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Sporting sleek aviators and a Draggin’ Main T-shirt, Sherri Wilson pointed to a parking spot while strolling down Clovis’ Main Street. “Right there,” she nodded. At a Draggin’ Main event in 2021, this spot was occupied by a bottle-nosed 1932 Ford Coupe and Wilson’s father Wiley talking to its owner for several hours. The classic whip was just a vehicle for them to stroll down memory lane. “His face just lit up,” Sherri said. After Wiley passed away more than a year later, the...
It is with heavy hearts that we announce the passing of Sandra Irene Harrington, known as “Sandy”. She passed away at the age of 82 on Sunday, May 26, 2024, in her home, surrounded by loved ones, after a life well-lived. Full of love, laughter, and resilience, she touched the lives of all who knew her. Sandy, a long-time resident of Clovis, NM, was born to George and Hazel Woodruff on August 7, 1942, in Adams Friendship, Wisconsin. She was predeceased by her son, Tommy Harrington. She is survived by her husband of 63 yea...
Seth Martin on Tuesday won another term as Curry County District 4 commissioner, while former Roosevelt County Sheriff Malin Parker won a four-way race for a seat on the Roosevelt County Commission. And in the three-way race for state Senate in District 27, Pat Boone appears to have defeated Greg Nibert by 101 votes. All local county results are unofficial, pending the state canvassing board approval on June 25. Martin finished with 216 votes to 165 for challenger Jamie...
Jackie "Jack" Duane Whitfield, age 80, a lifetime resident of Clovis, NM passed away peacefully on Monday, May 6, 2024. A celebration of life will be held on Saturday, June 8, 2024, 11:00 am at The Chapel, 1500 Thornton Street with Pastor Wayne Boydston officiating. Jack was born on June 2, 1943, to Newt and Jesse Irlene Whitfield in Clovis, NM. He graduated from Clovis High School in 1961. Following graduation, he worked at his father's machine shop. While working on an...
Blanche Roberta Lansford, age 91, passed away peacefully on Friday, May 31, 2024, at The Bee Hive in Clovis, New Mexico. She was born in Canon City, Colorado to James T. Elmore and Blanche E. (Hargrove) Elmore. She was preceded in death by her husband, Aubrey Lynn Lansford; her parents; one brother, Jim Elmore; one sister, Audrey Leslie and a daughter, Carol Denise. Roberta graduated from Clovis High School. After graduation, she went to work for AT&T, where she met her...
Mavericks fans are well-aware that former point guard Jason Kidd and current guard Kyrie Irving have led teams to championships: Kidd as a Maverick in 2011; Irving with Cleveland in 2016. Fewer fans probably know that veteran Maverick forward Markieff Morris played a significant role in the Lakers' 2020 championship run in the Disney World bubble. But how many fans know that another Maverick has NBA Finals experience? Granted, Derrick Jones Jr. played in only four of the six...
"I love to spend my day in a bookstore," said Amy Sweet. She lives in Red Lodge, Mont., and was explaining why she and her husband Brian opened Beartooth Books in her town of 2,300. "It was part of the life we wanted - to live in a small town, walk to work, and enjoy outdoor adventures and wonderful people." She's not alone. For many of the same reasons, bookstores have been opening in small Western towns, said Heather Duncan, executive director of the Mountains & Plains...
Usually, I’m alone with my thoughts on the early drive to work. A few weeks ago, bleary-eyed and in need of a jolt of caffeine, I drove down the county road and saw a little head pop out of the tall grass. I blink. Nothing. Blink again. Head pops up. A puppy. I pulled over and got out, trying to see if the pup was OK. The pup was OK enough to dart across the road into an abandoned, overgrown property. The skeletal pup took refuge underneath an old truck, and just looked at me,...
“Hey, why do I have to do all the work?” If you had parents who cared about teaching their kids to work and who thought that a good place to start would be with some assigned tasks around the house, you’ve probably uttered the complaint above. It’s also more than possible that one of your siblings might have lodged such a complaint to the parental “powers that be” while rather obviously scowling in your direction. Isn’t it amazing how even little children come equipped with...
Booked The following were booked into local jails (Friday - Tuesday): Clovis • Victor Armijo, 43, assault upon a health care worker, unlawful display of offensive printed materials • Jesus Martinez, 30, failure to appear on misdemeanor charge, resisting, evading or obstructing an officer, aggravated assault, battery, unlawful taking of a motor vehicle • Notoryan Hardin, 18, criminal damage to property • Cheyenne Rael, 32, failure to appear on misdemeanor charge • Christopher Rodriguez, 38, theft of identity, fraud, unauthoriz...
Editor’s note: This is one in a continuing series of interviews with local officials. Sandy Pieratt is the aquatics administrator for the city of Clovis. Potter Pool is open for the season. Hours of operation are: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday: noon to 5 p.m. Saturday, Sunday: 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday: Closed Q: What are some pool rules everyone needs to know before visiting? A: No street clothes are permitted. You must wear a swimsuit. No water rings, all personal flotation devices must be U.S. Coast Guard approved. C...
Mark my words. Democrats will be sorry on Nov. 5 because of what they did last week in New York City. They and their friends in the liberal media can whoop it up and high-five each other all they want over the guilty verdicts Donald Trump got on Thursday in his hush money trial. But in the fall voters will have the chance to express how they feel about the destructive things the Biden Administration was willing to do to our legal system to try to defeat Trump. The verdicts...
