Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
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BASEBALL Prep linescores Tuesday Clovis 12, Portales 2 Portales 011 00 — 2 2 4 Clovis 470 01 —12 12 1 Carmelo Nunez, Edel Legarda (3) and Noah Swift; Will Jordan and Jasiahs Jimenez. W — Jordan. L — Nunez. Top hitters — Portales: Zane Mayberry 1-3, run; Swift 1-2. Clovis: Joseph Albert 2-3, 2 runs, HBP; Quinn Culiver 2-2, 2B, 2 RBIs, run, BB; Derek Bratz 2-3, 2B, RBI, 2 runs; Justin Lawson 1-2, 2-run 1B, 2 BBs; Jimenez 1-2, RBI, run; Jordan 1-2, run, BB; Kobyn Rivera 1-2, 2 runs, BB. Records — Portales 3-4, Clovis 5-6....
Casey Jones is a fighter. From her early days growing up on her family's ranch in Roosevelt County, Jones said she learned that no matter how many times you get bucked off, you must always get back on the horse. A survivor of childhood abuse, Jones said she has found strength in her faith, healing through education, and joy in her hobbies. At the age of 20, Jones left home and embarked on a career as a flight attendant for United Airlines. She did this for 26 years before...
I’ve finally become a cable-cutter. That’s right, all my television programming either comes through the air or over the internet. It’s only been about 50 years of relying on cable or more recently satellite dish programming. It feels good but it still isn’t free. Growing up we only got two TV channels around these parts and one of them was pretty fuzzy unless you had a great antenna. We could get CBS out of Amarillo really clear. I believe they had repeater equipment in Clov...
CLOVIS — Nine players hit safely for Clovis High’s baseball team and the Wildcats took control early in rolling past Portales High 12-2 at Bell Park. The Cats (5-6) ended the game on the 10-run run with a tally in the bottom of the fifth inning. Sophomore Will Jordan allowed two hits and struck out 10 over five innings. Meantime, senior Joseph Albert reached base three times, going 2-for-3 with a hit-by-pitch and two runs scored, while freshman Quinn Culiver finished 2-for-2 with a two-run double, a walk and two runs sco...
The Clovis Women's Volleyball League has been around for a while. The league began play 50 years ago, in January 1972, with a field of just four teams. Over the years, it has grown to where this winter there are 38 teams playing in five divisions, generally based on skill level. The league begins a two-week postseason tournament on Monday at Roy Walker Recreation Center. That will be followed by a season-ending banquet. Edith Ann Bradley and former Clovis resident John Betts...
ALBUQUERQUE — Portales High’s tennis teams split neutral-court dual matches with Moriarty on Thursday, with PHS taking the girls dual over the Lady Pintos 8-1 while the Rams dropped a 5-4 decision on the boys’ side at the Jerry Cline Tennis Center. The Lady Rams narrowly missed a clean sweep, losing only at No. 2 singles where sophomore Maggie Duong dropped a 13-11 decision to freshman Ziva Goldfein in a third-set supertiebreaker. “They’re getting better,” PHS tennis coach Ann Marie Bucksath said of her young squads. “It...
PORTALES — It certainly wasn’t always pretty, but Portales High’s baseball team bounced back from a run-rule loss at Clovis on Tuesday and set itself up for a challenging week ahead. The Rams scored in every inning on Thursday and defeated Moriarty 16-7 at Ram Field, evening up their record for the season at 4-4 heading into a Friday night home twin bill against Eunice. This week, the Rams continue their stretch of home games with 5 p.m. tilts against Roswell High on Tuesday and Clovis on Thursday. Sophomores Kadyn Gutie...
Booked The following were booked into local jails (Tuesday – Friday): Clovis • Jude Burrell, 22, probation violation, trafficking • Lorenzo Sosa, 36, probation violation • Rebekah White, 37, criminal damage to the property of a household member, aggravated battery against a household member • Antonio Rangel-Arzate, 26, failure to appear on misdemeanor charge, failure to pay fines • Brian Stagner, 35, stalking, violation of restraining order prohibiting domestic violence, failure to comply with specific requirement...
