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Editor’s note: This is the first in a series of stories on Eastern New Mexico University athletes heading to the Division II national track and field championships. Saturday’s story will feature junior sprinter Danee Bustos. PORTALES — She doesn’t really know how good she is, but everybody else seems to have a pretty good idea. That’s pretty much been Eastern New Mexico sprinter Kandice Miles’ track career in a nutshell, as others always believed in her, but it’s just recently that’s she’s starting to finally believe i... Full story
PORTALES — May can be one of the busiest college basketball months. Busy not with basketballs dribbling and scoreboards flashing, but with scouts’ eyes roving and pens signing on the dotted line. It’s the heart of the offseason, a time in the basketball year almost as important as the season itself. Eastern New Mexico University men’s coach Tres Segler and ENMU women’s coach Josh Prock are no different than any other college coaches. They too spend their springs trying to build a successful winter, and Thursday, each anno... Full story
Eastern New Mexico University's food services provider will soon be able to provide beer and wine at corporate and private events on campus. At a May 11 meeting at the ENMU-Roswell Campus, the university's board of regents unanimously approved the acquisition of a governmental beer and wine license for Sodexo, according to Coordinator of Media Relations Desiree Cooper. The contract with Sodexo will allow for beer and wine to be served at private and corporate events at... Full story
CLOVIS — A Cannon Air Force Base senior airman was found dead Monday evening in a Clovis park from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, according to base officials. Jasmine Lovett, assigned to the 27th Special Operations Wing Special Operations Security Forces Squadron, was found around 6 p.m. at Ned Houk Park, according to a news release posted on the base’s website. The incident is under investigation by Clovis police, said base spokesman John Rebello. Lovett was active duty with the Air Force for four years, he said. Lov...
The following marriage licenses were compiled from court records through Wednesday at the Curry County clerk’s office: • Jonathan Edward Rodriguez, 38, to Lorena Sanchez, 41, both of Clovis • William Tyrone Johnson, 49, of Oklahoma City, to Jennifer Lea Baker, 42, of Bridgeport, Texas • Jose Raul Mondragon, 34, to Shawna Marie Perales, 35, both of Clovis • Miguel Perez-Ruiz, 35, to Diana Stephanie Calleros-Hernandez, 23, both of Clovis • Samuel Warren Bacon, 39, to Andrea Nichole Gonzales-Shoffit, 34, both of Clovis • Rayburn...
Booked The following were booked into local jails Wednesday: Clovis • Francisco Jimenez, 31, driving under the influence of liquor • Larry Hopewell, 51, failure to register vehicle • Greg Alvarado, 44, battery against a household member, assault against a household member • Deborah Hudson, 44, fraud ($250 or less) • Alex Garcia, 21, possession of marijuana, possession of drug paraphernalia, concealing identity, failure to appear at time and place stated in citation • Juanita Sena, 48, forgery, theft of identity, possession...
Military families, don’t pass up a chance to get your culture fix for free this summer. The New Mexico Department of Cultural Affairs announced on Wednesday that military personnel and their families will have free access to eight state-run museums and cultural sites from Memorial Day through Labor Day. In a press release, NMDCA Cabinet Secretary Veronica Gonzales explained that the locations were joining more than 2,000 museums nationally in the “Blue Star Museums” initiative, which “honors the sacrifices of our militar...
On this date ... 1968: Ned Houk, who served six terms on the Clovis City Commission and two terms as mayor, died at Clovis Memorial Hospital. He was 85. Houk had been in poor health for some time, and had resigned his post on the commission in November 1967. In honor of his long years of service to the city, the commission voted to rename Running Water Draw Park as the Ned Houk Recreational Area. Houk came to Clovis in 1911, opening one of the first meat markets and butcher...
PORTALES — The parking lot behind Portales’ City Hall will be closed from 6 p.m. today until 10 a.m. Saturday, according to a city news release. The lot will be closed for cleaning, repair and restriping, the release said....
CLOVIS — The intersection around Seventh and Sycamore streets in Clovis will be closed for two days next week. A city of Clovis news release said the area will be closed from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Monday and Tuesday because New Mexico Gas Company will be conducting maintenance on a gas line. More information: Call J.D. Gutierrez, New Mexico Gas Company, at 575-763-8429....
