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Anne Corene Linville, age 86, passed away on Tuesday, March 26, 2024. Funeral Service to be held on Saturday, April 6, 2024, at 11:00 AM at Central Baptist Church, 2501 N Norris St, Clovis, NM 88101. Burial to follow at Lawn Haven Memorial Garden, 1601 E Llano Estacado. Mel Mapes, Ron Trollinger, Leon Kelley, David Hudson, Larry Coker, J.E. Williams, Brian Hudson, Ronnie Cole, and Douglas Linville will serve as pallbearers. Honorary pallbearers will be Paul Douglas Goddard...
Rita Gale Westfall, also known as Nana, passed away on March 23, 2024, in Glendale, AZ, at the age of 77. She was born on November 28, 1946, in Plainview, TX, to the late Hubert Whan Griffith and Martha Josephine Wells. Rita was preceded in death by her father, mother, and sister, Barbara Joan Griffith. Rita had a fulfilling career working at the Federal Reserve Bank, as a beautician, and at Sally Beauty Supply and various auto dealerships. She brought joy to those she worked with. She had a smile that would melt your heart....
Rattler Relays Saturday at Tucumcari Boys Team standings: 1. Portales 71 ½; 2. Logan 60; 3. West Las Vegas 56; 4. Santa Rosa 38; 5. Tucumcari 30; 6. Dexter 29; 7. East Mountain 28; 8. Springer 24; 9. (tie) Cimarron and Pecos 22; 11. Capital 20; 12. Floyd 19 ½; 13. Raton 19; 14. LV Robertson 16; 15. Mora 7. Portales, Floyd results Field events Long jump: 2. (tie) Colton Cain, Floyd and Antonio Bonilla, Portales 19-9; 5. Isaias Nieto, Floyd 19-6; 6. Ja'Lyn...
Editor’s note: This is the first in a series of stories looking at Clovis Municipal Schools plans for closure and repurposing. The series will continue over the next three weeks. Since the announcement of the possible closure of Cameo Elementary School last week, residents have banded together in opposition of the proposal. “It’s a poor decision, that’s all,” community activist Josefita Griego said Monday. Forming a group called Save Cameo Elementary School and Lockwood Elementary, Griego said she wants to represent the famil...
Glenda Rae (Cannon) Harris, 77, of Lake Arthur, surrounded by her family passed away Tuesday, March 19, 2024, in Lubbock, Texas. She is survived by her husband of 29 years, Wayne Harris, Son Gary L. Morris and wife Stevlana of Lake Arthur, daughter Melinda Robson and husband Colin of Lake Arthur, daughter Trisha Trollinger and husband Trent of Clovis, stepdaughter Lisa Gallegos and husband Richard of Clovis, stepson Gary Harris of Clovis. Grandchildren Krysta Wheaton (Brian),...
Joe Douglas Turner, 71 of Fort Sumner, NM passed away Friday, March 22, 2024, at Farwell Convalescent Center in Farwell, Texas following an illness. He was born February 13, 1953, in Seminole, Texas to the home of Joe Junior and Alice Lou (McMillan) Turner. The Turner family moved to Fort Sumner when Joe was in the 5th grade. He graduated with the FSHS class of 1971. He played football, basketball, and ran track. He was awarded the 1971 Fox Award, which was only given to one...
It’s almost Easter, and here I am thinking about an almost-Christmas ride to the North Pole. I wrote one of these columns about that ride 14 years ago. I just reread what I wrote, and, if you don’t mind, I’ll write some of it again. I started by saying the North Pole was surprisingly warm on that ride, but it was less surprising when you realize that my wife and I and our sweet little 2 1/2-year-old giggling granddaughter were riding from Lubbock to Brownfield, Texas, on th...
