Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
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CLOVIS - A "person of interest" sought last week in relation to a Portales homicide investigation was arrested Sunday afternoon following a vehicle pursuit that meanwhile involved a car crash with a Clovis police officer. According to a news release Monday from the Clovis Police Department, officers commenced a vehicle pursuit around 4 p.m. Sunday near the intersection of 13th and Lea streets. Manuel Silva Jr, 23, initially stopped driving the black Volkswagen Jetta for...
KINGMAN, Ariz. - In an era where the legions of homeless are at best tolerated, residents in Kingman, Ariz., have embraced an eccentric man they call "Santa James" like a long-lost friend. For years, the white-bearded man in the red Santa Claus outfit has been a familiar sight around this isolated high-desert town, his habits so routine people take notice when he's not there. In triple-digit August heat and on frosty January mornings, he pushes an overloaded cart along...
Booked The following were booked into local jails Tuesday - Thursday: Clovis • Jose Villalta, 20, battery against a household member • Anthony Williamson, 20, failure to appear on misdemeanor charge • Rodolfo Rodriguez, 47, probation violation, failure to pay fines • Brian Camilo, 21, failure to appear on misdemeanor charge • Bernard Loflin, 47, driving under the influence of liquor, no insurance, expired registration plate, stop lamps and turn signals required • Maria Silva, 33, failure to appear on misdemeanor charge • Amos...
CLOVIS — In a lifetime of nearly a century Louis Yarborough Jr. dedicated over half that time as a civic leader, youth coach and family man in Clovis, where he “never met a stranger.” Yarborough passed last month in Lubbock just five days short of his 98th birthday. He had spent the past 15 years in Texas but for much of the 53 years prior lived in Clovis, where he bought a sporting good store after retiring from the oil business in Midland. Before that, he grew up in Freestone County of east Texas and was an athlete at Amari...
Today • 8th annual Blessing of the Bikes — 8 a.m. (CST), First United Methodist Church, 501 N. Main St., Hereford, Texas. Open to all bikers and first responders. 8 a.m. (CST), breakfast in the fellowship hall; 8:40 a.m. (CST), blessing of the bikes; 10:45 a.m. (CST), worship service. Information: 806-364-0770 Monday • Plains Regional Medical Center Auxiliary book sale — 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., PRMC front lobby, 2100 N. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., Clovis. Employees can use deduct-it in the gift shop. Information: 575-769...
The following are available for checkout at: Clovis-Carver Public Library “Ray Bolger: More Than a Scarecrow” by Holly Van Leuven transfigures Ray Bolger from a tall and gangling man of straw with a long face and sad-drooping eyelids, tripping over his steps in wobbling legomania, to an elegant and ever-so-smooth soft-shoe dancer. His story reveals an itinerant hoofer who survived and thrived during major media changes of the twentieth century, establishing himself as a staple of American pop culture. “Immigrant Exper...
Curry County and Area Republican Women The Curry County and Area Republican Women met on Tuesday at K-Bob’s Steakhouse with President Annie Hogland presiding. Debbie Spriggs lead the invocation and Debbie Zamora led the Pledge of Allegiance. There were 23 members and one guest present. The minutes from the March 12 meeting were read and approved as written; the treasurer's report was provided by Debbie Spriggs. District 63 Rep. Martin Zamora spoke of his experiences as a freshman legislator. He explained how a bill becomes pu...
Baxter Curren Senior Center 908 Hickory St., Clovis Monday: 8:30 a.m. exercise class, 10 a.m. jewelry pals, 1 p.m. line dance, 5 p.m. business meeting, 5:30 p.m. potluck, 6 p.m. social night Tuesday: 8 a.m.-4 p.m. exercise equipment, 8 a.m. quilting, 9 a.m. pinochle class, 1 p.m. pinochle, 6 p.m. trivia mania Wednesday: 8 a.m.-4 p.m. exercise equipment, 8:30 a.m. exercise class, 10 a.m. sew days, 1 p.m. needle gang Thursday: 8 a.m. eggs, gravy and biscuits $4, 8:45 a.m. pinochle 101, 1 p.m. bingo, 6 p.m. line dance, 6 p.m....
Clovis Elementary Monday: Breakfast — Bagel w/cream cheese. Lunch — Chili cheese fries, broccoli w/ranch, chilled pineapple, cookie. Tuesday: Breakfast — Pancake sausage on a stick. Lunch — Pepperoni pizza, veggie cup w/ranch, chilled fruit. Wednesday: Closed Thursday: Breakfast — Banana bread. Lunch — Hot dog on a bun, baked fries, seasoned green beans, chilled fruit. Friday: Closed • Breakfast includes 100 percent fruit juice, fresh fruit, milk, choice of cereal, toast or graham cracker. Salad bar offered daily. Clovis...
Information on how goldfish make excellent pets, how to use a projector to trace and enlarge images for projects and kitchen remodeling advice will be the featured topics on “Creative Living” at 9:30 p.m. on Tuesday and at noon on Thursday. Retired zoologist Ray Pawley will talk about how goldfish make excellent pets that can be kept in the home with children too young to be trusted with a dog or cat. He’ll explain how to care for these non-tropical fish, what to feed them and...
Ahh, those kitchen gadgets. They’ve been making them for centuries and advertising them on late-night television infomercials for decades. Even if you bought it because you were worried it would never be available in stores or because you were worried about all those poor under-worked operators standing-by or, like me, picked it up at a yard sale later, we all have gadgets we love — even if we can’t always find them. One of our favorite gadgets has always been the slow cooke...
CLOVIS — A “joint investigation between local and federal law enforcement agencies” resulted in the arrest since Tuesday of nine out of 11 people with warrants related to illegal narcotics and firearms, according to a Clovis police news release. Clovis Police Chief Doug Ford announced Friday evening that “Operation Street Sweeper” commenced around 6 a.m. on April 9. He said it involved CPD, Portales Police Department, the Region V Narcotic Task Force, New Mexico State Police, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms...
