Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
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Meetings are subject to change due to coronavirus concerns. Monday • Clovis-Carver Library Board — 5:30 p.m., North Annex, Clovis-Carver Library, 701 N. Main, Clovis. Information: Margaret Hinchee at [email protected] or 575-769-7840 Tuesday • Curry County Commission — 9 a.m., Commission Chambers, Curry County Administration Complex, 417 Gidding St., Clovis. Access restricted to those on the agenda. Public invited to view the meeting at www.currycounty.org. Contact Lance Pyle at [email protected] prior to the mee...
CLOVIS - Area legislators talked Wednesday about what they thought went right, and what they thought went wrong, during the recent legislative sessions in Santa Fe. Mostly, local lawmakers focused on how little recourse they had during the gathering controlled by Democrats. A quartet of legislators - two representatives, two senators - gave their input Wednesday morning at a breakfast organized by the Clovis/Curry County Chamber of Commerce and Clovis Industrial Development...
LOVINGTON — Clovis High’s swimmers earned 13 state provisional qualifying marks in their season-opening dual meet with Lovington on Wednesday. Clovis defeated Lovington 103-23 on the boys side and 124-20 in girls competition. For the boys, provisional qualifiers were the 200 medley relay team of Porter Kidd, Thomas Palla, David Reed and William Longhenry, first with a time of one minute, 50.82 seconds; Pella, first in the 200 individual medley in 2:12.57; Reeb, first in the 100 butterfly in 57.81 seconds; Palla, first in 5:1...
CLOVIS - For a game where both teams struggled to get out of the 40s, Friday's Clovis High-Hobbs District 4-5A boys matchup at Rock Staubus Gym was pretty action-packed. That included the closing seconds, when Eagles sophomore Michael Mackey scooped up a loose ball in the paint and laid it in as time expired to give Hobbs a 53-51 victory. "This was a typical Hobbs-Clovis game," Eagles coach Shelby Reeves said. "Both teams battled, and that's all we asked of our kids." Hobbs...
LUBBOCK — A former high school band director pled Wednesday to a federal charge of enticement and attempted enticement of a minor in U.S. District Court. William Alan Shelly, 61, of Portales, will be sentenced at a later date. U.S. Magistrate Judge D. Gordon Bryant recommended accepting the guilty plea, but noted Shelly retains the right to file any objections within 14 days. According to the plea agreement filed Monday, the punishment includes a prison term not less than 10 years and not more than life, a fine to not e...
CLOVIS — The Curry County Health Council, in cooperation with the Drug Enforcement Administration’s Albuquerque district office, is holding a drug take back day Saturday. The following locations will include drop-off points for unneeded or expired prescription medications: • Roden Smith Pharmacy, 601 E. Llano Estacado Blvd., 9 a.m.-1 p.m. • Walgreens Pharmacy, 700 E. 21st St., 10 a.m.-2 p.m. • Plains Regional Medical Center Pharmacy, 2401 W. 21st St., 10 a.m.-noon • Melrose city hall, 105 W. Ave. B, 8 a.m.-2 p.m. Liquids, sy...
PORTALES — The Roosevelt County road department will begin work Thursday on Virginia Estates from South Roosevelt Road S to South Roosevelt Road 8, according to a county release. The roadway will be enhanced from dirt to chip seal. Work is anticipated to take three weeks, weather permitting. Residents are asked to drive slowly in the work area and watch for workers and equipment. Information: 575-356-5942 or 575-356-5307....
ALBUQUERQUE — The New Mexico State Bar will present a pair of free virtual workshops later this month on consumer debt and bankruptcy. A workshop on estate planning, probate and institutional Medicaid will be held 11 a.m. to noon April 27, while a workshop on consumer debt and bankruptcy is scheduled for 6 p.m.-8 p.m. April 28. The To register for the April 27 workshop, visit attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/4777630221271858703. A confirmation email will follow. The April 28 debt/bankruptcy workshop will include an a...
