Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
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We don’t always agree with Curry County Manager Lance Pyle. … But when we do, it’s for a good cause. Pyle is leading efforts to bring Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library to Curry County. The country singer’s project places books in the hands and homes of preschoolers at no charge to their parents or guardians. The program won’t cost taxpayers much either, except for $3,000 in seed money if county commissioners approve the final step at their meeting on Tuesday. And Pyle said it’s his goal to continually fund the project entir...
Sports writer [email protected] Clovis High’s Eric Roanhaus begins his 42nd year in the program, and 37th as head coach, on Monday looking to fill a lot of skill positions for the Wildcats. “We’re replacing a lot of people at our skill positions,” Roanhaus said. “We’ve got a majority of our linemen back.” The team will practice from 8-10 a.m. and approximately 11 a.m.-1:30 p.m. from Monday through Friday, then have a morning workout on Saturday. The next week is unsettled with coaches having to work around teachers’ in-... Full story
Staff report The Portales Rams are going to get the earliest start possible on the football season. Third-year coach Jaime Ramirez said PHS will have a “midnight madness” practice, starting at 12:01 a.m. on Monday at the Rams’ practice facility. He said players will report for a short meeting about 11:30 p.m., and the scrimmage will run about two-and-a-half hours. link File photo The Portales Rams are hoping for another big year from junior Bronte Staugaard. As a sopho... Full story
File photo The Portales Rams are hoping for another big year from junior Bronte Staugaard. As a sophomore, Staugaard led Portales with 1,433 rushing yards on 208 carries and 13 touchdowns.... Full story
link Wendel Sloan Local columnist My father, who died at 71, told me he was not afraid to die. My mother, who died at 92,, told me she wished “it would hurry up and get here.” I enjoy life, but know it is ephemeral. I have had close calls — cars skidding out of control, rip currents rag-dolling me, Mexican plainclothes detectives inviting me into their car late at night — but am grateful I have survived long enough to revere the dying. Barring violent or natural sudden... Full story
link Wendel Sloan Local columnist My father, who died at 71, told me he was not afraid to die. My mother, who died at 92,, told me she wished “it would hurry up and get here.” I enjoy life, but know it is ephemeral. I have had close calls — cars skidding out of control, rip currents rag-dolling me, Mexican plainclothes detectives inviting me into their car late at night — but am grateful I have survived long enough to revere the dying. Barring violent or natural sudden...
link Tom McDonald State columnist If there’s an issue out there that could slow Gov. Susana Martinez’s cakewalk into a second term, it might just be the behavioral health issue. The issue surfaced a year ago when, after an audit alleged Medicaid overbilling and possible fraud to the tune of about $34 million, the Martinez administration froze out 15 New Mexico companies providing services to people with mental illnesses and disabilities. She brought in five Arizona firms to ac... Full story
link Tom McDonald State columnist If there’s an issue out there that could slow Gov. Susana Martinez’s cakewalk into a second term, it might just be the behavioral health issue. The issue surfaced a year ago when, after an audit alleged Medicaid overbilling and possible fraud to the tune of about $34 million, the Martinez administration froze out 15 New Mexico companies providing services to people with mental illnesses and disabilities. She brought in five Arizona firms to ac...
Staff report Cattle Baron in Portales remained closed Saturday as employees were still working to reopen the restaurant following a New Mexico Environment Depart-ment inspection that discovered numerous code violations. Restaurant management said “it’s too soon to tell” when the restaurant will be open but declined to answer any other questions regarding the closure. NMED Communi-cations Director Jim Winchester has said the restaurant will reopen once employees satisfy the inspector on site. As of Saturday, restaurant staff...
Staff writer [email protected] Portales families came out to shop for school supplies Saturday during tax-free weekend which ends today. Heather Cochrain and her daughter Kaylynn Belew came to Bealls clothing store in Portales for new clothes for school. Cochrain said she and her daughter saved a lot of money using coupons on top of the tax-free weekend sales. During this weekend in stores across New Mexico, qualifying items such as clothing and electronics, can be bought tax-free. The tax-free holiday provides a deduction...
link ... Staff writer [email protected] Robert Graham came to Wal-Mart on Saturday to drop off Eastern New Mexico University’s boxes of school supplies they collected for United Way of Eastern New Mexico’s Stuff the Bus campaign. Graham, coordinator of Alumni Affairs at ENMU, saw United Way needed help so he volunteered on the spot. “I have volunteered before and I saw they needed help, so I stayed,” Graham said. Stuff the Bus is an annual one-day event hosted by United...
