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Three former athletes on the women’s basketball team at Eastern New Mexico University contend in a new federal civil rights lawsuit that their coach repeatedly coerced them to submit to “treatments” by her volunteer trainer husband, who sexually assaulted them. While complaints to ENMU athletics director Paul Weir allegedly went ignored for more than a year, two school trainers realized the women had been assaulted and finally reported the abuse to the university’s human resources department, states the 30-page lawsuit...
MELROSE – Unbeaten and defending Class 1A state champion Logan broke away from Melrose with a nine-run sixth and defeated the Buffaloes 16-4 in six innings on Friday in the opener of a District 3-1A baseball doubleheader. The top-ranked Longhorns (18-0, 9-0 district) then won the nightcap 23-3 in five, scoring 10 times in the third and seven in the fourth. Freshman Mason Wallin went 6-for-7 in the doubleheader with six RBIs – four in the opener – and four runs scored. Sophomore Skyler DeLuca finished 3-for-3 with two runs...
PORTALES – Eastern New Mexico University’s softball team almost had its spot in the Lone Star Conference softball tournament clinched before it took the field on Friday night. The Greyhounds received a bit of help from rival Western New Mexico, which took the opener of Friday’s twin bill at Texas Woman’s 2-1, then lost the nightcap by the same score in the bottom of the seventh. That meant ENMU needed just one win in its three-game home set with Texas A&M-Kingsville, and the Hounds got it with a come-from-behind 4-2 win ove...
Booked The following were booked into local jail (Tuesday - Friday): Clovis • Stephen Corliss, 30, probation violation • Amanda Hardwick, 41, driving while license suspended or revoked • Jimi Gallegos, 31, battery against a household member • Adrian Acosta, 27, assault, criminal damage to property • William Maltby, 54, criminal trespass • Saul Bejarano, 24, probation violation • Joseph Arrickiello, 64, failure to appear on misdemeanor charge • Stephen Pastirchak, 43, failure to pay fines • Timothy Velasquez, 32, fa...
On this date ... 1951: Temperatures in the 80s a day earlier plummeted into the 40s and high winds produced “one of the season’s worst dust storms,” the Clovis News-Journal reported. While rain threatened the region, none was reported. 1956: Recreational shooting in the Roosevelt County sandhills left a Clovis man with a gunshot wound to his shoulder. James Bergen, who lived at 1017 Hull St., said he was helping one of his children fire a .22-caliber pistol when a stray bullet from another group of shooters struck him just...
Curry Residents Senior Meals Association 901 W. 13th St. Clovis Monday: Meatloaf, mashed potatoes and gravy, sliced carrots, roll with margarine, cookie. Tuesday: Square fish or chicken patty, French fries, sherbet. Wednesday: Beef soft tacos, Spanish rice, pinto beans, cake. Thursday: Baked pork chop, scalloped potatoes, Capri blend veggies, roll with margarine, spiced apples. Friday: Spaghetti with meat, green beans, garlic bread, banana pudding. Baxter-Curren Activity Center 908 Hickory, Clovis 575-762-3631 Monday: 8:30...
Clovis Monday: Breakfast: French toast. Lunch: Chicken drumstick, mashed potatoes and gravy, seasoned corn, chilled peaches, whole-wheat roll or (grades 6-12) pizza, or spicy chicken or corn dog and fries. Tuesday: Breakfast: Raspberry churros. Lunch: Burrito, Spanish rice, garden salad and ranch, celery sticks, chilled pineapple, Jell-o or (grades 6-12) pulled pork or meatball sub or burrito and fries. Wednesday: Bacon and egg biscuit. Lunch: Sloppy Joe on a bun, baked tater tots, mini-carrots and ranch, fresh apple or...
I recently went blind in my right eye and I’m blaming Joe Biden and the IRS. OK, I’m not really blind, folks — it just seems like it as I write this column as I squint at the screen. Expect that there will be typos. So I was sitting at this same desk, frantically working on my taxes on April 18 when a tiny fly began flitting around between me and my 1040. No amount of hand waving was doing any good and I soon realized that it must be one of those vision floaters that many...
The books listed below are now available for checkout at the Clovis-Carver Public Library. The library is open to the public, but patrons can still visit the online catalog at cloviscarverpl.booksys.net/opac/ccpl or call 575-769-7840 to request a specific item for curbside pickup. “The Devine Doughnut Shop” by Carolyn Brown. For Grace Dalton, her sister, Sarah, and her cousin Macy, the Devine Doughnut Shop is a sweet family legacy and a landmark in their Texas town. But drama brews behind the counter, too. Grace is a sin...
Choral music has always been the main passion for Sean Galloway, the director of choirs at Clovis High School, and this year the payoff has been a state championship for the school's chamber choir, as well as top honors for the Wildcats' Women's Select choir. Galloway came to Clovis 10 years ago with his wife Diana on what they call "our Great Southwest Adventure," an escape for cold, snowy winters in Michigan, where both grew up and attended college. With his choir students...
The Hillcrest Park Zoo introduced the two baby kangaroos to some of its members Wednesday and Thursday. At the members-only meet and greet on Wednesday, organizers said all the time slots were fully booked with around 100 people attending. More attended on Thursday. The male and female joeys were brought into their new homes in Clovis in February, and they've been adjusting well, according to Zoo Curator Stephanie Chavez. "They have doubled in size and have created a special b...
Monday is Clovis’ 116th birthday. Monday is Founder’s Day in the city and the Clovis-Curry County Chamber of Commerce is sponsoring an event to be celebrated. According to a news release from the chamber there will be an unveiling of a new Clovis mural downtown. The new “community mural” will be unveiled at 11 a.m. Monday at the Clovis-Curry County Chamber of Commerce building at 105 E. Grand Ave. The release says area residents are encouraged to attend the unveiling and show community pride by wearing items that display...
