Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
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Most of eastern New Mexico was soaked Monday night, the first significant moisture for the region since late summer. Rainfall totals were consistently 1-2 inches and more throughout Curry and Roosevelt counties and into the Texas Panhandle. Areas around Muleshoe recorded 3 inches and more. For most local communities Monday's downpour was more moisture than has been seen the past seven months combined. "It's a godsend," said Aaron Scott, farm manager at the New Mexico State...
A one vehicle accident east of Portales early Monday morning resulted in the death of an Albuquerque man. According to a news release from the New Mexico State Police Septimus Goyahkla Tarango, 22, was westbound on U.S. 70 near Roosevelt Road 3 around 2 a.m. Monday. Tarango was driving a 2005 Chevrolet pickup truck when, for unknown reasons, the truck left the highway, rolled and ejected Tarango. Tarango was then hit by a passing vehicle. He suffered fatal injuries in the crash and was pronounced deceased on the scene by the...
Booked The following were booked into local jails (Friday - Tuesday): Clovis * Benny Preston, 40, conspiracy to commit aggravated burglary, aggravated battery, false imprisonment, aggravated burglary, aggravated fleeing a law enforcement officer * Nancy Mascarenas, 47, possession of a firearm or destructive device by a felon * Dustyn Catanzaro, 26, probation violation, failure to pay fines * Gilbert Lopez, 50, failure to appear on a felony charge, resisting, evading or obstructing an officer, expired registration plate,...
An area dairy farmer who lost his entire herd from perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) contamination is getting help from the New Mexico Environment Department. A news release from Matthew Maez, communications director with NMED, describes what happened to Highland Dairy as PFAS-contaminated groundwater from Cannon Air Force Base migrated offsite and resulted in contamination of thousands of cows at Highland Dairy, a fourth-generation operation which is now closed. Years of Air Force fire crew training using...
SANTA FE – In response to a nationwide infant formula shortage, the New Mexico Early Childhood Education and Care Department (ECECD) launched a new Facebook group, “ NM Infant Formula Support Network.” According to a news release from the ECECD the group establishes a space for parents and caregivers in the state to crowd source access to formula and other nutritional supports for their babies. State ECECD cabinet secretary Elizabeth Groginsky said the release that while New Mexico is not experiencing as acute a short...
Curry County is presenting a budget to the state for approval for fiscal 2023 that will be $5.8 million lower than the budget for fiscal 2022. The Curry County Commission on Tuesday unanimously approved the smaller fiscal 2023 preliminary budget, which must now be reviewed by the New Mexico Department of Finance and Administration (DFA) before a final budget is compiled and receives final approval by July 30. Fiscal 2023 begins July 1 and ends June 30, 2023. County Manager Lance Pyle told the commission the county is “in v...
In the first chapter of the Gospel of John, a chapter utterly amazing from its very first verse, we have, among much else, the story of Christ’s calling of his first disciples (apostles). Two of them did some of the greatest work of their lives right then. Andrew went and told his brother Peter about Jesus and, literally, brought him to Christ, saying, “We have found the Messiah!” And when Jesus, on the next day, himself calls Philip (who was, like Andrew and Peter, from...
If you want to understand the impact that technology is having on us, consider the history of tobacco. Perhaps you know that Native Americans first introduced tobacco to Europeans, who turned it into a cash crop of great importance to the English colonies along the east coast of what we now call the United States. Europe was their first international market, with tobacco touted for its medicinal benefits. But it was a labor-intensive crop that became far more profitable when slaves were brought in to grow, harvest and cure...
Portales High School is set to celebrate one of the oldest traditions in eastern New Mexico this week, with the winding of the Maypole. Maypole came up in a conversation with my friend, Jean Grissom, a few months back. You may remember her as the former resident of this area who I wrote about last October after I learned she had kept a daily diary for 83 years. Jean, who has lived in Paris, Texas, since 2009, turned 95 last month. In one of our periodic phone calls, I asked...
They don’t try to communicate, and they don’t respond when we try to communicate with them. They speed away if we get too close. They move faster than anything known in this world and violate the laws of physics. At least 11 times, they’ve nearly collided with American military aircraft. And we have no idea what UFOs, now known as unidentified aerial phenomena (UAP), are. Representatives from the military recently told a subcommittee of the House Intelligence Committee that fast-moving objects are entering U.S. airsp...
People like the murderer in the Buffalo, N.Y., grocery store will always find justification to be evil losers. He would have found some excuse even if no one had ever suspected that government is trying, for political purposes, to dilute the culture with those who don’t share it. The way to fight such ideas is to openly discuss them, not censorship. If you choose to censor ideas, I’ll think you have no argument against them. They will also always find something to use as a w...
On this date ... 1972: A “thoughtless vandal” had cost a Clovis child a painful and severe foot injury, according to a report by Clovis News-Journal Managing Editor Bill Southard. “There’s a small ‘Whirl-A-Way’ ride – a sort of merry-go-round – south of the main entrance to Hillcrest Park,” Southard wrote, “and recently some knothead took a bar or tool and broke the brackets from the frame on which the horses were mounted. Because of this, a youngster caught a foot in the frame … The result was a badly lacerated and possibl...
PORTALES - When Portales schools transitioned to remote learning in 2020, learning in isolation was already routine for Elijah Pritchett, who is scheduled to graduate from Portales High School on Friday night. Pritchett had been learning remotely since 10th grade, when a sudden onslaught of frequent and still mysterious seizures resulted in her withdrawal from in-person classes. Since then, Pritchett has done her learning from home, and despite sometimes lengthy interruptions...
Early and absentee voting continues in the days before the June 7 New Mexico primary. As the week began Curry County clerk Annie Hogland reported the county turnout as: Early voting 506 ballots cast. Of those 67 were Democrat, three were Libertarian and 436 Republican. In absentee by mail balloting 112 were issued: 31 Democrat and 81 Republican. Of those issued 15 have been returned. Early voting continues at North Plains Mall begins tomorrow, says Hogland. Early voting continues at the Curry County Administrative Complex, 41...
Michael Booth is the new Fire and Safety Director for Curry County. Booth will also act as the County’s Fire Marshal. Booth assumed the posts May 18 in advance of the retirement of Fire and Safety Director David Kube later this month. Booth, a resident of Curry County for 28 years, has over 20 years experience in positions such as paramedic and firefighter/EMT and has served as the volunteer fire chief for the Broadview fire department for three years. Booth is in the process of completing his Bachelor’s Degree of Fire Sci...
Editor's note: Part 1 of this two-part series was published in Sunday's paper. It's also published online: www.easternnewmexiconews.com The letter Navajo students wrote in 1990 – asking "Where is our history?" -- helped Bosque Redondo officials realize they had a lot of work to do in completing their efforts to reflect events leading up to The Long Walk and life on the reservation. Saturday's unveiling of a permanent exhibit -- Bosque Redondo: A Place of Suffering ... A P...
