Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
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New Mexico: Great for green chile, but bad for millennials, according to a recent study. WalletHub has found that in a list of the best states for millennials — which includes the District of Columbia — New Mexico ranks 51. States were ranked — one being the best and 51 being the worst — by affordability, education and health, quality of life, economic health and civic engagement, and New Mexico was ranked in the lower 40s on each category. The District claimed the number one spot with the top rankings in education and hea...
CLOVIS — Employers and prospective employees once again filled the Clovis Civic Center on Thursday for the Eastern New Mexico Spring Job Fair amidst some uncertainty regarding the fair's future. The High Plains has seen some changes to the job market landscape since the Eastern Plains Council of Governments first began organizing the annual event over half a decade ago, so fair organizer Raymond Mondragon said the program will be re-evaluated over the coming weeks. "Six y...
The best parties are those with all your friends, with the time and space to have a good time together. But some get-togethers are less personal. Business banquets are an example of such a thing. It might be a feed company looking to explain a new mix of mineral, a bank buying a steak for all the loan-taking farmers and ranchers that it does business with, or one of the equipment manufacturers showing off the tractors that won’t be available used for at least a few more y...
Jesus, who knows us better than we even know ourselves, warned His hearers about obstructions or sin in one’s heart. He said: “What comes from your heart is what makes you unclean. Out of your heart come evil thoughts, vulgar deeds, stealing, murder, unfaithfulness in marriage, greed, meanness, deceit, indecency, envy, insults, pride, and foolishness. All of these come from your heart and they are what make you unfit to worship God.” (Mark 7:20-23). Further, once these sins...
According to the wise man writing in Ecclesiastes 3, “For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven.” I like the way Eugene Peterson paraphrases this in The Message: “There’s an opportune time to do things, a right time for everything on the earth.” Yes, and the sage continues in those famous words, “There is a time to be born and a time to die, ... a time to kill and a time to heal, ... a time to weep and a time to laugh, a time to mourn and a...
CLOVIS — Running and jumping and throwing are pretty much the same here as they are anywhere. Track and field teams are going to compete the best they can, and that won't vary much unless it's on the surface of the moon. Still, Clovis is a little extra excited for today's Wildcat Relays that begin at 3 p.m. The 'Cats finally get to compete at their own digs — the friendly confines of Leon Williams Stadium — for the first time this season. That is a big deal, that is speci...
LOVINGTON — Finishing last sounds like a bad golf meet, but Thursday was actually a pretty good day for the Portales High boys team. The Rams had all five golfers shoot in the 80s, and finished just four strokes out of first place in the three-team Lovington Invitational field. Janae Hale finished second overall amongst girls golfers on the day. "Our team performance was pretty good under the conditions. We started an hour earlier than usual, to stay ahead of the wind," Rams c...
DORA — Prairie gusts of 30 mph and more couldn't stop Dora from pouring it on Logan in Thursday's A/3A-District 5/6 softball matchup. The Coyotes scored seven runs in the third inning to take the lead for good in a 13-3 victory over the Longhorns. "We just started coming out hitting again," Coyotes coach Benney Tapia said. "We started off slow, but we came out to hit." For the second time in three days, Dora (5-4, 2-2) used one big inning to get things going, breaking the g...
On this date ... 1973: New Mexico's United States Sen. Pete Domenici announced that the federal government had agreed to help finance an educational television station on the campus of Eastern New Mexico University in Portales. A grant of $472,811 had been approved by the Office of Education in the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare to begin establishment of the station that became KENW. The expected cost of completion was $822,811, with the additional funds coming f...
CLOVIS — Word travels fast these days, but sometimes context happens slowly. That was the case for a number of schools across the country this week after a social media post last week by a Clovis High School student threatening violence at “CHS” spread online to identically-abbreviated high schools, resulting in a flurry of concern for some and closure for others. Locally, the incident was handled quickly after being reported close to midnight on April 5. Clovis Municipal Schools staff were alerted that night to a Snapchat im... Full story
The following marriage licenses were compiled from court records through Wednesday at the Curry County clerk’s office: • Apolonio Zacarias Sena 24, to Stormy Sea Saucedo, 21, both of Clovis • Danielle Ann Falco, 29, to Ryan Ashby Boyd, 24, both of Clovis • Jimmy Baca, 30, to Brenda N. Diosdada, 29, both of Clovis • Mario Manzanares, 24, to Yareli Ruiz, 22, both of Clovis • Jeremiah Leonard Burkins Clark, 31, of Clovis, to Ashley Nicole Itterly, 28, of Roswell • Jose Ortega, 20, to Julisa Demaris Ramos Mendoza, 21, both of C...
