Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
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Portales police said less than $300 was taken in an armed robbery Tuesday at KC Express at 601 W. Second St. A man entered the store around 5 p.m., according to Chief Deputy of Police Lonnie Berry. The robber held a handgun, demanded money and a clerk gave him cash from the register, Berry said, adding the robber left on foot. Berry said police are following leads and no arrests have been made yet....
CNJ staff photo: Kevin Wilson Kent Cravens, left, answers a question while Brian Moore, center, and John Sanchez look on during Thursday's Republican lieutenant governor forum at the Master's Center. About 70 people attended the hour-long forum. The three lieutenant governor candidates who visited Clovis Thursday had little differentiation from each other on most audience questions at the High Plains Patriots forum. Most of all, the three Republican candidates all carried the same message — if you want conservative... Full story
Memorial Day observances are planned across the region to honor fallen soldiers. Among organizations planning ceremonies Monday in Portales are the American Legion Post 31 in Portales, United Daughters of the Confederacy chapters from Portales and Clovis and Sons of the Confederate Veterans. American Legion Post 31 Commander Joe Blair is the longtime organizer of an annual ceremony his organization puts on each year. “We’ve been doing a Memorial Day service over at the Portales Cemetery for 64 years,” Blair said. “It started... Full story
Sheriff Matt Murray informed Curry County commissioners he is returning command of the jail to them Tuesday, leaving county leaders questioning what to do next. Murray’s decision was announced in a letter sent late Thursday. The sheriff said his decision to relinquish command was the result of the commission’s rejection Tuesday of a budget that would have allowed an increase of staff at the jail. “These positions are desperately needed to safely, securely and properly opera...
Everyone who is awake discriminates — it is what people do with their minds. The kind of discrimination that’s objectionable is when people use irrelevant attributes of others to classify them — like their race when hiring them for jobs where race is irrelevant. The race of a CPA has no bearing on the work of a CPA, so taking it into account in the hiring or promotion process is morally wrong, a kind of professional malpractice. In a free country, such discrimination may not be forbidden however offensive it i... Full story
Freedom New Mexico: Argen Duncan Wilba Duggan of Las Cruces shops at Sunland Inc.’s retail store Thursday. She and her husband, Dan, said they always stop when they come through Portales and buy peanuts for relatives in Oklahoma. Higher-than-normal wholesale peanut prices this year are expected to drive up retail costs. Retail costs for peanut products from this area are going up this year, due to processors paying more for the nuts. Sunland Inc. CEO Jimmie Shearer said the company’s contracts with farmers for V...
Retail costs for peanut products from this area are going up this year, due to processors paying more for the nuts. Sunland Inc. CEO Jimmie Shearer said the company’s contracts with farmers for Valencia peanuts set the price about $50 higher per ton than last year, one of the highest prices Sunland has paid. The cost for runner peanuts, the other variety grown in the area, is $100 more per ton than it was three years ago, he said. Sunland specializes in processing Valencia peanuts. If all of the added expense is passed on t...
Good morning and welcome to Freedom New Mexico’s Friday briefing. Video of the day See what's hot in summer reading at the Portales Public Library. Jump in The Portales City Pool is offering swim lessons. Lifeguard training is also available. Lessons are available at different levels of ability, and adults can take water aerobics or lap swimming. Information: 226-1716 or http://76.163.44.131/website/index.php?idpage=81 Website of the day http://www.nmlottery.com/ If you're a lottery player go online to check your lottery n...
Good morning and welcome to Freedom New Mexico’s Friday briefing. Video of the day Check out pets available at the animal shelter in our video of the day. Jump in The Portales City Pool is offering swim lessons. Lifeguard training is also available. Lessons are available at different levels of ability, and adults can take water aerobics or lap swimming. Information: 226-1716 or http://76.163.44.131/website/index.php?idpage=81 Website of the day http://www.nmlottery.com/ If you're a lottery player go online to check your l...
While texting a buddy about a tee time during a recent commencement, a graduate named “Goff” walked across the stage. The coincidence made me wonder if people’s surnames might play a role in their future. Could petite “Marshall” become Jal’s first female sheriff? Does lanky “Rush” have a shot at pro football? Might theater major “Page” get an entry-level position on The Tonight Show? What about “Brydle” becoming a horse-whisperer? Can the tall “Short” avoid an identity crisis as an electrical engineer? Will “Briggs” wor...
File photo Parade organizers said they have over 30 entries in for the 40th annual Pioneer Days Parade which will take place June 5 on Main Street. The 40th annual Pioneer Days Parade is meant to be seen and heard. The parade will serve as one of the culminating events for the week-long Pioneer Days celebration that starts today and ends June 4. Lauren Tillman, event coordinator at the Clovis and Curry County Chamber of Commerce, said Pioneer Days is a community celebration of the people who founded Clovis. The week is a...
