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BASKETBALL Prep All-District 4-4A Portales Boys First team: Xodus Gomez, Sr. G; Davian Lucero, Sr. G; Paxton Culpepper, So. G; Zane Mayberry, Jr. G. Honorable mention: Marcus Aranda, Sr. G; Jase Hightower, So. G. Girls First team: Audrey Paden, Jr. G; Angel Ornelas, So. G.; Myleigh Banda, So. G. College South Central Region tournaments (Seeds in parentheses) Men At Canyon, Texas Saturday’s quarterfinals (6) Black Hills State 68, (3) Colorado School of Mines 48 (2) Fort Lewis 97 (7) Lubbock Christian 65 (1) West Texas A&M 7...
SANTA FE – Legislation that would ensure earlier parole hearings for teenagers convicted of first-degree murder passed the House on Monday and is on the desk of Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham. The House voted 37-25 along partisan lines to approve Senate Bill 64, which entitles children convicted before they are 18 to a parole hearing - and, potentially, parole - after 20 or 25 years in prison, depending on the initial sentence. Andrea Reeb, R-Clovis, was among those opposing t...
It’s a sure sign that you’re beginning to learn at least a little about something when you begin to realize how very little you really know about it at all. And it’s an equally sure sign of how little you know if you allow yourself to suspect that you’re the smartest person in any room. Other folks with more sense (it would seem that anybody would have more sense) will leave the room as quickly as possible, whether the room is a coffee shop or the Oval Office. Corolla...
SANTA FE -- The House of Representatives voted unanimously Sunday night to pass a bill to provide free breakfast and lunch to all New Mexico public school students — regardless of their economic standing. Senate Bill 4 is now on its way to the desk of Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham, who is expected to sign it. Lujan Grisham made providing free lunches to all students a priority of hers in this year’s 60-day legislative session. She first brought the idea up during a convention on public health policy in Philadelphia late las...
On this date ... 1956: Mary Ann and Linda Ferguson of Portales, ages 8 and 6, received a package in the mail. It contained a live alligator. The children’s father ordered the alligator, which came with instructions about what it likes to eat — minnows, cray fish, shrimp, insects and earth worms. The girls didn’t have any of those things, but were relieved to learn the foot-long baby gator only ate once a week so there was time to shop. 1956: Hugh Jones Firestone, which offered “plenty of free parking” at 821 Main St. in Clovi...
SANTA FE -- The state Senate passed a nearly $9.6 billion spending plan for the upcoming fiscal year Sunday amid accusations the proposed budget was hijacked at the eleventh hour. Discussion on the proposed budget, which would increase spending by almost 14%, or more than $1 billion, also came with a warning from the chairman of the Senate Finance Committee: The level of spending is unsustainable. “New Mexico had better be prepared in our future for the plateauing of oil and gas, and that’s not too many years away,” said...
House Bill 157 on cannabis packaging requirements was blocked recently by the House Consumer and Public Affairs Committee on a 3-3 vote. Andrea Reeb, the lead sponsor for the bill, said it was still a success, however. According to the New Mexico Legislature, the bill provides language concerning new requirements for allowable and prohibited types of cannabis product packaging and labeling to better protect children. This includes: • Requiring all cannabis product packaging to be opaque; • Prohibiting packaging and lab...
PORTALES – The Portales High baseball team opened its 2023 campaign with a dominant sweep of Raton on Monday night, blitzing the Tigers 9-4 and 21-1 at Ram Field. Freshman left-hander Carson Pfaffenberger pitched five no-hit innings in the opener, and the Rams carried a 9-0 lead and the no hitter into the seventh before the Tigers (1-3) broke through for four runs on four hits and two PHS errors. Pfaffenberger walked four batters and struck out 12. Senior catcher Noah Swift we...
LAS VEGAS, N.M. – Eastern New Mexico University pounded out a season-best 21 hits, including eight players with multiple hits, and pulled away to a 15-8 win over New Mexico Highlands on Saturday, completing a two-game sweep of their only non-league series of the season. Senior center fielder Camden Matthews led the attack, going 4-for-6 from the leadoff spot with two RBIs and a run scored. Freshman third baseman Dylan Hummel and sophomore second baseman Demetrio Archuleta each collected three knocks. Seven players had at leas...
PORTALES – Eastern New Mexico University's softball team got off to a slow start on Sunday at Greyhound Softball Field, but it didn't last long. After dropping the opener of a three-game Lone Star Conference series against Cameron on Saturday night, it took one pitch for ENMU to fall behind on Sunday, courtesy of leadoff hitter Khmari Edwards' home run over the left field foul pole. Sophomore designated player Jennifer Gress' two-out, two-run triple in the bottom half gave t...
ROSWELL – Coming into Roswell Goddard’s eight-team Southwest Classic baseball tournament with only one win for the season, Clovis High nearly left with the tournament championship. The Wildcats took the lead on a sacrifice fly by senior Jasias Jimenez in the top of the seventh, but the host Rockets scored twice in the bottom half to claim a 3-2 victory in Saturday night’s finals. CHS coach Richard Cruce said he’s seeing progress in his relatively inexperienced squad. “It was a lot of fun,” he said of the tournament....
RIO RANCHO – Clovis High’s boys and girls each won two events in Friday’s Cleveland Invite track meet. For the boys, senior R.J. Nora posted a win in triple jump (44 feet, 2 inches) while sophomore Sammy Fuentes took first in the 1,600 (4 minutes, 38.92 seconds). On the girls’ side, sophomore Gabrielle Foggie came in first in the 400 (1:01.14) while senior Madison Parkin took pole vault competition (9-6). The Wildcats finished fourth in boys team standings with 52 points, trailing host Cleveland with 93 and Albuque...
