Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
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MULESHOE — The Clovis softball team may be on to something. Tuesday night, the Lady Wildcats started their 2019 season with a crackle, routing Muleshoe on the road 10-2 with steadily improving hitting and the lights-out pitching of eighth-grader Kohana Pousson. There were some sparkling defensive plays made behind Pousson, especially by junior second baseman Yasmine Larrea. But the young pitcher did a lot of it from the mound, striking out 10 and walking none. Pousson tossed 6 2/3 innings in relief, coming on to face a o...
Most of eastern New Mexico is under a tornado watch until 10 p.m. Tuesday, according to the National Weather Service. The watch applies to Curry, De Baca and Roosevelt counties. A tornado watch means conditions are favorable for the development of a tornado. The weather warning kicks off what promises to be an eventful 48 hours for the region. The city of Clovis issued an advisory Tuesday of what it calls a “highly complex and potentially historic storm system that will impact New Mexico for the next 36-48 hours.” The exp...
The following capital outlay requests have been passed by the New Mexico Legislature but are still subject to approval from Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham, according to Rep. Randy Crowder, R-Clovis: Curry County • Clovis Seventh Street improvements — $1 million • Clovis Community College electrical upgrades — $600,000 • Eastern New Mexico Food Bank lighting — $50,000 • Eastern New Mexico Food Bank paving — $150,000 • Friendship Senior Center HVAC — $115,000 • La Casa Family Health Center roof replacement — $250,000 • Clovis M...
The National Weather Service has issued a “high wind watch” for eastern New Mexico on Wednesday. Forecasters also are predicting more than an inch of rain for the area on Tuesday. Rain is expected to begin about 6 tonight with thunderstorms likely throughout the day Tuesday. After that, batten down the hatches. “Power outages, downed or damaged trees, and extremely difficult travel conditions are possible” on Wednesday, NWS warns. The Curry-Roosevelt county area is expected to see west winds of 40-50 mph with gusts between...
PORTALES — For the Eastern New Mexico women’s basketball team, Sunday night’s viewing party at Greyhound Arena had to feel like waiting for Christmas Day, as region after region found out its Division II national tournament fate while the Green and Silver fans waited. Finally, the South Central Region showed up on the screen, and a small cheer emanated when the Greyhounds learned they’d made the 64-team field for the second time in three years. The Greyhounds (19-10) received...
TEXICO — Senior swingman Skyler Davis scored 10 of his team-high 22 points in the third quarter, 16 in the second half overall, and helped Texico beat Menaul 63-50 to open the Class 2A tournament at Texico Sports Arena Saturday night. In their last home game this season, the Wolverines (22-7) turned a 20-13 early-second-quarter lead into a 26-13 advantage by halftime, then built on that with a 13-5 run to open the third quarter. Though Menaul (17-13) did climb to within 10 p...
COMMERCE, Texas — The Eastern New Mexico softball team was on a hot streak entering Friday’s doubleheader at Texas A&M-Commerce. Following the game, not so much. Playing the 18th-ranked Division II team in the country has a way of cooling teams off. The Greyhounds’ win streak was snapped at six after they dropped both contests Friday, losing 10-1 and 7-0. The Greyounds recorded just five hits on the day and struggled to slow down a Texas A&M-Commerce offense that was consistent all day on its home field. The Hounds’ lone ru...
FRISCO, TEXAS — Treyanna Clay led Eastern New Mexico in scoring in her lone season after transferring from Division-I Iona, including double-figure scoring in 22 consecutive games to end the regular season. The Lone Star Conference took notice Wednesday, naming Clay the conference’s newcomer of the year and a first-team All-LSC selection. The awards were announced on the eve of the conference’s basketball tournaments. Clay averaged 16.2 points and 5.9 rebounds per game for the Greyhounds, who fell Friday night against Texas...
STEPHENVILLE, Texas — Eastern New Mexico’s baseball team finally tasted the long ball Friday. But in the long run, ENMU tasted defeat. Though junior right fielder Joseph Zubia hit Eastern’s first home run of the season, the Greyhounds could not slow down Tarleton State’s red-hot bats in a 14-4 loss at Dickson Stadium. It was a tough start to a four-game non-conference series against the Texans, as Eastern kept the game close until Tarleton State’s bats came alive. The Texans jumped on the Hounds out of the gate, mashing a thr...
PORTALES - Friday saw plenty of wind, plenty of tiebreakers and plenty of time invested at the Bill Wahlman Tennis Center. When it was all over, the Portales High tennis teams also left the courts with a pair of wins against Moriarty. The girls took a 9-0 victory, while the boys just squeezed out a 5-4 victory over the Pintos. They played well considering the wind.They stuck it out and powered through.It was a tough match. "They played well, considering the wind," Portales...
PLAINVIEW, Texas — Clovis’ boys track and field team is trying to improve on last year’s third-place state finish, while the Lady Wildcats hope to keep evolving. So, Friday’s season-opening performance in the Walmart-DC Bulldog Relays in Plainview were good first steps toward both those goals. Clovis’ boys finished first with 192 points, 34 ahead of second-place Randall, while the Lady ’Cats took third (138 points) behind champion Canyon and runner-up Randall. Clovis’ Montez Wright — who captured two individual seco...
BY THE STAFF OF THE NEWS TEXICO — To use a baseball way to describe a basketball scenario, Texico’s girls basketball team has a runner on first base. The state tournament is, after all, like a baseball diamond — you’ve got to touch four bases to get home. And with Friday’s 57-30 rout of 16th-seeded Loving at Texico Sports Arena, the top-seeded Lady Wolverines laced a metaphoric single, getting them one-quarter of the way to winning a second consecutive state championship. Texico improved to 23-3 and earned a 2A quarterfi...