Staff report Cattle Baron in Portales remained closed Saturday as employees were still working to reopen the restaurant following a New Mexico Environment Department inspection that discovered numerous code violations. Restaurant management said “it’s too soon to tell” when the restaurant will be open but declined to answer any other questions regarding the closure. NMED Communications Director Jim Winchester has said the restaurant will reopen once employees satisfy the inspector on site. As of Saturday, restaurant staff... Full story
On this date: • 1947: The bodies of two Clovis men were found in the cabin of their chartered plane, which crashed about 20 miles from their destination of Eagle Nest Lake. Jimmie Gressett and John Hardisty, both 21-year-old pilots, were planning to go fishing. Officials said their plane crashed into the side of a narrow canyon near the top of a mountain. • 1951: The Herb Baker store in Ranchvale was robbed while its owner attended a church revival service about a block away. Officials reported the thief unlatched a scr...
link ... Staff writer [email protected] Area lakes continue to benefit from increased summer rainfall, which has raised some water levels to their highest point in a decade. Currently, Conchas Lake is at 4,180 feet above sea level, four feet higher than the 4,176-foot elevation recorded on July 26, according to Michael Vollmer, natural resource specialist for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Vollmer said the increased elevation has presented an ironic problem: Two boat...
link ... Staff report The Clovis Police Department is preparing to participate in the 31st annual National Night Out drug and crime prevention program event scheduled for Tuesday evening. CPD’s Sgt. Daron Roach said the event will be the seventh year the police department has participated in the nationwide event. Roach said the 31st National Night Out will take place at Greene Acres Park and the department will shut down 21st Street between Main and Mitchell streets for the d...
link ... Staff writer [email protected] Smooth flights and personable staff are part of the experience with Boutique Air’s air service, according to Shelly Burger, court manager at the Curry County Courthouse. Boutique Air’s passenger flights have been in operation out of Clovis Municipal Airport since July 15 under the Department of Transportation’s Essential Air Service program. The airline has been averaging about three passengers per flight, according to Bouti... Full story
Monday Aerobics — 7:30 a.m., Portales Recreation Center. Information: 575-356-8598. City Pool — 1 p.m. to 5 p.m., Portales City Pool. Information: 575-359-4805. Step aerobics — 4 p.m., Portales Recreation Center. Information: 575-356-8598. Lap Swim — 6 p.m. to 6:50 p.m., Portales City Pool. Information: 575-359-4805. Tuesday Yoga Fit — 8:30 p.m., Portales Recreation Center. Information: 575-356-8598. Ministerial Alliance Meeting- 8:30 a.m., Central Christian Church. Information: Don Thomas, 575- 760-1843. City Pool — 1 p.m.... Full story
link David Stevens Editor The first time I heard the question, I didn’t know the answer. After I started learning the answer, the answer started changing. And it’s still changing. What is news? My college journalism instructors 35 years ago generally defined news as unusual events that impacted the lives of most of our audience. It wasn’t news if a dog bit a man, they said. Everyone already knew to watch out for that sort of thing. But if a man were running around town bitin...
Portales police, sheriff, and fire call logs: Caller reported: Friday • 10:38 a.m.: Assault, 42000 block of U.S. 70. • 10:43 a.m.: Fraud, 300 block of West 15th Street. • 10:49 a.m.: Motor vehicle accident without injuries, 1600 block of East Spruce Street. • 11:35 a.m.: Traffic hazard, 500 block of West Commercial Street. • 12:09 p.m.: Warrant service, 1700 block of North Boston Street. • 1:24 p.m.: Located stolen property, 200 block of East 10th Street. • 1:28 p.m.: Fraud, 1400 block of South Main Avenue. • 1:57 p.m.: Frau...
Tuesday Civil Aviation meeting — 5:30 p.m., Clovis Municipal Airport. Information: 575-769-7828. National Night Out — 6 p.m., Greene Acres. Information: 575-763-9427. Back to School Health Fair-Curry County Health Council — 6 p.m., Greene Acres Park. Information: 575-763-3435. Wednesday Clovis Community College Board of Trustees meeting — 8 a.m., Room 512. Information: 575-769-4001. Toddler Time — 10 a.m., Clovis-Carver Library. Information: 575-769-7840. Thursday City Commission meeting — 5:15 p.m., Clovis-Carv... Full story
