Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
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BASEBALL Prep linescores Thursday District 4-5A Roswell High 10, Clovis 7 Roswell High 003 214 0 —10 10 5 Clovis 030 400 0 — 7 6 5 Luke Bogle, Wesley Gallegos (3), Isaac Loya (7) and Eli Lynn; Jasiahs Jimenez, Josiah Mendoza (5), Jayden Jameson (6) and Joseph Albert. W — Gallegos. L — Mendoza. Top hitters — Roswell High: Loya 1-3, 2B, RBI, 2 runs, 2 BBs; Miramontes 2-4, RBI, run, 2 SBs; Jerry Burrola 2-4, 2B, 3B, RBI. Millie Bonilla 2-3, RBI, 2 runs, 3 SBs. Clovis: Justin Lawson 2-3, RBI, 2 runs, 2 BBs; Ja. Jimenez 1-3, 2-ru...
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 Finder of Forgotten Things” by Sarah Loudin Thomas. It’s 1932 and Sullivan Harris is on the run. An occasionally successful dowser, he promised the people of Kline, West Virginia, that he would find them water. Postmistress Gainey Floyd is susp...
LOVINGTON — Portales High’s baseball team got on track on Thursday night … the easy way. The Rams scored early and often and overwhelmed a young Lovington squad 14-2 in a District 4-4A matchup. Senior shortstop Hagen Rains went 2-for-3 with a two-run single and a two-run double while sophomore catcher Noah Swift was also 2-for-3 with a double, a two-run homer and three RBIs. Portales (10-14, 2-5 district) was slated to host Lovington in a Friday night doubleheader to close out the regular campaign for both squads. The Rams...
Born in upstate New York and raised outside of Philadelphia, Jon Barr never expected to wind up in Portales. But love has a way of finding a way -- and bringing people to unexpected places. Nearly 20 years after breaking up, Barr reconnected with his once girlfriend, Mary Ayala, via Facebook. She, now the dean of the Liberal Arts and Sciences at Eastern New Mexico University, was a Portales resident. Barr at the time had just finished his bachelor's degree in film. He...
TEXICO — Texico kept its hopes of a first-round Class 2A state tournament home game alive on Thursday with a 13-3 thumping of Pecos in a District 6-2A matchup. The Wolverines (11-10, 7-2 district) score in every inning of a contest called in the bottom of the sixth due to the 10-run rule. Ranked eighth in 2A this week by MaxPreps, Texico would get a home game next Wednesday against the ninth seed if that were to hold up. Quarterfinals, semifinals and finals in 2A are slated for Albuquerque and Rio Rancho from May 12-14. S...
CLOVIS -- A Friday afternoon fire northwest of Clovis caused major damage to four homes, burned other structures and led to evacuations of a middle school and day care, officials said. As the weekend began, Clovis Fire Department officials were still assessing the damage, specifically the acreage involved and the structures damaged or destroyed in the fire that brought in assistance for the Clovis Fire Department from three helicopters, eight other fire departments and Cannon... Full story
Jodi Diaz, who was director of recreation for the city of Portales, has been named executive director of of the Roosevelt County Community Development Corporation, according to a press release from the RCCDC. Diaz replaces Jim Lucero, who in late March stepped down as RCCDC’s executive director after negotiations to renew Lucero’s contract broke down. In addition to her city job, Diaz has also instructed classes at Eastern New Mexico University since 2011, the news release stated. ”Diaz is well connected in our commu...
A Clovis man named as a suspect in the shooting death of a Clovis woman waived his arraignment Monday in Ninth Judicial District Court. Adrian Chavez, 26, signed documents where he gave up his right to personally appear before the court in an arraignment and plead “not guilty” to the charges against him. Chavez remains in the Curry County Adult Detention Center without bond on charges of first-degree murder, aggravated burglary and tampering with evidence in connection with the death of Kelsey Cash, 28. Cash, a single mot...
The Roosevelt County Sheriff’s Department has conducted a raid, identified alleged drug traffickers and made an arrest in dealing with illegal drugs in the county. Sheriff Malin Parker reported in an April 26 news release deputies led by Lt. Javier Sanchez executed a search warrant in the 2200 block of South Roosevelt Road 5½. The action was the culmination of what Parker described as a lengthy undercover operation. Deputies seized methamphetamine, fentanyl pills and a firearm as well as what Parker described as “m...
Maria Angelica Sisneros is remembered by her daughter as being "definitely one of a kind." "She liked being able to help people," Anna Castillo said. "She was a people person and loved to help those in need. She wanted to be the voice for those who didn't have one. Her big thing was helping the underprivileged, the needy." Sisneros died in a one-car accident at Hull and Brady streets on April 23. Her daughter remembers her for much more. Castillo remembered her mother as a...
Booked The following were booked into local jails (Tuesday - Friday): Clovis • Andrea Archie, 20, failure to appear on misdemeanor charge • Marques Lewis, 41, shoplifting • William Najera, 37, criminal damage to property • Donna Sena, 56, failure to appear on misdemeanor charge • Alexis Edwards, 20, battery upon a peace officer, criminal damage to the property of a household member, resisting, evading or obstructing an officer • Patrick Trujillo, 33, probation violation, resisting, evading or obstructing an officer • Christop...
CLOVIS - In terms of possible postseason play, little was on the line Thursday night at Bell Park. Clovis High and Roswell High, both coming in with lengthy losing streaks, were just trying to get on the board in District 4-5A play. In the end, it was the visiting Coyotes who outlasted Clovis 10-7 with a decisive four-run sixth. The teams were ticketed for a doubleheader on Friday night at Roswell to end the regular season. The Coyotes (8-16, 1-6 district), who snapped a...
