Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
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As I’m sure we’ve covered before, a good reason to get off the tractor and go somewhere is always appreciated — and the most rare is that sort of opportunity when it isn’t due to something breaking down and requiring a trip to town for parts. The county fair, the annual board meeting of the bank that lets you borrow the money to keep farming, the annual meeting of the power coop that gets quite a bit of that money, the cousin’s graduation that only happens once … There’s a s...
ROSWELL — Trying for their second tournament title in two days to start the season, Clovis High’s boys found themselves battling the elements on Thursday. Artesia swept both team championships in New Mexico Military’s invitational meet. On the boys’ side, the Bulldogs finished at 318 while the Wildcats came in at 327. Artesia shot 334 to take the girls’ team title, with Roswell Goddard second at 367 and the Lady Wildcats two strokes back in third place. The Portales boys, playing their season opener, earned a fourth-pl...
RIO RANCHO — Playing just its third game of the season, the Portales High softball team still has some kinks to work out. Los Lunas haded hte Lady Rams an 8-2 setback on Thursday in the quarterfinals of the 32-team Kristen Griego Memorial tournament. Portales (1-2) actually outhit the Lady Tigers 9-7, but coach Robbie Crowley said the team was hampered by numerous baserunning mistakes. “I think we had 10 baserunning errors,” she said. “We can’t have that at this level if we want to be successful.” Senior Sky Marianito led PHS...
RIO RANCHO — So far this season, Clovis High junior Sebastian Nunez has performed like the ace of the staff. Nunez has made four starts, all wins, and on Thursday pitched his third complete game in a 7-3 victory over host Rio Rancho in the quarterfinals of the Sal Puentes Invitational. The Wildcats (9-4) advanced to a 6:30 p.m. semifinal game today against Rio Grande, an 8-6 winner over Artesia on Thursday. Nunez gave up two runs on three hits in the first inning, then blanked the Rams (11-4) until the bottom of the s...
Sal Puentes Invitational At Rio Rancho Quarterfinals Clovis 7, Rio Rancho 3 Clovis 003 004 0 — 7 9 3 Rio Rancho 200 000 1 — 3 5 2 Sebastian Nunez and Jace Piepkorn; Bodhi Bolen, Andrew Duran (7) and Clayton Kempski. W — Nunez. L — Bohdi. Top hitters — Clovis: Piepkorn 2-4, 2-run 2B, run; Tomas Gallegos 2-4, RBI; Cam Kuykendall 1-2, 2-run 1B; Kayden Shober 1-3, RBI, run. Rio Rancho: Gunner Gouldsmith 2-4, run; Tariq Lavesque 1-2, RBI; Jacob Cook 1-3, 3B, run. Records — Clovis 9-4, Rio Rancho 11-3. NMMI Colt Classic At...
CLOVIS - A dry line weather front came through eastern New Mexico late Thursday afternoon, resulting in widespread but sporadic power outages and property damage in the area. Local power companies had their hands full, with reports including a downed power line near Logan, two damaged lines in Fort Sumner, broken cross-bars in Tucumcari, and outages in the Shumate subdivision north of Mesa Elementary school. All this on the anniversary of Clovis' historic tornado in 2007....
The following is a sampling of calls received by dispatchers for the Clovis police, Curry County sheriff and area fire stations: Wednesday • 12:27 a.m.: Burglary (auto), 2000 block of West 21st Street • 1:43 a.m.: Failure to pay fines, 200 block of Rencher • 7:40 a.m.: Failure to pay fines, 400 block of North Hull Street • 8:58 a.m.: Improper turn left or right (muni), 1900 block of North Thornton Street • 8:37 a.m.: Failure to comply with conditions of release, 2100 block of North Martin Luther King Jr Boulevard • 11:25 a...
The following is a sampling of calls for Portales police, fire and sheriff: Tuesday • 1:02 a.m.: Burglary report, 700 block West 18th Street, report taken • 5:54 a.m.: Ambulance requested, 2200 block West Beech Street • 6:20 a.m.: Domestic report, 1100 block North Avenue A, report taken • 8:35 a.m.: Vehicle theft report, 100 block South Houston Avenue • 9:30 a.m.: Assault report, 300 block East First Street • 10:09 a.m.: Theft report, 1900 block Westview Emerald, report taken • 1:05 p.m.: Fire rural, mile marker 409 on U.S. 7...
SANTA FE — Gov. Susana Martinez on Thursday issued an executive order to fly flags at half-staff from sunrise to sunset today in honor of U.S. Air Force Capt. Kenneth Dalga. Dalga was one of three serving in Cannon Air Force Base’s 318th Special Operations Squadron killed in a military plane crash as part of a March 14 training exercise. The governor’s office released a similar order Wednesday for Capt. Frederick Dellecker, and a release is upcoming for Maj. Andrew Decker. Flags will be ordered at half-staff until sunse...
