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Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
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CLOVIS — The Clovis City Commission is tasked with a pair of items on fuel services at the Clovis Municipal Airport, a liquor license transfer to a returning restaurant and a rethinking of lodgers tax dollars. The meeting, set for 5:15 p.m. Thursday at the North Annex of the Clovis-Carver Public Library, will see commissioners asked to lower the retail fuel price at the airport to keep it competitive with larger airports. The city currently has a $2 per gallon markup. City administration is requesting a drop to $1.30 for airc...
ODESSA, Texas — Eastern New Mexico University’s rodeo teams kicked off the spring portion of their schedule over the weekend with the women posting a fourth-place team finish while the men took fifth in competition hosted by Odessa College. Senior Sage Bell was responsible for all 100 of the women’s team points, placing second in goat tying. For the men, Tee McLeod earned all-around honors for the rodeo, accounting for all 245 of the team’s points. In goat tying, Bell qualified for the short go with a mark of 7.5 seconds...
Booked The following were booked into local jails (Friday-Tuesday): Clovis ∞ Ben Hern, 32, probation violation ∞ Quintessa Samora, 41, failure to pay fines ∞ Shirley Thompson, 72, contempt of court ∞ Ralph Flores, 52, unlawful taking of a motor vehicle, larceny ∞ Severino Chavez, 27, possession of a firearm or destructive device by a felon, possession of drug paraphernalia ∞ Lawrence Armstrong, 29, perjury ∞ Lorrisa Garcia, 24, failure to appear on a felony charge ∞ Fernando Martinez, 20, aggravated driving while under the...
FLOYD — The Floyd Broncos rode a balanced attack to a 69-48 victory over Lake Arthur in the opening game of the District 4-1A boys basketball tournament on Monday. The fifth-seeded Broncos (5-18), who advanced to meet No. 4 Gateway Christian on Tuesday night, got 12 points apiece from juniors Trace East and Eric Terry, 11 from senior Cobe Correa and eight from sophomore Ricky Ramirez. Meantime, the Panthers (0-16) were led by junior Adrian Guillen with 27 points. In other opening district tourney games on Monday: Logan 86, C...
Office holding workshop The Hobbs field office for the New Mexico Workers’ Compensation Administration will hold a free workshop from 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. April 7 at Clovis Community College, Room 101. The forum is open to anybody, but is aimed at business owners, managers, supervisors, human resource and safety staff to cover things to do prior to workplace injuries. Registration is available until April 6 at nmsbdc.ecenterdirect.com or by calling 575-397-3425. Tax deadline on way for farmers WASHINGTON — The Internal Rev...
LUBBOCK — Eastern New Mexico University’s softball team scored a ton of runs on Sunday, and the Greyhounds needed them to get a split for the day in Lubbock Christian’s LCU Invitational. The weekend event matched Lone Star Conference teams in a sort of preview of the upcoming league slate. Freshman Azalia Martinez blasted three home runs and freshman Tianna Boone hit a game-clinching grand slam in ENMU’s 14-9 win over Texas-Permian Basin. The Hounds then hit two more long balls against West Texas A&M, but gave up a pair of...
Clovis native gets NMSU position Clovis native Derek Dictson will be the new vice president for university advancement at New Mexico State University, according to a release from the school. Dictson, the valedictorian of the 1994 graduating class at Texico High School, will join the college April 1. He is today the senior director of development and principal gift officer at Auburn University. Dictson and his wife Nikki met at NMSU and both graduated in 1998 with bachelor’s degrees. They went to Texas A&M for master’s degrees...
Last week a noteworthy event took place at the Clovis Municipal Schools Freshman Academy. The gym buzzed with eager anticipation, filled with the entire student body as the ninth-grade students awaited the five candidates for office of Clovis mayor in the upcoming election. In the words of Principal John Howell, the idea was to host “the first ever mayoral forum for the upcoming mayoral election, the goal being for students to take part in the political process even though t...
