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Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
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Eastern New Mexico University in Portales will be closed for the Thanksgiving Break from Wednesday, Nov. 25, through Sunday, Nov. 29....
CNJ staff photo: Liliana Castillo The Nizter family welcomed two new members, Beric and Berin, when the twins were born three months ago. Deb and Grant Nitzer stand with their nine children Laurel, back left, Bethany, back middle, Hudson, back right, Gracee, front left, Holly, front middle, Rasmey and Jonathan, front right, in front of their home in Muleshoe. Grant and Deb Nitzer, with nine kids, now have enough for a football team in Muleshoe. And if running was a formula for gridiron success , the Nitzers might just have a... Full story
Freedom New Mexico: Argen Duncan Alan Anderson, owner of Anderson Dairy near Portales, said rising milk prices are helping dairies, but it will take some time to financially recover from about a year of prices that didn't pay for production costs. Milk prices are rebounding but dairy owners expect it will take years for them to recover from almost a year of prices so low that they couldn’t break even. Last month, Roosevelt County dairy owner Alan Anderson said, net prices were a little more than $12 per 100 pounds of milk. P...
Freedom New Mexico A meeting discussing the opportunities and pitfalls of leasing land for wind energy facilities and the benefits of joining a landowners association is set for 6 p.m until 9 p.m. Monday in the Roosevelt County Community Development Corporation board room, 100 S. Ave. A. An expert will speak at 6 p.m. and time for questions and one-on-one discussions is scheduled afterward, according to information from the development corporation. Johnna Bruhn of the Coalition of Renewable Energy Landowners in Grady and...
Eastern New Mexico University is closing for Thanksgiving break from Wednesday through Sunday. The university’s Golden Library will be open from noon to midnight on Sunday, according to a news release from ENMU. The campus is set re-open and classes to resume Nov. 30....
A sampling of calls received by the Portales Police Department from Nov. 16-19, 2009. Nov. 16 • 2:21 p.m., caller at 1600 block of North Abilene reported she had found a safe in the dumpsters. • 7:24 p.m., caller at 500 block of West 6th St. reported that he had just arrived home and someone had broken into his house. Nov. 17 • 12:38 a.m., caller at 100 block of Yucca Drive, reported hearing subjects on her roof and added that this had been occuring for the past year. No incident report filed. • 11:50 p.m....
Milk prices are rebounding but dairy owners expect it will take years for them to recover from almost a year of prices so low that they couldn’t break even. Last month, Roosevelt County dairy owner Alan Anderson said, net prices were a little more than $12 per 100 pounds of milk. Projections indicate milk will bring in just more than $14 per 100 pounds for November and more than $15 by March. “It certainly helps,” Anderson said. Milk prices tend to rise in the fall, he said, but they have gone up more slowly this year. Price...
Traffic crashes have jumped almost 20 percent in Clovis this year but the number of injuries from those crashes has dropped and crash-related fatalities are down. At the heart of the crashes lie traffic infractions, such as following too close, failing to yield and failing to stop at stoplights, Clovis police Capt. Patrick Whitney said. But the reason for the increase is unclear. From January to Oct. 31, there have been 1,271 crashes on public property within the city limits,...
The following bankruptcies were filed in Roswell: • Jerry Luther Montgomery and Goldie Janice Montgomery, Chapter 7, filed date: 11/13/2009, Roosevelt County • Jared L. Shearer, Chapter 7, filed date: 11/17/2009, Roosevelt County • Kiston Michelle Jaramillo, Chapter 7, filed date: 11/18/2009, Curry County...
CNJ staff photo: Tony Bullocks Matt Barela, left, and David Brown of New Mexico Workforce Connection hold a conference meeting Friday, with John Hemphill, director of Workforce development in Ruidoso, via the polycom system. The New Mexico Commission on the Status of Women is helping Clovis area homemakers head back into the workforce. The commission’s Displaced Homemakers office is offering a free workshop called Effective Work Search Skills. Lorraine Bantista, coordinator of the Displaced Homemakers Office, said the f...