PORTALES — Ryan Spence had, by most metrics, a pretty successful first season as women's soccer coach at Eastern New Mexico University, and there was no indication he wouldn't return for a second campaign. But when your alma mater calls, it's tough to say no. Spence resigned Thursday from his post with the Greyhounds to become the fifth women's soccer coach in Midwestern State history. "My time here at ENMU was short but definitely impactful for my wife and I," Spence said. "...
CLOVIS — The Clovis City Commission, citing a shortfall of commissioners to attend, postponed its meeting scheduled Thursday. The meeting is rescheduled for 5:15 p.m. Monday at the North Annex of the Clovis-Carver Public Library. Assistant City Manager Claire Burroughes said three commissioners had out-of-town business on Thursday. She also cited an illness as a contributing factor to the postponement. Burroughes said it was better to postpone given the importance of some business items. The city will consider $4.5 million i...
CLOVIS — The longtime director of health services for Clovis Municipal Schools, who has overseen considerable progress in the district’s health care capabilities, will be retiring at the end of the school year. Rhonda Sparks said she has been with CMS for 19 years, starting as a school nurse at Los Niños Early Intervention Center, Barry Elementary and Marshall Middle School before taking over as director health services director a year or two. Sparks’ mentor and CMS board member Cindy Osborn said with Sparks leaving the di...
Many people that struggle with drug addiction focus on taking. The members of the Ninth Judicial District Drug Court Program are learning how to give back. The 15 month program requires drug offenders to attend therapy sessions and recovery meetings, submit to regular drug tests and participate in volunteer work, according to Curry County Drug Court Coordinator Brian Forde. “We’ve participated with the food bank, and we’ve done that when they’ve had food drives. Last Saturday we’ve also participated with the post office when...
Monday • Grady Board of Education — 6 p.m. at Grady Municipal Schools, 100 Franklin St., Grady. Information: 575-357-2192 Tuesday • Clovis Board of Education — 5:30 p.m. at the Clovis Municipal School District Board Room, 1009 Main St. Information: 575-769-4300 • Portales City Council — 6:30 p.m. at the Memorial Building, 200 E. Seventh St., Portales. Information: 575-356-6662 Wednesday • Clovis Public Works Committee — 8:30 a.m. at the Bert Cabiness City Government Center, 321 N. Connelly St., Clovis. Information: 57...
Today • Clovis High School graduation — 6 p.m. at the Curry County Events Center. The ceremony will be live-streamed at http://clovis-schools.org/graduation.html. Information: 575-769-4350 • Fort Sumner High School graduation — 6 p.m. at the Fort Sumner High School Gymnasium. Information: 575-355-7734 • Bovina High School graduation — 7 p.m. (CDT) at the Bovina High School Auditorium. Information: 806-251-1336 • Muleshoe High School graduation — 7 p.m. (CDT) at Muleshoe High School Gymnasium. Information: 806-272-7400 Sa...
It had to be a government production, the sign I saw. Only a glassy-eyed bean-counting bureaucrat with common sense completely and laboriously expunged by years of mind-numbing training could have produced it. (Your tax dollars at work.) Posted above a busy tramway, the sign proclaimed in large letters: TOUCHING WIRES CAUSES INSTANT DEATH. Good information, that. But then in smaller letters was posted this message: “$200 Fine.” Well, fine indeed. But I’m not exactly sure...
At times I am amused at the commercials on television, especially those advertising a new improved product. For instance, new washing machine soap has 30 percent more cleaning power. A new window cleaner that spirts out through a high-powered hose has 100 percent more pressure and the ingredients are advertised as having 100 percent more cleaning power. I even saw a commercial for septic tanks and the new and improved power ingredient promises 50 percent more “targeted” act...
There’s always lots of attention paid to the action-packed part of cattleworking that is really just the middle. But before you can brand those calves, you’ve got to get everything ready. There’s the obvious part of getting the calves that you are gonna work to the pen where you are gonna work ’em. That can be as western as horseback over rough country, or it can involve any combination of pickups, four-wheelers, motorcycles, and the odd old military transport vehicle you pic...
