Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
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The Clovis Municipal Schools Board of Education met Tuesday and approved the following: - James Bickley and Ranchvale elementary school students competing in Destination Imagination were granted permission to travel to Knoxville, Tenn., for the global finals. - The designation of Jody Balch, deputy superintendent of operations, and John King, director of operations, to execute Public School Facilities Authority contracts for the district. - Purchase orders for kitchen and housekeeping supplies and other school equipment. — C... Full story
Clovis' tallest toddler nibbled peacefully from tree branches Tuesday at Hillcrest Park Zoo, ignoring her mother and pricking her ears attentively to the sound of camera flashes. CNJ staff photo: Tonjia Rolan Hillcrest Park Zoo's 8-week-old giraffe, Jerrica, nibbles on leaves Tuesday, a new activity for the bottle-fed youngster. Jerrica, now 8 weeks old, appeared calm and unaffected by a March 21 incident that sent her crashing in fear through a PVC pipe barrier. The incident...
Holocaust remembrance being held The History Guild is recognizing National Holocaust Remembrance Day from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Thursday in the CUB Sandia Room with a panel featuring ENMU historians and survivor testimonies. The panel will talk about the horrors of the Holocaust and what brought about such a human catastrophe.... Full story
Here is a sampling of police, sheriff and fire call logs: Monday - 9:58 a.m.: Caller requested an officer, 1000 block of Danube. - 10:34 a.m.: Caller reported a stray dog at her house, 1500 block of South Avenue B. - 10:35 a.m.: Caller reported two stray dogs in her backyard, 100 block of Colorado Drive. - 11:13 a.m.: Call in reference to a case number for a dog at large, 100 block of Colorado Drive. - 1:53 p.m.: Caller reported a cow on the highway, South Railroad 6 and Country Club. - 2:22 p.m.: Caller reported a... Full story
Clovis' tallest toddler nibbled peacefully from tree branches Tuesday at Hillcrest Park Zoo, ignoring her mother and pricking her ears attentively to the sound of camera flashes. CNJ staff photo: Tonjia Rolan Hillcrest Park Zoo's 8-week-old giraffe, Jerrica, nibbles on leaves Tuesday, a new activity for the bottle-fed youngster. Jerrica, now 8 weeks old, appeared calm and unaffected by a March 21 incident that sent her crashing in fear through a PVC pipe barrier. The incident... Full story
I really need to learn my directions in this town. You would think in a place where everything is literally five minutes away, you couldn't get lost but I do all the time. You can't ask the GPS where South Roosevelt Road U is and expect it to give you an exact location, so I had to rely on our primitive ways before technology, asking people. I think technology is a blessing and a curse. We have advanced so much with technology but we are killing human communication. Saturday I was trying to chase a fire I heard over the...
A 38-year-old Portales man, arrested last week on a single charge of criminal sexual penetration of a minor, is facing 12 additional allegations against the same child. Ramirez Apolinar Ramirez was arrested on the latest charges Tuesday morning, officials said. Ramirez, a construction worker, was being held at the Roosevelt County Detention Center on a $250,000 cash only bond, according to detention center officials. The latest charges are based on statements Ramirez and... Full story
A 38-year-old Portales man, arrested last week on a single charge of criminal sexual penetration of a minor, is facing 12 additional allegations against the same child. Ramirez Apolinar Ramirez was arrested on the latest charges Tuesday morning, officials said. Ramirez, a construction worker, was being held at the Roosevelt County Detention Center on a $250,000 cash only bond, according to detention center officials. The latest charges are based on statements Ramirez and...
Curry County and the state will split the cost of installing new carpeting and hopefully get state court employees back into their second-floor offices soon. Commissioners approved the deal Tuesday during one of their occasional traveling meetings, this one held at the Grady Senior Center. Carpeting in the district court clerk's offices was soaked by an apparent air conditioner leak in mid-March, forcing employees to relocate to temporary offices on the third floor. County Manager Lance Pyle said some court employees are...