CLOVIS - Clovis High junior Jolei Adkins said she was getting a bit tired of shooting 80 after finishing her third consecutive round with that score in Wednesday's Clovis Invite at Colonial Park Golf Course. It didn't take her long to do something about it. On Thursday, she shot a personal-best round of 75 to take medalist honors in New Mexico Military's Colt Classic in Roswell and lead the Lady Wildcats to a second-place finish. The next order of business comes in Monday's...
Michael Keasling of Lakewood, Colo., was an electrician who loved big trucks, fast cars, and Harley-Davidsons. He'd struggled with diabetes since he was a teenager, needing a kidney transplant from his sister to stay alive. He was already quite sick in August when he contracted West Nile virus after being bitten by an infected mosquito. Keasling spent three months in hospitals and rehab, then died on Nov. 11 at age 57 from complications of West Nile virus and diabetes,...
One of the questions in a recent news quiz for the Saturday morning show from the farmers market on KTAL-LP FM community radio was, “Can you name any of the five Republican candidates running for governor?” Not only was the contestant stumped, but so was just about everyone else who was there. Greg Zanetti, Ethel Maharg, Mark Ronchetti, Rebecca Dow and Jay Block are engaged in a spirited battle for the opportunity to take on incumbent Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham this November. Campaign filings show the five have spent a combi...
I’m probably out of step with many of you. Everywhere I turn, folks are discussing Elon Musk’s purchase of Twitter. I certainly get it. After all, it was Monday’s biggest domestic story. The sale sparked fears that the petulant billionaire will turn one of the world’s leading social-media platforms into an even greater transmitter of disinformation and hate than it already is. Given his history of petty online bullying, his ownership of a car company described by Black e...
I was feeling a bit under the weather this past week, so I ended up spending time at home in front of the television. The thing that really mesmerized me was the Johnny Depp trial on Court TV. I never watch Court TV. I’m pretty sure most lawyers avoid that channel because why would we want to spend our leisure hours staring at melodramatic, preening attorneys from Michigan or La Jolla when we can just head down to the Criminal Justice Center in Philly and see that up close? A...
The world clearly doesn’t have enough Viking movies, so here is “The Northman” to fill the gap. Critics have called the revenge epic based on the legend of the Viking prince Amleth “two-plus hours of arthouse savagery” (NPR), “a bloody, mournful, violent tale of vengeance” (The Austin Chronicle), “136 minutes of musclebound, shaggy-maned mayhem” (The New York Times), and “an ineffably somber meditation on our species’ seemingly inexhaustible reservoir of savagery” (The Wall S...
News reports indicate that Elon Musk has purchased Twitter for $44 billion and will take the company private. In keeping with my long-standing belief that social media of all types causes cancer in lab rats, I have never visited the site, and do not plan to do so now. Learning what is “trending now” from someone who uses 140 characters or so to comment has never piqued my curiosity. I don’t mean to imply that the subject in question may not be interesting, but that it gener...
Elon Musk’s announcement last week that he’s purchased Twitter for $44 billion has brought equal amounts of joy and dread to the social media world, mostly depending on political affiliations. Many Republicans are hopeful he’ll reinstate Donald Trump to the platform and allow free speech to flourish under a broad definition of truth. Many Democrats are concerned he’ll reinstate Donald Trump to the platform and encourage misrepresentation, lies and insurrection. Or something like that. Here’s hoping he’ll simply turn Twitte...
There are three candidates running for the Republican nomination for the District 3 seat on the Curry County Commission. No Democrats are running. The candidates are seeking the commission seat currently held by Chet Spear who is term limited, having served two consecutive terms. The annual salary of a Curry County commissioner is $24,599.45, according to the Curry County Clerk’s office. District 3 includes parts of Clovis west of Main Street and north of 21st Street and rural areas north and west of the city. Lisa Pellegrino...
In the race to fill the Roosevelt County District 3 commissioner’s seat, three Republican candidates are vying in the June 7 primary election to represent the party in the Nov. 8 general election. There are no Democrats running in the primary election. Incumbent district three commissioner Shane Lee is leaving the office because he has served two consecutive terms, the maximum allowed. The job pays $22,832 annually. Bill Cathey Q: Why do you believe you are the best candidate for the job of district three commissioner? A: E...
The seeding of clouds to try to coax rain to fall on southeast New Mexico may begin as early as this week. Gary Walker, owner and pilot with the Wichita Falls, Texas, based Seeding Operations and Atmospheric Research (SOAR), received his license from the Interstate Stream Commission through the state of New Mexico to do cloud seeding in Roosevelt, Curry, Quay, DeBaca, Chaves, Eddy and Lea counties. Walker said May looks to be pretty dry, so the operation will begin with one...
Tuesday’s shooting death of a Portales man followed an argument between roommates, court records show. Justin Banks, 42, died after being shot in the back by Armando Jimenez, according to an arrest affidavit. Jimenez, 26, is charged with voluntary manslaughter. He turned himself into police and was in the Roosevelt County Detention Center late last week. Banks and Jimenez lived in the 900 block of West 16th Street in Portales, where the shooting occurred. Police were called to the scene about 7:30 a.m. Tuesday. Portales p...
ALAMOGORDO — Clovis High’s girls competed in Alamogordo’s Bob Sepulveda Invite on Monday, finishing with 47 points. All of the Lady Wildcats’ points came on the track. No team scores were available at press time. Junior Zoe Linn posted the Lady Cats’ lone win, taking the 300 hurdles in 51.60 seconds. She was also second in the 100 hurdles (17.47). The Lady Cats placed in four relays, including a second-place finish in the 800 relay in 1:48.30. On Friday, CHS boys were fourth in the Artesia Invitational with 56 points, t...
