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Edwina Miller, age 73, of Rio Rancho, NM passed away on Sunday, May 19, 2024. Edwina was born in Clovis, NM on Monday, January 1, 1951, to the parents; Victoriano Fajardo and Casianita "Annie" Fajardo. She married Scott Miller on December 23, 1969, they settled in Clovis, NM and had two daughters: Michelle L. Miller Grimes and Leslie D. San Juan. She attended school in Clovis, NM. Her greatest joy in life was being a wife to her wonderful husband, Scott, a mother to 2...
Larry Beevers passed away May 19th in the presence of family and friends at his home in Clovis, NM. He was 74 years old. Larry was born in Clovis, NM to Jake W. and Beatrice N. Beevers on December 17, 1949. He lived in several towns in and around New Mexico while growing up. Larry graduated from Window Rock High School in Ft Defiance, AZ in 1968. While in high school, Larry met his first wife, Susan Garrison. Their union produced two sons, Tony Beevers, and Larry Beevers....
Douglas Barry Stone was born February 2, 1938, in Portales, NM to Douglas Beasley and Dona Locke Stone. Barry passed into Eternal Glory on May 21, 2024, with his characteristic courage, dignity, and grace. Barry had a highly successful Law Practice, was a Rancher and ultimately a Banker. Barry was a notable Scholar, Orator and Athlete extraordinaire his entire Public High School career. He graduated in 1956 from Portales High School, where he had set and then held the State...
A Portales motorcycle driver died Friday after what law officers described as a hit and run with a pickup on U.S. 70 and South Roosevelt Road P. Roosevelt County Sheriff Javier Sanchez said the motorcyclist was 24-year-old Taylor Gulley. Sanchez said the crash was reported to officials at 2:27 p.m. Sanchez said there was a witness report of a “blue pickup” pulling a single-axle utility-style trailer near the scene. Officials said the vehicle traveled southbound on South Roosevelt Road P after the crash. Gulley was taken to... Full story
Class 4A, 5A state meets Friday, Saturday at Albuquerque Boys Class 5A Team standings: 1. Rio Rancho Cleveland 75; 2. Rio Rancho 62; 3. Organ Mountain 52; 4. Santa Fe High 47; 5. Albuquerque High 41; 6. La Cueva 40; 7. Las Cruces High 23; 8. Sandia 20; 9. Centennial 19 ½; 10. (tie) Eldorado and Hobbs 19; 12. Piedra Vista 14 ½; 13. (tie) Alamogordo and Roswell High 9; 15. Volcano Vista 6; 16. (four-way tie) Cibola, Clovis, Gadsden and Mayfield 5; 20. (tie) Carlsbad and Farmington 4; 22. Atrisco Heritage 1. Clovis results F...
On this date ... 1941: Law officers across eastern New Mexico and west Texas were patrolling highways in search of a lone bandit who robbed the First National Bank in Levelland, Texas. The man got away with $20,533, officials said, locking employees in the bank’s vault. Witnesses said the robber had two pistols and escaped in a Ford pickup. A nearby farmer’s son confessed to the robbery a few days later and all but $78 was found, most of it buried under a seed bin on his family’s property. 1942: The “suddenly announc...
A sinkhole. That’s what I was told our little community of Muleshoe recently acquired on the east side of our town. Full disclosure: I have not seen this new-to-us geological feature with my own eyes. I’ve not even seen pictures yet. I’ve mostly heard second- or third-hand reports that may or may not be accurate, and, though I try not to spread lies and gossip in this column, I warn you that the words I’m stringing together here today are not in the same universe as serious...
Today *Eastern New Mexico Local Food Summit – 8 a.m.-4 p.m., room 101, Clovis Community College, 417 Schepps Blvd., Clovis. Sponsored by Ogallala Commons in collaboration with the Small Business Development Center at CC, and other civic organizations in Curry and Roosevelt counties. Presentations and field trips on local food production, groundwater, soil health, etc. Registration (including catered lunch) $35 at the door. Information: Berlin Arellano, Ogallala Commons NM Regional Coordinator, at (505)795-9848 or berlin@ogall...
