Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
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Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings made headlines recently with his lament that judges are “not doing enough” to take firearms away from those who slide through the justice system for domestic abuse. We agree that domestic abusers aren’t the people we want to have guns. But if judges can disarm these thugs now, why aren’t more Dallas County judges doing just that? It turns out this is a more complex problem than many people might assume. Since 2015, Dallas County has run a gun surrender program that it hoped would collect thousan...
How much is enough? When it turns out stronger anti-drug laws don’t prevent addiction or tragedies, how much are you willing to expand prohibition? How far are you willing to have armed government employees go — on your behalf — to impose your opinions? Would you approve of permanent checkpoints on all roads? Do you favor banning the manufacture of any and all chemicals that could possibly be combined to make substances you are willing to kill people over? Are you willi...
CLOVIS — And that's a no. A big, loud no times three. Clovis voters on Tuesday overwhelmingly rejected three proposals aimed at improving infrastructure and quality of life that would have cost property owners $20 million. "Well I think that there was a lot of support from the community wanting to maintain our property tax levels at the rates that they're currently at," Clovis City Manager Justin Howalt said. "So I'm just going to encourage everyone to shop local and try to g... Full story
Clovis City Commission, District 1 • Juan Garza, 754 votes City Commission, District 2 • Gary Elliott, 407 votes City Commission, District 3 (two-year term) • Helen Casaus, 274 votes City Commission, District 3 • David Bryant, 107 votes • Jose Griego, 58 votes • Fidel Madrid, 179 votes City Commission, District 4 • Justin Hummer, 425 votes • R.L. “Rube” Render, 510 votes Municipal Judge • Jan Garrett, 2,571 votes Bond questions Shall the city of Clovis issue up to $10 million of general obligation bonds, to be repaid f... Full story
CLOVIS — Following a 40-minute public hearing, the Curry County Commission unanimously decided to pursue joining the state's litigation against opioid manufacturers. At the recommendation of County Attorney Stephen Doerr, commissioners decided to approach the Fadduol Law Firm out of Albuquerque to potentially take the case as Doerr said the firm already had an agreement in place with Roosevelt County. The decision came after several members of the community encouraged the c...
PORTALES — A large dip on Fir Street and deterioration on a section of New Mexico 88 are among items Roosevelt County commissioners have added to a New Mexico Department of Transportation improvement list. NMDOT's State Transportation Improvement Program encourages the public to suggest federal and state highway improvements, according to County Manager Amber Hamilton, who fielded requests from commissioners at their Tuesday meeting. Commissioner Matthew Hunton pointed out t...
Class 4A No. 6 Portales vs. No. 3 Hope Christian Time and place: 9:45 a.m. today at Santa Ana Star Center, Rio Rancho Records: Portales 17-12, Hope Christian 20-8. How they got here: Portales defeated Navajo Prep 45-27. Hope Christian cruised by Robertson 95-64. Previous meeting: The District 4-4A rivals have met three times already this season, and today’s matchup will make it eight times in two seasons. The Huskies have won all three matchups this season — 76-41 Jan. 30 in Albuquerque, 58-56 Feb. 17 at Portales and 77-...
ALBUQUERQUE — It would be tough to find a favored team in the girls' state basketball tournament that shot as poorly as the Portales Rams Tuesday morning. But it would be impossible to find a team that rebounded better, as Portales grabbed down 70 boards to help it slowly pull away from West Las Vegas in a 58-41 win at The Pit. Portales (26-2), winners of 17 straight, will advance to an 8 a.m. Thursday semifinal, also at The Pit, against Shiprock. "We couldn't hit the b... Full story
LUBBOCK — It was at least a good start for the Clovis softball team, but the rest of the game didn’t go so well. In their 2018 season debut Tuesday night, the Lady Wildcats grabbed a 1-0 lead over Monterey of Lubbock in the top of the first, but struggled in the later innings and lost 12-2. “We had a couple of mistakes,” Clovis coach Brandi Thomas said, “and they hit the ball pretty well.” The Lady ’Cats did take that early lead, though. Celeste Chavez led off the game with a single, stole second, went to third on a passed b... Full story
While genre films like “Get Out” and “The Shape of Water” went home with Oscars at the 90th Academy Awards on Sunday, horror and science fiction greats that died in 2017 were missing from the award show’s “in memoriam” segment. Deadline reported that of 51 names memorialized, notable omissions included “Texas Chainsaw Massacre” director Tobe Hooper, “Batman” actor Adam West, and “Robocop” co-star Miguel Ferrer. While stars like Jerry Lewis, Don Rickles, and Harry Dean Stanton got mentions, country music and film star Glen...