Restriping of Clovis city streets began Tuesday as San Bar Construction Corporation of Albuquerque began painting on North Thornton Street. According to a news release from the city manager’s office, during this time it is important for the public to use caution and not drive through fresh paint. The release said construction signs will be appropriately placed to mark wet paint. San Bar does maintenance striping for the New Mexico Department of Transportation for the entire state....
The Roosevelt County road department will begin work on North Roosevelt Road A, between NM 348 and North Roosevelt Road 1 Monday. According to a press release from County Manager Amber Hamilton the project is expected to be completed by April 13, weather permitting. Hamilton wrote the roadway is being reconstructed back to pavement as per the county`s “5-year Road Improvement Plan.” The project is funded in part with money from the Transportation Project Fund. Residents are asked to drive slow and watch for heavy equ...
The Roosevelt County Board of Commission and officials from the Food Bank of Eastern New Mexico (FBENM) will host a ceremonial groundbreaking Thursday at 4pm. The new Roosevelt County Food Pantry will be built at 1111 W Fir in Portales. Nixon Enterprises was awarded the bid by the commission and will build an approximately 800 square foot metal building to house the local food pantry. Food Bank of Eastern New Mexico Executive Director Dianna Sprague said the money for the project is part of a $500,000 grant to the FBENM from...
Booked The following were booked into local jail (Friday - Tuesday): Clovis • Bobby Martinez, 37, parole violation, probation violation • Vicente Ceniceros-Ochoa, 24, driving while license suspended or revoked • Juan Saldivar-Gonzalez, 33, aggravated driving while under the influence of intoxicating liquor or any drug, negligent use of a deadly weapon, speeding, no drivers license, open container • Christopher Brown, 24, battery against a household member, false imprisonment • Damian Bargas, 26, probation violation • David C...
Forty years ago this May, I remember standing in a long line on the floor of Greyhound Arena to receive my diploma from Eastern New Mexico University. My dentist — and dear family friend — Buck Wilson was chairman of ENMU’s Board of Regents at the time. With the other regents, he was on stage taking turns passing out diplomas and handshakes. As I inched toward the moment marking the completion of my undergraduate degree, I was a little disappointed to see that a diffe...
Clovis Community College has earned recognition in 2023-24 for a second consecutive year as a Silver Military Friendly® School by the Military Friendly® Company. Military Friendly designates schools as “Military Friendly” when they demonstrate that they “strive towards and succeed in the areas that matter most in helping veterans make the transition from the military to school and, ultimately, satisfying careers in the civilian world,” according to a news release from CCC. The silver designation shows a heightened commitmen...
Elected officials who use the power of government to “help” people often fail to account for the possible unintended consequences of their actions. Even the noblest of intentions can unintentionally hurt those it’s meant to aid. Such is the case with New Mexico’s new law imposing a price control on the interest rate that lenders are allowed to charge on a short-term loan. Proponents claim it will make a “real difference” for people, but the only difference it’ll make is in th...
Amazon.com Inc.’s pause of its plans to expand its second headquarters in Northern Virginia reflects some deep underlying trends — not just for metropolitan Washington, where I live, but for regional development more generally. First, with the end of the U.S. Federal Reserve’s zero interest rate policy, many developments are being canceled or postponed. Long-term projects are less profitable than they used to be, and capital is harder to come by. As the major technology companies lose market value, their urban and subur...
It’s been a few weeks since Dilbert creator Scott Adams was canceled by hundreds of newspapers across the nation, as well as Canada, for racist tirades he unleashed on his own YouTube show. Adams, who is white, suggested that white people “get the hell away from Black people,” referring to Black Americans as a “hate group.” “It makes no sense whatsoever as a white citizen of America to try to help Black citizens anymore,” Adams said. “White people trying to help black Amer...
Impaired driving within any community is a notable issue, said Clovis Police Capt. Roman Romero. In Clovis, the numbers provide the evidence: City police have logged 105 arrests for impaired driving or driving while intoxicated in the past two years, Romero said. And Curry County has averaged two DWI-related fatalities each year for the last six. “There’s always a problem with DWI’s,” Shelly Meeks said. Meeks is the Community DWI Programs manager for Curry County. The county’s worst year for DWI fatalities was four, dur...
I used to say Portales was the only town in the world where the neutron bomb had been successfully tested. The buildings are intact, but no people walk the streets. Kidding, Portales! Just kidding. (Sort of.) Still, the sleepy little college town on New Mexico’s eastern plains had better get ready. Ray Birmingham is about to roll into a regent’s parking spot at Eastern New Mexico University. P-Ville, you might want to order a few hundred cases of Red Bull, just to prepare. The newest regent on campus is not the shy, ret...
For anyone curious about the history of the concrete grain elevator being demolished in Portales, this vignette about the Worley family business in Portales is being posted. The demolition is of the last remnants of the lifework of Olan, Clarence, Bob and Victor Worley in the form of the concrete elevator on Commercial Street in Portales near its intersection with Abilene Avenue. The Worley family became a part of New Mexico history beginning in 1929 when Olan and Clarence put...
Robin Jones believes her Clovis Community College interim presidency has brought stability to the college, something she says is needed there now. The college’s board of trustees decided unanimously on March 6 to have Jones stay on as CCC’s interim president until a new president is hired. “Yes, I am going to take the (interim) job,” Jones said in a Monday interview with The News. “We’ve all been in these roles for over 20 years. We’ve come up through the CCC system.” Jones began her CCC career 26 years ago in the college’s n...
