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Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
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A former Curry County detention officer has been sentenced to nine years in prison for assisting in a jail escape last summer. Sarina Dodson, 28, of Clovis, reached a plea agreement with prosecutors on three counts of assisting escape and one count of bringing contraband into a Jail, according to a news release from District Attorney Andrea Reeb. The release said: "On June 15, 2018, Curry County Detention inmates Aaron Clark, Victor Apodaca and Ricky Sena escaped from the outdoor recreation area of the jail through three...
ROSWELL — The Eastern New Mexico University board of regents will provide an update on ENMU’s efforts to build a new presidential residence during Friday’s meeting on the Roswell campus. Regent Terry Othick told The News that ENMU released its Request for Proposal (RFP) for architectural services related to the residence on Monday, with bids due by June 5. Othick said the RFP included general guidelines for architects that the building, not to exceed 3,500 square feet, should include both private residence space and publi...
Through craft booths and interactive demonstrations Saturday, anthropology students and staff at the Blackwater Draw site endeavored to show the public that people's fundamental needs have not changed much in thousands of years. "The main lesson is, probably, whether it's 10,000 years ago or today, we're all human," said Eric Blinman, director of the New Mexico Department of Cultural Affairs' archaeology program. "Every survival, aesthetic, entertainment need that you have...
Today • Preschool storytime “I Love Mommy” — 10:30 a.m., Portales Public Library, 218 S. Ave. B, Portales. Information: 575-356-3940 • Rural Bookmobile East — 1:45 p.m.-3 p.m., Elida City Hall, 704 Clark St., Elida. Information: 575-461-1824 • 10 Warning Signs of Alzheimer’s — 2-3 p.m., Wheatfields Senior Living Community, 4701 N. Prince St., Clovis. Educational program presented by the Alzheimer’s Association; free and open to the public. Information: 575-762-8700 • Teens and Tweens: “Game On” Xbox one free play and board g...
On this date ... 1989: In local sports news: • Bill Hill had recently scored a hole-in-one on the Farwell Country Club’s 161-yard seventh hole. Hill used a seven iron for his ace. Bill Cole, Bill Schilling, Joan Boney and Chris Fontanilla witnessed the shot. • Jay Draper of Melrose had set a Class A state record in the 800-meter run with a time of 2:01.41. He broke the mark of 2:02.5 set in 1980. • Matt McGaughey of Fort Sumner had won gold in the Class A state track meet’s pole vault. He cleared 13 feet, a foot higher th...
CLOVIS — While communities in eastern New Mexico grapple with addressing a chemical contamination plume stemming from Cannon Air Force Base, it’s worthwhile to have a bigger picture of what is in fact a nationwide issue. Working with a health research institute at Northeastern University, the non-profit “Environmental Working Group” on Monday declared in a news release that “the known extent of contamination of American communities with the toxic fluorinated compounds known as PFAS continues to grow at an alarming rate.” In a...
PORTALES — A special food distribution for The Emergency Food Assistance Program will be held 9 a.m.-11 a.m. May 18 at Portales’ Central Christian Church. The distibution is open to anybody living in the Portales area who is not currently served through another mobile food distribution site. New clients will be required to fill out an income eligibility form. Distribution will be for last names A-G 9 a.m.-9:30 a.m., last names H-N 9:30 a.m.-10 a.m., last names O-Z 10 a.m.-10:30 a.m. and new applications 10:30 a.m.-11 a.m...
PORTALES - In the interest of having "a seat at the table," the Roosevelt County Commission on Tuesday approved a resolution urging more attention from the Air Force regarding the chemical contamination to groundwater stemming from nearby Cannon Air Force Base. Four commissioners present at Tuesday morning's regular meeting unanimously approved a resolution "requesting action and assistance from the United State Air Force to abate and prevent further spread of PFOA, PFOS, and...
Former Eastern New Mexico News columnist Wendel Sloan has received multiple awards from the National Federation of Press Women and New Mexico Press Women for work published last year. The News also won the High Point Sweepstakes Award from NMPW for organizations, due to individual awards captured by Sloan and columnist Patti Dobson. Sloan, who retired from Eastern New Mexico University in 2018 and now lives in Mesquite, Texas, was honored for column writing, feature writing and his book, “Kill a Moose for Jesus,” a col...
Booked The following were booked into local jails Friday - Monday: Clovis • Clayton Martinez, 22, probation violation • Sabrena Romero, 24, failure to appear on a felony charge, forgery, tampering with evidence, fraud ($250 or less), residential burglary • Angel Villalobos, 22, resisting, evading or obstructign an officer • Isac Rodriguez, 25, unlawful taking of a motor vehicle (first offense), conspiracy to commit unlawful taking of a motor vehicle • Marcos Garcia, 40, failure to comply with specific requirements • Ronald...
CLOVIS - The Curry County Commission approved the preliminary operating budget for the upcoming fiscal year during Tuesday's meeting. Curry County Manager Lance Pyle said a new grant with an additional $7,000 match from the county brought the preliminary total operating budget to $34,895,077. The final operating budget for the current fiscal year is $45,852,040. Pyle previously told The News that the approximately $11 million difference is accounted for by the detention...
You stride purposefully into the living room and then ... your mind goes blank. You can’t remember what you planned to do. Or you memorize a short grocery list. But when you arrive at the supermarket all you can recall is yogurt. What else were you supposed to buy? Then there are those times you bump into what’s-his-name at work. Or struggle to dredge up the title of that book you wanted to buy or movie you saw last week. Such lapses are presumed to be a normal feature of the aging brain. They can’t be helped. Or can they? Re...
About this time every year, parents all over New Mexico swell with pride as their daughters and sons walk across the graduation stage — and wave goodbye. The walk is ceremonial; the wave, at least for small towns, is figurative. As the urbanization of America continues, fewer of these young men and women will be staying in or returning to their hometown, simply because the opportunities they seek aren’t there. Some of them will choose to carve out a life in their hometown, while many others will move on. Their futures dep...