Gen. John Alexander Logan first thought up the idea to set aside one day to honor Civil War dead. May 30, 1868, was the first Memorial Day to honor those who had died in battle by remembering them and decorating their graves. On this Memorial Day, I cannot help but contemplate the sacrifice of those in my own family who served proudly with the military. I have heard about Charlie's grandfather as a young 21-year-old marching across France in World War I. One particular time...
amos the churchmouse: a view from under the pew Editor’s note: Amos is a churchmouse, who types by hopping on the computer keyboard, but he can’t operate the capital shift keys, and he shuns punctuation marks – except hyphens and dashes. the quivering red mountain boss when pastor leroy beetle preached on overcoming your mountains and obstacles for god i was ready to go i tell ya boss i was ready i was geared up i was pumped gimme that mountain i kept chanting over and over ain t no mountain big enough to keep me awa...
Saturday Food and clothing give away — 9 a.m.-10:30 a.m., Matt 25 Hope Center. Information: 763-4400 Sunday Worship service — 8:30 a.m. and 11 a.m., Central Baptist Church. Sunday Worship — 8 a.m. and 10:30 a.m., with Sunday school at 9:15 a.m., Trinity Lutheran Church ELCA, 1705 West 21st Street. Information: 763-4816 Worship Service — 9 a.m., Word of God Lutheran Church, LCMC, 'The Chapel', 1500 N. Thornton. Sunday school — 9:30 a.m., Living Stones Community Church of the Nazarene Men’s n...
This Memorial Day weekend, my thoughts will go back to a friend from college — Clovis May. He was a mild-mannered, hard working, good cowboy from a ranching family in Deming, New Mexico. I don’t recall exactly what his major was, but probably range management or ag business. He was big enough to play football, but he rodeoed. He was a solid man in character, physicality and reliability. Due to problems at home he quit school to go back and help at the ranch. Four months later he received his draft notice but was granted...
Memories flood my soul as I visit the graves of loved ones who have gone on before me. As far back as I can remember, thoughts of my grandfather remind me of his love for Jesus. My grandmother’s singing as she churned butter in the big crock with a dasher echoes in my ears. I remember pickled peaches, “rainbow” cakes, quilting frames and Sunday meals she cooked for the revival preacher. Her love for my grandfather left an indelible impression upon me. I watched my dad take care of my mother for ten long, tedious years. He dr...
New Mexico has five Democratic candidates running for lieutenant governor in Tuesday’s primary. Three Republicans are seeking the post. We recently invited all to write a 300-word response to the question: How will you make New Mexicans’ lives better as lieutenant governor? Republican responses were published in Wednesday’s Portales News-Tribune. Brian Colon, Lawrence Rael and Gerald Ortiz Pino declined to participate. Here is a sampling of other Democrat responses (complete responses are on our website at www.p... Full story
Curry County Sheriff Matt Murray is relinquishing command of the jail effective Tuesday. Murray told commissioners in a letter Thursday that without support in addressing security issues, namely the hiring of 10 detention officers, he does not believe existing problems at the facility can be corrected. More information will be provided as it becomes available....
Everyone who is awake discriminates — it is what people do with their minds. The kind of discrimination that’s objectionable is when people use irrelevant attributes of others to classify them — like their race when hiring them for jobs where race is irrelevant. The race of a CPA has no bearing on the work of a CPA, so taking it into account in the hiring or promotion process is morally wrong, a kind of professional malpractice. In a free country, such discrimination may not be forbidden however offensive it i... Full story
Freedom New Mexico Education reform advocates should have been encouraged Monday. The Supreme Court announced its intention to decide a case where the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals called into question the constitutionality of an Arizona school-choice tax credit program that provides mostly disadvantaged students with scholarships to private schools. Arizona’s 13-year-old program is pretty straightforward. Private donors are given a dollar-for-dollar state income tax credit for contributions made to school-tuition o...
Every job has a euphemistic title these days. Betty Lou, a wife and mother, met a “business man” at a meeting. When he asked about her occupation she replied, “I’m an early childhood educator.” “That sounds really interesting,” he said. “Do you ever get called in on weekends?” Betty Lou suppressed a smile, thought about the question, and decided to strike a blow for mothers, especially country-living mothers. “Yes,” she said, “Always. A typical day begins at 6 a.m. The animals we utilize in childhood responsibility training...
Freedom New Mexico Education reform advocates should have been encouraged Monday. The Supreme Court announced its intention to decide a case where the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals called into question the constitutionality of an Arizona school-choice tax credit program that provides mostly disadvantaged students with scholarships to private schools. Arizona’s 13-year-old program is pretty straightforward. Private donors are given a dollar-for-dollar state income tax credit for contributions made to school-tuition o...