ELROSE - Every team wants to win its last home game. For the Melrose girls basketball team, though, Friday's victory was also a launching pad. By routing 16th-seeded To'hajiilee 69-31 at Melrose High, the top-seeded Lady Buffaloes took the first of four steps necessary to capture a state Class A championship, and did so in decisive fashion. When they next tip off, the Lady Buffs (22-6) will be at Bernalillo High School on Wednesday facing eighth-seeded Cimarron (19-9) in a...
PORTALES - As Codi Flores went to the line with 59.7 seconds left and Portales' state tournament life in her hands, everything reset back to what she'd learned to do about a dozen years ago. Five dribbles. Deep breath. Relax. Four times in the final minute, Flores had that chance. Four times she connected, hitting four free throws as part of a game-ending 16-0 run that gave the Rams a 42-36 Class 4A first-round victory over Artesia Friday night at the Ram Athletic Center. The...
FRISCO, Texas — Leading by 17 points heading into the fourth quarter, Texas A&M-Commerce had to hold off a furious rally by Eastern New Mexico to hang on for a 77-70 win in the final quarterfinal game Friday of the LSC Championship. With the lead down to just two points in the final minute, Lions guard Princess Davis hit a clutch layup in the lane, followed by two free throws to finally give her team the cushion needed to survive and upset the Greyhounds, the No. 4 seed. The fifth-seeded Lions (20-9) were to face the No. 1 s...
FRISCO, Texas — Leave it for the final game of the day to be the best. One of the more exciting LSC Championship games in recent history, it took a step-back 16-foot jumper by Tarleton State’s Randall Broddie with just .6 seconds to play to give TSU a dramatic 87-85 overtime win over Eastern New Mexico. The matchup between the No. 4 and No. 5 seeds was the fourth quarterfinal game of the day at Comerica Center, and saw a wild ending that included a game-tying 3-pointer by ENMU’s Zach Parker with just 10 seconds to play in ov...
Booked The following were booked into local jails Tuesday-Thursday: Clovis • Christopher Miller, 38, probation violation • Ronald McDonald, 20, aggravated assault against a household member • Travis Dain, 35, residential burglary • Michael Cordova, 23, probation violation • Erick Rauda, 40, failure to appear • Vanity Garcia, 28, battery upon a peace officer • David Lucio, 49, failure to pay fines • Mariah Gomez, 19, distribution of marijuana • Iris Castro, 34, failure to appear • Elvis Gaytan, 28, criminal sexual pen...
PORTALES — The Portales Community Services Center is planning a public forum for citizens of Portales and Roosevelt County to get input on how to best serve residents. The forum will be 1:15 p.m. March 28 at the CSC’s senior meal site. Statements of need will be heard and documented, then provided to the Non-Metro Area Agency on Aging and the New Mexico Aging and Long-Term Care Department. All written comments submitted before by March 21 will also be entered into the record. Information: 575-356-8576....
The following marriage licenses were filed through Thursday at the Curry County Clerk’s Office: • Rocky Dewayne Harris, 55, and Tena Lynne Kotara, 57, both of Canyon • Ethan Paul McPherson, 23, and Jessica Mary Kurth, 24, both of Clovis • Michael Jason Edwards, 44, and Florence Lorine Chavez, 59, both of Clovis • Jose Adolfo Santillano Zapata, 31, and Maria Cruz Alvarado, 22, both of Clovis • Wililam Scott Hiett, 52, and Sabirna Dawn Hiett, 47, both of Lubbock • Rodolfo Sanchez, 42, and Melissa A. Phaff, 41, both of Clovi...
SANTA FE — New Mexico lawmakers late Thursday pushed the state closer than ever toward legalizing recreational marijuana for adults. In a late-night debate on the House floor, Democratic Rep. Javier Martinez of Albuquerque unveiled legislation crafted after bipartisan, bicameral talks involving House Democrats and Senate Republicans. The state House passed the bill 36-34 – the first recreational marijuana proposal ever passed by one of New Mexico’s legislative chambers. No Republican voted for the bill. Martinez, a co-sponsor...
SANTA FE — Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham has signed into law a high-profile bill that will add New Mexico to the list of roughly 20 states that require universal background checks for gun purchases. The governor, who pushed for gun control measures on the campaign trail last year, said the measure could lead to a decrease in gun violence, specifically citing a study that fewer law enforcement officers are shot and killed in the line of duty in states with such laws. “We all have a constitutional right to be safe in our hom...
SANTA FE — The Senate voted late Friday to approve a plan to gradually increase New Mexico’s minimum wage to $11 per hour by 2022, despite concerns about its impact on small business in rural parts of the state. The final 27-15 vote came after the bill’s sponsor, Sen. Clemente Sanchez, D-Grants, fended off proposed amendments from both flanks — Republicans trying to delay or shrink the proposed wage hike and several Democrats trying to boost it for tipped workers and high-schoolers. “I think this is reasonable,” Sanchez sai...
U.S. Air Force Secretary Heather Wilson will be the next president of the University of Texas at El Paso. The UT System Board of Regents on Friday selected Wilson as the only finalist for the job. She submitted her resignation Friday as Air Force secretary to President Donald Trump, and plans to leave that job May 31, according to a copy of the letter released by the Pentagon. The UT System regents are expected to take a final vote on hiring Wilson in about three weeks. She’d become UTEP president effective Sept. 1, a...