On this date ... 1966: The Melrose Industrial Club had met in the home of President Zona Smith. The meeting began with each member naming the plants, bulbs and/or seeds brought to exchange with other club members. Plans were completed for an upcoming bake sale. One member showed the others how to separate dahlia bulbs and get them ready for planting. The demonstration also offered tips on how deep the hole should be, how to “work up the dirt,” and add fertilizer. 1971: Portales school teachers had been approved for a 5.4 perc...
Booked The following were booked into local jails (Tuesday-Friday): Clovis • Jaden Baldwin-Carr, 22, failure to appear on a felony charge, failure to comply with specific requirements, aggravated battery, public affray, failure to pay fines, failure to appear on misdemeanor charge • Tristan Valenzuela, 19, failure to appear on misdemeanor charge, failure to pay fines • Jose Salazar, 53, probation violation • Jimmy Whitlock, 41, aggravated battery, criminal damage to property • Joselino Urquizo, 19, probation violation...
Barring a significant outbreak event over the weekend — and probably, even with one — Curry and Roosevelt counties should stay in the state’s vaunted turquoise status under the “Red to Green” COVID-19 public health guidelines. The state has, since Nov. 30, graded counties every two weeks on meeting gating criteria of 8 daily cases per 100,000 residents and test positivity at or below 5%. Green counties meet both, yellow counties meet one, red counties meet neither and turquoise counties make green for two consecuti...
There is nothing sacred about nine. The number was not carried down from a mountain on stone tablets, nor did it appear in a burning bush. In fact, before the Supreme Court contained nine justices, it contained six, the number fixed when the tribunal was established in 1789. Then, in an attempt to hobble his successor, President John Adams reduced it to five. Then there were six again. Then seven. Then nine. Then 10. Then seven again. Since 1869, there have been nine. So what...
The first person I thought about when I heard that Prince Philip had died was Elizabeth, a queen in the greater world but only and always a wife to the man who’d been by her side for longer than I’ve been alive. The second thing I thought was that Harry and Meghan better stay in L.A. and not show their “respects” to the grieving monarch. Well actually, I expect that Harry will come to say goodbye to a grandfather he reportedly loved very much, and who was closer to him tha...
If there were an overall theme for New Mexico’s political situation it would be the ongoing attempts by Democrats to placate their environmentalist base, which opposes traditional energy sources while at the same time keeping energy dollars flowing into the state’s coffers. The Biden Administration’s moratorium on oil and gas permitting is the most notable example of this conflict. Gov. Lujan Grisham has publicly spoken out about it, but Attorney General Balderas has refus...
The government has no right to tell me what I can eat, drink, smoke, snort or inject. It can prevent me from doing those things in public. And it can hold me responsible for any crimes I commit after having done those things, including driving. But that’s all. Not only does the government lack the right to prevent me from eating, drinking, smoking, snorting or injecting anything I want, it also lacks the ability. Desperate attempts to disprove that reality through mass incarceration have only served to highlight the deeply i...
If Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis ever sets up a presidential exploratory committee, it should have to disclose an enormous in-kind contribution from CBS News. The recent “60 Minutes” segment alleging DeSantis distributed the COVID-19 vaccine through pharmacies at the Publix grocery store chain as part of a quid pro quo was so outlandishly wrong that even Democratic officials in the state have objected. It’s not clear that the “60 Minutes” piece can even be called “journali...
Gov. Michelle Lujan-Grisham took the state in a new direction this month by signing House Bill 55, publication of capital outlay allocations, making New Mexico’s public infrastructure funding process transparent. House Bill 55 will reform the capital outlay process resulting in the production of a searchable list identifying the projects sponsored by each legislator, and how much funding each legislator allocated to each project. The bill had unanimous support on the floor of the Senate and passed the House one vote shy of u...
