Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
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Eastern New Mexico University is looking for direct involvement of the Portales/Roosevelt County governments in the selection of ENMU’s new president. In a letter to Roosevelt County Commission chair Shane Lee, Portales mayor Ron Jackson, Roosevelt County manager Amber Hamilton and Portales city manager Sarah Austin are invited to have the county commission and city commission to each suggest someone to be on the search committee. The ENMU Board of Regents will then choose one of those two people to be on that committee. T...
PORTALES - The Portales Municipal School Board on Monday selected Research and Polling, Inc., to remap school board districts to reflect changes in population recorded in the 2020 U.S. Census. Superintendent Johnnie Cain said Research and Polling, which has done most of the redistricting adjustments in district maps in Roosevelt and Curry counties, will do the work for about $15,000. Two of the school system's voting districts may require adjustment, Cain said, because their...
BASEBALL Prep linescores At Texico Friday Portales 13, Texico 3 Portales 014 152 —13 10 3 Texico 100 020 — 3 4 2 Alex Garcia, Kaiden Gutierrez (2) and Noah Swift; Tristan Chavez, Daltyn Cain (5) and Jadyn Gonser. W — Gutierrez. L — Chavez. Top hitters — Portales: Andru Ontiveros 2-3, RBI; Hagen Rains 3-4, 2B, 3 RBIs, 4 runs; Layton Faust 1-4, 3 RBIs. Texico: Kyle Gonser 2-3; Erik Davalos 2-2, 2B, run. Records — Portales 7-8, Texico 5-5. Cobre 16, Portales 6 Portales 310 02 — 6 6 2 Cobre 344 5x —16 16 1 Manuel Aranda, Edel Le...
Bands representing Clovis public schools received 10 “superior” ratings Thursday and Friday at the Southeastern New Mexico Music Educators Association’s Band Large Group Music Performance Assessment. Scoring “superior” in both concert performance and sight-reading were the Marshall Middle School Symphonic Band, Michealla Bailey conducting; the Clovis High School Fine Arts Symphonic Band, Dustyn Crane conducting; and the Clovis High School Concert Band and Wind Symphony, conductors Bill Allred, Susan Davis, and Juan De Leon;...
“Good Friday and Easter free us to think about other things far beyond our own personal fate,” wrote author, pastor, theologian, and modern-day martyr Dietrich Bonhoeffer. And he continued, they liberate us to contemplate “the ultimate meaning of life, suffering, and events; and we lay hold of a great hope.” I am quite sure that when Bonhoeffer spoke of the cross and the Resurrection as “freeing” us, he did so on purpose. If I’m not mistaken, Bonhoeffer’s words above wer...
Clovis area residents who haven’t added four-legged members to their families or recovered lost pets because they cannot visit the Clovis Animal Shelter on weekends now have Saturday mornings to find their lost pets or find new ones to adopt. The shelter, located at 2203 East Brady Ave. in Clovis, is scheduled to be open from 8 a.m. to noon Saturday for the first of what animal welfare activists hope will be many Saturdays to come. For animal activists, the Saturday opening marks the end of a long-time effort with the city o...
New Mexico cannabis sales topped $5.2 million over the first weekend in which adult-use recreational sales was legal, the Cannabis Control Division (CCD) of the Regulation and Licensing Department reported April 4. According to data released by the CCD, between midnight April 1 and 11:59 p.m. April 3: • Cannabis retailers made $5,219,575 in sales with medical and adult-use purchases combined. • Adult-use sales alone brought in $3,522,811. Medical cannabis generated $1,696,764. • The dollars came from 87,773 individual trans...
ROSWELL — A citizens’ commission chose not to recommend permits for a California company wanting to develop community solar projects east of the city. The Chaves County Planning and Zoning Commission voted April 5 to make recommendations to deny the special use permits sought by Cenergy Power of Carlsbad, California, also known as BAP Power Corp. The matter now goes to the Chaves County Board of Commissioners, which is expected to consider the two zoning cases on April 14. The Planning and Zoning commissioners said that the...
