Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
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You're not reading this on a smartphone or tablet, are you? I hope not, for your sake. They say the government can use imperceptible fluctuations in the light to reprogram your brain waves, giving them complete control over your thoughts and actions. You'll be Joe Biden's zombie and you won't even know it. You think that's crazy? Shows what you know. You probably think the moon landing was real. You probably think Kennedy was killed by a lone gunman. Heck, you probably think...
SANTA FE — The state House adopted legislation Sunday that would require private employers in New Mexico to offer paid sick leave to their workers, sending the measure over to the Senate with 20 days left in the session. Supporters said the proposal, House Bill 20, would offer critical protection for low-income New Mexicans who might otherwise have to choose between a paycheck or caring for a sick loved one. It would also, they said, reduce the spread of illness in the workplace. "This is the right thing to do, not only f...
CLOVIS — Investigators have found no criminal intent related to the house fire that killed three people Tuesday on South Wheaton Street. Curry County Sheriff Wesley Waller said Friday the fire appears to have originated inside a bedroom. All three victims succumbed to the effects of fire and smoke, preliminary autopsy results show. The sheriff also on Friday said the Office of the Medical Investigator positively identified Johnie Lee Brewer, 77, and Leona Drake, 95, as victims. Both resided at the residence at 420 S. W...
A Floyd High School senior was one of two New Mexico high school students chosen to participate in the United States Senate Youth Program. Eli Terry, 17, will virtually participate in Washington Week scheduled March 14-17, a week in which American youth increase their "understanding of the interrelationships of the three branches of government, learn the caliber and responsibilities of federally elected and appointed officials, and emphasize the vital importance of democratic...
LAWTON, Okla. — Eastern New Mexico University’s bid for its first series win in nearly two years came up short on Saturday. Second baseman Beau Williams and shortstop Julian Macias combined for nine RBIs and Cameron posted a 10-6 Lone Star Conference win over the Greyhounds in the rubber match of a three-game set. ENMU (1-7, 1-7 LSC) posted its first win of the campaign on Friday, capturing the second game of a twin bill 6-5 after dropping the opener 3-2 in 11 innings. The Hounds last won a series in late March 2019, taking t...
PORTALES - Emma Hurren didn't start as well as she'd hoped, but she finished just fine. The Portales High freshman said she went out a little fast on the 3.1-mile course at Eastern New Mexico University before recovering to post a solid second-place finish on Saturday as PHS hosted a cross country event for the first time in the program's three-year history. Lovington won both sides of the triangular, finishing with 20 points to 26 for New Mexico Military and 39 for the Rams i...
AMARILLO — Winter Storm Uri made electricity more expensive to produce because of shortages in natural gas used to fuel area power plants. But Xcel Energy customers in Texas and New Mexico will be protected from the extreme billing spikes that are making news in other parts of Texas. That’s according to a news release from Xcel Energy. “The news about huge spikes in customer bills we’ve been seeing are focused on certain customers within the ERCOT area of Texas who had signed up for variable rate pricing,” said David Hud...
Curry County remained in the yellow zone, Roosevelt County reached it and both nearly made the green designation Wednesday as New Mexico released its latest two-week data in its “Red to Green” reopening modeling. A release from Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham’s office also added a fourth level, turquoise, with more relaxed public health orders. The key framework remains in place, with counties measured every two weeks on whether they meet gating criteria of 8 daily cases per 100,000 residents and test positivity of 5% or less....
VEGA, Texas — It was an abrupt end to the basketball season Tuesday night for the Farwell Steers. Clarendon, ranked second in Class 2A, opened a 23-6 lead after one quarter and held Farwell at bay the rest of the way for a 58-49 victory in a 2A area round playoff game at Vega H.S. Farwell (25-4) had the better of it in the second and fourth quarters, but couldn’t overcome the Broncos’ dominance in the first and third stanzas. Clarendon (22-4) defeated Floydada 62-52 in a third-round contest on Friday night and moved into...
CLOVIS — Investigators have found no criminal intent related to the house fire that killed three people Tuesday on South Wheaton Street. Curry County Sheriff Wesley Waller said Friday the fire appears to have originated inside a bedroom. All three victims succumbed to the effects of fire and smoke, preliminary autopsy results show. The sheriff also on Friday said the Office of the Medical Investigator positively identified Johnie Lee Brewer, 77, and Leona Drake, 95, as victims. Both resided at the residence at 420 S. W...
CLOVIS — Volleyball coaches Darrel Ray and Ruth Chavez have returned to their familiar stomping grounds. Ray, Clovis High’s coach for eight seasons (2009-16) before taking an assistant’s position for the same length of time at Friona under former Roswell High coach Bryan Masse, has returned to the Lady Wildcats’ helm. Chavez, who replaced him at CHS, is once against Portales High’s coach. She spent the last three years with Clovis after a 29-year run, the last 15 as head coach, at PHS. Clovis and Portales open the belated 2...
PORTALES — Officials with the New Mexico Health Services Department on Wednesday assured Portales its Income Support Division plans to continue to have a physical presence in the city. “I do want to clarify that ISD will continue to have a presence in Portales,” said Karmela Martinez, director of the Income Support Division. “It is not our intention to not have a physical presence. We understand that there are challenges that arise, whether they be transportation or Internet or phone. We want to make sure that we offer a...
