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ROSWELL -- A district court judge on Monday granted an injunction prohibiting the state Public Education Department from implementing its 180-day school calendar. Judge Dustin K. Hunter of Roswell stated in his ruling that the injunction will remain in effect “pending final determination of the merits of this cause.” About 50 school districts, including most in eastern New Mexico, joined the lawsuit challenging the change. They have argued the mandate would result in budget shortfalls, essentially eliminate four-day sch...
On this date ... 1946: The Christian Science Reading Room, at 105 W. Fourth in Clovis, was open daily from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. except Sundays and holidays. The First Church of Christ Scientist was inviting the public, and especially service men, to use the reading room “where the Bible, and all authorized Christian Science literature may be read, borrowed or purchased.” 1950: Portales police had arrested a man who claimed he molested a 7-year-old girl in a city park. But officials had been unable to locate a victim. Sheriff J.N...
The Texas man accused of killing two Texico women in Ned Houk Park on May 3 will be returning to New Mexico to face federal charges, according to a news release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office. Alek Collins, 26, of Houston, appeared before a federal judge in Abilene, Texas, on Tuesday morning on a charge of interstate kidnapping in connection with the slayings of Harley Cisneros and Taryn Allen. Collins also is accused of critically injuring Cisneros’ 5-year-old daughter and kidnapping Cisneros’ 10-month-old baby. Follo...
State Rep. Randall Pettigrew jumped on the phone the same day Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham announced she was calling lawmakers back to Santa Fe for a special session in July. Pettigrew, a Republican who lives in Lovington in far Southeastern New Mexico — some 300 miles from the capital city — sought to find accommodations right away. “The Drury was booked, and La Fonda didn’t have anything for all the nights I wanted because I wanted to come in the day before,” he said, adding the unknown length of the session made booking a...
I have a good news-bad news scenario for you, and it comes complete with a few layers of each. It’s good news that the scenario I’ll mention is mostly hypothetical. But even better news is that what it illustrates is, I believe, deeply true. It’s bad news, and it pains me to tell you this, that you’re on death row, convicted for murder. I hope you think it’s good news that I was quite surprised to hear it and have always thought very highly of you. It’s good news, even though...
Portales schools will see a $1.8 million increase in their budget for the 2024-25 school year. However, school officials still have worries on what the next year holds. Portales Municipal Schools Financial Director Sarah Stubbs presented the budget to the school board at their regular Monday meeting. Stubbs said the district’s FY24-25 budget is about $37.6 million, increasing from last year’s $35.8 million. “The budget is a plan. It is what we think is going to happen based on information that we have,” Stubbs said. She cla...
SAN ANTONIO – Eastern New Mexico University junior catcher Samantha Gutierrez has been named to the Division II Conference Commissioners Association All-South Central Region softball second team. Last week, Gutierrez was named to the all-region second team selected by the National Fastpitch Coaches Association. In 2024, the San Diego, Calif. native helped the Greyhounds (26-26) reach the quarterfinals of the Lone Star Conference postseason tournament, hitting a team-best .379 with 17 doubles, 10 home runs, 45 runs batted i...
Market gardeners and commercial producers will have an opportunity to learn new ideas and make connections at the upcoming Eastern New Mexico Local Food Summit in Clovis May 22. According to a news release from Berlin Arellano of Ogallala Commons, sponsoring agency, the event will be at Clovis Community College’s main building, Room 101, from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Arellano describes Ogallala Commons as a nonprofit education and leadership organization. Ogallala will be conducting the summit in collaboration with the Small B...
SOCORRO – Senior Liz Elam had a share of the individual lead and Texico’s girls were lodged in second place, nine shots beck of host Socorro, after Monday’s opening day of the state Class 1-3A golf tournament at the New Mexico Tech golf course. The Lady Warriors came in with a team score of 403 to 412 for the Lady Wolverines. St. Michael’s was third at 437, followed by Dexter at 452 and Gateway Christian at 474. Elam, who finished fifth in last year’s state tourney, shot 41-47 – 88 and shared the lead with Santa Fe Prep’s J...
