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Shad Mayfield had to play through pain all year. The reward was his first All-Around World Championship secured Saturday night at the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo in Las Vegas, Nev. Mayfield scored the Pro Rodeo Cowboys Association's biggest honor by earning $335,474 over 80 rodeos throughout 2024. He finished just $675 ahead of second-place Coleman Proctor of Oklahoma. Mayfield, primarily a calf roper who has won a PRCA tie-down title and finished second this year, said...
An early morning fire Saturday claimed the lives of three children and left five other people hospitalized, officials said. Firefighters were called to a trailer home on Conestoga Trail south of Clovis at 2:33 a.m. Clovis Fire Department Battalion Chief Chris Elam said the home was “fully involved” when firefighters arrived and the injured were in the yard outside. “It appears everyone was asleep (when the fire began). The children perished inside the residence,” Elam said. Two of the adults were initially in critical conditi...
Thursday Basketball Boys Clovis in Clovis holiday tournament Portales in Pojoaque tournament Texico in Citizens Bank tournament at Texico Melrose in Clovis holiday tournament Grady at Clayton, 7 p.m. Dora in Capitan tournament Girls Clovis in Clovis holiday tournament Texico in Citizens Bank tournament Grady at Clayton, 5:30 p.m. Melrose, Dora in Capitan tournament Friday Basketball Boys Clovis in Clovis holiday tournament Portales in Pojoaque tournament Texico in Citizens Bank tournament at Texico Melrose in Moriarty...
TUCUMCARI -- Once facing potential closure, Mesalands Community College seemingly has “turned the corner” from a doomsday scenario after improving management of its finances, the Office of the State Auditor said last week. But according to Allen Moss, the institution’s president, Mesalands’ future is still uncertain. “I think we can safely say we’re not looking at closure,” he said. “I’d like to think we did everything we could to show that we’re stabilizing and that we can continue as an independent community college, but th...
LAREDO, Texas – Isaiah Somers hit a three-point shot with 21 seconds to play in overtime and Texas A&M International’s defense made it stand up for a 79-78 win over Eastern New Mexico University on Sunday. The Greyhounds had time for a final shot, but A&M’s Duncan Alevok blocked Mario Whitley’s field-goal try out of bounds for the difference in the game. The Greyhounds went on an 11-0 run late in the second half to force overtime and didn’t trail in the extra period until Somers’ game-winner. The outcome left both teams...
Peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. I grew up on them. They were the first thing I learned to make in the kitchen. That and a glass of milk. Microwaves hadn’t been invented yet. Playing basketball on a dirt patch in our back yard. That’s where I learned to dribble and shoot with one hand. And football in our front yard. When no one else was around, I’d take the hike from an imaginary center, drop back and throw to the trees, believing that I was the star quarterback in a universe I could only imagine. Those were simpl...
The biggest stories in the national media of late both came from the mad streets of New York. The manslaughter trial of Daniel Penny, the young man who accidentally killed a crazed homeless man on the subway, and the cold-blooded assassination of a healthcare CEO on the sidewalks of Manhattan both deserved the saturation coverage and commentary they received. But the way in which the stories were spun by the left-liberal news media shows what a sick, upside-down mentality...
Luigi Mangione, the accused killer of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, is being hailed by many as a hero. There’s something profoundly wrong with that. From the time of Thompson’s murder on a Manhattan street caught in surveillance camera photos, to snippets of Mangione’s alleged movements while on the run, online praise for Mangione has run neck and neck with vitriol for health insurers. Google removed a flood of negative McDonald’s reviews after a fast-food employee in an Altoona, Pa., location reported Mangion...
This Christmas I find myself wondering yet again about those Bethlehem shepherds. It’s possible, of course, that the Almighty chose these particular sheepherders as recipients of the angelic birth announcement of his Son because they were a sheep-shearing cut above the other sheep guys in the region. Maybe they were better-dressed than most, draped in new camo robes ordered from Zimfela’s Catalog complete with hook-and-loop-secured mesh pockets for their ZX-7 night vision she...