PORTALES — Due to inclement weather concerns, ENMU has adjusted its weekend softball and baseball games against Texas A&M-Kingsville. The softball team will play a 6 p.m. Friday single game and a noon Saturday doubleheader. The baseball team will play a 3 p.m. Saturday nine-inning game, a 1 p.m. Sunday doubleheader and a noon nine-inning game Monday. The university’s athletics department is still operating a 5 p.m. cookout for Greyhound Club members prior to the 6 p.m. football Green and Silver scrimmage, but will move the...
PORTALES — The Eastern New Mexico University women’s basketball program is hosting a trio of camps in June. The first camp, set for June 9, is an elite camp for advanced basketball skill work. The cost is $95 per athlete or $80 per athlete if two or more players from the same school attend. An individual skills camp will be offered 9 a.m.-3 p.m. June 11-13 for boys and girls in grades K-8. The cost is $100 per camper ($80 for a child of an ENMU employee or military personnel), $75 for each additional sibling and $25 for the...
Rural fire crews spent much of Thursday evening battling a fire that stretched across two states and three counties. John Mohon, Milnesand’s fire chief, said pretty much every Roosevelt County rural department was helping with the the fire, which was first reported in Lea County but spread to Roosevelt and Cochran counties. “We’re in deep sand, and it’s hard to contain,” Mohon said at 8 p.m., noting the fire had stretched for at least 30 miles and they would be fighting it throughout the evening. Additional informati...
CLOVIS — A transmission line outage affected 4,464 customers of Xcel Energy on Thursday evening in northeast Clovis, according to spokesman Wes Reeves. The outages were first reported at 5:41 p.m., and service was restored just over an hour later after crews routed power around a malfunctioning substation, he said....
CLOVIS — The Clovis Community College Board of Trustees wasted no time on Thursday, quickly approving several financial items at a short meeting. The board unanimously approved the proposed operating budget for fiscal year 2018-19. The proposed budget includes an increase of $51,300 in state appropriations from last year and a 2 percent raise for full-time staff members, both of which were included in House Bill 2, approved by Gov. Susana Martinez last month. The proposed 2018-19 budget is $17,074,550, down from last year’s a...
Booked The following were booked into local jails Wednesday through Thursday: Clovis • Antonio Tenorio, 56, shoplifting ($250 or less) • Michael England, 39, failure to appear on misdemeanor charge • Martha Lazaro, 44, possession of a controlled substance • Amanda Mascarenas, 33, possession of a controlled substance • Aleta Salinas, 38, probation violation • Nonato Padilla, 49, aggravated battery (deadly weapon) • Eric Garcia, 24, aggravated driving while under the influence, open container, driving while license suspended or...
For some, it evokes images of black cats and cracked mirrors; for others, a machete-wielding maniac in a hockey mask. For several High Plains residents, though, Friday the 13th is just another self-fulfilling prophecy. Though it is difficult to determine how the date was cemented as unlucky, a 2017 article by Live Science found that author Thomas William Lawson tied together Friday and 13 — both previously viewed as unlucky — in his 1907 novel “Friday the 13th.” For Portales resident Ose Alli, however, bad luck on Friday...
Monday • Floyd Board of Education — 6 a.m. at Floyd Municipal Schools, 1564 New Mexico 267, Floyd. Information: 575-478-2211 • Grady Board of Education — 6 p.m. at Grady Municipal Schools, 100 Franklin St., Grady. Information: 575-357-2192 • Muleshoe Board of Education — 7 p.m. (CDT) at the Muleshoe Independent Schools Administration Building, 514 W. Ave. G, Muleshoe. Information: 806-272-7400 Tuesday • Curry County Commission — 9 a.m. in the commission chambers, 417 Gidding St., Clovis. Information: 575-763-5591 ...
Today • Plains Regional Medical Center craft and bake sale — 8 a.m. until sold out at hospital lobby. Information: 575-769-2141 • Sidney Shuler Faculty Trumpet Recital — 7 p.m. at the ENMU Music Building. Free admission. Information: 575-562-2377 Saturday • National Crime Victims’ Rights Week color dash — 8:15 a.m. at Hillcrest Park. $25 per runner. Information: www.9thda.com • Weekend Warrior Bootcamp — 8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. at Patriot Outdoors, 1250 Clovis Road 16, Clovis. This free event will explain the mission of the Ameri...
