Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
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Curry, Quay and Roosevelt counties are under a severe thunderstorm watch until 9 p.m. Friday. The National Weather Service at 2:42 p.m. reported Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 10 miles north of Melrose, moving northeast at 40 mph. “Nickel size hail and wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph will be possible with this storm,” the advisory reported....
CLOVIS — Don’t count the Clovis baseball team out. Despite their gruesome start, the Wildcats seem like they’ve gotten it together. Tuesday, the ’Cats won their third straight by zipping Portales 3-0 at Bell Park. The shutout pitching of junior Matthew Rubio helped, but Clovis is playing with a different attitude than the team that opened against Lubbock-Coronado three weeks earlier. The Wildcats are making plays in the field, they’re showing patience at the plate. And overall, they’re playing with confidence. “You said t...
Booked The following were booked into local jails Friday-Monday: Clovis • Rita Lopez, 38, probation violation • Johnathan Cruz, 28, possession of a deadly weapon or explosive by a prisoner • Leroy Romero, 26, receiving/transferring stolen motor vehicles • Miguel Galvan, 32, battery against a household • Judas Lopez, 22, failure to fines, probation violation, resisting, evading or obstructing an officer • Gene Gonzales, 40, driving under the influence of liquor • Manuel Torres, 34, resisting, evading or obstructing a...
SANTA FE — Lawmakers can expect to take up a proposal next year to make New Mexico the 11th state in the nation to legalize recreational marijuana. Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham said she will add the issue to the agenda of the 2020 legislative session. It’s a 30-day session, so the governor has some power to set the agenda. A bipartisan proposal to legalize recreational cannabis through state-run stores narrowly won House approval this year but stalled in the Senate. It was the first time a recreational marijuana bill pas...
Legislators passed bills with wide-ranging implications for New Mexico’s future. What they did: The 2019 legislative session was one of the busiest in recent state history. Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham has until April 5 to act on bills passed during the final three days of the session, which ended Saturday at noon. Here is a summary of some of the legislation debated during the 60-day session: Budget/taxes Passed: A $7 billion budget bill with hefty spending increase for public schools; a broad tax package that increases s...
The New Mexico Racing Commission again has placed awarding a sixth license on its tentative agenda for its regular meeting Thursday in Albuquerque. But with a lawsuit due in an Albuquerque courtroom in about two weeks from a license applicant, it appears unlikely the commission will take action on that item. The meeting begins at 9:30 a.m. at the commission’s board room at 4900 Alameda Blvd. in Albuquerque. The sixth-license item lies near the end of the agenda after several dozen other action items. When the commission w...
GRADY — The Grady Municipal Schools formally adopted a new tobacco policy during Monday night’s school board meeting, joining seven other school districts around the state to meet the Department of Health’s “24/7 tobacco free” standards. Superintendent Elnabeth Grau told The News prior to Monday’s meeting that the district saw a need to update its policy based on the rise of vaping and e-cigarettes use this school year. “Of course we’ve had a smoke-free campus for quite some...
