Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
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PORTALES — Do the county dirty and pay the price — that is essentially what comes Tuesday before the Roosevelt County Commission. In their regular meeting Tuesday morning, commissioners are scheduled to consider a resolution “prohibiting illegal dumping and authorizing a reward payment for information leading to the conviction of persons who illegally dump on property located anywhere in the unincorporated areas of Roosevelt County.” The topic has come up before in recent commission meetings, and if approved would potenti...
On this date ... 1969: The Clovis Civil Defense Board was meeting with area law enforcement officials to consider establishing a “tornado advance alert system,” according to the Clovis News-Journal. Charles H. Crouch, chief meteorologist at the U.S. Weather Bureau in Amarillo, was planning to speak to the board about how the bureau could contribute to the cause. The primary focus of the group was to determine the “best means of getting weather information to news media and the public.” Pages Past is compiled by David Stevens...
Booked The following were booked into local jails Tuesday - Thursday: Clovis • Martha Rodriguez, 31, embezzlement of a motor vehicle (1st offense) • Susan Garcia, 58, possession of a controlled substance • Shakur Canaday, 23, failure to appear on misdemeanor charge • Dillion Coate, 24, failure to pay fines • Trevor Burger, 22, probation violation • Maria Delgado, 39, probation violation • Mark Steele, 54, failure to appear on a felony charge • Amanda Sierra, 35, failure to appear on misdemeanor charge • Juan Aguirre-Marq...
Police are investigating a collision in Clovis that hospitalized a motorcyclist with a “significant head injury” Friday night. Javier Saavedra, 27, was transported to Plains Regional Medical Center following a call at 5:11 p.m. to a crash on the 2500 block of North Prince Street. There, responders found Saavedra “lying in the roadway” after a crash with a sports utility vehicle, according to a police news release. Saavedra was later transferred to University Medical Center in Lubbock, and was listed in critical conditi...
CLOVIS — The city of Clovis anticipates reopening the intersection of Norris and Seventh streets in a week, but will continue to keep Seventh Street closed between Maple and Norris streets. A release from the city said K. Barnett and Sons would open the intersection the week of May 13, though in a temporary unsignaled condition. Until signal lights are installed, traffic to the east of Norris along Seventh Street yields to all northbound and southbound traffic. Seventh Street will be closed between Maple and Norris streets f...
CLOVIS — The city of Clovis is seeking five members to serve on the Clovis-Carver Public Library Board, according to a release from the city. The board vacancies are for three area residents and two student representatives. The board meets quarterly on the last Monday of January, April, July and October at 5:30 p.m. at the library. Applications are available at the city manager’s office, and will be accepted through 5 p.m. May 31. Information: 575-769-7828...
PORTALES — The Eastern New Mexico University Foundation announced the eight recipients for this year’s Distinguished Faculty Emerati awards to be presented Monday. Selections, listed alphabetically, are Dudley Cash, Loran Crowder, Kathy Roler Durand, Jerry Everhart, Gerald A. Gies, Marvin Lutnesky, Farrell D. Odom and Thomas V. Toglia. The recipients will be honored during the annual Emeritus Faculty Luncheon on Monday. n Cash spent 23 years on the ENMU campus in the department of agriculture as an instructor and later as...
It was a computer error rather than a dramatic spike in vehicle registration prices that left customers with some eye-popping dues in their mailboxes last month. That’s according to a news release Thursday from the state’s Motor Vehicle Division. Registration renewal “postcards” sent to 91,870 MVD customers accidentally included “an erroneous additional digit” that magnified fee totals by a factor of 10, but customers “will not be charged the improper amount stated on the recently mailed notices,” said the release. “We st...
CLOVIS — It's that time of year again as the Curry County Commission is expected to vote on the county's preliminary operating budget for the upcoming fiscal year during Tuesday's meeting. County Manager Lance Pyle wrote in a message to The News that the preliminary total operating budget for fiscal year 2020 is $34,887,579, compared to the final operating budget of $45,852,040 in fiscal year 2019. He wrote that the courthouse and detention center construction projects nearing completion account for the difference, as the c...