In the early 1920s, A.G. Kenyon owned and operated a Bessemer Hot Hall engine, which was integrated into a state-of-the-art system called a vertical irrigation pump, according to the book Roosevelt County History and Heritage. The machine allowed Kenyon to pump 1,500 gallons of water per minute, enabling him to cultivate his family’s land into a 245-acre peanut farm with just one well starting in 1920. Kenyon shared his knowledge with fellow farmers in the region, allowing them to retrieve water and farm efficiently. L...
By Grant McGee The Staff of The News [email protected] Talk to people involved with the Clovis Community Chorus and it seems their commonality of purpose is they just love being around other people who love music as much as they do. Tuesday the members of the chorus will be sharing that music with those who want to come to their free spring concert at First United Methodist Church in Clovis, just off the corner of 14th and Sycamore streets at 7 p.m. Tuesday. Choir Director...
In the last legislative session at the Roundhouse, lawmakers took some significant strides toward improving the practical value of a high school diploma in this state by giving greater emphasis to financial literacy, world languages, career technical education and other subjects that will better prepare our graduates for the real world. But I didn’t hear any talk about civics, arguably the most important subject of our time. Civics, defined as “the study of the rights and duties of citizenship,” prepares us to be respo...
In her message in which she explained her veto of large portions of the Legislature-passed tax bill, Gov. Lujan Grisham wrote, “Although HB 547 has many laudable tax reform measures, I have grave concerns about the sustainability of this tax package as a whole.” She wrote this while the state of New Mexico sits on a $3.6 billion budget surplus thanks to oil and gas revenues (a boom that shows no signs of slowing down). She also signed a 14% budget increase, which grew the siz...
I just saw the trailer for a movie that made me actually tear up. The preview of “Are You There God? It’s Me Margaret” propelled me backward in time, over 50 years, to a moment when I was in the sixth grade and sitting in a corner, falling in love with a book of the same title that changed my life. I think it might have changed the lives of millions of 11-year-olds over the years, which means that Judy Blume, the author, had at least as much impact on the world as J.K. Rowli...
You can tell how seriously someone takes property rights by whether they support “code enforcement.” “Code enforcement” is a euphemism for government violating residents’ property rights. It’s an inexcusable justification for government to steal property or to violate other rights. Government has no rights and can never be a victim, so government isn’t owed anything for a violation. A “fine” is nothing but legalized theft used to punish. Yes, it’s a common practice but “commo...
Antony Blinken has been linked to the story about the 51 former CIA officials who signed a letter in October 2020 declaring that the Hunter Biden laptop showed all the signs of a Russian disinformation op. All 51 of these individuals could now face legal liabilities for aiding in a Biden campaign ploy that raised doubts about the validity of Hunter Biden’s laptop. What follows is taken (in part) from a letter sent by Rep. Jim Jordan to Secretary of State Blinken: In a transcri...
The lawsuit filed Thursday by former Eastern New Mexico University basketball players surprised no one within the Portales school’s leadership. Rumors had been circulating for weeks if not months before everything became public in 30 riveting pages filed in U.S. District Court. So why has ENMU been so slow in publicly addressing the situation? Our newspaper first filed a public information request with ENMU on March 27 asking for information about inappropriate university relationships and athletes receiving massages. The o...
At their regular meeting Tuesday night, a recommendation was approved by the Portales City Council for the Portales Fun Center to sell packaged goods/alcohol for off-premises consumption. Councilman Jim Lucero said he was part of this with RCCDC (Roosevelt County Community Development Corporation) in getting this to pass through. Lucero said, “It has always been the owner’s business model to try to have consumption of alcohol in the premise.” City Manager Sarah Austin said the business has expressed interest in having on si...
With Eastern New Mexico University’s spring commencement just around the corner, local businesses in Portales are gearing up for the large crowds. The Best Western and Holiday Inn hotels in Portales are both either booked up completely or just a few rooms away from being booked completely for the weekend of May 13. So booked, that some are getting redirected to the Sleep Inn hotel over in Clovis. Stephen Rodriguez, the general manager of the Sleep Inn, said that right now they’re only at half capacity. However, he exp...
Dairyman Art Schaap wants eastern New Mexico to know there is a side-effect to area farmers and ranchers shutting off their wells to conserve water in the Ogallala Aquifer. "I just want to make sure I am heard," Schaap said in an interview with The News. Schaap alleges shutting off water wells and taking the associated land out of production has caused a significant rise in cattle feed prices. "Fields northwest of Cannon Air Force Base produced a lot of feed grain for the area...
Clovis School Board members voted unanimously Tuesday on a redistricting plan to move Marshall Middle School's seventh and eighth graders to Gattis and Yucca middle schools due to the creation of The Sixth Grade Academy at Marshall this fall. Board members opted for a plan, one called "Option four," which would result in a Gattis student population of 574 and a Yucca student population of 509, a difference of 65 more students for Gattis. Three other plans the board members...
Jorge Cruz, Hospital Chief Executive at Plains Regional Medical Center (PRMC) in Clovis, has decided to step away from his role and will be leaving PRMC according to a news release from Noah Knisely, Vice President, Regional Delivery System Operations, Presbyterian Healthcare Services. Cruz’s last day will be May 26. “Jorge has made a significant, positive impact over his more than 20 years with PRMC, starting as a traveling nurse on a temporary assignment to ultimately stepping in to lead this facility through the imm...
