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Two Clovis residents were charged Thursday following a May 26 drug bust that produced cocaine and firearms. Agents with the Region V Drug Task Force, which includes Clovis police and the Curry County Sheriff's Office, served a search warrant in the 1800 block of Jonquil Park Drive in reference to alleged drug trafficking, according to a news release from CPD Deputy Chief Trevor Thron. Thron said officers and deputies seized 2.1 kilos of cocaine, 39 grams of crack cocaine, and 15 firearms, one of which had been reported...
On this date ... 1914: Portales wrapped up a record-setting month for rainfall that stands today. The city saw 12.67 inches of rain during May. The other 11 months of 1914, combined, saw 10.97 inches of rain in Portales, according to the Western Regional Climate Center. 1930: Actor Clint Eastwood was born in San Francisco. He became a household name for his role as Rowdy Yates in the TV series "Rawhide," which aired from 1959 through 1965. The "Rawhide" crew filmed for six weeks in 1959 in Tucumcari. The community hosts an...
Monday's incident in which a Curry County Sheriff's deputy discharged his firearm began as a vehicle pursuit and ended in a foot pursuit, Sheriff Mike Reeves said Tuesday. New Mexico State Police (NMSP) released a report Tuesday that the driver of the vehicle was Jonathon Sullivan of Clovis. Sullivan, 31, eventually crashed into a parked car on North Rencher St around 2 a.m. Monday. He then fled the area, and during the foot pursuit, the deputy discharged his duty weapon....
A Portales man is helping with a statewide petition drive aimed at preventing new laws from taking effect June 18. Logan Brown, a Portales High School science teacher and parent, said the petitions are targeting six different laws. “Four of the laws either directly or indirectly deal with abortion or transgenderism, the other two laws affect our elections, election integrity,” Brown said. “House Bill 7 is telling local governing bodies they cannot restrict access to reproductive health care and gender affirming health care....
The New Mexico Public Regulation Commission (PRC) has approved six potential solar community projects located in Curry and Roosevelt counties for the opportunity to build and operate their facilities. The six projects, with a total capacity of 26 megawatts (MW), enough to serve 13,000 households at any given time, are among 45 such projects statewide, representing 198 MW, that the PRC approved on May 22, according to a PRC news release. The Community Solar Program, created by the Community Solar Act, was designed to allow...
If Jesus had done no other miracle (and he did many), I wonder if getting the 12 guys we now call apostles to spend time in the same room and not kill each other might not be a pretty impressive feat. OK, let’s go ahead and take Judas out of the mix. But still ... Maybe it’s not terribly surprising that the fishermen would get along. Two pairs of them were brothers, of course. Generally, that helps. Except when it really, really doesn’t. I think it did. (And, by the way,...
RED RIVER -- Three people died and five others were hospitalized after a shooting involving two outlaw motorcycle gangs at a New Mexico rally, state police said. The gunfire at the Red River Memorial Motorcycle Rally erupted Saturday around 5 p.m. local time during a confrontation between the Bandidos and the Water Dogs, New Mexico State Police Chief Tim Johnson said at a news conference Sunday morning. All eight victims were gang members, according to authorities. Police identified the men killed as Anthony Silva, 26, and...
The newly hired president of Eastern New Mexico University and chancellor of the ENMU System, James Johnston, spoke of how the university is growing and how he plans to continue that growth in his new position at a state of the university luncheon in Portales on May 23. Johnston started in his new position in January as the 12th president and third chancellor. At that time of year, he was thrown right into the middle of the legislative session. "I would get up very early and...
The Jezebel of the Republican Party is at it again. Just when you thought she could not get any more disingenuous and despicable, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene engaged in some wild intellectual dishonesty by accusing New York Democratic Rep. Jamaal Bowman of calling her the equivalent of the N-word. She also accused him of being “physically threatening” and deviously concocted an entire slew of falsehoods. For those of who are unaware, this month both Bowman and Greene eng...
What did you do to celebrate Memorial Day? How did you honor the soldiers, sailors and airmen who made the ultimate sacrifice to keep America safe, free and great for more than 240 years? My son Cameron, as usual, planned to take his daughters to a military cemetery and remind them who those fallen soldiers were and why America was worth fighting and dying for. Cameron’s kids – my grandkids – will be taught what I taught him and my daughter Ashley and what my father drill...
I almost forgot cattle could swim until I saw their feed lot under water in Hereford last weekend. They weren't the only ones surprised to see so much water. We were all reminded why Running Water Draw northwest of Clovis has that name. And why Ned Houk Park needs a dam. And if you really want to see the power Mother Nature unleashed on us, take a look at the video on the Quay County Sun's Facebook page -- a bridge under construction between San Jon and Endee was destroyed by...
Area youth will have the chance to test their entrepreneurial sense this Saturday for the Clovis Mainstreet Children’s Business Fair. The shopping event “allows for kids to develop a brand, create a product or service, build a marketing strategy, and then open for customers for a day,” according to the Children’s Business Fair website. The fair is set for 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Kids from ages 6-17 can sign up their business, and up to 40 businesses will be accepted. If a child is younger than 6, they should be accompanied by anothe...
Four individuals are set to be recognized Saturday at this year’s Hall of Honor luncheon for Clovis Municipal Schools at the Clovis Civic Center. This year, all four recipients are Wildcat alumni. To be inducted into the Hall of Fame, an individual must be nominated for excelling greatly after their time at Clovis High School or be a large supporter of CMS, school officials said. The four categories for this year are government and service, business and industry, sports and entertainment, and the Top Cat Award. The r...
One of the two suspects in a fatal dog-mauling case in Tucumcari pleaded not guilty to two felony charges in district court Wednesday. Mary Olimpia Montoya, 51, appeared by phone in front of District Judge Albert Mitchell Jr. during an arraignment by videoconference. Montoya’s public defender, Anna Aragon of Las Vegas, entered a plea of not guilty on her behalf. Aragon said she had spoken with District Attorney Tim Rose and that she was not ready to contemplate a plea deal. Mitchell scheduled status hearings for July 25 a...
Multiple ceremonies took place in Clovis and Portales on Memorial Day to honor those who paid the ultimate sacrifice. "This isn't simply a day off, this is a day to remember," Col. Harry Seibert Jr., commander of the 27th Special Operations Maintenance Group at Cannon Air Force Base, said in his speech at Lawn Haven Memorial Gardens. The ceremony in Clovis was sponsored by Elks Lodge 1244, and featured other guest speakers, a color guard from Cannon, and a playing of Taps...
TUCUMCARI -- A jogger encountered the pack of five dogs shortly before they fatally mauled a Tucumcari man in February, and two men approached the bloody scene when the victim still was alive. That’s according to a state police report, which also showed the victim died of blood loss after the attack. The 21-page report was issued by New Mexico State Police agent Eric Fouratt. The Quay County Sun obtained the report last week through a public-records request submitted shortly after the Feb. 1 attack near 11th Street and G...
