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A panel of district attorneys has found a Clovis police officer was justified when he shot and killed a suspected car thief on Oct. 8. Ninth Judicial District Attorney Andrea Reeb made the announcement on Thursday night. "I received the decision from the panel last Friday, unanimously agreeing that no criminal prosecution should be initiated against Officer (Brent) Aguilar relating to his use of deadly force against Arron Chavez," Reeb said in a news release. "I have stated from the beginning that I would follow the recommend...
Roosevelt County crews knocked out a grassfire Wednesday between Portales and Floyd, with estimates of 1,000 acres burned. People near the fire are encouraged to evacuate while hot spots are watched. South Roosevelt Road 6 (S.R.R. 6) west of S.R.R. W and Y between NM 267 and S.R.R. 6 are still closed due to fire and electric danger. Both First Baptist Church and the Portales Memorial Building have been activated as shelters. The fire started on private property, according to... Full story
The Clovis Municipal Schools Board of Education on Wednesday night selected three finalists for its superintendent position, including one familiar face. Renee Russ, deputy director of federal programs for CMS, was named a finalist, along with: • Rebecca Benedict, principal at Kirtland Central High School, • Gerry Washburn, former superintendent of Roseburg Public Schools in Oregon. The vote was 4-1. Board Member Shawn Hamilton said he voted no because he wanted to interview two or three additional candidates before sel...
TUCUMCARI — The New Mexico Supreme Court has publicly censured a 10th Judicial District judge in Tucumcari for violating the Code of Judicial Conduct during a private meeting last year with Quay County’s manager. Judge Albert J. Mitchell allegedly said he would ask the governor to veto capital-outlay funds due to the county because of a dispute over court-security funds, according to a document unsealed Monday afternoon by the high court. Mitchell, who serves Quay, De Baca and Harding counties, denied he engaged in “willful m...
PORTALES - The Portales Municipal School Board of Education approved the 2019-20 district calendar during Monday's meeting. And while students may not like the big change the board made come August, they likely will appreciate it in October. Assistant Superintendent Henry Montano said the calendar for the upcoming school year is similar to the district's current calendar, with the biggest change being an additional day off for students in October. Montano said that extra day...
PORTALES — City officials on Monday afternoon confirmed the results of a mail-in ballot approving an ordinance to expand the use of existing tax dollars for economic development. In a special meeting at the Roosevelt County Commission chambers, votes from the city’s mail-in-only election were canvassed and verified. The final tally was the same as reported a week earlier before the results were made official: 594 in favor and 207 opposed. The newly approved ordinance will authorize the city to consider “retail busin...
After winning its first home game last Thursday, Portales’ softball team kept its momentum rolling throughout the weekend, winning four more in a row to make it a five-game win streak in all. The Lady Rams’ weekend romp had them winning two each against Ruidoso and Dexter by a combined four-game score of 60-5. Ouch — at least for the Rams’ opponents. Portales swept Friday’s home twinbill against Ruidoso 16-1 and 17-0 before moving on to play Saturday at Dexter, where the Rams swept 17-0 and 10-4. In the first game, Ruidoso ac...
Booked The following were booked into local jails Friday - Monday: Clovis • Steve Perry, 25, failure to appear at time and place stated in citation • Dimetrice Edwards, 25, criminal damage to the property of a household member • James Butler, 27, failure to appear on misdemeanor charge, concealing identity, no drivers license, no insurance • Gabriel Rodriguez, 36, probation violation • Eric Montano-Romero, 21, failure to pay fines • Esequiel Cordova, 20, no drivers license • Willie Johnson, 41, probation violation • Herman Ey...
PORTALES — Saturday, the beat went on for Eastern New Mexico’s softball team. Yes, the Greyhounds were facing the nation’s ninth-ranked team in Division II softball, but those losses don’t count any less in the standings. So when the Hounds lost both ends of Saturday’s doubleheader to West Texas A&M, 15-0 and 9-5, they suffered their 16th consecutive loss after a 10-7 start. The twinbill After recording no hits in Game 1 on Saturday afternoon, Eastern New Mexico made things interesting in Game 2 after a four-run bottom ha...
Local banker honored CLOVIS — Richard Hadley, vice president at Citizens Bank of Clovis, was named the Independent Community Bankers Association of New Mexico ag lender of the year. Hadley was presented the award during the 2019 Ag Lenders Conference held March 28-29 in Deming. An employee of The Citizens Bank of Clovis since 1981, Hadley serves as the Texico branch manager. Clovis selected for roadshow Clovis has been selected as a stop on the Dairy Together Roadshow, according to a release from the Wisconsin Farmers U...
CANYON — Eastern New Mexico broke five school records, and added three provisional qualifying times for the Division II national championships during the two-day West Texas A&M Classic and Multi. The women’s team broke four Greyhound records, including a 4,107-point performance in the heptathlon by Portales native Jessica Campbell. Freshman Kayla Stephens set a new school mark with 3.35 meters in the pole vault, breaking Hannah Cabledue’s mark of 3.28 set last year in the LSC championships. Kandice Miles and Maijah Mathi...
PORTALES — State police are still investigating an incident Monday morning in which a motorist fatally struck a bicyclist on the highway just north of Portales. A 44-year old man from Australia “was riding his bicycle south on US 70 partially in the right lane of the roadway” when a 43-year old Clovis woman “struck the bicyclist from behind” in her 2016 Ford F-150, according to a news release Tuesday from New Mexico State Police. Officials declined to release the name of either individual involved; the driver is “not facing a...
PORTALES — More games mean more opportunities to win, to turn things around. But that also means there are more opportunities for setbacks. That was the case this past weekend, as the 17th-ranked West Texas A&M baseball team made it a clean four-game sweep of Eastern New Mexico baseball, capping it with Sunday’s 6-4 final at the Greyhound Baseball Field. Sunday showdown After losing the first three of the series, Eastern challenged West Texas A&M in Sunday’s finale with a pair of ninth-inning runs to make it inter...
