Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
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Today • After school STEAM — 4:30 p.m. at Portales Public Library for grades K-6. Activity: DIY ecosystem. Information: 575-356-3940 Wednesday • Toddler Time — 10 a.m. at Clovis-Carver Public Library. Information: 575-769-7840 • Preschool storytime — 10:30 a.m. at Portales Public Library. Book: Do Like a Duck Does. Information: 575-356-3940 • Tween program — 4:30 p.m. at Portales Public Library for ages 9-12. Game day: Xbox One free play. Information: 575-356-3940 Thursday • Preschool story hour — 10 a.m. at Clovis-Carver Pub...
CLOVIS — The sidelines are going to look a little different in some sports next year at Texico High School. Wolverines football and track coach Ryan Autrey has been promoted to athletic director and assistant principal. Meantime, assistant football and track coach Patrick Crowley has been named to replace him in both coaching positions. Autrey, 34, a 2001 Texico graduate, said he’s had administration in mind for some time. He’s replacing the retiring Todd Estes in the AD’s role. He joined the football staff in 2006 and bec...
PORTALES — Eastern New Mexico University's police force, safety education courses and stable community are the keys to the campus being the safest in New Mexico, according to its president. Protect Your Home — a partner of ADT Security Services — announced the safest college campuses in the nation earlier this month, with ENMU listed as the safest college in New Mexico. ADT credited ENMU with employing "both certified experienced police officers and student security offic...
CLOVIS — Law enforcement officers on Monday were searching for a juvenile who violated terms of release from Curry County Juvenile Detention Center by failing to appear for a medical appointment, said Curry County Undersheriff Mike Reeves. The youth, whose age and name were not released by authorities, was released from Curry County custody on unknown charges for transport by private vehicle to a medical appointment. The youth asked to use the restroom and then ran away from the transport, Reeves said. Officers about 9 a...
Deceptively omnipresent, the New Mexico sun sometimes does its worst damage when least expected. The need for shade and sunblock is obvious when it’s 100 degrees outside and there’s not a cloud in sight. When, however, there is a breeze, strong winds, or diffused light is only seen sporadically through cloud cover, it’s easy to dismiss the potency of the sun’s reach. But underestimating the sun’s capabilities can be an inconvenient, and, quite painful mistake for folks liv...
PORTALES — Outfielders Michael McNicholl and Chris Padilla hit two-run singles in Eastern New Mexico University’s seven-run seventh and the Greyhounds earned a four-game Lone Star Conference series split with 11th-ranked Angelo State on Sunday, posting an 11-7 victory at Greyhound Field. The game was a pitchers’ duel most of the way between starters Blake Barr of ASU and the Greyhounds’ Scott Klein. With the bullpens in for both teams, the Rams (32-10, 10-5 LSC) took a 2-1 lead in the top of the seventh on a double steal, Jon...
STEPHENVILLE, Texas — The Eastern New Mexico University women’s rodeo team finished first over the weekend in their final regular-season event, hosted by Tarleton State. The Greyhounds claimed second place for the year in the Southwest Region, thus earning a berth in the College National Finals Rodeo from June 9-17 at Casper, Wyoming. Senior Tierra Gray was the Southwest Region breakaway roping champion for the season. At TSU, junior Celie Vick won the first go and short go as well as the average in the event, with Gray spl...
ALBUQUERQUE — Clovis High’s girls pulled off a bit of an upset on Monday, winning the District 2-6A golf tournament at Arroyo Del Oso Golf Course. Sophomore Logan Clayton and junior Raquel Anaya posted the day’s top two scores at 85 and 86, respectively, and the Lady Wildcats finished at 365 to 379 for Eldorado and 382 for La Cueva. The other three schools did not have full squads. “You’ve got to call it an upset,” Lady Cats coach Steve Speck said. “La Cueva was second in the state (in Class 6A) last year.” Meantime, the C...
Non-district Texico 13, New Mexico Military 3 Texico 072 40 —13 12 1 New Mexico Military 200 01 — 3 8 1 Nathan Phipps, Luke Phipps (5) and Brock Thompson; Jake Guerrero, Connor Roe (4) and Jasper Best, Guerrero (4). W — N. Phipps. L — Guerrero. Top hitters — Texico: Brayden Wines 2-4, 2 RBIs, 3 runs; Dalton Thatcher 3-3, 4 RBIs, run; Cole Rohrbach 2-3, 3B, 2 RBIs, run; Ben Crist 2-3, 2B, RBI, run. New Mexico Military: Guerrero 3-3, 2B, RBI, run; Best 2-3. Records — Texico 19-3, New Mexico Military 15-7-1. District 4/...
On this date ... 1977: Clovis police had made 10 arrests in the past week, and more were expected, in connection with burglaries at Clovis High School. Officials said most of the thefts were from cars in the school parking lot. Charges ranged from burglary of an auto and possession of stolen property to vandalism and marijuana possession. 1972: A Clovis man received head and facial lacerations when he was beaten near a liquor lounge on West Grand Avenue. Officers found the...