SAN ANGELO, Texas – Strong performances in field events helped propel Eastern New Mexico University’s women to a third-place team finish over the weekend in the Lone Star Conference outdoor track championships, hosted by Angelo State. The Greyhounds tallied 68 ½ points in the 11-team get-together, the best showing in program history. ENMU’s men were seventh out of 12 teams with 48 points. West Texas A&M dominated the meet, winning its fourth consecutive title in both divisions. The Buffaloes ran up 284 ½ points to 122 ½ f...
ROSWELL – Clovis High’s girls scored in everything except long jump, the 100 and the 200 on Friday to claim second place in District 4-5A track competition. The Lady Wildcats finished with 81 points, well behind first-place Hobbs with 133 but comfortably ahead of Roswell High (47) and Carlsbad 42. Meantime, the CHS boys were third with 60 points, behind Hobbs (110) and Roswell High (85 ½). Carlsbad tallied 47 ½ points. Junior Gabrielle Foggie, the defending Class 5A girls state champion in the 400, ran a season-best time...
It was a satisfying day overall for Portales High sophomore Skyler Massey, especially in high jump. Massey set a personal best, clearing five feet to win the event and help the Lady Rams to a second-place team finish in Friday's District 4-4A meet at Greyhound Stadium. Now she has her sights on a possible win in Class 4A state competition in Albuquerque this weekend. "My goal is to PR (set a personal record) again in high jump, and hopefully in every event," Massey said....
GRANTS – At the end of the day, it just wasn’t in the cards for Portales High’s baseball team. The 15th-seeded Rams gave it a great shot in Friday’s opener of the best-of-3, Class 4A first-round playoff series, only to see Grants rally late for a 4-3 win. Saturday’s game turned out to be no contest. The Pirates (22-6) jumped on top 4-0 in the first inning, then finished off a 10-run rule win with six in the sixth to oust the Rams 13-3. “We started off bad and ended bad,” Rams coach Arturo Ontiveros said of Saturday’s cl...
GALLUP – Portales High’s softball team gave top-seeded Gallup all it wanted in Saturday’s opening round of the Class 4A state tournament, but the Lady Bengals made a pair of first-inning tallies stand up for a 2-0 victory. Sophomore Morgan Belone went 2-for-3 with a double for the Lady Bengals (20-5), and knocked in both runs in the first inning. Senior Brenna Becenti finished 2-for-2 and scored a run. Freshman Annaleah Lujan went the distance in the circle for the Lady Rams (10-16), allowing just six hits with three walks...
RIO RANCHO – Seeded 15th, Clovis High’s baseball team gave No. 2 Rio Rancho a run for its money in their Class 5A opening-round best-of-three series over the weekend. In the end, the Wildcats came up short, dropping a 2-0 decision to the Rams in Saturday’s second game, winning the series 2-0. Rio Rancho (24-4) advanced to a 10 a.m. Thursday quarterfinal matchup at Jennifer Riordan Spark Kindness Sports Complex in Albuquerque against seventh-seeded Carlsbad (21-7), which completed a sweep of Centennial on Saturday by edgin...
ALBUQUERQUE – Three area teams came home with second-place finishes in small-school state track competition over the weekend at the University of New Mexico’s track complex. District 6-1A rival Logan, led by a strong performance from junior Hayden Judd, nipped Melrose 100-98 for the Class 1A boys team championship. The teams were tied 90-90 going into the 1,600 relay finale, and the Longhorns finished first in the event while the Buffaloes were second. Meantime, Texico led for much of Class 2A boys meet before defending cha...