On this date ... 1944: A four-engined bomber from Clovis Army Air Base crashed into a plowed field nine miles north of Clovis on a routine training flight. All nine men on board were killed. Rancher A.J. Kemp saw the crash and rushed to the scene. He said bodies were strewn over a wide area and wreckage was scattered for about a half mile. 1952: The 4 Lane Drive-In movie theater on East Mabry Drive outside Clovis was preparing for its “gala opening.” The first two shows were “Best of the Badmen” and “The Boy with Green Hair....
DEXTER – A late rally fell short and Portales High’s softball team dropped a 9-7 decision to Raton on Saturday in the third-place game of Dexter’s Lindsey Callaway tournament. Meantime, Clovis High scored early and often to rout Hatch Valley 19-2 for fifth place. Senior Giana Marez had a home run as the Lady Tigers (5-3) built a 6-3 lead through five innings, then scored three times in the sixth and held off a pair of two-run innings by the Lady Rams (3-2). Senior Giana Marez had an inside-the-park home run for Raton. Freshma...
AMARILLO – Clovis High’s boys finished 10th in a field of 17 teams over the weekend in the Amarillo Relays track meet. Senior Jeremiah Johnson and junior Sammy Fuentes each posted a second-place finish in the meet, with Johnson going an even 50 feet in shot put for a state-qualifying mark on Friday and Fuentes completing the 1,600 in a time of 4 minutes, 34.17 seconds on Saturday. Meantime, Fuentes accounted for the other points for the Cats with a fourth-place finish in Friday’s 3,200 with a time of 10:03.13. Amarillo High...
Five boys and three girls have been chosen for various all-state basketball honors by the New Mexico High School Coaches Association. For the boys, Texico senior Cade Figg was a first-team selection in Class 2A, while Clovis High senior Marvin Cox, Portales High junior Paxton Culpeper in Class 4A and Melrose junior Brayden Eldridge in Class 1A were accorded second-team status. Also, Buffaloes junior Josiah Roybal was an honorable mention pick in 1A. Girls honorees, all in Class 1A, were seniors Graci Odom of Melrose and...
TUCSON, Ariz. – Four members of the Eastern New Mexico University track teams earned NCAA Division II provisional qualifying marks over the weekend in the University of Arizona’s Willie Williams Classic. For the women, senior Tamia Smith went 46 feet, 4 ¼ inches in shot put, good for fifth place. Her throw ranks ninth this spring in NCAA Division II and pulls her to within a foot of the top five. Meantime, freshman Grizell Scarlett posted the third-fastest D-II time in the 100 so far, placing fourth in the event in 11.52 seco...
Thank goodness Eastern New Mexico University's baseball team came back for a stunning win in Friday's Lone Star Conference series opener. Otherwise, the rest of the weekend didn't go too well. After ENMU pulled out a 6-5 win in the opener, Texas-Permian Basin completed a 3-1 series win by taking Sunday's early-morning finale 16-8 at Greyhound Field. The contest was moved up five hours to an 8 a.m. start as the teams tried to beat the winds that enveloped the area as the day...
TYLER, Texas – Eastern New Mexico University’s softball program came into the season winless all-time against two Lone Star Conference programs – Lubbock Christian and Texas-Tyler. The Greyhounds have now scratched both of those items off their list, winning the second game of Saturday’s twin bill against UTT 3-2. They weren’t able to carry the momentum over to Sunday, however, as the fifth-ranked Patriots (28-7, 19-5 LSC) rode a six-run second to an 8-2 triumph in the series finale. ENMU is now 1-42 all-time against L...
ALAMOGORDO – With about a five-hour bus ride, it was going to be tough to play two games on Monday night anyway. With an hour delay for lightning in the middle, that pretty much took care of a second game. Portales High and Alamogordo did manage to get through one tilt, though, with the Tigers rallying after the delay for a 7-6 victory. PHS (3-2), coming off a championship in Eunice’s Cardinal Classic on Saturday, led 2-0 through three innings when play was halted. The Rams went up 5-1 with a three-run fifth, but the Tig...
