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THE STAFF OF THE NEWS HOBBS – Clovis High’s girls finished third out of five full teams while the boys were sixth in a seven-team field in Monday’s season-opening Buck Brandon Invite at Rockwind Community Links. Lovington took the girls team title at 379, 11 shots ahead of Roswell Goddard. The Lady Wildcats followed at 422, two strokes ahead of Hobbs, while Texico was fifth at 435. The boys division was highly competitive, with New Mexico Military shooting 332 to edge out Goddard by one shot. Following were Lovington at 33...
Say it ain't so. Albuquerque has the worst drivers. That's according to Forbes magazine, anyway. There is plenty of bad driving and traffic issues in other, more crowded cities. With unending traffic jams and chaos in Los Angeles, Dallas, Chicago, New York or Miami, it's hard to think the Duke City can compare. So why Albuquerque? Forbes Advisor released its findings about Albuquerque last month after collecting and analyzing data that compared the 50 most populated U.S. cities across five key metrics. Those metrics, which...
State Public Education Secretary Arsenio Romero on New Mexico's education budget for the 2025 fiscal year: "Overall, I'd have to say I feel pretty successful with what we came away with." The new budget, signed into law last Wednesday by Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham, represents an 8% increase in spending — $394 million more — than in the 2024 fiscal year. The expansion is expected to funnel millions of dollars toward literacy initiatives, teacher training and retention programs, school meals, community school initiatives and...
One of my three favorite daughters-in-law has written a children’s book called “The Rowly Growly Bear.” Not in print yet, it soon will be, and I’m very proud of what she’s done. Danetta is a great wife, mother, and teacher, and a good while ago, she began writing this sweet book. It’s based on a story her father spun for her when she was just a small child. The main character in the book is a little bear — the “Rowly Growly Bear,” of course. And the little bear is looking f...
On this date ... 1950: A solid red flying saucer, traveling at an estimated speed of 1,000 mph, was spotted near Eunice in Lea County. Ruth Hedgpath and her husband C.E. Hedgpath both said they witnessed the object hovering about 500 feet. It was silent and left no vapor trail, they reported. 1951: Portales Builders and Supply, located on the Lovington Highway, claimed it offered 1,322 paint colors. “Pastels, accents, deep tones — all the colors you’ve ever wanted, for perfect color harmony in your home!” read an ad in the...
Eastern New Mexico University's baseball team opened a 12-0 lead through five innings on Sunday and routed New Mexico Highlands 12-6 to sweep their two-game non-league series at Greyhound Field. ENMU (11-11) was outhit 11-9 by the Cowboys, but took advantage of seven walks, seven hit batsmen, six wild pitches and three errors for its second consecutive dominating win. Junior designated hitter Demetrio Archuleta went 4-for-5, scoring four times and knocking in a run, while...
Angelo State, ranked No. 25 in NCAA Division II, did all its damage early and senior right-hander Cheyenne Floyd made it stand up in a 4-0 Rambelles win over Eastern New Mexico University in Lone Star Conference softball on Sunday at Greyhound Field, giving ASU the series win. Right fielder Tatiana Trotter doubled home the game's first run in the top of the first inning off ENMU sophomore right-hander Marissa Rodriguez (5-5). Rodriguez was chased after surrendering a two-run...
MELROSE – Clearly, Melrose is one of the handful of top teams in a competitive Class 1A boys basketball field. On Saturday, the fourth-seeded Buffaloes advanced to the 1A state quarterfinals, scheduled for today at Bernalillo H.S., with a 51-36 victory over No. 13 Mesilla Valley. Still, they know that if they want to make a deep run, they'll have to pick up the pace. "We're glad to get the 'dub,' but it wasn't the way we wanted to win," said senior Michael Cardonita, who finis...
This isn't the way Clovis High's boys envisioned the season coming to an end. Albuquerque High came into The Rock for Saturday night's first-round Class 5A state tournament game and dominated virtually from the get-go, riding a 31-point outing from senior guard Isaiah Maldonado to a dominating 74-50 win. A pair of double-digit seeds were slated to face off into today's 9:45 a.m. quarterfinal tilt at The Pit in Albuquerque, with the 11th-seeded Bulldogs (18-10) taking on No....
FRISCO, Texas – Eastern New Mexico University’s men were in pretty good shape to make the NCAA Division II South Central regional no matter what happened in last week’s Lone Star Conference tournament. The fourth-seeded Greyhounds left no doubt, though, winning the event on Sunday and taking the league’s automatic bid as senior point guard Lyron Bennett capped a 9-0 run over the final 45 seconds with a 3-point buzzer-beater for a 91-88 victory over third-seeded Lubbock Christian. It’s the school’s second LSC tourney tit...
LOVINGTON – The fourth time wasn’t the charm for Portales High’s boys on Saturday night. The Rams finished the season with five losses in their last seven games – and four of them came against their District 4-4A rivals, including Saturday’s 70-61 decision in a first-round Class 4A state tournament game. Portales (16-13), seeded 10th, held its own in the first and third stanzas, but found itself trying to fight uphill after the Wildcats (18-11) put together strong first and third segments. Lovington, seeded seventh in the 16-...
Booked The following were booked into local jails (Friday - Tuesday): Clovis • German Ibarra, 23, failure to appear on a felony charge • Kendra Payton, 47, failure to pay fines • Fernando Hernandez, 21, probation violation • Kenneth Nash, 38, probation violation • Justin Rodich, 42, failure to appear on a felony charge, criminal trespass, possession of a controlled substance • Francisco Hernandez-Murillo, 31, failure to pay fines • Stephen Stanton, 38, criminal sexual penetration in the first degree, criminal sexual penetr...