Young people interested in becoming an officer in the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force, Space Force, Merchant Marines or Coast Guard have an opportunity to join representatives from service academies, ROTC programs and congressional offices to learn about the application and nomination processes. The virtual event will be held from 7 to 9 p.m. on Wednesday, April 27. The content will be recorded and posted to congressional staff pages for viewing later. At the event, you will be able to engage with members of the New...
CANYON, Texas — Two Eastern New Mexico University athletes attained top-five marks in program history as the Greyhounds competed in West Texas A&M’s Jo Meaker Classic and Multi track meet over the weekend. Posting top-five marks were sophomore Marta Pascoa, who placed second in the 3,000 steeplechase with a time of 11 minutes, 46.12 seconds in her first time running the event this spring. It’s the fifth-best time in the Lone Star Conference so far this season. On the men’s side, junior Kelvin Kipkemboi accomplished the sam...
ELIDA — The Elida Tigers put up crooked numbers in each of their four at-bats on Monday to post a 20-3 District 2-1A baseball victory over Dora. Sophomore Seth Jimenez hit a two-run double and sophomore Jeremiah Woodruff added a two-run single in the Tigers’ six-run first. Junior Levi Victor, who pitched four innings and struck out eight for Elida (1-3, 1-1 district), added a bases-loaded triple in the Tigers’ six-run fourth. Sophomore Cache Skelley’s third-inning RBI single was the lone hit for the Coyotes (1-4-1, 1-1) in...
TEXICO - There weren't exactly any nailbiters, but Portales High's baseball team is hopeful that winning two out of three over the weekend in a three-team get-together will give the Rams some momentum heading into this week's start of District 4-4A play with three games against Artesia. Portales on Saturday turned the tables on Cobre, run-ruling the Indians 15-4 after losing to them 16-6 in five the day before. In their opener on Friday, PHS handed Texico a 13-3 setback in...
PORTALES — Still trying to climb into the 10-team Lone Star Conference postseason tournament with the games beginning to run out, Eastern New Mexico University’s softball team made progress in that direction over the weekend. And they did it without their top pitcher. The Greyhounds posted a Friday sweep over Texas Woman’s, then managed a split on Sunday against Midwestern State at Greyhound Softball Field, winning 8-7 in the opener before dropping Game 2 to the Mustangs 11-1. ENMU (13-27, 6-18 LSC), tied with MSU for 12th in...
ROSWELL — Clovis Christian’s boys stood third after Monday’s first round in the two-day RISD Invite golf tournament. The Eagles shot a four-man score of 331 at the New Mexico Military golf course, trailing Dexter (296) and Hobbs (306) in the nine-team field. Clovis High’s boys were eighth at 392. On the girls’ side, the Lady Cats were tied with Alamogordo for fourth out of seven teams at 405. Deming shot 366 and had a three-stroke lead after the first round over Roswell Goddard. All five CCS players shot 85 or better, l...
CLOVIS — All five Clovis High Esports teams have earned spots in the playoffs to compete for the New Mexico Activities Association state Esports championship, the school announced in a release on Monday. The teams include Super Smash, Madden NFL, League of Legends, Mario Kart 8 and Rocket League. Super Smash was scheduled to be the first of the teams to compete, with a match scheduled for Monday afternoon, with NFL Madden going next on Tuesday. The remaining schedule of matches was yet to be announced as of Monday, the r...
PORTALES - Clovis High senior R.J. Nora likes where he is as the track season moves towards Class 5A state competition in May. Nora claimed wins in triple jump, long jump and the 110 hurdles on Friday to help the Wildcats eke out a second-place finish in Portales High's George/Love Invitational at Greyhound Stadium. Hobbs swept both team titles, with the Cats coming in one-half point ahead of Roswell Goddard for second place (53-52 1/2). Led by junior Michael Riess, PHS was si...
