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  • COVID-19 victim 'a man of values'

    The Staff of The News|Updated Apr 20, 2020

    Warren Frost called him “the consummate farmer and rancher, always on the cutting edge of new developments.” Thom Moore said he was “a man of values. Just an upstanding citizen. A huge supporter of rural eastern New Mexico.” And Lance Adkins said, “He was solid gold. I can’t believe he’s gone.” By all accounts, eastern New Mexico lost one of its finest citizens early Saturday following his diagnosis with coronavirus. Paul Quintana, 76, was hospitalized in Tampa after contracting COVID-19 on a cruise ship. According to a... Full story

  • Portales High volleyball coach stepping down

    the Staff of The News|Updated Apr 18, 2020

    PORTALES — High school sports seem like a distant memory, and fall sports seem so far away given how the last month of the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted schools and society as a whole. But whenever volleyball does return to Portales High School, there will be a new face on the bench. Charity Gomez is stepping down from the position after four seasons. Portales High Athletic Director Mark Gallegos said Gomez has accepted the volleyball coaching position at 5A Cleveland High School in Rio Rancho. Gomez, elevated from an a...

  • Senior menus - April 19

    Updated Apr 18, 2020

    CRSMA Senior Diner’s Club 901 West 13th St., Clovis Monday: Chicken fried chicken, mashed potatoes, cream gravy, broccoli and cauliflower, dinner roll w/margarine, pudding w/pineapple. Tuesday: Meatloaf, roasted potatoes, brown gravy, peas and carrots, dinner roll w/margarine, spiced apples. Wednesday: Chicken crispers salad, cucumber and tomatoes, garlic toast, pears. Thursday: Beef lasagna, green beans, garlic toast, fruit cocktail. Friday: Pulled prok, fried cabbage, potato salad, cornbread w/margarine, peaches. C...

  • On the shelves - April 19

    Updated Apr 18, 2020

    Clovis-Carver Pubilc Library The library provides a selection of e-books for your convenience. All you need is a library card and access to an e-reader app or browser. All of the following books can be obtained through OverDrive & Libby. If you are having trouble logging in, call 575-769-7840 and a staffer will be available to answer your questions. “Red Moon” by Benjamin Percy. They are our neighbors, our mothers, our lovers. They change. When government agents kick down Claire Forrester’s front door and murder her parents,...

  • Hummingbirds ahead on show

    Sheryl Borden|Updated Apr 18, 2020

    Information on how enthusiasm is an indicator of life energy on a personal level, and attracting hummingbirds will be the featured topics on “Creative Living” 9:30 p.m. Tuesday and noon Thursday (all times Mountain). Dorinda Fox is the President of Inner Peace Movement Int’l., and she says that we are energy and science tells us that energy can neither be created nor destroyed. It just changes form. She’ll talk about how enthusiasm is an indicator of life energy on a persona...

  • 'Twilight Zone' or 'Groundhog Day' - strange times indeed

    Karl Terry|Updated Apr 18, 2020

    It’s strange times we’re living in for sure. I told someone the other day it’s like “The Twilight Zone.” Truth is my days in the age of COVID-19 are becoming a little bit like “Groundhog Day.” Each day plays the same except for the newscast, which is starting to run together as well. Some different and even pleasant things are happening too. The nesting dove on our patio now has two chicks hatched out in her tumbleweed nest. My wife first noticed them. I quickly slipped outsi...