ornelas, 32, larceny, failure to pay fines • Tarsilo Gutierrez-Robles, 67, driving while license suspended or revoked • Roberto Gonzalez, 41, failure to appear • Arthur Martinez, 33, larceny, failure to appear, unlawful...
CLOVIS — A Clovis woman was sentenced Wednesday to four years in prison for aggravated battery, according to a news release from District Attorney Andrea Reeb. Gabrielle Carver, 25, was arrested Jan. 23 while police were serving a search warrant for a different suspect at a residence on Rio Street, officials said. She had been at large since Jan. 9 “after she shot an individual with a sawed-off rifle” in Clovis, said the release. That victim was treated for a leg wound, and Carver will be required to serve at least 85 perce...
PORTALES — After 25 years, the Portales Ag Expo will not be returning. Roosevelt County Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Karl Terry said Friday the decision to suspend the event indefinitely was made shortly after the 25th annual Ag Expo ended last March. He cited a changing agriculture business as the primary reason the event was nixed. “Back when we started, the main way for people to market to ag people for new products and new solutions and techniques was by going to a farm show. Back in the day it was a good met...