On this date ... 1987: The 37th Floyd Jamboree had kicked off its annual three-day celebration. “For 362 days of the year, Floyd is a quiet little community tucked in between Melrose and Portales, consisting of mostly hard-working farmers and ranchers,” Joe Kusek wrote for the Clovis News-Journal. “But for three days every spring, Floyd becomes the center of the musical universe for the Eastern Plains of New Mexico. It becomes a showcase for some of the sweetest singing and p...
It’s Oscar Night in Hollywood, but what does Oscar Night in eastern New Mexico and west Texas mean? Some will be watching the event, some won’t. “Best picture? ‘Power of the Dog.’ Best Director? Jane Campion,” Christy Mendoza said. Mendoza is the cultural arts series director for Clovis Community College. She is retired from teaching film and theatre. “Will Smith for best actor,” Mendoza continued, “Best actress? Jessica Chastain. Kirsten Dunst best supporting actress for her work in ‘Power of the Dog’ and Troy Kotsur, best...
“Supreme court justice nominee confirmation hearings are central moments that fully capture the political pundit class when they happen,” Josh Bramlett said. Bramlett is assistant professor of communications at Eastern New Mexico University. He researches political communication. Bramlett has been watching the confirmation hearings of Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson. “This opening that’s being filled doesn’t change the balance of the court,” Bramlett said. “But a highly visible Supreme Court hearing becomes a top...
Two Clovis teenagers, both passengers in a car pursued by law enforcement, were killed in a wreck in Parmer County on March 19 that also killed the vehicle’s driver. The boys were passengers in a 2016 Chevrolet Malibu driven by Damian Javier Garcia, 21, of Hereford, according to a report provided by Texas Department of Public Safety Sgt. Johnny Bures. Garcia was transported to an Amarillo hospital where he died from injuries suffered in the crash, officials said. Police did not identify the teenagers killed, but a family m...
This year, as last year, low water temperatures in the Pacific Ocean are expected to leave Curry and Roosevelt counties warmer and drier than usual, as the megadrought that covers much of the western half of the U.S. continues, according to forecasters. East central New Mexico is likely to feel the effects of a “double-dip La Nina” event, bringing warmer and much drier-than-normal conditions, according to Andrew Mangham, a hydrologist with the National Weather Service in Albuquerque. A double-dip La Nina means that coo...
Can the United States avoid war with Russia? Should we avoid war with Russia? Does a nation that spends so much on weaponry that it has built the strongest military force in the history of mankind have a moral obligation to act when lesser armies are slaughtering innocent people in another nation? Why are the innocent people in Ukraine more worthy than the innocent people in Chechnya? It’s estimated that as many as 40,000 civilians were killed in a sloppy, brutish, relentless Russian attack there that included torture, r...
I could get fired for what I’m about to say. Mind you, that’s not something I expect. I’m just saying it’s theoretically possible. Somebody could object and complain to my boss. Next time you see me, I’m standing on a median strip holding a sign: “Will Opine For Food.” That would not thrill me, to say the least. But I long ago recognized that the risk is present any time I -- or anybody, for that matter -- ventures an opinion. Freedom of speech is not freedom from conseque...
There are many things that make New Mexico unique, but one of the most noteworthy political nuances is the state’s deep and unusual relationship with energy. New Mexico’s Democratic politicians love the money and jobs generated by the traditional energy industry, but also wish to be seen as pushing back against it to placate their environmentalist base. Nonetheless, New Mexico, a state blessed with all sorts of energy resources (both traditional as well as wind and solar) has...
An invading army surrounds a European city, cuts off its supplies, bombards it, and demands surrender. Is it 1346? 1631? 1870? 1941? Or 2022? The answer is any of the above, and all of the above. The Russian siege of Mariupol is shocking not because it is unprecedented, but because it is so traditional -- a form of war that is grinding, brutish, and all too typical in European history. If you refer, say, to the siege of Vienna, the next question, is which one? The siege of...
