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Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
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With audiences sitting in silent respect and American flags blowing in the eastern New Mexico wind, the area marked Memorial Day as high-ranking veterans paid respects to those who served honorable military careers cut short. Audiences gathered at Portales Cemetery and Lawn Haven Memorial Gardens, honoring in some degree those who gave some, but primarily praising the some that gave all. "Those soldiers lay in peace with our nation's flag," said retired Air Force Col. Michael...
On Monday, continuing a tradition begun back in 1868 according to PBS.org, many Americans honored veterans - specifically those killed while serving their country. Portales resident and World War II veteran Joe Blair said it was originally called Decoration Day, but now we call it Memorial Day. Since 1971 it has been a federal holiday observed on the fourth Monday of May. Blair is a longtime member of American Legion Post 31 in Portales where he founded its uniformed honor...
A pair of area teams took top division prizes at this weekend’s Hike It Spike It flag football tournament in Roswell, and 17 teams in Curry, Roosevelt or Bailey counties finished with some level of trophy. The tournament, billed as the world’s largest flag football tournament, has been held annually in Roswell for 22 years. Nearly 600 teams and 4,000 players show up each year in the charity tournament, and this year’s field featured 46 different divisions playing in a double-elimination format at the Cielo Grande Recre...
Jail log Released Friday-Monday As of 7 a.m. Monday • Tony Montoya, 37, bond • Shyann Shepler, 19, bond • Flavio Molasco-Rojas, 66, time served • Ricardo Ramirez, 29, bond • Fabian Lopez, 26, bond Booked Friday-Monday As of 7 a.m. Monday • Fabian Lopez, 26, resisting, evading or obstructing an officer • Tony Montoya, 37, shoplifting • Socorro Porter, 47, concealing identity • Ricardo Ramirez, 29, five counts of abuse of a child • Moises Reyes, 18, aggravated fleeing an officer, driving under the influence, leaving...
CLOVIS — Clovis’ Chipotle location was part of a payment card security incident, according to the company’s website. An investigation with cyber security firms, law enforcement and payment card networks identified malware designed to access payment card data used at Chipotle restaurants between March 24 and April 18. The Clovis location was affected April 11-18, according to a page on the restaurant’s website dedicated to the incident. Six Albuquerque locations, three Lubbock locations and one Amarillo location were affecte...
On this date ... 1977: Guthals Co., at 1001 E. First in Clovis, was hosting a tree planting sale. Silver leaf shade trees, regularly priced $14.60, were $12.10 "while supply lasts," according to a newspaper ad. Bartlett pear trees were $11.20. Apple trees ranged from $8.30 to $12.30. 1972: Mrs. Wesley Adams of Melrose was sharing her experiences following a flash flood and hail storm from a few nights earlier. She was about five miles north of Melrose, on State Road 88, when...
GRADY - Public school discipline has changed through the years. Ask Kit Pettigrew, Grady High school class of 1947. "They'd make us bend over and hold our ankles," he said. Next came 10 licks with a paddle. Did Pettigrew deserve the whippings? Well ... Pettigrew recalled a Halloween night in which he and friends went to a teacher's house. "We knocked on her door and threw a bucket of water on her," he said. About 100 people gathered at Grady's Allen Hall on Sunday for an...
Local medical cannabis dispensaries are in demand throughout New Mexico ... but supply cannot keep up. Since Jan. 1, more than 8,000 New Mexicans have gained their medical cannabis cards, records show. Enrollment in the New Mexico Medical Cannabis Program has increased by 84 percent since March of last year. And cannabis sales have risen 91 percent in the first quarter of 2017 compared to the first quarter of last year. But with producers limited to 450 plants per year, they...
Knowing what someone is saying or, more importantly, what they mean, goes to the heart of getting along — a gap that sometimes is bridged between species that share environments. Animals often learn to recognize the alarm calls of cohabitants. When squirrel chatter turns to screeching, for example, birds move higher in the trees and ground animals scramble for cover, and critters of all sizes get the message when a predator snarls over a fresh kill. Likewise, animals learn a...
Today • Relay for Life Committee — 5:15 p.m. in Ingram Room at Clovis-Carver Public Library. Information: 575-714-1925 • Relay for Life Captains — 6:15 p.m. in Ingram Room at Clovis-Carver Public Library. Information: 575-714-1925 Wednesday • Planning and Zoning special session — 3 p.m. at city hall, Clovis. Information: 575-763-9654 Thursday • Clovis City Commission — 5:15 p.m. at in north annex, Clovis-Carver Public Library. Information: 575-769-7828 This calendar is a daily listing of area public meetings. To place an ite...
Today • Blood drive — 9:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. at Plains Regional Medical Center, Clovis. Information: 575-625-9743 • Movie night — 6 p.m. at Clovis-Carver Public Library. Movie: “Call the Midwife.” Admission: Free. Page Turners Book Club Read to Reel tie-in. Information: 575-763-9687 Wednesday • Pioneer Days kick-off BBQ — 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. at 3400 Mabry Drive, Clovis. Also, rodeo queen autographs. Information: 575-762-4511 ext. 123 • Summer library program registration — 10 a.m.-noon for ages 12-18 at Portales Public Lib...