Today *Stitch Addicts stitch group – 1:30 p.m., Clovis-Carver Public Library, 701 N. Main St., Clovis. Information: 575-763-9687 *Clovis-Carver Public Library Page Turners book club — 6:30 p.m., Ingram Room, Clovis-Carver Public Library, 701 N. Main, Clovis. Discussion: Bring your own book. Information: 575-763-9687 Thursday *Grand opening and ribbon cutting – new Hillcrest Senior Life Center, 1704 E. Seventh St., Clovis. Doors open 9 a.m .; ribbon cutting at 2 p.m .; dance 3-7 p.m. Clovis’ new state-of-the-art senior...
Today *Clovis Local Emergency Planning Committee (LEPC) — 1 p.m., North Annex, Clovis-Carver Public Library. Information: 575-769-7828 Thursday *United States Senator Martin Heinrich (D-NM) staff mobile office hours – 11 a.m.-noon, Curry County Administrative Complex, 417 Gidding St., Suite 100, Clovis. Constituents are invited to meet with staff for any concerns about Social Security benefits, Medicare, immigration, veterans’ benefits, student loans, and other federal programs. Information: call Heinrich’s Roswell Office...
It’s that time of year, when just about every newspaper in the state gives front-page attention to at least one local graduation. They’re always a big deal, especially to those who walk across that ceremonial stage and make their families proud. It’s also the time when yours truly offers some less-than-conventional advice to those who are about to move on to bigger and better things: First, let’s dispel the notion that you can be anything you set your mind to becoming, because you can’t. If you’re short, you won’t likel...
I’m often wondering “why?” about stuff. As a matter of fact, a buddy of mine said he’d get me a tombstone for when I’ve “gone on to Glory” that simply reads: WHAT DOES THIS MEAN? I don’t remember many of the short stories the writer Raymond Carver penned, but I remember one single line from one of them: “Who knows why we do what we do.” I remember I got an answer to one wonderment I had straight from someone who’d done it. It was when I was working in “big-city” radio. It wasn’t small-town radio like I was used to. I ran t...
It seems silly to write a column about the recent college protests. It’s not really news when privileged students who have never been in the line of fire and whose most pressing concern is what pronoun they’ll use on any given day decide to rise up against the establishment. And yet, here we are. Across the nation, college students have been raising their voices against what some call a “genocide” and others call “Zionist oppression.” They have been supported in their misgu...
History on the rerun. Ghosts of Mississippi. Magnolia State maintains its horrendously racist image. Any of the statements could be used to describe the images shown across the nation at the University of Mississippi at Oxford. Dozens of students at the university’s flagship campus gathered to protest Israel’s war in Gaza and to call for the school to be transparent in its potential dealings with Israel. These demonstrators were confronted with hundreds of counter-protesters,...
Despite the rain and chilly weather, 30 volunteers came together to improve Hillcrest Park Zoo on Saturday. Zoo Director Stephanie Chavez said volunteers were split into teams at the Love the Zoo event, "to divide and conquer" the projects planned. "It was something where I even got emotional. Seeing everyone out in the rain, cold and wet, they were still smiling the entire time. It made me so happy and grateful to be a part of a community that loves their zoo so much,"...
The Hillcrest Senior Life Center at 1704 E. Seventh St., has scheduled its grand opening for Thursday. According to a news release from the Clovis-Curry County Chamber of Commerce, the opening is described as “a significant milestone in the City’s commitment to supporting and enriching the lives of its senior area residents.” The celebration is planned throughout the day with doors open at 9 a.m., a Chamber ribbon cutting set for 2 p.m. and a dance slated from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m....
Cornerstone Caregiving has opened an office in Clovis. The business held its grand opening Friday at its location in the Hilltop Shopping Plaza. Kelly Lindner, Cornerstone’s marketing director, described the business as one that “Provides non-medical in-home care.” “We send licensed, bonded caregivers into people’s homes, doing basically everything that nurses generally don’t do like light housekeeping, bathing, incontinence care and such,” Lindner said. Lindner said in addition to Clovis, Cornerstone has offices in Lu...