Following an update from New Mexico State University employees at the Ag 50's Tuesday luncheon, Chairman Sid Strebeck had the perfect summation. CNJ staff photo: Kevin Wilson New Mexico State University President Barbara Couture addresses Ag 50 members during the group's quarterly luncheon Tuesday at Alltech. "This conversation is a reminder," Strebeck said, "everything in New Mexico revolves around agriculture or athletics." Both were discussed in detail during the quarterly... Full story
Lee Ann Hutchins is Curry County's new finance director, County Manager Lance Pyle announced Tuesday. Hutchins assumes a post vacated earlier this year by Mark Lansford. Her annual salary is $54,657. Hutchins has 24 years experience in accounting and worked most recently as controller and human relations director for Clovis Metal Buildings Inc. Hutchins holds a bachelor's degree in business administration from Eastern New Mexico University with a major in accounting. Prior to working for Clovis Metal Buildings, she was the...
Give people a new communication tool, it changes the world. Make it accessible to everybody, and it changes the spelling. We got an example last night, after the Senate defeated the "Buffett Rule." Named after Warren Buffett, it goes on the premise that millionaires can afford to pay higher taxes, and would receive a minimum 30 percent tax rate. How effective it would be is up for debate, but it was clearly an election-year vote to allow Democrats to paint Republicans as friends of the 1 percenters and allow Republicans to...
Give people a new communication tool, it changes the world. Make it accessible to everybody, and it changes the spelling. We got an example last night, after the Senate defeated the "Buffett Rule." Named after Warren Buffett, it goes on the premise that millionaires can afford to pay higher taxes, and would receive a minimum 30 percent tax rate. How effective it would be is up for debate, but it was clearly an election-year vote to allow Democrats to paint Republicans as friends of the 1 percenters and allow Republicans to...
At times it seems nothing could possibly be shocking anymore when it comes to American politics. Sure, it's easy to turn on cable news talk programs and see Rachel Maddow, Ann Coulter, James Carville or Bill O'Reilly work themselves into a lather over something they absolutely can't believe came out of the mouth of a politician whose views disagree with their own. But that's theater. Trumped-up, overblown shock has become a staple of how we participate and consume politics. Just because the talking heads feign shock and...
Good morning and welcome to the Wednesday briefing. Walk for a cause The second annual Walk in Their Shoes 5K is 7:30 a.m. Saturday on West Beach Street just north of ENMU's Greyhound Arena. Participants in the event — part of Sexual Assault Awareness month — can start onsite registration at 7 a.m. Registration is $20 and includes a T-shirt and goodie bag. Info: www.arisenm.org Rodeo time Grab the Gold Ranch Rodeo is an all-day event starting Friday at the Curry County Events Center and continuing through the weekend. Inf...
Good morning and welcome to the Wednesday briefing. Walk for a cause The second annual Walk in Their Shoes 5K is 7:30 a.m. Saturday on West Beach Street just north of ENMU's Greyhound Arena. Participants in the event — part of Sexual Assault Awareness month — can start onsite registration at 7 a.m. Registration is $20 and includes a T-shirt and goodie bag. Info: www.arisenm.org Rodeo time Grab the Gold Ranch Rodeo is an all-day event starting Friday at the Curry County Events Center and continuing through the weekend. Inf...
WASHINGTON – On his weekly radio call, U.S. Sen. Tom Udall today expressed his disappointment that the Senate blocked legislation to enact the "Buffett Rule," which would help restore fairness in the tax system. Udall also discussed the outcome of a field hearing he held in Las Cruces last week focusing on improving border environmental quality. Udall chairs the Children's Health and Environmental Responsibility Subcommittee of the U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works Committee. Click here to listen to the full audio o...
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Jeff Bingaman today talked about the Paying a Fair Share Act - otherwise known as the Buffett Rule - that is before the Senate today. Bingaman's remarks can be retrieved by going to his website or clicking on the following link: http://bingaman.senate.gov/mediaasset/bingaman041612m.mp3 00:00 – Bingaman talks about the Senate taking up the Paying a Fair Share Act. 02:29 – Bingaman talks about his visit to New Mexico last week. 04:10 – Bingaman talks about funding for Amtrak. 05:54 – Bingaman...