The Clovis-Curry County Chamber of Commerce has announced its most recent Retail Rockstar winner is Fuller Supply Co. Fuller Supply will receive the award in a presentation at 8:30 a.m. Thursday at its business at 1315 E. Grand Ave. The company is a plumbing, HVAC and electrical supply store. Fuller Supply was nominated for the award by the most recent Retail Rockstar winner, Clovis Furniture Exchange & Mattresses Too....
Junior enlisted members and their families are now able to access food, as well as other household necessities, from the new Airmen’s Attic at Cannon Air Force Base. A crowd of civic leaders, airmen and Cannon leadership gathered for the ribbon cutting ceremony on Monday morning. While the Airmen’s Attic has long provided household goods and clothing, volunteer and Air Force spouse Maggie Fleck knew that more assistance was needed. In December, she and other volunteers began making that happen. “I have a heart for our junio...
Zia Powersports has moved from its location on Prince Street to one of Clovis’ largest buildings at 2600 Mabry Drive. In an interview with The News in December, Owner Tanner Gearn said the move would happen in the first quarter of 2024. Gearn described the move from the North Prince Street location as a “big positive adjustment for us.” “There’ll be better customer parking and more space for our employees,” Gearn said in December. Gearn added the store will offer motorcycles, ATVs, “side-by-sides,” accessories and...
Rinconcito Mexico is a new food truck in Clovis. Owners Barbara Nava and her husband Carlos Rosas have set up the truck just off the corner of North Prince Street and Commerce Way behind Optical Source. Nava says Rinconcito Mexico’s specialties are their tortas, tacos and flautas. “Our tortas are huge. A favorite is our Torta Cubana: Four kinds of meat, an egg, it’s huge,” Nava said. Another specialty is Rinconcito Mexico’s flavors. “They are straight from Mexico City,” Nava said. Nava and Rosas are originally from Mexico C...
A miracle occurred last week in California’s U.S. Senate primary race. In a deep Blue state where Democrat voters outnumber Republicans 2-1, Steve Garvey, the former L.A. Dodgers star, ran against three Democrats and came in a close second to Democrat Congressman Adam Schiff. Garvey, a conservative Republican, finished behind Schiff in California’s crazy “jungle primary,” where voters are allowed to vote for any candidate regardless of party affiliation. That means in the gen...
Historically viewed as a fringe belief system, Christian nationalism has become a considerable force in American politics, particularly as it relates to the current Republican Party. A new survey from Public Religion Research Institute and the Brookings Institution revealed more than 50% of Republicans believe the country should aspire to become a devoutly Christian nation by ascribing to the fundamentals of Christian nationalism, or, at a minimum, identifying with such...
Anyone hoping Republican voters around the country would use Super Tuesday to slow their party’s careening trajectory toward the Trumpian cliff now must face facts: It’s over. Donald Trump’s near-total sweep of Super Tuesday states, and challenger Nikki Haley’s subsequent campaign suspension last Wednesday, means that, barring some epic surprise, American voters on Nov. 5 will be faced with a presidential rematch that most don’t want. Even among the many Republicans out there who recognize Trump’s obvious unfitness f...
The five finalists for the president’s job at Clovis Community College are scheduled to make on-site visits beginning today. Each finalist is expected to speak with college employee constituencies and the public, according to a CCC news release. Candidates and the date they’re scheduled to be on campus are: • Jonathan Fuentes (today), vice president of academic partnerships at Odessa College in Odessa, Texas. • Barbara Beebe (Thursday), president of Western Texas College in Snyder, Texas. • Morgan Phillips (Friday),...
Some time ago I was pedaling my bicycle through an old section of Clovis, passing some houses that surely dated back a hundred or so years ago. I wondered if some of the big, old, rambling hulks had once been boarding houses. A boarding house is a place where people rent rooms … like someone might rent an apartment … .and part of the rent goes for “board” or meals with the boarders sitting around a big table chowing down. I once pondered having a place at an old-fashioned boarding house many years ago. I wouldn’t have been...
Editor’s Note: This is one in a continuing series of interviews with local officials. Sharon Rowley was recently hired as the new superintendent for the Portales Municipal School district, succeeding Johnnie Cain who is retiring. She has previously worked in the Portales district and is currently principal at Fort Sumner schools. Q: Tell me about your background, who you are, and how you got here. A: I moved to Portales in 1986 to go to school and to go to Eastern New Mexico University and got my degree there. I started t...
New Mexico is the deadliest state for pedestrians, according to rankings by the Governors Highway Safety Association. It’s been that way since 2016, and the most recent GHSA preliminary report, released late last month, has New Mexico ranked No. 1 for 2023 as well. The Albuquerque area was deadlier than ever for those on foot last year, with drivers striking and killing a record 56 people and surpassing the previous record of 49 in 2021. And Clovis is trending with the state’s largest city. Clovis Police Department rec...
Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham last Wednesday signed the Fiscal year 2025 state budget and the capital outlay spending bill for New Mexico, providing nearly $1.8 billion in projects throughout the state. Local officials said they were largely pleased with the funding. The budget totals $10.21 billion in recurring spending, which is 6.8% more than FY 2024, according to a news release from the governor’s office. The release stated there is a “historic high” of 32.5% in reserves. “The budget I signed … represents a strong in...
PITTSBURG, Kan. – Eastern New Mexico senior Timothy Frederick finished in the top eight in two sprints on Saturday in the NCAA Division II national indoor track meet, hosted by Pittsburg State. Frederick, from La Brea, Trinidad and Tobago, gave the Greyhounds eight team points by finishing fourth in the 400 at 47.66 seconds and sixth in the 200 at 21.46. He earned first-team All-American honors and gave ENMU 22nd place out of 68 schools with athletes competing in the meet. Last year, he placed 12th in the national indoor m...