Booked The following were booked into local jails (Friday - Tuesday): Clovis • Roberto Echerivel, 43, resisting, evading or obstructing an officer, shoplifting, tampering with evidence • Jonathan Romero, 28, probation violation • Amanda Mascarenas, 39, failure to pay fines • Jennifer Contreras, 36, failure to appear on misdemeanor charge • Adrian Loya, 31, parole violation • Isaiah Johnson, 27, battery, failure to pay fines • Claudia Romero-Delgado, 33, failure to pay fines • Sharon Lewis, 59, battery upon a health care worke...
RICHARDSON, Texas – Twelve members of the Eastern New Mexico University track teams earned All-Lone Star Conference recognition in selections announced by the conference office. Seven of the honorees were from the women’s squad, which finished third in the recent LSC championships, including first-teamers in sophomore thrower Kennedy Ulmer and freshman sprinter Grizell Scarlett. Ulmer took first place in javelin in the LSC meet at San Angelo, Texas, and also finished second in discus (154-6). Scarlett took first in the 100...
SAN ANGELO, Texas – Angelo State junior and Clovis High 2021 grad Camryn Barros captured the Lone Star Conference women’s pole vault title earlier this month while teammate and Portales High 2022 alum Kylyie Paden came in fourth. Barros tied Texas-Tyler junior Abeni Kratzmeyer for the top spot at 11 feet,11 ¾ inches, but earned the No. 1 standing based on fewer misses. Meantime, Paden shared third with sophomore Olivia Mitchell of Tyler at 11-6 ½, but settled for the lower spot in the standings based on misses. Barros was n...
ALBUQUERQUE – Gabrielle Foggie didn't win the race she'd hoped to win, but she did enough to help Clovis High's girls earn a top-10 finish in Class 5A state track over the weekend. Foggie came up short in her bid to repeat last year's 400 title as a sophomore, but not for lack of effort. In a fast field, she claimed second place in the event in a time of 57.20 seconds, trailing Las Cruces High junior standout Kaselle Davis (55.58). Seven of the eight finalists ran times of u...
ALBUQUERQUE – Portales High's girls certainly weren't going to catch Los Alamos on Saturday night, either in the 1,600 relay finale or the overall team standings. So the Lady Rams did the next-best thing – they took second in the relay, inching the team past Belen and into seventh place in final Class 4A girls standings. PHS finished with 23 ½ points while the Lady Eagles, who were sixth in the relay race, dropped to eighth place with 20 points. No one but no one was...
Peabody Jim and Libby Peabody will celebrate 50 years of marriage on May 25. The high school sweethearts married in Tucumcari, attended Eastern New Mexico University, and raised three boys, all of whom graduated from Texico where Jim and Libby still live. Jim is the pastor of Pleasant Hill Baptist Church and Libby retired from teaching at Texico. Their family is hosting a public celebration reception from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday at Pleasant Hill Baptist Church....
The Clovis-Curry County Chamber of Commerce has named its newest “Retail Rockstar,” Clovis Steel. Clovis Steel will be honored with a presentation of the award at 8:30 a.m. Thursday at the business located at 2405 S. Prince St. Clovis Steel was nominated for the award by the previous winner of the award, Backwoods Apparel & Graphics....
Portales’ city pool won’t be opening this summer, officials said. “The pool itself needs to be resealed and refurbished, electrical and IT equipment replaced, pumps replaced, chlorinator replaced and filter sand as well as all of the piping for the baby pool replaced,” interim City Manager T.J. Cathey said. The project is “not feasible this year,” he said. He said the discussion on closing the pool began early this year, before he was appointed interim city manager. City Council members are expected to talk with officials a...