LUBBOCK — Lubbock Christian is probably the best-hitting team in Lone Star Conference baseball, and the Chaparrals can also play defense. Those items showed up big as the 23rd-ranked Chaps managed to post a series win on Sunday, edging Eastern New Mexico University 13-12 on a walkoff home run by sophomore left fielder Eduardo Acosta leading off the bottom of the ninth. In taking three of four, the Chaparrals (27-11, 25-11 LSC) outhomered the Hounds 10-1 and turned five double plays to none for ENMU (15-21, 14-20). Two of t...
CLOVIS — Jamison “Jamie” Bisch was hired by Eastern New Mexico University football coach Tye Hiatt in February to try and help solve the Greyhounds’ problems on defense. Included was a secondary which allowed nearly 250 passing yards per game and 27 touchdowns in 2021. The Greyhounds have added some pieces to that end, but they are hoping several of their returning players will be able to step up to the challenge. “I like our group of kids,” Bisch said on Saturday as the team conducted a practice session at Clovis High...
Last weekend, I attended my first multi-day group event since early 2020. There’s something special about gathering with a group of folks who have interests similar to yours, swapping stories, recalling favorite moments from beloved books or movies or television shows. We did a lot of that this weekend, which set me to thinking about the joy of the shared experience, and how that is evolving, what with the internet and endless options for streaming media. I wasn’t esp...
Liberty, as a principle, will always prove true. Respecting liberty always works, violating it always hurts. The truth doesn’t care whether you like this or not. Government’s very existence violates liberty by interfering in your natural rights to life, liberty, and property. Some people claim government protects your liberty or “gives you freedom,” but this is as nonsensical as claiming arsonists are protecting your property by burning down your house. Anyone who limits your...
Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s appointment to the U.S. Supreme Court got me to thinking about other African-American women who have made their mark on American history. There are many, including lesser-known women such as the late Constance Baker Motley, the first Black woman to be appointed to a federal judgeship. In her day, she played a pivotal role in desegregating Southern institutions of higher learning, critical to ending the era of Jim Crow. Then there are famous Black women like Rosa Parks. In 1955, she refused to g...
Many families struggle with a loved one facing encroaching cognitive impairments – and the decision points serve as heartbreaking reminders of life’s fragility. More than simply taking the keys away, some families preside over a sad exit to iconic life. Diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease, Ronald Reagan shared his final thoughts about this subject when writing, “I now begin the journey that will lead me into the sunset of my life.” Recently, we learned of another world-renown figure leaving the stage due to cognitive...
Curry County commissioners may drop the county's cannabis ordinance entirely. The idea came up at a public hearing held during Tuesday's regular commission session. The hearing was originally slated to take public comment on an adjustment to the county's cannabis ordinance regarding the distance between a cannabis business and certain property owners: Was it to be property line to property line or door to door. During the public hearing on the ordinance local Realtor Brett Joh...
Regional healthcare facilities are stepping up to help with women’s medical care following news that Clovis’ Women’s Medical Center is closing June 10. WMC recently announced its closure after the death of founder Dr. Bruce Cross, the retirement of Dr. William Moore and difficulty in recruiting a replacement obstetrician/gynecologist. In WMC’s Facebook post regarding the closure, five facilities were listed that would address healthcare needs: Women’s Medical Center has two facilities in Lubbock and two in Roswell, while Pla...
PORTALES -- A civil lawsuit has been filed against Portales Municipal Schools in connection with events from an honors English class that also led to the teacher’s resignation in February. Portales attorney Eric Dixon filed the action on behalf of two student plaintiffs who have only been identified by initials due to their juvenile status. The lawsuit names Meredith and Dustin Siefert also as plaintiffs and parents of one of the juvenile plaintiffs along with Natalee and Joe Christensen as plaintiffs and parents of the o...