The Federal Aviation Administration has awarded more than $1 million in federal grants to New Mexico airports, including $150,000 to Portales Municipal Airport to perform pavement sealing and crack repair of the existing taxiway. Airports in Carlsbad, Deming, Gallup and Hatch also received funds for runway infrastructure improvements. The FAA has also awarded $750,000 to the Roswell Air Center as a revenue guarantee and marketing program to facilitate a future United Airlines direct service to Denver, Colorado. “New M...
CLOVIS — For Clovis Christian’s girls basketball team, it’s been a journey. The program has grown, evolved, in recent years. So Monday’s 59-47 home victory over Grady/San Jon/House in the first round of the District 6-1A postseason tournament was a prize for the Lady Eagles, an achievement they’ll cherish. No matter how they fared in Tuesday night’s second-round game at Fort Sumner, the Eagles are proud of being able to move up on the district ladder. “That is super awesome,” Clovis Christian junior forward Lola De Groot s...
Today • Roosevelt County Community Development Block Grant public input hearing — Noon, Commission Room, Roosevelt County Courthouse, 109 W. First St., Portales. Public hearing to report on past CDBG activities and receive public input on community development needs and suggestions for future projects. Information: 575-356-5307 • City of Clovis Water Policy Advisory Committee — 5:30 p.m., Clovis City Hall assembly room, 321 N. Connelly, Clovis. Information: 575-763-9654 Thursday • Eastern New Mexico Water Utility Authority...
GALLUP — A Clovis native and former Miyamura High School head football coach entered a guilty plea this month in connection to an accusation he stole from one of his players. John Roanhaus, 42, reached a plea agreement Feb. 13 to larceny of $250 or less in McKinley Magistrate Court. A charge of non-residential burglary was dismissed. Roanhaus, the son of former Clovis football coach Eric Roanhaus, was ordered to serve 90 days supervised probation, repay $40 to the victim and pay $73 in court costs. The repayment to the s...
On this date ... 1970: A black airman, court-martialed because of his Afro haircut, returned to duty at Cannon Air Force Base to find his hair was now in compliance with new regulations. Capt. Robert Stewart, August Doyle’s attorney, said Doyle had met with Cannon officials for 2 1/2 hours and learned his haircut was within standards set by the Air Force Manual following a change approved Feb. 18. The new standard allowed hair to be one-quarter inch in length on the sides and 1 1/2 inches in depth on top. Stewart said the n...
PORTALES — It’s coming down to the final weekend of the regular season in Lone Star Conference basketball, and both Eastern New Mexico University squads have something on the line. The women, currently locked in a three-way tie for fifth in the 18-team league, need some help to be able to move up to the top four and earn a first-round bye in next week’s LSC tournament. Meantime, the men are in tight contention to earn one of the last berths in the 12-team event. The Greyh...
SUDAN — The Texas Department of Transportation will begin work Monday on projects to improve four roadways that many local travelers to Lubbock and Amarillo and most residents of Farwell will surely notice. According to a pair of releases from TXDOT’s Lubbock district, work by Johnson Bros. Corporation of Roanoke, Texas, will include the following roads: • US 60, for seven miles from the New Mexico state line to five miles west of Bovina • US 84, from west of the Sudan city limits to Dean Avenue • US 385. from SH 114 to Ho...
CLOVIS — An arraignment hearing scheduled for a Lubbock man accused of second-degree murder was delayed Monday when the accused objected to the judge who was assigned his case. Steven Hogues, 34, was indicted in January by a Curry County grand jury in connection to the fatal shooting of William Romero. Hogues, arrested Nov. 23 in Amarillo without incident, is accused of shooting Romero the day before in the course of an argument. He has been booked in the Curry County Adult Detention Center since Jan. 7, following e...
