Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
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Monday *Roosevelt County Commission special meeting – 4 p.m., Commission Room, Roosevelt County Courthouse, 109 W. First St., Portales. Information: 575-356-5307 *Roosevelt General Hospital Board of Trustees – 5:30 p.m., board room, Business Office Building, RGH, 42121 US-70, Portales. Information: 575-359-1800 Tuesday *Portales City Council - 5:30 p.m., Council Chambers, Memorial Building, 200 E. Seventh St., Portales. Information: 575-356-6662 Thursday *Eastern New Mexico Water Utility Authority - 3 p.m., Memorial Bui...
On this date ... 1951: Fifty head of Brahman calves, each weighing about 300 pounds, were purchased for an upcoming calf-roping competition. Officials with the Clovis Mounted Patrol reported the calves had never been roped. Champion roper Homer Pettigrew, formerly of Grady but currently living in Chandler, Ariz., said he planned to attend the April 8 competition and would bring his top roping horse. 1955: Clovis house mover Homer Bennett was fined $106 for traffic violations in Portales. Bennett pleaded guilty to failing to...
The Roosevelt County Commission heard a presentation on a program that could potentially bring more retail businesses to the area by recruiting and retaining. Jodi Diaz, executive director of the Roosevelt County Community Development Corporation (RCCDC) presented to the commission at their meeting on Tuesday. Diaz said the Economic Development Incentive program would include a small percentage of gross receipt tax that would be reimbursed to a new or existing business in Roosevelt County if they were expanding. It would not...
Booked The following were booked into local jails (Tuesday - Friday): Clovis • Brandon Storseth, 29, burglary of a vehicle, criminal damage to property • Antonio Martinez, 22, probation violation, aggravated battery, conspiracy to commit aggravated battery • Christian Bernal, 22, battery against a household member • Victoria Garcia, 49, failure to appear on misdemeanor charge, failure to pay fines • Gabriel Sosa, 30, aggravated battery against a household member, criminal damage to property • Angela Arguello, 45, embezzlemen...
A long-planned project to improve U.S. Routes 60/84 where they pass through Clovis is underway, surprising some area motorists as to what the project actually means in terms of getting around town. Area residents apparently weren’t expecting the closure of the Prince Street overpass as evidenced by comments on social media. Candace Barela, public relations spokesperson with the New Mexico Department of Transportation District 2 office in Roswell said the overpass closed March 11 and “will be closed for 90 days, weather per...
It will no longer cost $30 to graduate from Eastern New Mexico University. ENMU has been levying the fee for years. Last year the fee generated $30,000 for the university. The action came at Friday’s regular session of the ENMU Board of Regents. Tony Major, Vice President Business Affairs and System Chief Financial Officer, put the proposal forward along with a proposal to lower ENMU’s online fee from $17 to $14 per credit hour. The remaining fees will transfer to the “mandatory student fee” of $106 per credit hour raising...
A Clovis woman has been charged with embezzling an estimated $9,500 from Hotel Clovis where she was a manager at the apartment complex. Court records allege Angela Arguello, 45, stole rent money and deposit checks between June 2023 and last month. Heather Babcock, the social services coordinator for Hotel Clovis, told police that a total of 18 payments had not been deposited to the complex’s bank. When Arguello was questioned about the missing money, “she couldn’t come up with answers to the questions, then she started to ‘v...
Curry County commissioners on Wednesday heard arguments for building a county sports complex from a real estate advisory company. Steve Haemmerle and Emily Connor of Hunden Partners based in Chicago presented commissioners with a “Community reaction and sports complex study.” Haemmerle said the company has handled over 200 studies for youth sports facilities such as the one proposed for Curry County. In the study, Hunden surveyed more than 700 area residents to determine if there is a need for a sports complex. “Po...