The U.S. Supreme Court has just stripped away the final protections against gerrymandering. With a series of rulings in the 1960s, the court established that the 14th Amendment required political districts to be redrawn so that “the vote of any citizen is approximately equal in weight to that of any other citizen in the state.” The Roberts court has taken a two-step approach to dismantling those protections. In 2019, the court ruled that while gerrymandering intended to dilute the political strength of racial minorities was...
I’m a big fan of vacations on the cheap, which is good, since I’ve seldom been able to afford anything first-class. Besides, top-dollar travel often overlooks the best stuff to see. Several years ago, when my family was younger and we were fairly new to the Land of Enchantment, we decided to take a New Mexico-centric vacation. My wife and I, along with our two daughters, got into our four-door sedan early one summer morning and left our northern New Mexico home in search of wonderment, which we found at just about every sto...
The Roosevelt County Chamber of Commerce has named the Portales Fire Department as its Business of the Month for June. According to a news release from the Chamber: “With the recent fire at Hampton Farms, they stepped up even more to keep our community safe.” “The fire department is short staffed as it is and when events like this happen, it makes their work that much more difficult,” the release stated. The Chamber’s Volunteer of the Month Award also went to the department, “For all the crews who aided” in the Hampton Farms...
The Clovis-Curry County Chamber of Commerce has announce its newest Retail Rockstar winner is Bullet Bob Has It! The Chamber will host an award presentation at 8:30 a.m. Thursday at the store at 417 N. Main St. Bullet Bob Has It! was nominated for the award by the Chamber’s previous winner, Clovis Steel....
The Eastern New Mexico University Board of Regents on Saturday awarded naming rights for the school’s basketball arena and football stadium to the Steve Loy family. University spokesman John Houser said more information will be released later. It wasn’t immediately clear if Greyhound Arena or Greyhound Stadium will be receiving new names. Steve Loy played football at ENMU in the 1970s and spoke at the university’s commencement ceremony in the spring. Loy has managed some of the “world’s best athletes” in his sports mana...
Zoila Peña has announced the opening of her business, The Zoila Peña agency offering property, casualty, business and life insurance through Farmers Insurance Company. Peña is a graduate of Clovis High School. Peña wrote a news release that states, “Being a part of this community is a true honor and I am here to assist you in protecting what matters most in life -- whether it’s auto, home, business, or life insurance.” Her office address 421 S. Avenue C, suite D and her office phone number is 575-226-9589....
The city of Clovis is set to host meetings Tuesday to receive input on priorities for public projects. The Infrastructure Capital Improvement Plan meetings will be held at 2 p.m. and 5:30 p.m. in the North Annex of the Clovis/Carver Public Library. “The ICIP is a document that is revised each year to show major projects the City hopes to accomplish within the next five years. Projects must fall under the responsibility of local government and not be related to private business,” a city news release stated. Questions may be...
Roosevelt County is set to host a meeting at noon Tuesday to receive input on priorities for public projects. The Infrastructure Capital Improvement Plan meeting will be held in the Commission Room on the first floor of the Roosevelt County Courthouse. “The ICIP is a project listing prioritizing the County’s capital projects for the period of five years,” the county stated in a news release. County commissioners will then consider the ICIP plan at their regular meeting on July 2, the release stated. Those unable to atten...
A Portales man last week pleaded guilty to multitude felonies, including abuse of a child and four counts of battery on a peace officer. Alfonso Villareal Perez, 29, on May 28 was sentenced to 19 ½ years in prison for his involvement in two separate incidents, according to a news release from District Attorney Quentin Ray. Perez was accused of beating a 7-year-old child with a belt on Feb. 13, 2022, leaving “dark purple bruises all over the child’s buttocks, ear, head, arms, and legs” days after the incident, prosec...
On this date ... 1935: Clovis celebrated its first Pioneer Days with a parade that stretched two miles. About 15,000 people came out to watch. A parade highlight included a lion from Clovis’ zoo, which was “securely caged,” the Clovis Evening-News Journal reported. 1949: The Clovis News-Journal reported the annual Pioneer Days parade was attended by “the largest crowd ever.” The parade “marched south from 7th street on Mitchell, east on 1st to Main, and then north to 12th street before breaking up,” the newspaper rep...
I learned to type in high school because I hoped to write the great American novel like Thomas Wolfe, Ernest Hemingway, F. Scott Fitzgerald and guys like that. I believe I upset my mom with part of my plan, though. She was glad I wanted to type, but it didn’t come easy to me “like manna from heaven,” one of her favorite sayings. Mom had taught typing, shorthand and business stuff to high schoolers years before, I got the vibe she expected me to sit at a typewriter and with genetic, kinetic energy flowing to my finge...
Eastern New Mexico University officially unveils its new outdoor Fitness Court at a ribbon cutting at 10 a.m. today near the campus tennis courts. Open 24/7, and made for anyone 14 and up, the court features apparatuses aimed to target each body part -- pull up bars for back, boxes for step-ups to strengthen legs and a ladder for agility drills among others. It was made possible in partnership with Blue Cross and Blue Shield of New Mexico and National Fitness Campaign, officials said. The National Fitness Campaign designed...
Portales’ Water Advisory Group on Monday talked about bringing in a private corporation to operate the city’s municipal water system. Portales’ Interim City Manager T. J. Cathey wrote in an email to The News that the Public Works Committee was scheduled to meet Tuesday and would also talk about privatizing. Neither entity has authority to take action, but can recommend action to the City Council. Both groups were to talk about an agreement with EPCOR, the Edmonton, Alberta, Canada-based corporation that operates the Clovi...
