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Most of us old enough to remember the first time humans set foot on the moon -- July 20, 1969 -- have a memory of that day. We know where we were, what we were doing. Tamara Ryan Polich’s recollection has a special twist. “We watched the moon landing in this house,” Polich told me Saturday, “on a television set that our dad built.” Tamara and three of her siblings — Mike Ryan, Marla Ryan Chrisman, and John Ryan — were gathered in the Portales home they grew up in to share stor...
A written threat led to a Clovis school being put into “Secure and Teach” mode Thursday morning followed by early release on Thursday afternoon. The school issued the following statement: "At the advice of law enforcement, the decision has been made to release students early today, Thursday, April 13, 2023, in the interest of enabling an ongoing investigation into a potential threat discovered by the staff at Clovis High School Freshman Academy this morning. "While no imminent danger has been identified through pre...
Two area middle schools are back to normal after an "all clear" was issued after the schools responded to a “potential threat” Friday, according to a release from both. Gattis Middle School and Yucca Middle School were placed in Secure & Teach, Gattis just after 11 a.m. and Yucca right at noon. After 12:30 p.m. Friday Clovis Municipal Schools modified the two schools modes to "Secure and Move." After 1 p.m. the "all clear" notice was given for both schools....
Police on Monday night arrested a 21-year-old man and charged him with second-degree murder in connection with Monday morning's homicide at the Clovis Apartments. Patrick Quinones "was identified as a shooter in this homicide," according to a news release issued Tuesday by Clovis Police Capt. Robbie Telles. "The Garza County Sheriff's Office located Quinones (in) Post, Texas ... where he was arrested and charged," the release stated. "Quinones was in the company of Tamar Johns...
BASEBALL College standings LONE STAR CONFERENCE All Times MDT Conf. All W-L W-L Angelo State 31-5 33-5 St. Edward’s 28-7 30-7 Texas-Tyler 28-12 29-12 West Texas A&M 24-12 26-12 Lubbock Christian 20-16 22-16 Texas A&M-Kingsville 22-18 23-19 Eastern New Mexico 15-20 17-20 St. Mary’s 15-21 17-21 Texas A&M International 16-24 17-25 Texas-Permian Basin 14-22 16-22 Oklahoma Christian 12-24 12-26 Ark.-Fort Smith 7-29 9-29 Cameron 7-29 7-31 April 4 results Texas-Permian Basin 15, Sul Ross State 7; Central Oklahoma 26, Oklahoma Chr...
Even though there has been an arrest of a suspect in the shooting death of Mathew Nelson early Monday investigators have named another "person of interest" in the case. According to a news release published in social media, the Ninth Judicial District Major Crimes Unit, in conjunction with the Clovis Police Department, continue to seek Israel Barela and Dante Gooden as "persons of interest" along with Andrew Haskins. Barela, Gooden and Haskins have been identified as persons...
On this date ... 1945: The Portales Daily News offered the following in a front-page editorial mourning the death of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt: “The greatest blow that the nation has ever received was the announcement this afternoon of the death of President Roosevelt at Warm Springs, Georgia. ... The nation has lost its greatest citizen. The working man has lost a true friend.” 1946: Officials were warning Clovis-area residents they were serious about collecting fines from illegal parkers. City commissioners rep...
I was sleeping soundly on a nice Saturday morning. It was, to be exact, what many Christians have called for long ages “Holy Saturday,” the Saturday before Easter. It had been for us a very nice Holy Week indeed. In our little community, for much longer than the 38 years my family and I have been here, we’ve had a nice tradition sponsored by our Ministerial Alliance. A Palm Sunday Community Service, hosted at one of our churches, gets us off to a great start. Then, begun...
WICHITA FALLS, Texas – Eastern New Mexico University’s softball team caught Midwestern State on the schedule at just the wrong time – and the wrong place. The Mustangs (8-31, 7-23), 13th in the 15-team Lone Star Conference and 5 ½ games behind ENMU coming into the series, kept the Greyhounds (21-24, 13-20) in 12th place with a 3-2 victory on Friday in the rubber match of the three-game series. The top 10 teams advance to the LSC tournament in early May. ENMU lost Thursday’s doubleheader opener 6-5 in 11 innings before s...
MELROSE – Melrose improved to 6-0 for the season on Monday, scoring seven runs in the third inning and handing Grady a 13-1 setback in District 3-1A baseball. Sophomore Briar Larson went 2-for-2 with a two-run, first-inning triple and a double for the Buffaloes (3-0 district), while junior Dathan Yeary added a double and a third-inning solo homer in going 2-for-3. Melrose ended the game in 4 ½ innings on the 10-run rule. Junior Michael Cardonita allowed one hit over thr...
CANYON, Texas – Two Eastern New Mexico University athletes bettered their own school records over the weekend in West Texas A&M’s Jo Meaker Classic track meet. Junior Timothy Frederick, from Trinidad & Tobago, beat out his previous mark in the 400 by .09 seconds, running 46.94 to take third place in the event. Also, senior Tamia Smith placed fourth in women’s shot put at 44 feet, 5 ¼ inches, good for fourth place. Other entries placing in the top eight for the men included junior Ethan Woodrome, second in the 1,500 in 4 minu...