PORTALES — The city of Portales will close its solid waste convenience center today beginning at 11:45 a.m. for staff training. The center is scheduled to reopen at 8 a.m. Thursday. The center is located at 1230 N. Avon Ave., and is intended for residents to dispose of large and small trash items. City residents can use the center free of charge if they bring in a recent city bill indicating garbage service. Commercial businesses, county residents or anybody else who doesn’t pay for garbage service is subject to fees bas...
CLOVIS — Presbyterian Healthcare Services is hosting a cancer symposium Saturday, according to a company release. The Leap Into Cancer Awareness event is set for 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Master’s Centre. It will cover different types of cancers, signs and symptoms, screenings and treatments. Guest speakers include doctors in the Clovis region. Information: Tammy Phillips, 575-769-6403 or [email protected]...
SAN ANTONIO, Texas — Shad Mayfield had quite a run in his rookie professional rodeo season, making a late charge to vault his way into the top 15 for the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo. A repeat trip is almost guaranteed following the 19-year-old’s big win at Saturday’s San Antonio Stock Show and Rodeo. Mayfield took $24,500 total at the event, including $15,000 for his 6.9-second finals run in tie-down roping on Saturday at the AT&T Center. “My horse helped me out a lot,” M...
CLOVIS — Saturday is the final day voters can cast an early ballot prior to the Tuesday municipal elections. • In Clovis, early voting sites are the Clovis City Clerk’s office (8 a.m.-5 p.m. weekdays) and the North Plains Mall police substation (10 a.m.-6 p.m. through Saturday). • In Portales, early voting is 8 a.m.-5 p.m. weekdays at the Memorial Building. • In Texico, early voting is at Texico City Hall 8 a.m.-4 p.m. weekdays. On Saturday, all early voting locations in each municipality will be open 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Abse...
CLOVIS — The Eastern New Mexico Water Utility Authority will review its annual audit report and consider a pair of easement agreements when it meets Thursday afternoon. The 3 p.m. meeting at the Sitterly Professional Center will also cover updates to the authority’s purchasing policies and procedures manual and its financial management and procurement policies and procedures. Other items on the agenda include: • A resolution to finalize a loan/grant agreement with the New Mexico Finance Authority. • Regular reports from th...
CLOVIS — A Clovis couple is facing allegations they set a structure fire on Valentine’s Day to cover up a jewelry robbery. Daniel Aranda, 53, was booked into the Curry County Adult Detention Center on Sunday. He entered no plea Monday in Curry County Magistrate Court to non-residential burglary, conspiracy to commit non-residential burglary, larceny and tampering with evidence. Tamara Aranda, 58, remained at large as of Tuesday morning. A warrant was issued for her with the same charges in connection to the fire on the 170...
CLOVIS - Shooting enthusiasts are looking forward to the day they'll be able to have practice and competitions at Ned Houk Park. Disc golf enthusiasts are hoping to stay there, but grow the game a few miles beyond the park. Both sports were covered during discussions at Monday's Clovis Parks, Beautification and Recreation committee meeting. Disc golf is played with flying discs, most of them around 8.5 inches in diameter, metal baskets that serve as targets and concrete pads...
ALBUQUERQUE — Placing third in a state swim meet is no small achievement. And the Clovis girls team has now done that two years in a row. Last weekend at Albuquerque Academy, the Lady Wildcats were third at the state meet with 196 points, finishing just 24 behind second-place Eldorado. Meet host Albuquerque Academy won big, taking first place with 390 points. “We really needed the dominoes to fall good for us to be third,” Clovis head coach Gordy Westerberg said. “And I expected us to be fourth, kind of fighting for fourth...
PORTALES - Roosevelt County officially made its opposition known Tuesday morning, just hours before Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham signed the red-flag gun bill into law. In a news release from her office, Lujan Grisham said the measure enhances public safety and reduces "the risk of mass gun violence." Senate Bill 5 will allow law-enforcement officers to "temporarily disarm individuals who present a clear danger to themselves or others in emergency situations. It is a...