PORTALES — A Portales resident on Monday suggested the Portales Municipal Schools undergo a “hardening” to prevent incidents of violence in the future. Sam Rigsby brought concerns to the school board about mass shooting incidents in other parts of the country, encouraging board members to consider “hardening our schools in the method of a voluntary armed employee situation.” Rigsby clarified that while he wouldn’t want to make any decisions if a plan were made, he was willing to “do legwork, information gathering, wh...
On this date ... 1983: Joe Whitehead was the new range conservationist for the Clovis office of the Soil Conservation Service. A six-year-veteran of the SCS, he had transferred to Clovis to replace Jim Riding. The SCS eventually become the Natural Resources Conservation Service, an agency of the United States Department of Agriculture. Whitehead, who earned a reputation for his witty presentations, retired from NRCS in April 2012, after more than 35 years with the agency,...
CLOVIS — The city of Clovis is seeking local residents to serve on the following boards and committees: • Civil Aviation Board • Lodgers Tax Advisory Board • Parks, Recreation & Beautification Committee • Civic Center Policy Board • Parks, Recreation & Beautification Committee • Public Works Committee • Water Policy Advisory Committee For details, contact the city manager’s office: 575-769-7828...
Booked The following were booked into local jails Monday through Tuesday: Clovis • Marchelle Curtis, 35, failure to comply with specific requirements, failure to appear on a felony charge • Julian Cuevas, 24, driving under the influence of liquor • Robert Moya, 30, aggravated battery • Courtney Robles, 31, shoplifting • Oscar Lopez, 29, failure to appear on felony charge • Justin Montoya, 33, battery against a household member, criminal damage to the property of a household member, assault against a household member • Ho...
CLOVIS — The Small Business Development Center will provide an update about the program’s work at today’s Clovis Community College Board of Trustees meeting. Business adviser for the SBDC Dominique Chairez said there will be a short presentation about the program including some information about their 2018 Star Client, Garden Source in Portales. “In that meeting our whole goal is just to relate the program’s benefit for our host institution, which is CCC, and our ability to help students also,” Chairez said. Beverly Ara...
PORTALES — The Eastern New Mexico University football program will hold a Ground Strike Triple-Option Clinic March 22-23 at the college. Practices and scrimmages will be at Greyhound Stadium, with practices beginning March 22. Registration will be 8 a.m. March 23 at Becky Sharp Auditorium in the College of Business. The clinic is $45 per coach or $120 per staff. Practices and scrimmages will be at Greyhound Stadium, while the registration and clinic events will be at the Becky Sharp Auditorium. Greyhound coach Kelley Lee w...
LAS VEGAS, N.M. — A rough outing on the mound led to a doubleheader defeat for Eastern New Mexico softball against New Mexico Highlands on Tuesday afternoon. The Cowgirls took Game 1, 9-7, before cruising to a 9-1 Game 2 victory. In Game 1, neither side wasted any time. The Hounds (13-9) got on the board first, as Parker Smith scored on a passed ball in the top of the first inning. However, Highlands (3-9) quickly countered with two runs in the bottom of the first to go a...
RIO RANCHO — Texico’s girls basketball team is halfway home. Tuesday, the top-seeded Lady Wolverines took the second of four steps necessary to win a Class 3A state championship by routing eighth-seeded Pecos, 54-34, in the quarterfinal round at Rio Rancho’s Santa Ana Center. The Lady Wolves led after every quarter, going up 16-7 by the end of the first, 25-11 by halftime and 39-19 after three. Still, Texico head coach Richard Luscombe said it wasn’t his team’s smoothest game. “We were in control, but we never really pull...
Today • Clovis Community College Board of Trustees — 8 a.m. in CCC Room 512, 417 Schepps Blvd. Information: 575-769-4001 • Sen. Martin Heinrich Mobile Office Hours — 11 a.m. to noon at Fort Sumner Senior Citizens Center, 510 Main St., Fort Sumner. Information: 575-622-7113 Thursday • Clovis Senior Center Task Force — 2 p.m. at the Bert Cabiness City Government Center, 321 N. Connelly St. Information: 575-769-7828 • Clovis Commission on Older Adults — 3 p.m. at the Bert Cabiness City Government Center, 321 N. Connelly St. Info...
Today • Preschool Storytime — 10:30 a.m. at Portales Public Library. Story: “Lucky Charms.” Information: 575-356-3940 • Stitch Addicts — 6:30 p.m. at Clovis-Carver Public Library. Information: 575-763-9687 Thursday • Colour Creators Adult Coloring Club — 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. at Clovis-Carver Public Library. Information: 575-763-9687 • Preschool Storytime — 6 p.m. at Portales Public Library. Story: “Lucky Charms.” Information: 575-356-3940 • CCC Cultural Arts Series: Mile Twelve — 7 p.m. at Marshall Auditorium, Clovis. Admissi...
