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Area teams are among the favorites to win girls state basketball championships, if the seedings are any indication. Eastern New Mexico schools accounted for three No. 1 seeds and nine selections across five classes in the girls brackets released Sunday evening by the New Mexico Activities Association. First-round games will be played Friday on the home courts of the higher seeds. Winners move on to quarterfinal play scattered throughout Albuquerque, Bernalillo and Rio Rancho....
With a score better suited for a football game, New Mexico State’s baseball team defeated Mississippi Valley State 39-0 in Las Cruces on Friday. The win marked the fourth-largest margin of victory in college baseball history. The carnage started with 11 runs in the first inning and didn’t end until the Aggies scored in all eight innings they went to the plate, tallying 30 hits. At least the Delta Devils were able to keep Saturday’s doubleheader a bit closer, which New Mexico State swept 15-4 and 20-0. — Compiled by Staff W...
LUBBOCK, Texas — Mason Swanson, Marcus Parker and Kenneth Lloyd earned Lone Star Conference titles for the Eastern New Mexico University indoor track and field teams as the league championship meet concluded on Sunday. The Greyhound women’s team placed fourth, when the men were fifth. Nine school records fell at the meet, while Parker set LSC and records in the 60m and 200m dashes. The women’s team’s fourth-place finish tied the highest finish in program history. Danee Bustos finished the meet strong and set a school record...
STEPHENSVILLE, Texas — It was a record-setting day for the Eastern New Mexico University softball team, but not enough for the Greyhounds to avoid being swept by Lone Star Conference foe Tarleton State. ENMU senior first baseman Erikka Burke became the school's second-leading career home run hitter of all-time, clubbing a fifth-inning blast in Monday's second game to give herself 30 for her career and lift herself into sole possession of second place, one ahead of Kristen C...
Over the past two weeks, everything that can be said about gun violence has been said. It needs to be said again and again until this country no longer has a gun held to its head. People die every day by firearms, about 33,000 a year. Gunshots aren’t the biggest cause of death in our country, but they are one of the most preventable and senseless causes. People die every day, but a national discussion about preventing gun-related deaths happens only in the aftermath of a particularly large mass shooting. The current d...
If you love your pets dearly, count them as family members, and you’re between 18 and 33, there’s something you deserve to know — you’re being targeted. As the leading cash cow consumer group, millennials — people born between the early 1980s and early 2000s respectively — are expected to almost single-handedly fund the pet industry in coming years. It turns out millennials drop more cash and are more likely to take their pets into consideration when it comes spending ch...
On this date ... 1978: Construction was proceeding for a new bridge on New Mexico Highway 18 north of Clovis at Running Water Draw. Contractor J.W. Jones of Albuquerque was building the 48-foot wide bridge to replace a much narrower bridge of "ancient vintage," according to the Clovis News-Journal. The project began in December, and motorists were using a paved detour during the anticipated six months of construction time. The new bridge featured two 12-foot lanes, with...
CLOVIS — Judy Evans is ready to retire. Some of her customers are not pleased with this decision. "I've had a couple guys come in and say, 'Can I get your address?' I'm like, 'Why?' 'We're bringing our watches to you to fix.' I'm like, 'We'll see,' " she said. After 47 years in the jewelry business — including 36 years operating Evans' Jewelers — she said she is ready to take some time off, and maybe spend it with her family, which includes four grandsons. Evans' Jewel...
CLOVIS — A self-proclaimed "military brat" who found a new home in eastern New Mexico is set to retire this week after serving as Clovis' postmaster for 13 years. "Well it's been a long time coming," John Yeast said. "It's something I've been looking forward to like anybody else that starts out to a career in government service and over the period of time the day just eventually shows up out of nowhere." Yeast was Clovis' 14th postmaster since 1906 and employees said they a...
ODESSA, Texas — Lindsey Adcock won the breakaway roping at last weekend's Odessa College Rodeo to lead the Eastern New Mexico University women's rodeo team to a second-place finish. The men's team was paced by Landon Beardsworth's third-place performance in the steer wrestling. South Plains finished first in the women's rodeo with 410 points, while ENMU accumulated 255 points. Odessa finished third with 220 points. Adcock posted an average of 4.6 to win the bareback roping after scoring 2.1 in the long round and 2.1 in the s...
Booked The following were booked into local jails Friday through Sunday Clovis • Charles Walker, 55, shoplifting ($250 or less) • Lealia Linzy-Walker, 58, failure to appear, probation violation • Jesus Mirelez, 37, failure to appear, probation violation • Ira Allen, 31, battery against a household member • Brandon Romero, 20, possession of drug paraphernalia • Julian Griego, 30, possession of a controlled substance • Patricio Ortegon, 46, possession of a controlled substance, tampering with evidence, failure to appear • Aaro...
CLOVIS — Local police and federal agencies are seeking public assistance in locating a pair of gun thieves. Martin Enterprise on the 500 block of North Prince Street was burglarized twice in the past six weeks and firearms stolen on both occasions, said a Clovis Police Department advisory posted on its Facebook page Monday afternoon. The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives along with the National Shooting Sports Foundation announced a joint reward of $5,000 “for information leading to the arrest of those res...
Today • Afterschool STEAM — 4:30 p.m. at Portales Public Library. Activity: “Play Your Way.” Information: 575-356-3940 Wednesday • Preschool Storytime — 10:30 a.m. at Portales Public Library. Story: “Pet Parade.” Information: 575-356-3940 • Tween Programs — 4:30 p.m. at Portales Public Library. Activity: Xbox One free play. Information: 575-356-3940 Thursday • Preschool Storytime — 6 p.m. at Portales Public Library. Story: “Pet Parade.” Information: 575-356-3940 Friday • Clovis/Portales Kennel Club Dog Agility Trials — 8 a.m....
The fate of New Mexico’s largest wind energy project should be decided once and for all next month. Xcel Energy will defend a proposal for the Sagamore Wind Project, a 522-megawatt wind farm that would be located 20 miles southeast of Portales, at a hearing with the New Mexico Public Regulation Commission on March 7 in Santa Fe. The project, as well as another wind farm in Texas, are in jeopardy after NMPRC hearing examiner Elizabeth Hurst claimed a proposal by Xcel Energy was retroactive ratemaking, according to NMPRC Commis...
CLOVIS — The Clovis Municipal Schools Board of Education is slated to discuss the idea of an alternative school that provides both virtual and in-class education at tonight’s meeting. Called Clovis Municipal Schools Academy, the proposal calls for a second- through 12th-grade alternative school with an emphasis on STEAM, or science, technology, engineering, art and mathematics. Superintendent of Operations Joe Strickland said the proposal is just an idea at this point but he wanted to gauge the school board’s interest in intr...
Today • Clovis Municipal School District Board of Education — 5:30 p.m. at the CMS district board room, 1009 Main St., Clovis. Information: 575-769-4300 Thursday • Clovis City Commission — 5:15 p.m. in the north annex of the Clovis-Carver Public Library, 701 N. Main St., Clovis. Information: 575-763-9654 The meetings calendar is a daily listing of area meetings. To place an item on the calendar, call the newsroom at 575-356-4481 or e-mail: [email protected]...
Plenty of reasons to vote yes on bond On March 6, Clovis voters will be asked to support three issues: roads, the Wellness Center, a new senior center. In its Feb. 11 editorial, The News cited projects completed against the wishes of the voters. General obligation bonds must be approved by the voters, can only be used for the purpose specified, and are funded by property taxes. The editorial asserts citizens rejected facilities that were built anyway and lose money. Clovis High School’s graduation ceremony at the improved E...