Render’s Rubrics: • Every citizen eligible to vote, should be able to vote. • Ballot should be filled out according to applicable law. • All votes, cast by eligible voters, properly filled out, should be tallied, and recorded for canvassing by election authorities. The mid-term election cycle is in full swing with primary elections just completed or just getting up on the front burner. In Texas where I live, our primary was held on March 1; New Mexicans will hold theirs...
Tornado season on the High Plains generally lasts from April through June. More than 80 percent of twisters in the eastern New Mexico-Texas Panhandle region since the 1950s have occurred in those three months, records show. May and June are by far the busiest months for the big winds. But eastern New Mexico knows better than to rely on statistics. The Clovis-area’s two largest tornadoes in the past century occurred in March and September. Many of us remember the last one. F...
Today • Spring Arts, Crafts and DIY Show – 11 a.m.-4 p.m., Clovis Civic Center, 801 Schepps Blvd., Clovis. Sponsored by Clovis Civic Center and Salvage and Sparkle. Features local artisans who display, sell, and demonstrate their work. New exhibitors welcome; register online at https://clovis-civic-center.square.site/product/2022-spring-arts-crafts-show-vendor-registration/434?cs=true&cst=custom. Information: 575-935-5000 or email [email protected] Monday • Cesar Chaves blood drive challenge — 9 a.m.-2 p.m., b...
Monday • Curry County Commission special meeting – 1:30 p.m., Commission Chambers, Curry County Administration Complex, 417 Gidding St., Clovis. Information: 575-763-6016 • Clovis Community College Board of Trustees study session—2 p.m., Room 512, CCC, 417 Schepps Blvd., Clovis. Information: http://www.clovis.edu/about/administration.aspx or 575-769-4001 April 4 • Clovis Civil Aviation Board — 5:30 p.m., North Annex, Clovis-Carver Public Library, 701 N. Main, Clovis. Information: James Harris at 575-763-9618 April 5 • R...
CLOVIS -- Friends described Kelsey Cash as a good mother, with an outgoing "bubbly and goofy" personality. Police said the 28-year-old woman was gunned down in her downtown apartment on Wednesday night. Adrian Chavez, 26, was arrested early Thursday morning and charged with an open count of murder. Court records show Cash and Chavez had been seeing each other, that they argued frequently, and that Chavez was known to carry a firearm. Police were called to Cash's apartment in...
Starting Friday Zia Radio Group of Clovis will take to the radio airwaves. The five-station group had been owned by the Allsup family of Clovis but has been bought by Rick Keefer who had been managing the operation for the Allsups. The radio group includes 5 stations, KCLV-FM, KTQM-FM, KCLV-AM, KWKA-AM of Clovis and KQTY-FM of Borger, Texas. All call letters and frequency numbers on the radio dial will remain the same with the new licenses. Keefer, along with his business partner David Lansford, said he will work to enhance...
PORTALES — The Eastern New Mexico University Board of Regents on Friday said they plan a nationwide search to replace retiring Chancellor Patrice Caldwell. One regent’s concerns that Caldwell’s successor had already been selected was not true, Regent Trish Ruiz of Hobbs was assured by Regent President Lance Pyle and other board members. Friday’s discussion about Caldwell’s replacement began with impassioned remarks from Ruiz, who was concerned she’d been excluded from the decision-making process by other regents. Ruiz said s...
CLOVIS — George Jones is the new Clovis city commissioner for district 1, the result of a 208 to 205 vote victory over incumbent James Burns as certified by an official recount Wednesday. “Nothing has changed,” City Clerk LeighAnn Melancon said after the ballot tabulator ran the district 1 ballots. Early and absentee ballots had been hand counted earlier and matched the count from Election Day, March 1. The recount, mandated by state law due to the slim margin of victory, was overseen by Melancon and District Judge Ben Cross....