Lt. Gen. Tony Bauernfeind, former Cannon Air Force Base commander, has been nominated by President Joe Biden to become superintendent of the U.S. Air Force Academy. The announcement was reported on the Academy’s website. “I am humbled by the nomination to be the 22nd Superintendent of our Academy,” said Bauernfeind. “The opportunity to develop warfighters, leaders of character and quality, and critical thinkers for our Air Force and Space Force is an honor. I look forward to building on the legacy (of the Academy) as we ready...
Most people knew Joan Martinez-Terry as the longtime, dedicated, hard-working Portales city clerk. I did, too. But above all else, she became one of my first real friends when I moved to Portales many years ago. When I started as city editor for the Portales News-Tribune in June 1991, she was working across the street at Portales City Hall. I attended every Portales City Council meeting and she did, too. I learned fast that she was the go-to person for any questions about Portales. I saw firsthand her tireless public service...
What’s happening on CNN and MSNBC is disgusting, but not surprising. Some of their so-called pundits and reporters have been downright giddy while watching Donald Trump on trial in New York City. They think the New York DA’s office is doing God’s work, not Joe Biden’s. They love watching lying lowlifes like porn star Stormy Daniels and Trump’s former fixer Michael Cohen testifying against the ex-president. It doesn’t matter to losers like Joe & Mika and Jen Psaki that the De...
The last time the Democrats and the Republicans held a White House rematch with the same two contenders was 1956, when Ike beat Adlai Stevenson for the second straight time. Earlier, there were redos with William McKinley and William Jennings Bryan (McKinley won both in 1896 and 1900) and Grover Cleveland vs. Benjamin Harrison (in 1888, Harrison defeated the incumbent Cleveland, who then staged a comeback victory in 1892). In the pre-Civil War days, before the GOP existed, when there were Whigs and such, Martin Van Buren...
If you ask me, history is speeding up. Used to be, things didn’t change much from one generation to another, but with the onset of the 20th century, it all began to accelerate. And, now that we’re a couple of decades into the 21st century, we’re living as if the past doesn’t matter anymore. But of course, it does. History is how we got here, and it portends where we’re going. My baby-boomer generation has been through some incredible history. We were raised during the Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and ’60s, which led o...
Eastern New Mexico saw some rainfall last week, including 1.37 inches southwest of Portales. But weather forecasters are warning area residents to prepare for a hot, dry summer. Temperatures have been well into the 90s of late and the Roswell area has already reached triple digits. “Generally, a lot of eastern New Mexico is running about 10 to 12 degrees above average,” said Todd Shoemake, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Albuquerque. For those that aren’t fans of the heat, Shoemake said he doesn...
Dog and cat owners in eastern New Mexico can look forward to a free vaccine clinic and low-cost microchips next weekend. On June 1 and June 2, from 7 a.m. to 10:30 a.m., the High Plains Humane Society, Rezdawg Rescue, and Greater Good Charities will allow healthy dogs and cats to come receive vaccines and microchips. The available vaccines are distemper/parvo for dogs, FVRCP for cats, and rabies for both. Microchips are only $15 per animal. “Canine distemper is a huge issue in the area. It is highly contagious and carries a...
We have a black cat that spends a few minutes every day walking through the house, meowing loudly. Why? I don't know, it's a cat thing. "He's probably protesting that he's not an only cat," I said once to The Lady of the House. I thought of our black cat as I considered Pinocchio, the lone donkey who has his own spread of land up at Clovis' Ned Houk Park. Apparently his cantankerousness with other donkeys is how he ended up at Ned Houk Park. I didn't used to know a thing...
Today *City of Clovis Public Works Committee – 8:30 a.m., North Annex, Clovis-Carver Public Library, 701 N. Main, Clovis. Information: 575-763-9654 *Clovis Local Emergency Planning Committee (LEPC) — 1 p.m., North Annex, Clovis-Carver Public Library. Information: 575-769-7828 *Agriculture leasing town hall for southeastern New Mexico – 1-3 p.m., New Mexico Department of Game and Fish, 1615 West College, Roswell. Open to current agricultural lessees and those interested in learning more about agricultural leasing with the N...