ROSWELL – Clovis High’s girls found themselves in the middle of the pack while the boys struggled in Monday’s first-round of the two-day RISD Invitational golf tournament. The boys played at Spring River Golf Course and the girls at the New Mexico Military golf course on Monday, and they were to switch for Tuesday’s final round. The Lady Wildcats shot a team score of 357 and were fifth in the nine-team field on the par 72 NMMI course, with Jolei Adkins (41-44 – 85) and Kiaya Gallegos (43-42 – 85) leading the way. Texico was...
FORT SMITH, Ark. – Eastern New Mexico University’s baseball team let one get away on Sunday against last-place Arkansas-Fort Smith, dropping an 11-inning, 9-8 Lone Star Conference decision to the Lions to end up with a four-game split. ENMU (17-20, 15-20 LSC) remains percentage points ahead of St. Mary’s (16-19, 14-19) for seventh place in the 13-team circuit with three weeks and 12 games left in the regular season, trying to earn a top-eight finish and a spot in the LSC postseason tournament scheduled for May 5-7 (firs...
New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham’s only veto related to capital outlay in Curry or Roosevelt counties was to cancel reauthorization of funding for a project whose funds were already spent, leaving none to reauthorize. In a letter signed Thursday, Lujan Grisham wrote she had vetoed nine lines of the Senate’s capital outlay reauthorization bill that would have authorized funding for improvements at the Eastern New Mexico Food Bank. The letter indicated the governor vetoed those lines because there were no unspent fun...
Everyone knows the felony charges against Donald Trump for paying hush-money to a porn star are ridiculous. Everyone knows that charging Trump with 34 counts of falsifying business records was just a slimy political stunt by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg. Everyone knows that Bragg’s legally dubious indictment is just the latest desperate attempt by Democrats to prevent Trump from running for president in 2024. And, along with a handful of honest Democrats and l...
What I remember most about that dark early morning of crouching on the prairie is the rhythmic sound of pounding. It was so loud, I wondered if someone had put a microphone near the skinny legs of the dozen birds dancing on the turf. As the sun rose above the horizon in southeastern New Mexico, the male lesser prairie chickens continued their ritual performance, each hoping to entice a female. They strutted, leaped in the air with feathers spread, and bowed, but the greatest thrill was watching them puff up the garish, red-or...
Do we have the right to see Donald Trump’s mug shot? Do we have the right to see anybody’s mug shot if they haven’t had their day in court yet? The second question came up during this year’s Sunshine Week event, which featured an outstanding panel of local journalists talking about crime reporting. The consensus was that, while we all have the right to view any public document, the media also has a responsibility as to what it publishes. Bob Moore, the former editor of the El Paso Times who is now heading El Paso Matters...
Fans know him as Uncle Kracker. His real name is Matt Shafer and he said he's excited to be a part of the Clovis Music Festival this week. Uncle Kracker, a singer-songwriter and rapper, is the opening act for the Eli Young Band on Friday night at the Curry County Events Center. Shafer takes the stage at 8 p.m. followed by the headliner at 9:30. Gates open at 6:30. Shafer, 48, said he scored his first record deal when he was 15. He's been closely associated with Kid Rock since...
FORT SUMNER — New federal regulations went into effect April 1 regarding the lesser prairie chicken; regulations that a number of New Mexicans and Texans see as usurping private property owners’ rights. On April 3, Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller issued a news release in which he labeled the new lesser prairie chicken regulations as a continued attack on agriculture from the federal government. County commissioners in Curry and Roosevelt counties have voted to pass resolutions against the new lesser prairie chi...
BOVINA -- The Texas Rangers on Monday issued a brief report regarding an April 5 shooting in Bovina. “On April 5, the Texas Rangers were requested by the Parmer County Sheriff’s Office to assist with an aggravated assault investigation,” according to the report. The Rangers gave little detail of the shooting, only stating, “A 32-year-old male shot a 25-year-old male outside of a local business in Bovina.” The report stated the 25-year-old was transported to a hospital for treatment. The DPS report concludes with, “This is...
It is hard to describe just what kind of venue Uncle Mike's in Portales is, but many musicians who play rock music in a band in eastern New Mexico have performed and jammed with others there. The owner, Mike Morrison, who is a drummer, calls it a "live music venue," which about sums it up. "It's a place to have bands and musicians play," he said, but other performers, including poets and comedians, have mounted Uncle Mike's stage, according to Jason Jouett, who seemed to be in...
The Roosevelt County Road Department has announced upcoming projects in the Portales area. Spruce Street will be closed for approximately one mile, from US 70 to NM 236/North Main Street Thursday. According to a news release from County Manager Amber Hamilton, the roadway will be closed to all traffic while micro-seal is being applied. Work is expected to start at approximately 8 a.m. to allow morning bus routes and traffic patterns to clear and should be completed by 5 p.m. Thursday, the same day. Another project involves...
An Easter Sunday blaze resulted in a Clovis family having to leave their rental home at Ninth and Oak streets. Clovis Fire Department (CFD) Deputy Fire Chief Fay Craigmile told The News Monday the home's garage is where the fire started. "When we arrived on the scene the garage was fully involved," Craigmile said. "The cause of the fire is undetermined. An insurance investigator will be handling that investigation." The CFD incident commander who was on the scene of the blaze...