The following were actions taken at the Portales City Council meeting Tuesday evening in the Memorial Building: • Councilors approved a proclamation naming April 1 “Great American Cleanup Day” in Portales. • Representatives from Invenergy and Xcel Energy presented plans to build a 522-megawatt wind farm to the council. Invenergy Senior Business Development Manager Krista Mann said the Sagamore Wind Project would be the largest wind farm in the state, with up to 261 wind turbines. The project, located 20 miles southeast of Por...
On this date ... 1987: Clovis police reports included: • A set of First Flight golf clubs and about 175 golf balls were stolen from a garage on Layton Court. • A 10-speed bike valued at $535 was stolen from Albertson's parking lot. • Someone threw an object through a window at Shipley Furniture. Damage was estimated at $400. 1962: Funeral services were being planned for a 6-year-old Needmore boy who died after he was bitten by a rattlesnake. Officials said Adran Salas was b...
In order to accommodate local traffic, governments in Curry and Roosevelt counties have continuous high-cost improvements to make. But the money to make them is another story. “Ranching, farming, your dairies, your 9-1-1, your emergency calls, your first responders — it affects everybody. The (road) infrastructure is what gets everybody from place A to place B,” Roosevelt County Road Superintendent Ricky Lovato said of local roads. Out of 118 chipsealed roads in Roosevelt County, 90 miles are in need of new chipsealing or fo...
The Clovis Music Festival has added to its June slate, according to a release from the Clovis/Curry County Chamber of Commerce. The 30th annual festival - moved to June 22 and 23 to coincide with the Draggin' Main festivities - has some familiar faces to represent its historic Clovis sound. Johnny Rogers has agreed to come back to the festival to reprise the role of Buddy Holly. He will be joined by Ray Anthony in the role of Ritchie Valens and Brian McCullough in the role of...
PORTALES - When local youth leaders acknowledged there were barriers between their congregations, they knew something had to be done to fix it. After some discussions and brainstorming, they came up with the way - literally. "The Way," is a worship event intended to break those barriers and more. The inaugural citywide event, created and sponsored by the Roosevelt County Ministerial Alliance, is directed toward junior high and high school students - churchgoers or not. "The Mi...
The following is the schedule for the 25th annual Portales Ag Expo to be held Today-Saturday at the Roosevelt County Fairgrounds: Today • Preparing for sugarcane aphid in 2017: What did we learn in 2016?: 9:30 a.m. in the Art Room in the Idsinga Pavilion • Creative Touches: 10 a.m. McAlister Room in the Jake Lopez Community Center (JLCC) • Alternative Crop Options for Eastern NM: 11 a.m. in the Art Room in the Idsinga Pavilion • Mounted Shooting Demonstration: 11 a.m. at the Outdoor Arena • Antique Tractor Parade: 11 a.m. a...
Big differences exist between intellectual knowledge and wisdom. We may be intellectually advanced and have a myriad of information but the difference in having intellectual knowledge and having wisdom is vast. I may be wise in some ways today, but that I was not so years ago and experience has played a part in that. And wouldn’t it be a great help if we all knew 20 years ago what we know today? Let me explain. Once I placed bids on some old lunch boxes that were on eBay. T...
If, like most folks, you deal with email and its accompanying blessings and cursings, you know that the first step after you open your inbox is to obliterate 90 percent of it by clearing out a ton of junk and deleting a few nefarious attempts to set a hook in you through phishing. I’d love to change email addresses to try to buy 30 seconds worth of a cleaner inbox, but my trusty ol’ address is emblazoned on everything from a few thousand music albums to business cards to new...
Monday • Parks, Recreation and Beautification Committee — 5:30 p.m. at city hall, Clovis. Information: 575-769-7828 Wednesday • Public Works Committee — 8:30 a.m. at city hall, Clovis. Information: 575-769-7828 This calendar is a daily listing of area public meetings. To place an item on the calendar, call the newsroom at 575-763-6991 or e-mail: [email protected]...
Today • Community dialogue and reception — 1:30 p.m. at Clovis-Carver Public Library for Japanese Americans in the West and Curry County during WWII exhibit. Admission: Free. Information: 575-769-7840 or Victor Yamada at [email protected] • Blood drive — 1 p.m.-4:30 p.m. at Clovis-Carver Public Library. Information: 575-769-7840 • New Mexico Ag Expo — 9 a.m.-5 p.m at Roosevelt County Fairgrounds. Admission: Free. Information: 575-356-8541 • Floyd Country Jamboree — 7 p.m. at the Floyd High School gym. Admission: $7 g...