PORTALES — The Portales City Council will consider an application for a new source of funding through the Department of Transportation during Tuesday’s meeting. City Manager Sammy Standefer said Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham opened up a new funding opportunity through DOT last week to provide funds for infrastructure projects. Standefer said as of Friday, the city was planning on applying for $3 million to put toward Kilgore Avenue reconstruction, though he said the dollar amount could change by Tuesday’s meeting. “We’r...
CLOVIS — The state will not pursue additional charges on the man who shot himself in the face following an hours-long standoff last year at the Curry County jail, court records show. Wesley Flores, 29, was arrested Feb. 1, 2018, in Clovis on a warrant for failing to appear at a court date the month before on charges involving fraudulent use of a credit card. In a pre-booking vestibule on the way into jail, he pulled a gun from his clothes and ultimately shot himself in the face after officers introduced pepper spray into t...
The title of a New York Times op-ed for April 23 looked ridiculous on its face: “The Best Way to Rejuvenate Rural America? Invest in Cities.” The report by Nathan Arnosti and Amy Liu did not disappoint. It made as much sense as another recent opinion piece that said one solution to rural America’s problems would be to make it easier for country folk to afford living in cities. People live in rural areas for a reason: They like it there. The consensus of recent opinions I have read seems to be that rural towns like Tucum...
ROSWELL — Few topics of conversation have been more stigmatized in the United States over the past 70-odd years than sightings of unexplained aerial phenomena. Anyone admitting to a possible “UFO sighting” runs the risk of ridicule. Those on the receiving end of such an unburdening? They experience a defensive reflex. No matter how intriguing the report, few will admit to taking it seriously lest they be lumped in with perceived kooks. The Chupacabra, Bigfoot, Nessie ... flying saucers and little green men. It’s a short w...
An investigation into whether the president of the United States committed treason has devolved into a squabble over Attorney General Bill Barr’s brief letter saying that he didn’t. We’ve gone from Donald Trump allegedly betraying the nation to Bill Barr allegedly betraying the nation, from potential Trump impeachment to potential Barr impeachment. Barr’s offense, of course, is writing a quick letter summarizing the top-line conclusions of the Mueller report. Ever since,...
Buying a specific player’s jersey has rarely worked out well for me. Steve Smith, traded. LeBron James, free agency. Ian Kinsler, traded. Tim Duncan, washed it and didn’t check a pair of pants for that red pen. My luck may change, as a friend basically told me we should not fear a departure but celebrate it. “If you were to purchase an obscure jersey, that only super sports nerds would understand, what would you get?” Non-sports nerds, nobody will blame you if you stop right here. Thanks for reading. He suggested a Brett H...
It’s been a little while since Franklin Graham offered up a shovel of moral manure, so let’s go over the drill when the reverend does his thing. In a recent tweet, Graham blasted presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg for having the nerve to be publicly gay. Homosexuality, said Graham, was not something to be “flaunted.” He called on Buttigieg, a Democrat from Indiana, to instead repent. It was a typically ripe bite of bigotry from Graham. As before, there are some things to remember: Graham does not represent most America...
CLOVIS — A man was sentenced Thursday to five years in prison after being convicted in trial for felony possession of methamphetamine, according to a news release from the 9th Judicial District Attorney. Daniel Tapia, 41, of Clovis, “was found to have methamphetamine on his person” during a traffic stop in August. A Curry County jury on Thursday found him guilty of possession of a controlled substance, a fourth-degree felony. Presiding Judge Matthew Chandler sentenced Tapia to five years in the state’s Department of Correct...
CLOVIS — A state-led drilling project to remediate a gasoline plume in the area where Prince meets 21st and Commerce Streets is the topic of a public meeting Wednesday night at the Clovis-Carver Public Library. The library’s North Annex will host the 7 p.m. meeting with the New Mexico Environment Department Petroleum Storage Tank Bureau and its contractor Daniel B. Stephens and Associates. The three-month project, expected to begin following the Memorial Day weekend, involves drilling to groundwater levels — about 325 feet,...
