Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
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A canvass of results of the March 1 municipal elections in Portales and Elida Tuesday resulted in no change in the outcomes. The Roosevelt County Commission acted as a canvassing board. In Portales, unofficial results showed Ronald Jackson was re-elected as mayor with 306 votes. His opponent, Rey Coss garnered 144 votes. In Portales’s Ward B, Oscar Robinson was re-elected with 110 votes against Grace Padilla, 35 votes, and John Bonifant, 13 votes. Jake Lopez, Ward A; Michael Miller, Ward C; and Dianne Parker, Ward D were r...
I never met my grandfather on my mother's side. I never met any of the male members of her family. They were crushed by Soviet tanks during a round of Russian adventurism. My mother, her sister and her mom endured Russian assaults, gunfire and artillery; they hid under floorboards, in basements and in forests as they made their way out of Hungary in 1948 to escape the occupation of their homeland. When I was a kid, I used to stay at my great-grandmother's apartment. Every...
Curry County's cannabis ordinance is headed back for a public hearing in April, the same month that New Mexico's recreational cannabis status goes into effect. The decision was made at Tuesday's Curry County Commission meeting because of a question from an area resident at the commission's February meeting regarding distances between a cannabis business and such properties as schools, churches and such. Such distances are not outlined in the County's ordinance as it stands...
CANYON — Clovis High junior R.J. Nora got his track season off to a good start in the Canyon Invitational over the weekend. The Wildcats finished ninth in the 10-team Class 5A-6A field, scoring 30 points. Nora accounted for 24 of them with second-place showings in the 110 hurdles (15.69 seconds), triple jump (43 feet, 11 1/2 inches) and long jump (21-5). Other points for the Cats came in the 3,200 relay, fifth in 9 minutes, 10.94 seconds with freshman Sammy Fuentes, senior Jase Nordgren, junior Gavin McKelvain and freshman E...
What an astounding contrast. In the midst of the sights and sounds cascading from Ukraine, I think we’ve all been struck by a stark contrast. Most of us in this world are not used to being bombarded daily with actual bombs, but we’ve become sadly accustomed to the carpet-bombing of common sense. Everything from gender to the multiplication tables is held to be incredibly fluid (“incredibly” literally means “unbelievably”). It’s as if esteeming ourselves as gods of our own “p...
PORTALES - At the end of a wild weekend, Eastern New Mexico University's baseball team came out of it with a Lone Star Conference series win. The Greyhounds capped the four-game set, featuring 90 combined runs and two extra-inning tilts, by holding on late for an 11-9 victory over Texas-Permian Basin on Sunday at Greyhound Field. ENMU (5-11, 4-10 LSC) took three games from the Falcons (4-17, 3-17), outscoring them 40-36 and outhitting them 49-41, with six triples and 18...
PORTALES - Eastern New Mexico University's softball team opened its home and Lone Star Conference schedules over the weekend by welcoming a pair of nationally ranked-teams to Greyhound Softball Field, including No. 1 Texas-Tyler on Sunday. Suffice it to say, the Greyhounds gave a reasonably good account of themselves. They earned a split with No. 23 Texas A&M-Commerce on Friday, winning 8-5 and losing 9-1, before dropping 6-3 and 11-0 decisions to Tyler. ENMU (8-12 overall) fe...
HOBBS — Clovis High’s baseball team wasn’t able to salvage one on Saturday in a six-team tournament hosted by Hobbs H.S. Teams from the southern part of New Mexico faced squads from the north, and the northern contingents got the better of the Wildcats in the three-game slate. After losing to Los Lunas 8-1 on Thursday, Clovis absorbed a 14-0 setback to Rio Rancho Cleveland on Friday. Then on Saturday, a seventh-inning rally fell short and the Cats (1-3) lost to Belen 7-5. “After a tough one yesterday, the kids came out and...
MELROSE - Step one was easy enough. Suffice it to say, though, it gets tougher from here for the Melrose Buffaloes. Seeded seventh in the Class 1A boys 16-team state tournament field, Melrose cruised to a 69-30 win over 10th-seeded Springer on Saturday afternoon. Next up is No. 2 Elida in a 6 p.m. quarterfinal matchup today at Elida. That winner moves into a 3:30 p.m. semifinal on Friday at Bernalillo H.S., seeking a berth in Saturday's 6 p.m. title clash at The Pit in...
LAS CRUCES — Clovis High’s girls were positioned to sneak out of town with a Class 5A round-of-16 victory on Friday night. The Lady Wildcats just weren’t able to close the deal. Leading by two points about midway through the final stanza, the Lady Cats saw Las Cruces High pull away down the stretch to claim a 50-41 victory. The fifth-seeded Lady Bulldawgs (22-7) advanced to a Tuesday night quarterfinal match at fourth-seeded Farmington while Clovis, the No. 12 seed in the 16-team field, saw its campaign end at 18-11. “I th...
PORTALES — Normally, Portales High’s girls are pretty solid on the defensive end. Friday night, they were absolutely stifling. After falling behind 2-0 more than three minutes in, Portales held Los Alamos to four points the rest of the half and went on to a 42-26 victory in a Class 4A round-of-16 state tournament game at the Ram Athletic Center. Seeded fourth, the Lady Rams (21-5) earned themselves another game at the RAC on Tuesday night, where they hosted fifth-seeded Highland (21-5), a 48-45 winner at home on Friday ove...
“National Read Across America Day” was March 2. Launched in 1998 by the National Education Association, it has come to be a well-established annual celebration in school districts across the nation. The idea is to celebrate reading by carving out a special time to motivate students to read. This event also happens to coincide with the birthday of Theodor Geisel, better known as Dr. Seuss, whose stories and characters are sprinkled throughout the event. In our district, man...