Roosevelt County Commissioners voted at a special meeting Monday to offer a figurative “olive branch” to the Portales city government regarding the payment and non-payment of fees between the two governments. Commissioners voted 4-1 to engage in “mutual in-kind” services immediately. Commissioner Rodney Savage voted against the measure. “We are all one community,” Commissioner Dennis Lopez said of the Roosevelt County/Portales relationship. In the action, commissioners voted to continue paying Portales for dispatch se...
You’d never expect a tax revolt to start in the blue California city of Oakland. But a bunch of angry, over-taxed and under-protected local business people there have said, “Enough is enough.” The owner of a restaurant has called on other Oakland small businesses to stop paying local taxes until their city starts doing what it should be doing – protecting them from a recent wave of robberies and thefts. Big businesses like Tesla or Oracle can escape the madness and high ta...
The geographic political divisions in New Mexico have become so entrenched that both parties have just stopped trying in areas of the state where the other side has the advantage. Of the 42 seats up for election in the state Senate this year, only 15 will be decided in the general election. Democrats will claim 17 seats and Republicans will win 10 without posting a yard sign, shaking a hand, making a campaign promise or kissing a baby. Democrats have apparently given up on the seat they held from 1989 to 2020 when John...
Lately I’ve been thinking about old age, and for good reason. Two close friends of mine, one a few years older than me, the other about three weeks younger, have given me pause about my own future at this point in my life. My older friend died after a heart attack. My younger friend had a bad fall and must now retire into an assisted living facility. They are just two of many fellow baby boomers I’ve known who have either passed on or been overcome with illness or disability. There but by the grace of God go I. At age 68, I h...
Clovis resident David Brown was found guilty this week for trafficking substances such as methamphetamines, heroine, fentanyl, and Xanax. Brown, 53, had 10 grams of methamphetamines, black tar heroin, Xanax and fentanyl pills when officers searched his hotel room on January 25, 2023. He was then arrested and taken into custody. Trafficking a controlled substance is a second degree felony. The Honorable Fred Van Soelen presided over the trial with Brown being represented by Kaitlyn Cochran with the Las Office of the Public...
As of Monday, Portales Municipal Schools Board unanimously voted to be a part of the statewide lawsuit to challenge the state’s Public Education Department’s proposed changes to school calendars. The board approved a resolution supporting PMS Superintendent Johnnie Cain joining the New Mexico Superintendents Association’s opposition to the 180-day rule ordered by the PED. Multiple area school superintendents, including Clovis schools Rene Russ, have said they also will join in the planned lawsuit. The mission is to preve...
Despite being stuck inside due to the cold weather, Eastern New Mexico University students and staff could still be heard laughing and dancing to bollywood music in the Union Building on Monday afternoon. Gathered for the celebration of love and the introduction of spring, ENMU International Affairs hosted their first ever Holi Festival. For attendees such as Catalina Arana Mendoza, who is studying to get her masters in communications, getting the opportunity to learn diverse...
Cheech & Chong’s public relations people called Bossman at The News, wanted to know if we were interested in an interview when they came to Clovis. Who grew up in the late 20th century doesn’t remember Cheech Marin and Tommy Chong? The interview became my assignment. “The place’ll be packed,” The Lady of the House predicted. “A crowd? In Clovis?” I said. It was an interesting concept to me. So I visited Mike Wood, Great American, who works at the weed store they’d visit. He was confident there’d be plenty of parking. When...
Editor’s note: This is one in a continuing series of interviews with local officials. Dr. Ronald Carver is the newly hired medical director for the city of Portales and Roosevelt County. Q: Give us some of your background, who are you, your career, etc. A: I grew up in Fredonia, KS. I am a family medicine board certified physician and work full time as medical director for Nor Lea General Hospital emergency department in Lovington. I also provide medical director services for several EMS and emergency dispatch services in e...