Editor’s note: This is one in a series of profiles about graduating high school seniors in the area. Ethan Wright plans to obtain a dual major in agricultural business and economics as well as agricultural education at New Mexico State University. “ I would like to either go into AG education or run my own business,” he said. What is your favorite class and why? My AG shop class, because I am getting hands-on experience What do you look forward to most with college? Meeting new people and getting out into the real world...
The Clovis Municipal Schools Board of Education will meet 5:30 p.m. Tuesday at the CMS administration building at 1009 Main St. Agenda items include: • Consideration of 2017-18 salary schedules. Teacher salaries, depending on education, experience and teaching levels reached, range between $34,100 and $56,450. Management and administration salaries range from $46,500 (warehouse managers, comptrollers) to $111,653 (deputy superintendents of instruction and operations). • Discussion of a zone change for La Casita Ele...
CLOVIS — The Gattis and Marshall Middle School bands competed in the 2017 New Mexico Activities Association State Band Contest this past weekend at Cleveland High School in Rio Rancho. This was the first time the two bands competed in the competition with Marshall Middle School winning second place and Gattis Middle School winning third place....
WAYSIDE, Texas — A Muleshoe man was killed Saturday in a one-vehicle crash in Armstrong County, according to a Texas Department of Public Safety press release. John Mendoza, 49, died at the scene. DPS reported Mendoza was driving a 1999 Freightliner truck tractor/semi-trailer northbound on State Highway 207, one mile north of Ranch to Market (RM) 285, the release said. The Freightliner traveled off the right side of the roadway and down a steep dropoff approximately 50 feet below the roadway. The crash happened about 3 p...
Local wins prize for columns Wendel Sloan, Sunday columnist for The Eastern New Mexico News, won first place in humorous column writing in a competition sponsored by the New Mexico chapter of the National Federation of Press Women, according to an Eastern New Mexico University press release. Sloan won for the columns “I once survived a hairy situation” about his body hair being mistaken for an ocean mammal while body surfing, and for “Fundraiser makes for great lyrics” about a friend from his East Texas hometown, who wrote a...
The following is a sampling of calls received by dispatchers for the Clovis police, Curry County sheriff and area fire stations: Friday • 1:53 a.m.: Burglary (commercial), 1600 block of Mabry • 2:45 a.m.: Concealing identity, 1300 block of West 14th Street • 1:53 a.m.: Battery on a household member, 1300 block of West 14th Street • 7:15 a.m.: Unlawful taking of a motor vehicle, 2900 block of Thornton Street • 7:41 a.m.: Following too close, Colonial/Norris • 1236 p.m.: Following too close, Prince/Lexington • 1:47 p.m.: Im...
The following is a sampling of calls for Portales police, fire and sheriff: Thursday • 12:38 p.m.: Ambulance requested, 1100 block Community Way • 3:05 p.m.: Narcotics, 200 block South Knoxville Street, report taken • 3:11 p.m.: Drunk person, Avenue K/Lime Street • 3:44 p.m.: Theft report, 1100 block West Fir Street, report taken • 3:49 p.m.: Fire/high value response, 200 block South Avenue D • 4:19 p.m.: Domestic in progress, 100 block New Mexico Drive • 7:40 p.m.: Burglary report, 1500 block West 17th Lane • 8:49 p.m.:...
PORTALES — Tension hung thick in the air Monday morning in the Roosevelt County Courthouse as attorneys argued for and against the dismissal of the grand jury indictment of a Roosevelt County man. Judge Donna Mowrer told the court she would take the matter under advisement and craft a letter stating her decision within 30 days. Chance Plummer, 30, was arrested with several other Roosevelt County residents in an April 2016 drug sting. His attorney James Klipstine pointed out on Monday what he viewed as “repeated ina...
EPAC meet At Fort Sumner Boys Team standings: 1. Texico 81; 2. Fort Sumner 73 1/2; 3. Logan 53; 4. Melrose 52; 5. Tatum 44; 6. San Jon 40; 7. Elida 32 1/2; 8. Dora 26; 9. House 17; 10. Floyd 6; 11. Grady 5. High-point individual: Joseph Benavidez, San Jon 29 1/2. Field events Shot put: 1. Vidal Torres, Texico 45-6 1/4; 2. Jerome Earle, Logan 44-4; 3. Mason Golden, Texico 42-5 1/2; 4. Cory Terrell, Fort Sumner 35-11; 5. Blake DeVaney, Melrose 35-0; 6. Robby Clause, Texico 34-6. Discus: 1. Mason Golden, Texico 121-11; 2....
Today • Ethnic Affairs committee — Noon at city hall, Clovis. Information: 575-769-7828 • Clovis Municipal Schools board — 5:30 p.m. at district board room, 1009 Main Street. Information: 575-769-4300 • Relay for Life committee — 5:15 p.m. in Ingram room at Clovis-Carver Public Library. Information: 575-714-1925 • Relay for Life captains — 6:15 p.m. in Ingram room at Clovis-Carver Public Library. Information: 575-714-1925 Thursday • High Plains Patriots — 6 p.m.-8 p.m., Ingram room at Clovis-Carver Public Library. Informatio...