Booked The following were booked into local jails (Tuesday - Friday): Clovis • Stephen Corliss, 29, conspiracy to commit forgery, concealing identity, attempt to commit a felony, to wit: shoplifting • Rudolfo Granados, 54, failure to appear on misdemeanor charge, probation violation • Thomas Ferguson, 37, larceny • Patricio Ortegon, 50, failure to appear on a felony charge • Larodrick Brown, 30, driving under the influence of drugs, possession of marijuana or synthetic, failure to register vehicle, no drivers license,...
Back in the 1950s, in the thick of the Cold War, Nikita Khrushchev, the leader of the Soviet Union at that time, famously said, “We will take America without firing a shot. We do not have to invade the U.S. We will destroy you from within.” Of course, they didn’t destroy us. The U.S. ultimately won the Cold War and saved the world for democracy. But it’s a new day now, and such a threat may be more real than ever before — not because of the threat that Russia now poses through cyber-attacks and military incursions, but becau...
At least Steve Pearce flexed his ineptitude during a pointless exercise. Pearce, chairman of the New Mexico Republican Party, oversaw ponderous and bungled vote-counting at his organization’s pre-primary nominating convention. In truth, Pearce’s failures didn’t amount to much of significance. They instead raised the question of why New Mexico even bothers staging pre-primary conventions. Only political junkies who are nostalgic for smoke-filled rooms and the shenanigans of ward bosses see value in events like the one Pearc...
It’s crazy how many people still imagine political government is credible or legitimate. How many take it at its word, even while watching events around the world today. Even the national media corporations who report on political news often simply parrot government’s story instead of doing their job by questioning everything it says -- except when they have a vendetta against a specific politician or party. Social media and the entertainment industry may even be worse. The...
CANNON AIR FORCE BASE -- The27th Special Operations Wing is scheduled to host a virtual public meeting at 5 p.m. March 16 to provide updates to the Department of the Air Force’s on-going actions to address per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) identified at Cannon Air Force Base, New Mexico. This is the first 2022 quarterly meeting focused on the Air Force’s response to PFAS. Environmental project managers from the Air Force Civil Engineer Center will provide program status updates and will answer public PFAS que...
Airman 1st Class Ethan Lilleberg, an air traffic controller apprentice of the 27th Special Operations Support Squadron at Cannon Air Force Base, was killed Thursday in a vehicle accident in Pensacola, Fla., according to a news release from Cannon. Lilleberg was on personal leave in Florida at the time of his death. “Ethan was a deeply loved member of the Wizard family,” said U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Michael Hardwick, 27th Special Operations Support Squadron commander. “He was a bright and funny person, known as the preem...
CLOVIS — A grand jury has charged Victor Quintanilla, 30, with first-degree murder in the death of Ivan Luevano on Oct. 10 during an apparent armed robbery of Luevano. In an indictment handed down on Friday, the grand jury charged Quintanilla with murder, conspiracy to commit armed robbery, and armed robbery. The grand jury alleged that Quintanilla, with another individual, also took two backpacks and drugs from from Luevano. Acording to a Clovis police responded to a 911 call on El Camino Street, Clovis at around 10 a.m. o...
A Portales woman has been charged with 21 felony counts related to identity theft, making unauthorized withdrawals of funds, and fraud, and five misdemeanor fraud counts, which led to $5,168.27 being drained from the victim’s bank account. A warrant has been issued by the Roosevelt County Magistrate Court for the arrest of Angelica Garcia, 28, of Portales, in connection with the unauthorized withdrawals and identity theft counts. Court documents show that Keith Bessette, a Ninth Judicial District Attorney’s investigator, alle...
A solar power facility being built near Roswell will be providing some power for some area electric customers. A portion of the solar generated electricity created by the Chaves County Solar II facility will be transmitted to customers of the Clovis area’s Farmer’s Electric Co-op and Portales’ Roosevelt County Electric. Eddy County and Lea County customers will also benefit according to a news release from WFEC. “It’s great to be associated with a generation and transition company such as Western Farmers Electric Cooperati...
Wintry weather will persist throughout New Mexico this week, with several storm systems that could bring rain, snow, wind and extremely cold temperatures. Clay Anderson, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service office in Albuquerque, said winds will be the major concern today. “Because of that, especially across eastern New Mexico, we could see some critical fire weather conditions,” Anderson said. Today’s high temperature in Clovis-Portales is expected to top out near 60, with wind gusts up to 40 mph. A stron...
Higher education will soon be tuition free for more New Mexicans. The New Mexico Opportunity Scholarship Act, signed into law by Gov. Michele Lujan Grisham on Friday, is described as “the most wide-reaching tuition-free scholarship program in the United States,” according to a news release from the governor’s staff. “New Mexico has been a national leader in providing free college to its residents,” Lujan Grisham said. “A fully funded Opportunity Scholarship opens the door for every New Mexican to reach higher, strengtheni...
CLOVIS - Longtime economic developer Chase Gentry on Saturday was named the Clovis Curry County Chamber of Commerce's Lifetime Achievement Award, one highlight of the business community's annual gathering. Gentry, 53, died in August, almost 20 years after he began his job as executive director of Clovis Industrial Development Corp. About 300 people attended the banquet at the Clovis Civic Center. In addition to Gentry, Saturday's award winners included: Clovis native Jonathan...
PORTALES — Police in Portales have arrested a 35-year-old woman in connection with a hit-and-run accident that critically injured a 12-year-old boy just before 7 p.m. Sunday. Police stated in a news release Monday they had arrested Christine Shuman on charges she left the scene of an accident that resulted in great bodily harm, a third-degree felony, police and Ninth Judicial District Attorney Brian Stover said. Stover said the boy was struck as he walked home from Legacy Church in Portales. The impact sent the boy over t... Full story