Wednesday *Tiny Tots storytime: Winter – 10 a.m., Clovis-Carver Public Library, 701 N. Main St., Clovis. Information: 575-769-7840 *Preschool storytime: “Merry Little Christmas” — 10:30 a.m., Portales Public Library, 218 S. Ave. B, Portales. Information: 575-356-3940 *Stitch Addicts stitch group – 1:30 p.m., Clovis-Carver Public Library, 701 N. Main St., Clovis. Information: 575-763-9687 *Teens and Tweens: Game On: Bring your favorite games – 4:30 p.m., Portales Public Library, 218 S. Ave. B, Portales. Open to ages 9-18....
The Clovis Economic Development Corp. has been awarded a $10,000 grant from the New Mexico Foundation’s Sustaining New Mexico Fund. According to a news release from CED Executive Director Tina Dziuk, the funding will support CED’s business incubator program. Dziuk described the program as “a key initiative to foster entrepreneurship and self-sufficiency within Curry County.” “The Sustaining New Mexico Fund’s mission is to strengthen communities across the state by promoting social equity, supporting economic opportuniti...
Clovis High School’s Career and Education Program Coordinator Adrian Lucero has been selected as the Region IV Experienced Professional Fellow for the 2025 Association for Career and Technical Education National Leadership Fellowship Program. According to a news release from Clovis Municipal Schools, the recognition “highlights Lucero’s dedication to career and technical education and his commitment to professional growth and leadership.” The fellowship program is a yearlong initiative, running from January to Decembe...
A Clovis man on Monday pleaded guilty to drug trafficking. District Attorney Quentin Ray stated in a news release that Brandon Romero, 26, was sentenced to seven years in prison by District Judge David Reeb. “Once Romero has completed his sentence, he will be released on two years’ parole and five years’ supervised probation,” Ray stated in the news release....
In New Mexico's sprawling northeast corner, residents have only one health care option, for everything from medical emergencies to annual physical exams: Union County General Hospital, a full-service facility in Clayton, the tiny county seat. In just over a month, it might be forced to close its doors for good. UCGH faces many of the same pressures that are straining rural hospitals throughout New Mexico and across the country. Declining populations and low reimbursement rates...
My appreciation for our neighbor to the north, Canada, goes way back. Back to when I was a Boy Scout and I had Canadian dreams. Or when my dad, the hotel man, was once in consideration for a managing position at a hotel in Banff, Alberta, in the Canadian Rockies. A place where elk wandered around on the hotel grounds. I thought of those deep forests, the huge lakes, the snow-capped mountains, the raging rivers, the seemingly endless lakes scattered everywhere, and much more. And when I worked with a Canadian here in Clovis,...
On this date … 1936: C.V. Steed Undertaking was “serving Clovis since Clovis began,” according to its newspaper advertisement. Anyone needing ambulance service or funeral service could reach Steed at phone number 14. 1954: Fourteen floats were entered in the upcoming Christmas Pageant Parade in downtown Clovis. The parade route was set to begin at West Seventh and Mitchell streets, then proceed down Mitchell to West First, over to Main Street and then to Ninth Street, where it would end. All of the floats were spons...
An annual military spending bill that New Mexico's federal laboratories and military installations rely on is expected to be taken up by the U.S. Senate this week. The $895 billion National Defense Authorization Act would provide $2.2 billion in defense spending to New Mexico. It passed the House of Representatives by 281-140 last week. Some of New Mexico's congressional representatives voted against the bill because of an amendment related to restricting coverage of gender-affirming care in certain instances, but the...
Shad Mayfield is atop the rodeo world. The Clovis native captured the Pro Rodeo Cowboys Association All-Around World Championship Saturday night before 17,227 fans at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas, Nev. Mayfield, primarily a calf roper, earned $335,474 for the all-around title, edging second-place Coleman Proctor, a steer roper from Pryor, Okla., by just $675. Mayfield also finished second in the PRCA’s final tie-down roping standings, trailing only Riley Webb of Dento...
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