A 19-year-old detention officer was fired from the Curry County jail and is charged with battery after police said he started a fight with an inmate. Nikelas Zamora was arrested and released on an appearance bond Friday, according to a press release from the Curry County Sheriff’s Office. An investigation was launched after interim jail Administrator Carlos Ortiz reported the incident to the sheriff’s office. The investigation uncovered surveillance footage and eyewitness accounts that Zamora, “instigated a physical alter...
Freedom New Mexico Eastern New Mexico University is closing for Thanksgiving break from Wednesday through Sunday. The university’s Golden Library will be open from noon to midnight on Sunday, according to a news release from ENMU. The campus is set re-open and classes to resume Nov. 30....
Freedom New Mexico A meeting discussing the opportunities and pitfalls of leasing land for wind energy facilities and the benefits of joining a landowners association is set for 6 p.m until 9 p.m. Monday in the Roosevelt County Community Development Corporation board room, 100 S. Ave. A. An expert will speak at 6 p.m. and time for questions and one-on-one discussions is scheduled afterward, according to information from the development corporation. Johnna Bruhn of the Coalition of Renewable Energy Landowners in Grady and...
Germany invaded Poland in 1939 setting off the possibility of American forces being involved in the war. Before World War II and Pearl Harbor, the American military set about training its men for the possibility of war. One of those men was 1st Sgt. Bennie Hill, father of Gladys Tucci of Portales. “The military decided to train their sergeants,” Tucci said. “The man in charge of it was General George Patton.” Tucci said the blue and red armies fought each other with blank bullets. Bombers used bags of flour to drop on enem...
U.S. Rep. Ben Ray Lujan will be in Clovis Monday for a private tour of the Southwest Cheese plant. Following the tour, Lujan will hold open office hours from 2 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. Monday at the Clovis-Carver Public library, according to a news release. Lujan will meet with constituents from five minutes on a first-come, first-served basis. He will also hold open office hours from 11 a.m. to noon Tuesday at his district office in Tucumcari....
SILVER CITY — The courts were reversed on Saturday, and essentially so were the roles. Western New Mexico, which scored just two points in the first eight minutes against Eastern New Mexico University and trailed the entire way in the teams’ season opener Tuesday night at Greyhound Arena, turned everything around this time. After trailing briefly early in the game, the Mustangs opened a 12-point halftime lead, fought off an early ENMU run in the second half and cruised to a 76-64 victory on Saturday afternoon. S...
Freedom New Mexico SILVER CITY — The courts were reversed on Saturday, and essentially so were the roles. Western New Mexico, which scored just two points in the first eight minutes against Eastern New Mexico University and trailed the entire way in the teams’ season opener Tuesday night at Greyhound Arena, turned everything around this time. After trailing briefly early in the game, the Mustangs opened a 12-point halftime lead, fought off an early ENMU run in the second half and cruised to a 76-64 victory on S... Full story
Freedom New Mexico EMPORIA, Kan. — Junior guard Jasmine Lovejoy shot 8-for-12 from the field en route to 21 points Saturday, lifting Missouri Southern to a 76-58 victory over Eastern New Mexico University in the ESU Tip-Off Classic, hosted by Emporia State. Sophomore forward Michelle hedgecock aadded a double-double with 11 points and 10 rebounds for the Lions (2-1), while junior gurd Danielle Harris scored 11 points and senior guard Jolea Apon added 10 points apiece. Junior guard-forward Cat Clay finished with 20... Full story
EMPORIA, Kan. — Junior guard Jasmine Lovejoy shot 8-for-12 from the field en route to 21 points Saturday, lifting Missouri Southern to a 76-58 victory over Eastern New Mexico University in the ESU Tip-Off Classic, hosted by Emporia State. Sophomore forward Michelle hedgecock aadded a double-double with 11 points and 10 rebounds for the Lions (2-1), while junior gurd Danielle Harris scored 11 points and senior guard Jolea Apon added 10 points apiece. Junior guard-forward Cat Clay finished with 20 points for ENMU en route... Full story
Eastern New Mexico University in Portales will be closed for the Thanksgiving Break from Wednesday, Nov. 25, through Sunday, Nov. 29....