Today through Saturday • United Way of Eastern New Mexico’s Volunteer Action Center “Neighbors in Action” week. Virtual and in-person activities to celebrate local communities. Information: https://www.unitedwayenm.org/ or call 575-769-2103 Monday • Clovis-Carver Public Library Stitch Addicts stitch — 6:30 p.m., Clovis-Carver Public Library, 701 N. Main, Clovis. Limited in-person seating, or join online via Google Meet to follow Covid-safe protocol. Contact Sara at [email protected] to RSVP or to obtain Google Meet...
LOGAN — Logan Municipal Schools is closing its campus for two weeks after at least one employee or student tested positive for COVID-19. “Because of the possibility of widespread exposure, our district is taking action to prevent further spread of the virus by CLOSING CAMPUS for the next two (2) weeks, requiring students and instructional staff to transition to a period of remote instruction,” Superintendent Dennis Roch wrote in a letter posted today on the district’s website. The school district also sent out a text around...
CLOVIS — Mayor Mike Morris on Thursday was praised for his work pushing Senate Bill 49 through the recent state legislative session. The measure allows communities of any size to use economic development dollars to incentivize retail businesses. The practice was previously only authorized for municipalities below 35,000 population. The mayor thanked city staff and chambers of commerce across the state, most notably the Clovis/Curry County chamber. He noted the process helped him connect with mayors of other communities t...
CLOVIS — Five months ago, Franzes Williams lost her daughter in a drive-by shooting outside of her Clovis apartment. Williams knows nothing will ever bring Tchicaya “Caya” Williams back to her and the six children she left behind. But every day that passes, she told The News, is a day with fear and without closure. “We need to find out why,” Williams said. “That’s my main thing right there. Why would you shoot at an apartment full of kids and their mama?” Williams spoke to The News last week in frustration, as the Nov. 29...
PORTALES - The coronavirus pandemic halted last year's plans for the Jack Williamson Lectureship, but this year, the three-day event hosted by Eastern New Mexico University in Portales is back on. The lectureship, which honors the late John Stewart "Jack" Williamson, the science fiction writer and long-time ENMU English professor, is set to take place virtually Thursday through Saturday. The 44th annual lectureship will bring in two guests of honor, science fiction writers...
CLOVIS - After more than a year of closed doors, Clovis' Friendship Senior Center welcomed visitors on Friday. The Clovis City Commission approved the reopening during its Thursday night meeting, following a discussion of whether Senior Services Director Barbara Riggan was being too cautious with capacity. Mayor Mike Morris said after a year of state-level decisions on various restrictions during the COVID-19 pandemic, the state left the decision on opening senior centers to t...
PORTALES — Roosevelt County cleared its courthouse and magistrate court briefly Wednesday due to a bomb threat, Sheriff Malin Parker confirmed. Parker said such calls sometimes come due to people not wanting to make court appearances, but that the county will take any such threat seriously. The county was aided in its efforts by the Cannon Air Force Base Explosive Ordnance Disposal team, which did not find anything to substantiate the threat. Parker told The News Friday his office is pretty sure on the caller’s identity, but...
BASKETBALL Prep summaries Tuesday Boys District 4-5A Clovis 44, Carlsbad 33 Carlsbad (3-2, 0-1) — Damian Perez 11, D.J. Moore 7, Andrew Miller 5, Devin McWright 4, Kyle Ramirez 4, Garren Gossett 1, Tyler Gonzales 1. Totals 14 3-6 33. Clovis (5-1, 1-0) — Elijah Garcia 11, Bryson Goldsmith 11, Juan Hernandez 7, C.J. Gutierrez 5, Jaden Phillips 4, Dominick Brown 4, Jaylen Hyman 2. Totals 16 7-14 44. Carlsbad 6 4 14 9 — 33 Clovis 14 9 13 8 — 44 3-pointers — Carlsbad, Miller, Perez. Clovis, Garcia 2, Goldsmith, Gutierrez...
